Atari_8bit: Altirra v4.40 :: AEP Emulation Page - Emulation News

[changes]
- Display: Bloom radius has been reset due to different units.
- UI: Options have been merged from Tools > Options into System > Configure System.
[features added]
- Cartridge: MaxFlash 1Mbit flash type is now selectable, including recent SST39SF010-based cartridges.
- Cheats: Cheat window is now modeless and resizable.
- Command Line: Specifying more than one image will now stack media slots in order.
- Custom Devices: Memory layers can now be auto-controlled based on OS/BASIC/Self-Test ROM visibility.
- Custom Devices: Improved error display when hot reloading the custom device definition file.
- Debugger: Improved SIODATA trace channel output.
- Debugger: Added .devices and .device_info commands.
- Debugger: Static trace (st) command now has -b option to trace through BRK instructions.
- Debugger: Added block detection support for Z80 disassembly.
- Debugger: .tracecio now reports AUX2 on open commands.
- Debugger: Implemented history for memory pane.
- Devices: Added full emulation for 850 Interface Module.
- Devices: Internal 850 R: handler now blocks Break during concurrent I/O instead of ending concurrent I/O when it is pressed.
- Devices: Standard 850 emulation is now more consistent with DTR/RTS state.
- Devices: Add device list is now sorted by name.
- Devices: Improve timing precision of Indus GT full emulation.
- Devices: Added The Pill device.
- Devices: Added the Black Box Floppy Board.
- Devices: Added Speedy XF disk drive.
- Devices: Added CSS Multiplexer.
- Devices: Added XM301 modem.
- Devices: Added named pipe serial adapter.
- Disk: Add option for reinterleaving to 4:1 SD for SuperSynchromesh.
- Disk: Improved timing correction when accelerating disk reads.
- Disk Explorer: Multiple files can now be exported at a time.
- Display: Added support for screen masks.
- Display: Move screen mask rendering to after color correction to reduce aliasing.
- Display: Improved scaling of bloom filter to different resolutions.
- Display: Added Direct3D 11 custom effect support.
- Display: Added NEON optimizations for PAL high artifacting.
- Firmware: Redesigned firmware dialog.
- Firmware: Added known firmware audit dialog.
- HDevice: Added support for MyDOS XIO 34 (Make Directory) and using XIO 33 (Delete) on directories.
- Input: Added paddle input emulation.
- PerfAnalyzer: Right-drag scrolling is now supported.
- PerfAnalyzer: Added native tracing mode, which profiles the emulator itself.
- PerfAnalyzer: Added option for video trace channel frame size and resizable splitter to change the height of the displayed video channel.
- Printer: 1020 plotter pen colors can now be customized.
- Printer: The printer UI pane now allows selecting between multiple printer outputs.
- Recorder: Added option to pause/resume video recording.
- Recorder: Added support for recording and playback of stereo SAP type R.
- Recorder: Added VGM recording and playback support.
- Simulator: Increased scanlines run at a time to slightly improve speed.
- UI: Added 850 error codes to error decoder.
- UI: Reduced flickering on drive indicators when using full emulation disk drives.
- UI: Removed title bar from docked panes and improved resizing behavior.
- UI: Increased splitter bar size slightly and raised drag thresholds to reduce accidental pane undocking.
[bugs fixed]
- ANTIC: Fixed line buffer being cleared on blank lines.
- Cartridge: Improved emulation of SpartaDOS X pass-through cartridge port.
- Cartridge: Added reset button for The!Cart.
- Cassette: Fixed recording position not being reset properly when creating a new tape.
- Cassette: Improved accuracy of Vorbis decoding.
- Command Line: /profile command line switch is now case insensitive.
- Custom Devices: Fixed crash when attempting to create a memory layer directly mapping beyond the end of a segment without explicit offset.
- Custom Devices: Fixed a compiler crash when using nested anonymous functions.
- Custom Devices: Added support for unsafe calls, including the ability to issue UI commands.
- Debugger: Improved debugger UI state update when non-debugger commands are used to resume execution.
- Debugger: Fixed .pathdump command repeating instruction lines.
- Debugger: Fixed history view sometimes not displaying effective address on an instruction after stepping from a memory access breakpoint.
- Debugger: Fixed horizontal scroll problems with overscroll in memory window.
- Devices: Fixed Rapidus write-through improperly capturing writes to ROM or extended memory.
- Devices: 1090 registers are now always visible regardless of PBI enable state to match the known PAL equations.
- Devices: Booting off the 1030 with internal firmware now registers T: device properly.
- Devices: Fixed 1030 ModemLink and T: handler download with SIO acceleration enabled.
- Devices: SuperSALT test assembly voltage inputs now reflect computer model differences.
- Devices: Fixed some coprocessors losing cycles when single stepping.
- Devices: Fixed SIDE 3 not being switchable from a controlled cartridge port.
- Devices: Fixed SX212 speed not saving and emulation mode not switching properly.
- Devices: Fixed modem not dialing out to IPv6 addresses.
- Disk: Relaxed standard disk emulator requirements on command frames and ignore overlapping commands for most disk emulation profiles.
- Disk Explorer: Dragging out directories from a MyDOS disk no longer produces a bogus file.
- Disk Explorer: Fixed crashes and directory corruption issues in CP/M filesystem handler.
- Display: Fixed regression in D3D11 driver where bloom broke in full-screen mode.
- Display: Screen effects dialog no longer reports high dynamic range (HDR) is available when the display is configured for wide color gamut (WCG).
- Display: Fixed Enhanced CIO screen editor not wrapping characters properly on Delete Character commands.
- Firmware: The initial "autoselect" state for OS and BASIC firmwares is now always shown.
- GTIA: Fixed intermediate state when switching from CTIA to GTIA on the fly.
- HDevice: Current directory is now cleared on reset.
- HDevice: Long file name encoding/truncation now works for directories.
- HDevice: Fixed relative paths being parsed with the wrong unit's current working directory.
- HLE: Fixed a bug in the fast math acceleration hook for the normalization routine.
- HLE: CIO acceleration now supports multiple devices with the same name but different units, e.g. P3: and P6.
- IDE: CHS translation mappings now round down the number of cylinders instead of rounding up.
- Input: Fixed crash after XInput controller is disconnected.
- Input: Added workaround for Xbox Wireless Controller being detected twice through DirectInput.
- Input: Fixed regression with Keyboard Controller not reading properly in fast pot scan mode.
- Input: POT4-7 inputs are now grounded properly on XL/XE machines.
- PerfAnalyzer: Fixed CPU profile window breaking temporarily after saving a trace.
- PerfAnalyzer: Fixed scrolling artifacts with frame boundary lines.
- PerfAnalyzer: Fixed lockup when pressing Tab.
- POKEY: Improved accuracy of pot scan.
- Recorder: Fixed bitrate not being adjustable for H.264+AAC encoding.
- Recorder: Fixed memory leak when using MediaFoundation-based formats.
- Save States: Fixed bug with active POKEY IRQs getting lost.
- Simulator: Fixed booting a new image sometimes not cancelling a program load in progress.
- Simulator: Loading a program with Open Image no longer forces a cold reset.
- Modem: Fixed intermittent failure to disable Nagle on outgoing connections.
- Modem: Outgoing connections no longer force off server-side echo.
- Modem: Binary mode negotiation is disabled when CR/LF translation is enabled.
- VBXE: Fixed hires artifacts when using attribute map with 1.26 core and extended color, or hires switching at the borders.
- VBXE: Fixed bugs with attribute map horizontal scrolling.