nkeynes@897 | 1 | Release notes for lxdream 0.9 "Shiny"
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nkeynes@177 | 2 | ===================================================
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nkeynes@177 | 3 |
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nkeynes@897 | 4 | Lxdream 0.9 is considerably more stable and accurate than the 0.8 series
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nkeynes@897 | 5 | (thanks more to a huge number of bugfixes than anything else), and the
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nkeynes@897 | 6 | majority of software can be expected to "just work" with minimal problems.
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nkeynes@177 | 7 |
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nkeynes@897 | 8 | Nevertheless this should still be considered an alpha release, with many
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nkeynes@897 | 9 | unimplemented features remaining. You're unlikely to see 'perfect' emulation,
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nkeynes@897 | 10 | and we're nowhere near being bug-compatible (in other words, don't expect your
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nkeynes@897 | 11 | code to work on the real hardware just because it runs correctly in lxdream).
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nkeynes@897 | 12 |
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nkeynes@897 | 13 | Changes since 0.8.4
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nkeynes@897 | 14 | -------------------
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nkeynes@897 | 15 | * Improved accuracy + compatibility (many bugfixes)
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nkeynes@897 | 16 | * Shadow volumes
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nkeynes@897 | 17 | * Render-to-texture support
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nkeynes@897 | 18 | * Fogging
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nkeynes@897 | 19 | * Light-gun support
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nkeynes@897 | 20 |
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nkeynes@897 | 21 | Known issues
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nkeynes@897 | 22 | ------------
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nkeynes@897 | 23 | The following are known problems in 0.9 that will be fixed in the next major
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nkeynes@897 | 24 | release - in other words, you don't need to report them - we already know :)
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nkeynes@897 | 25 |
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nkeynes@897 | 26 | * Graphic artifacts related to translucent triangle intersections, sorting errors
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nkeynes@897 | 27 | and/of lack of depth precision.
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nkeynes@897 | 28 |
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nkeynes@897 | 29 | * MMU address translation (eg linux, wince, etc) is painfully slow to the
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nkeynes@897 | 30 | point of unusability.
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nkeynes@897 | 31 |
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nkeynes@897 | 32 | * The SH4 emulation is not cycle accurate, and (by default) usually runs
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nkeynes@897 | 33 | slower than the real one. This cause some programs to have timing problems
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nkeynes@897 | 34 | or to break completely. In some cases this can be worked around by
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nkeynes@897 | 35 | adjusting the CPU scaling factor (-m command line option)
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nkeynes@897 | 36 |
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nkeynes@897 | 37 | * Audio quality generally ranges from poor to horrible, interrupted by the
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nkeynes@897 | 38 | occasional bit of fair-to-middling sound.
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nkeynes@897 | 39 |
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nkeynes@897 | 40 | System requirements
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nkeynes@897 | 41 | -------------------
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nkeynes@897 | 42 | Linux:
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nkeynes@897 | 43 | GTK 2.6+
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nkeynes@897 | 44 | Current (2008 or later) ATI or NVidia binary OpenGL drivers
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nkeynes@897 | 45 | - If anyone wants to fix the free drivers, lxdream specifically
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nkeynes@897 | 46 | requires a working implementation of either the EXT_framebuffer_object
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nkeynes@897 | 47 | or GLX_SGIX_pbuffer extensions.
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nkeynes@897 | 48 |
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nkeynes@897 | 49 | OS X:
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nkeynes@897 | 50 | System 10.4 or later
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nkeynes@897 | 51 |
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nkeynes@897 | 52 | GCC, Make, etc.
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nkeynes@897 | 53 |
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nkeynes@897 | 54 | Building
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nkeynes@897 | 55 | --------
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nkeynes@897 | 56 | From the base directory
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nkeynes@897 | 57 | ~$ ./configure
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nkeynes@897 | 58 | ~$ make
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nkeynes@897 | 59 | ~$ make install (optional, GTK only)
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nkeynes@897 | 60 |
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nkeynes@897 | 61 | Enjoy!
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nkeynes@897 | 62 |
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nkeynes@897 | 63 |
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nkeynes@897 | 64 | Older History
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nkeynes@897 | 65 | ================
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nkeynes@177 | 66 |
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nkeynes@793 | 67 | Changes since 0.8.3
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nkeynes@793 | 68 | -------------------
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nkeynes@793 | 69 | * Fullly native Mac OS X support
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nkeynes@793 | 70 | * Renderer rewrite (fixes perspective correction among other problems)
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nkeynes@793 | 71 | * ALSA and PulseAudio sound drivers
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nkeynes@793 | 72 | * Save states now work on x86-64
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nkeynes@793 | 73 | * New translations: Spanish and Italian
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nkeynes@793 | 74 | * Lots of miscellaneous bug-fixes and improvements
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nkeynes@793 | 75 |
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nkeynes@623 | 76 | Changes since 0.8.2
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nkeynes@623 | 77 | -------------------
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nkeynes@623 | 78 | * MMU Implementation
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nkeynes@623 | 79 | * Dreamcast mouse + keyboard support
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nkeynes@623 | 80 | * Joystick/gamepad support
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nkeynes@623 | 81 | * Assorted bug-fixes
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nkeynes@623 | 82 |
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nkeynes@623 | 83 | Changes since 0.8.1
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nkeynes@623 | 84 | -------------------
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nkeynes@623 | 85 | * x86-64 architecture support
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nkeynes@623 | 86 | * Preliminary Mac OS X support
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nkeynes@623 | 87 | * Pbuffer support (to support OpenGL drivers without EXT_framebuffer_object)
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nkeynes@623 | 88 | * Support for more recent CDI and NRG image file versions
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nkeynes@623 | 89 | * Minor bugfixes
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nkeynes@623 | 90 |
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nkeynes@623 | 91 | Changes since 0.8
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nkeynes@623 | 92 | -----------------
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nkeynes@623 | 93 | * Various configure/build fixes for compatibility
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nkeynes@623 | 94 | * GDI image support
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nkeynes@623 | 95 | * Minor bugfixes
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nkeynes@623 | 96 |
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nkeynes@483 | 97 | Changes since Milestone 3
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nkeynes@483 | 98 | -------------------------
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nkeynes@483 | 99 | * Speed improvements (translation core now runs at roughly double the speed
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nkeynes@483 | 100 | of M3)
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nkeynes@483 | 101 | * GUI Overhaul - it's actually somewhat usable now. Also removed the gnome
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nkeynes@483 | 102 | dependency (now just needs GTK 2.0)
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nkeynes@483 | 103 | * Sound fixes (aka, some sound actually works now)
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nkeynes@483 | 104 | * A few minor bugfixes and tweaks.
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nkeynes@483 | 105 |
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nkeynes@403 | 106 | Changes since Milestone 2
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nkeynes@403 | 107 | -------------------------
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nkeynes@403 | 108 | * Implemented the SH4 translation core
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nkeynes@403 | 109 | * A handful of minor bugfixes
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nkeynes@403 | 110 |
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nkeynes@403 | 111 | No really, that's it. The good stuff is coming next version, honest
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nkeynes@403 | 112 |
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nkeynes@354 | 113 | Changes since Milestone 1
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nkeynes@354 | 114 | -------------------------
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nkeynes@354 | 115 | * Complete rewrite of nearly all PowerVR2 code - The M1 code was largely a
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nkeynes@354 | 116 | quick hack to get something running. It's done for real now.
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nkeynes@354 | 117 | * Initial IO event system (not widely used yet)
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nkeynes@354 | 118 | * Lots of bugfixes throughout the system
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nkeynes@354 | 119 |
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