Mame v0.104u4, Intermediate Update !

[James]

0.104u4

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IMPORTANT CHANGES FOR OSD DEVELOPERS:

 

1. osd_pause is no longer called directly. Rather, your osd_init function should register the osd_pause callback (if necessary) using add_pause_callback.

 

2. osd_die is now handled by the core; you should remove this function from the OSD layer.

 

3. logerror is front-ended in the core; it calls to a new OSD function osd_logerror which handles the OS-specific file and/or debugger logging.

 

MAMETesters Bugs Fixed

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memwindow0104u3red [Aaron Giles]

i9600104u2ora [Aaron Giles]

dietgo0104u2red [Aaron Giles]

st0016_0104u3red [Aaron Giles]

8751MCUgames0104u3 [Aaron Giles]

warriorb0104u2gre [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

cheat0104u3ora [ian Patterson]

 

Source Changes

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Added comments support to the debugger. You can now dynamically add comments that are visible next to the disassembly view. Comments are saved to an XML-based.cmt file in a 'comments' directory by default upon exiting. [Andrew Gardner]

 

Added "wb+" disposition to osd_tool_fopen. [Nathan Woods]

 

Fixed cheat timer to fire at the correct rate. Also fixed initialization order to work around dependency on the video/UI system. [ian Patterson]

 

Added save states to 3 more drivers: arkanoid.c, system1.c, and taitosj.c, and to the SN76496 sound chip for system1. [Adam Bousley]

 

Fixed a couple of small memory leaks and a crash bug found by valgrind. [Lawrence Gold]

 

Added save state support to the tetrisp2 driver. [Nathan Woods]

 

Added save state support to Cloak and Dagger, Mario Bros, Crazy Baloon, and the SN76477 sound chip. [Adam Bousley]

 

Hooked up the R4650 properly in the MIPS recompiler. [R. Belmont]

 

More Namco System 23 progress: [R. Belmont]

- Further hardware work

- Hooked up H8/3002 MCU and sound system

- Many notes added

- Final Furlong 2 (World and Japan sets) added

 

Added sanity checking to the set_visible_area() call to ensure it is not set larger than the screen bitmap. [Nathan Woods]

 

Added decryption of the BIOS for the Namco System 10 games using MEMN ROM boards. [smf]

 

Changed the ROM banking of the Bellfruit 'Adder' card to the new standard, as well as tidying up the MPU4 emulation with some new information. [El Condor]

 

A bit more progress on Raiden 2 sprite decryption. [Olivier Galibert]

 

Added save states to Namco Classics Collection 1 & 2, Taito B System, and fixed save states in Operation Wolf. [Adam Bousley]

 

Debugger changes/updates: [Aaron Giles]

- added new streaming text buffer system

- rewrote the console window to use the streaming text buffer

- added new log window (Ctrl+L) which displays live error.log output

- added disassembly view menu to control comments versus raw or encrypted opcodes

- added disassembly menu to the main console window as well

- now detect expressions with assignment or ++/-- operators as commands, do you can just say "pc=0" to modify registers instead of needing to type "do pc=0"

- fixed bug that would sometimes lock the disassembly view to the top line

 

More global system cleanup: [Aaron Giles, Atari Ace]

- remapped osd_die to fatalerror, which cleans up behind itself and returns to the osd code by returning from run_game

- removed a number of unnecessary includes from driver.h

- moved logerror into the core

- moved 68000-specific build rules to cpu.mak

- new function skip_this_frame, should be called by drivers instead of osd_skip_this_frame

- removed includes of osdepend.h and osd_cpu.h from drivers; only the core should include these

 

More initialization/reset/pause cleanup: [Aaron Giles]

- new function add_pause_callback can be called by other modules to register a callback for whenever MAME is paused/resumed

- converted all existing pause hooks to use the new system

- new function add_reset_callback can be called by other modules to register a callback for whenever MAME is reset

- converted all existing reset hooks to use the new system

- removed machine_reset; replaced with mame_schedule_soft_reset

- new function mame_schedule_exit to force an exit cleanly from external events

- removed all the "trying_to_quit" crap from the Windows code

- moved save/restore system out of cpuexec.c into mame.c

- moved core game loop out of cpuexec.c into mame.c

- added hard reset support (complete tear down and re-init)

 

More core file shuffling: [Aaron Giles]

- split sndintrf.c into sound.c, sndintrf.c, and sndhrdw/generic.c

- added #include vidhrdw/generic.h to mamecore.h, and removed all explicit includes elsewhere

 

Added save state support to the BSMT2000 sound emulator and the dcheese driver. [Aaron Giles]

 

Fixed missing save state data in the dkong driver. [Aaron Giles]

 

Updated the 68000 disassembler to use the new interfaces. [Aaron Giles]

 

New games added or promoted from NOT_WORKING status

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Fred Flintstone's Memory Match [Aaron Giles]

 

New clones added

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Dragon Breed (M81 pcb version) [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

 

New games marked as GAME_NOT_WORKING

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Crazy Fight [Pierpaolo Prazzoli]

Search for the Magical Error [David Haywood]

Final Furlong 2 [R. Belmont]

Gekitoride-Jong Space [smf]

Mr. Driller G [smf]

Kotoba no Puzzle Mojipittan [smf]

Star Trigon [smf]

 

http://www.mamedev.org/

 

Derivative Builds:

MAMEplus!

 

Dats:

Mameinfo.dat v0.104u4

 

Notes:

[Weirdy]

What's "Final Furlong 2" ?

[Robert]

MAMEplus! released

[Samor]

What's "Final Furlong 2" ?

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a quick look on google - it seems to be a horse racer of some sorts. I like the arcade cab