RuMSX 0.41 released

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MSX emulator

 

Changes from RuMSX V0.40 to V0.41

 

Important: RuMSX v0.41 has a new installer! Therefore it is required to uninstall an older version of RuMSX before installing the new version. You can uninstall RuMSX through the Control-Panel. Select "Software" and "RuMSX" to uninstall.

 

- Installer now supports the Windows XP "Open With" feature. This is different to prior versions, where only "RuMSX" and "Disk-Manager" could share the file-extensions. Now potential problems on Windows XP and existing problems on Windows Vista are resolved in changing this behavior.

- Windows 95 / Windows NT 4 is no longer supported, new minimum requirement is Windows 98 / Windows 2000 and Internet Explorer 4

- Disk drive letters have been assigned incorrectly for rare configurations (e.g. HB-F1XDJ) where the Disk-ROM was located in an expanded slot with secondary slot-id different than 3. E.g. FILES accessed drive "C:" instead of "A:" (this bug was new since RuMSX v0.31)

- Added "CAS" motor indicator (in addition to FDD, HDD, CD)

- Added "Preview" support for .RuMSX save-state files

- Some interlaced modes were not rendered correctly

- Fully implemented scanline interrupt handling "F1 Spirit 3D special", "Golvelious 2", "Bombaman" and many more games are working now!

- Fixed incomplete detection of 5th/9th sprite, so WAVES.ROM does also work now!

- Fixed behavior of VDP TransferReady flag, so "Andorogynus" does no longer have defective graphics

- Fixed Printer-emulation: subscript is now correct, printing with resolutions > 300dpi is better sized

- Added display of print-progress to statusbar (at least for emulated MSX/Epson printers)

- Fixed problems when RuMSX is started for the 1st time (MSX2: logo rendered incorrectly, ...)

- Default-directory for print-file and debug-output file is no longer %TEMP%, "%TMP% or C:\ but "My MSX" or "My Documents"

- Fixed autodetection of "64 in 1" ROM, which was unfortunately ignored in the ROM-database.

- Corrected floppy-emulation to MSX Disk-BIOS semantic (all memory-aras except page 1 are unchanged during PHYDIO)

- Keyboard click is now shorter (better match to real MSX)

- Options "Use OPLL" and "Use multimedia timer" are now selected by default

- Removed several hardcoded english texts (startup, shutdown, disk properties, ...)

- Added option to remember last used Joystick

- Many fixes to the configuration editor:

-- Configurations with an "Unknown" locale were not correctly saved in prior versions;

-- Configuration is handled readonly if no change-permissions are given (Vista/XP/2000/NT4);

-- Readonly-configurations are displayed with disabled controls;

-- New configurations will be saved into "My MSX\MSX computers\RuMSX configurations" (if available);

-- New configurations are automatically added to the list and selected by default

- No "Choose configuration" (initial) in case of read SaveState or Preview

- Supplemental SETUP.EXE is now fully supporting Windows Vista

- A lot of internal changes for WIN64 compatibility

- Added italian localization (translation incomplete in this release)

- Added support for "Playball" samples. If available they should be provided as samples\playball\playball_*.wav files in the RuMSX folder.

- Warning for overriding sensitive data applies to Win95/98/ME only (volume tracking driver) and is therefore displayed on such systems only!

- Moved documentation of R800 extensions from the WebPage into the manuals, where it should be persisted.

- Added SPLITROM.exe command-line utility

- Added disclaimer as requested by BAZIX - MSX logo policy

- BugFix: number of CPU cycles per screen-refresh was reversed for 50Hz and 60Hz (noticable with NEMESIS1)

- Known bug: Interrupt timed games such as "Nemesis1" might accidentally speed up for some duration. Workaround: see "Known Problems" in RuMSX-help.

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