1.1 --- a/RELEASE_NOTES	Wed Jul 30 02:26:42 2008 +0000
     1.2 +++ b/RELEASE_NOTES	Sun Dec 14 07:50:48 2008 +0000
     1.3 @@ -1,14 +1,68 @@
     1.4 -Release notes for lxdream 0.8.4
     1.5 +Release notes for lxdream 0.9 "Shiny"
     1.6  ===================================================
     1.7  
     1.8 -Please note that this is still an alpha release - many things are not yet 
     1.9 -implemented, it has many bugs (especially wrt rendering), and it's
    1.10 -not likely to run at 100% speed.
    1.11 +Lxdream 0.9 is considerably more stable and accurate than the 0.8 series
    1.12 +(thanks more to a huge number of bugfixes than anything else), and the 
    1.13 +majority of software can be expected to "just work" with minimal problems. 
    1.14  
    1.15 -Having said all that, some games are known to run to at least 
    1.16 -some degree (aka everything we've tried), and most homebrew works 
    1.17 -perfectly or nearly so - feel free to experiment and let us 
    1.18 -know how it goes.
    1.19 +Nevertheless this should still be considered an alpha release, with many 
    1.20 +unimplemented features remaining. You're unlikely to see 'perfect' emulation,
    1.21 +and we're nowhere near being bug-compatible (in other words, don't expect your
    1.22 +code to work on the real hardware just because it runs correctly in lxdream).
    1.23 +
    1.24 +Changes since 0.8.4
    1.25 +-------------------
    1.26 +* Improved accuracy + compatibility (many bugfixes)
    1.27 +* Shadow volumes
    1.28 +* Render-to-texture support
    1.29 +* Fogging
    1.30 +* Light-gun support
    1.31 +
    1.32 +Known issues
    1.33 +------------
    1.34 +The following are known problems in 0.9 that will be fixed in the next major
    1.35 +release - in other words, you don't need to report them - we already know :)
    1.36 +
    1.37 +* Graphic artifacts related to translucent triangle intersections, sorting errors 
    1.38 +  and/of lack of depth precision.
    1.39 +
    1.40 +* MMU address translation (eg linux, wince, etc) is painfully slow to the
    1.41 +  point of unusability. 
    1.42 +
    1.43 +* The SH4 emulation is not cycle accurate, and (by default) usually runs
    1.44 +  slower than the real one. This cause some programs to have timing problems
    1.45 +  or to break completely. In some cases this can be worked around by
    1.46 +  adjusting the CPU scaling factor (-m command line option)
    1.47 +
    1.48 +* Audio quality generally ranges from poor to horrible, interrupted by the
    1.49 +  occasional bit of fair-to-middling sound. 
    1.50 +
    1.51 +System requirements
    1.52 +-------------------
    1.53 +Linux:
    1.54 +   GTK 2.6+
    1.55 +   Current (2008 or later) ATI or NVidia binary OpenGL drivers 
    1.56 +      - If anyone wants to fix the free drivers, lxdream specifically
    1.57 +        requires a working implementation of either the EXT_framebuffer_object
    1.58 +        or GLX_SGIX_pbuffer extensions. 
    1.59 +
    1.60 +OS X:
    1.61 +   System 10.4 or later
    1.62 +
    1.63 +GCC, Make, etc.
    1.64 +
    1.65 +Building
    1.66 +--------
    1.67 +From the base directory
    1.68 +~$ ./configure
    1.69 +~$ make
    1.70 +~$ make install            (optional, GTK only)
    1.71 +
    1.72 +Enjoy!
    1.73 +
    1.74 +
    1.75 +Older History
    1.76 +================
    1.77  
    1.78  Changes since 0.8.3
    1.79  -------------------
    1.80 @@ -63,32 +117,3 @@
    1.81  * Initial IO event system (not widely used yet)
    1.82  * Lots of bugfixes throughout the system
    1.83  
    1.84 -Known issues
    1.85 -------------
    1.86 -The following are known bugs (as opposed to missing features) that will be
    1.87 -fixed in the next release, but are too large to be fixed for this version:
    1.88 -
    1.89 -* Graphic artifacts related to triangle sorting and/of lack of depth
    1.90 -  precision.
    1.91 -
    1.92 -System requirements
    1.93 --------------------
    1.94 -Linux:
    1.95 -   GTK 2.6+
    1.96 -   OpenGL drivers with EXT_framebuffer_object or GLX PBuffer support
    1.97 -      - Currently this means either the ATI or NVidia binary drivers.
    1.98 -
    1.99 -OS X:
   1.100 -   System 10.4 or later
   1.101 -
   1.102 -GCC, Make, etc.
   1.103 -
   1.104 -Building
   1.105 ---------
   1.106 -From the base directory
   1.107 -~$ ./configure
   1.108 -~$ make
   1.109 -~$ make install            (optional)
   1.110 -
   1.111 -Enjoy!
   1.112 -