FakeNES 0.5.6 released

[Robert]

Notes:

Due to recent changes, the FakeNES Save State (FNSS) file format (used by both save states and replays in FakeNES) has been updated to version 1.01.  Older state files *should* continue to load, but as always I make no guarantees.

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Changes:

* AUDIO: Overhauled entire audio system almost completely.

* AUDIO: Added auto-detection of sound system sampling rate and sample depth on first run.

* AUDIO: Added a master volume control with GUI interface.

* AUDIO: Added support for recording audio to WAV files.

* AUDIO: Improved OpenAL support (still not correct).

* AUDIO: Renamed 'Pseudo Stereo' to 'Virtual Stereo', per Astxist's suggestion.

* AUDIO: Changed default audio mixing mode to Virtual Stereo Mode 2.

* AUDIO: Separated APU updates from resets, allowing APU parameters to be updated without adversely affecting gameplay.

* AUDIO: Disabled reinitialization of the audio system during a hard reset, since there is no longer any need for it, and it might've been causing problems.

* CODE: General code clean-ups.

* CODE: Split platform-specific initialization code into it's own file.

* CODE: Merged pAPU with APU.

* CODE: Merged HQ2X, HQ3X, and HQ4X into a single file.

* CORE: Quick and dirty clean-up of the CPU interface.

* CODE: Added support for linking against Allegro statically under Mingw32.

* CODE: Implemented separate directories for optimized, debug, and static builds under Mingw32.

* CODE: Added 'VERBOSE' makefile macro that passes -Q to gcc when defined (DJGPP/Mingw32).

* CODE: Now linking against ALUT when FakeNES is built with OpenAL support.

* CODE: Reorganized input handling code.

* CODE: Updated copyright messages.

* CODE: Removed Clarified Artistic License notice from file headers.

* CODE: Removed 'build.h' since DJGPP is no longer a primary development platform anyway.

* GUI: Fixed a crash in the Cheat Manager.

* GUI: Fixed a bug in the input configuration dialog.

* GUI: Added an entry to the Video menu to enable/disable page buffering.

* GUI: Updated and cleaned up the Help->Shortcuts dialog.

* GUI: Moved a few menus around.

* GUI: Reorganized Video menu a bit.

* INPUT: Made all input Unicode-compatible.

* MISC: Added real-time game rewinding (activated by holding down the backslash key on US keyboards).

* MISC: More reliable FPS reporting.

* MISC: Fixed a problem with the generic mouse pointer used by the color themes.

* MISC: Removed resync, since it is no longer required.

* MISC: Increased default maximum frame skip setting from 3 to 4 to improve performance on slow machines.

* VIDEO: Fixed a possible crash when the screen resolution was not sufficient for the selected blitter.

* VIDEO: Added support for multiple video filters of the same type.

* VIDEO: Reduced edge clipping from 12 to 8 pixels, which still seems sufficient enough to hide most scrolling artifacts.

* VIDEO: Added check for VRAM-based destination bitmap before attempting page buffering.

* VIDEO: Disabled page buffering by default, since it causes a significant speed hit.

* VIDEO: Disabled the drawing of message history when the chat box is not open.

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