nkeynes@403 | 1 | Release notes for Milestone 3
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nkeynes@177 | 2 | ===================================================
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nkeynes@177 | 3 |
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nkeynes@354 | 4 | Please note that this is a development release - many
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nkeynes@403 | 5 | things are not yet implemented, it doesn't run at 100% speed, and it's not
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nkeynes@403 | 6 | particularly user-friendly. If you're looking for something to just
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nkeynes@354 | 7 | play DC games, you'll probably want to wait for the next version.
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nkeynes@177 | 8 |
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nkeynes@354 | 9 | Having said all that, some games are known to run to at least
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nkeynes@354 | 10 | some degree (aka everything we've tried), and most homebrew works
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nkeynes@403 | 11 | perfectly or nearly so - feel free to experiment and let us
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nkeynes@354 | 12 | know how it goes.
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nkeynes@177 | 13 |
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nkeynes@403 | 14 | Changes since Milestone 2
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nkeynes@403 | 15 | -------------------------
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nkeynes@403 | 16 | * Implemented the SH4 translation core
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nkeynes@403 | 17 | * A handful of minor bugfixes
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nkeynes@403 | 18 |
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nkeynes@403 | 19 | No really, that's it. The good stuff is coming next version, honest
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nkeynes@403 | 20 |
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nkeynes@354 | 21 | Changes since Milestone 1
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nkeynes@354 | 22 | -------------------------
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nkeynes@354 | 23 | * Complete rewrite of nearly all PowerVR2 code - The M1 code was largely a
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nkeynes@354 | 24 | quick hack to get something running. It's done for real now.
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nkeynes@354 | 25 | * Initial IO event system (not widely used yet)
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nkeynes@354 | 26 | * Lots of bugfixes throughout the system
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nkeynes@354 | 27 |
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nkeynes@354 | 28 | Known issues
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nkeynes@354 | 29 | ------------
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nkeynes@354 | 30 | The following are known bugs (as opposed to missing features) that will be
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nkeynes@354 | 31 | fixed in the next release, but are too large to be fixed for this version:
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nkeynes@354 | 32 |
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nkeynes@354 | 33 | * Some games experience geometry corruption of varying levels. This is
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nkeynes@354 | 34 | believed to be caused by an SH4 core bug.
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nkeynes@354 | 35 |
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nkeynes@354 | 36 | * Polygons that are partially clipped by the view frustum can be distorted
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nkeynes@354 | 37 | quite badly
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nkeynes@177 | 38 |
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nkeynes@177 | 39 | System requirements
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nkeynes@177 | 40 | -------------------
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nkeynes@177 | 41 | GTK 2.0+
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nkeynes@177 | 42 | Gnome 2.0+
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nkeynes@177 | 43 | ESounD 2.36+ (if you want interrupted stuttery sound[0])
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nkeynes@354 | 44 | OpenGL drivers with EXT_framebuffer_object support (any recent drivers should be
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nkeynes@354 | 45 | fine)
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nkeynes@177 | 46 | GCC, Make, etc.
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nkeynes@177 | 47 |
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nkeynes@177 | 48 | Building
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nkeynes@177 | 49 | --------
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nkeynes@177 | 50 | From the base directory
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nkeynes@177 | 51 | ~$ ./configure
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nkeynes@177 | 52 | ~$ make
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nkeynes@177 | 53 | ~$ make install (optional)
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nkeynes@177 | 54 |
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nkeynes@354 | 55 | Enjoy!
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nkeynes@354 | 56 |
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