SVN595 Download & Infos (Win32/MFC/Linux)
Change since last build:

Here is what has been changed in the current version:

• Made the option "File->Load Game->Do not change battery save" work for GB/C games as well as GBA games in the Win32 port (Spacy)
• Fixed building in GTK port (bgk)
• Fixed XV output for cards not supporting the XV_AUTOPAINT_COLORKEY parameter in the GTK port (bgk)
• GBC battery fixes in the core (chrono, Squall Leonhart)

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Win32
* Fixed Xaudio2 crash (Spacy)
* Overhauled authenticity system. Special thanks to byuu for advice and testing (mudlord, Nach).
* Cleaned the OpenGL code up (mudlord)

Linux/GTK: (bkg)
* Disabled RGB overlays in Xv mode
* Improved icon installation, thanks to joneslee
* Now building without the debugger can be done
* Fixed building without BKPT_SUPPORT
* Fixed misspelling in about box
* Disabled buffer overflow warning
* Modified directories dialog so it uses GtkFileChooserButtons
* Now uses supports displaying of recently used files
* Removed BMP screenshotting
* Uses GTK stock items for menus
* Updated credits

Great work VBA-M team! Should you get an error on startup about a missing d3dx9_38.dll file, you can install that one by using the DirectX 9.0c web updater!

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QT:

• Fixed up Qt4 project file
• Started preliminary Qt4 directory dialog in options
  

Linux:
(new/changed functionality is mostly described in the new file doc/ReadMe.SDL.txt)

• Reworked rewinds
• More schemes for save/load keybindings
• Savestate backups
• Per-gamepad autofire (binds to a button on the real pad/keyboard)
• Allow adding cheat codes from commandline
• Allow adding IPS patch files from commandline
• Fix bug in configuration for pad 4
• Configurable default scaling of window size for openGL (when filter=0)
• Assorted code cleanups (using DEFINEs instead of literals, factored-out chunks of code from the big switch to functions, ...)
• New switches for muting sound (CTRL+S), toggling cheats (CTRL-E)
• Added timestamp to console messages
• All messages go to console, even if they go to screen
• Some messages no longer go to screen
• Added new options: Joy#_AutoA, Joy#_AutoB, openGLscale, saveKeysSwitch
• Fixed maximum value for rewindTimer.
  

Win32/MFC

• Updated about info
• Added GBA_LOGGING for debug build
• Added some fun.......
  

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VBA-M is a build headed by mudlord (and a few other great coders) that aims to incorporate most, if not all seperate builds created by other emu authors (VBALink, VBA Smooth, VBA Spacy, etc.) after Forgotten left the team and intends to put them all into one version. I myself am very interested in this project and I hope that mudlord sticks with it long enough to make it stable, so I can make this version of the VBA the one that I use all of the time.

So ladies and gentlemen, point your browser to the new adress http://vba-m.ngemu.com and add the adress to your bookmarks - I'm sure we'll see lots of exciting things from this project soon.

Hello to first no$gba version with NDS support. Parts are working fine, parts are under construction. The most important (missing) things to be aware of are:

 

Major Missing Features Sound, and WLAN emulation are still missing. Sound should be relative easy to implement. WLAN should be quite simple, too. I'd still need a second NDS console for testing communications. (...)

 

Things that work only with real NDS-BIOS-image The "decompression-with-callback" BIOS functions are currently working only if you do have a copy of the real BIOSes as ROM-images (see Installation and DS Xboo chapters). Encrypted ROM-images (with encrypted first 2Kbytes of the secure area) can be used only if the (full) NDS7 BIOS ROM-image is present (which contains the 1048h-byte decryption seed data).

   

 18th May 2006 - version 2.2e
- no$fmw: detects post-header gap-size (typ. 0h,3E00h,4600h) (old: fixed 3E00h)
- dos: fixed v2.2d bug: init_gba_color_xlat_table (old: init_color_xlat_table)
- help: added note on possiblity to move nds7 ROM to (non-)secure area at 200h
- help: added note about blank secure areas (nintendo devkit, 800h zero-bytes)
- help: added cart.NEF/SRL/NLF-combo description in symbolic debug info chapter
- elf/cartloader: crash-fix (occured if newly loaded labels at code-window-addr)
- cartloader/cmdline: supports spaces in "quoted" pathfilenames (thanks peter)
- screenshots: fixed palette size (set to zero for true color) (thanks jasper)
- help: changed DMA 4 to DMA 3 (probably makes more sense, thanks jasper vijn)
- nds/debug: accepts labels below 2000000h (ie. ITCM labels, at 1000000h and up)
- nds/help/no$fmw: added chinese as extra language (newer/chinese consoles only)
- vram viewer: OAM redbox works at negative y-coordinate (thanks peter schraut)
- bugfix: joypad_adjust uses "@@seg" instead "vals" for [local_if_adr] access
- nds/tcm: 80x86 intrwait [dtcm+3ff8h] works if DTCM is off, or covered by ITCM
- nds/freeware: stores [memaccess_addr] (required for tcm/interrupt emulation)
- elf: ignores "@1234" and "@456" style dummy labels (used in ldr rd,=txt_ptr)
- nds/cartloader: shows warning on 2K-encrypted-carts (if missing biosnds7.rom)
- nds/cartloader: shows warning on faulty secure area (rom-offset below 4000h)
- cartloader/cmdline: accepts all "unpacked_extensions" (new ones: nds srl elf)
- elf: reload/recent files: reinitializes dsk_path (used to load source-lines)
- nds/controls: joyp/penirq works for BOTH arm7+nds9 (@@skipinp, old: @@skipadj)
- elf: shows continous source lines from ONE section (hides .nef DUPE sections)
- elf: ignores strange "$a" and "$d" dummy labels (found in some elf/nef files)
- nds/cartloader: supports cart.NEF debug info (for cart.SRL binaries) (if any)
- nds/cartloader: supports (not existing) nds-elf's with zero-based phys.addr
- internal/cartloader: replaced @@target_rom flag by pre_size detection values
- internal/cartloader: removed ancient @@elf_method load-by-section-headers
- nds/cartloader: accepts ext .SRL (nintendo's alias for raw .NDS rom-images)

• Wireless addapter over LAN (maybe even fast enough for Internet play .-)
• Better connectivity

• Migrated project and code to Visual Studio 2005
      - needed to make some code stricter
      - native manifest integration
• Added speed configuration table
• Added flash size option to emu tab
• Fixed: Window size was reset after closing the options dialog
• Fixed: speedupToggle will now be saved
• Removed several setting menus
• Code cleanup
• Minor issues

CPU: Fixed crashes when using SWIs in Thumb mode

GPU: Fixed some luma effect bugs

GPU: Rotoscale BGs are now drawn regardless of the color mode bit in BGCNT

GPU: Fixed some OBJ bugs

MMU: Fixed VRAM mirroring for 8-bit reads

• Fixed few bugs SaveState features.
• Added Backup plugins.

• Applied mhamanaka's patch for the jopyad config problems for japanese users
• Updated DirectInput to version 8
• Updated DirectSound to version 8
• Changed DirectX Initializations
• Updated GNU GPL info in every source file
• Removed some remaining SDL code
• Increased code's 64 bit compatibility
• Fixed Tab order for Option Dialog
• Dialog for video settings now working
• D3D: Calculation of the image position is now done only once instead of every frame
• Pre-defined full screen resolutions now keep the current bit depth
• Pre-defined 1024 & 1280 modes work now with D3D
• Replaced TheCloudOfSmoke's color set with a better one, made by PokemonHacker
• Made fullscreen mode select code look better
• Removed remaining GUID variables from DirectDraw
• Added option to D3D to keep aspect ratio (affects windowed & fs mode)
• Removed MaxScale option (it is useless in my eyes and hard to implement with matrices)
• Updated about box

• help: added credits in about chapter, uploaded gbatek v2.2b standalone version
• help: removed question marks in video capture chapter (thanks christan auby)
• help: added bios-dumping method, bypassing biosprot via 5ECh (thanks damien)
• debugger: hides 2nd gamescreen in gba-mode, and activates it in nds-mode only
• help: firmware settings RTC Offset, difference in seconds on time/date changes
• debugger: shows debug window also on cmdline "no$gba file.gba" (unless hidden)
• xcept: allows passme-entry-style jumps in 27ffxxxh area (mirrors of 23ffxxxh)
• xcept: allows nds9_irq_vector=zero (only if itcm=enabled, and itcm_base=zero)
• vram viewer: palette screen: adds engine-b-base, engine-button freshen_options
• setup: autostart flag (in filemenu) saved with other options in ini/cfg file
• debugger: search -> goto area -> exchanged 32K and 256K (thanks peter schraut)
• vram viewer: supports new nds bgmodes (bitmap, large bitmap, rotscal-16bit)
• dual cpu: provokes instant machine switch on any 27ffxxxh access (libnds stub)
• cartloader: applies passme-patches only to NDS-header (not to GBA-header)
• help: added description of bg#cnt size-bits for nds bitmaps and large-bitmap
• bios: fixed 80x86 bios rlu/lz77 decoders (new v2.2 regr0_adjust damaged flags)
• help: added KEY2 specs (semi-thanks darkfader for (obviously) incomplete info)
• iomap/vram viewer: shows correct names of NDS video modes (text,bitmap,etc.)
• lcd: supports bitmap base (in 16K steps), supports rotated/scaled bitmaps
• no$fmw: fixed nds7 uninitialized r12, activated DST adjust, fixed DST apply
• no$fmw: simplified nds7-bios-dump, works without nds-cart, thanks damien good

CPU: Optimized Thumb emulation. Also minor speed improvements in ARM emulation.

CPU: Fixed various bugs.

GPU: Fixed a number of OBJ-related bugs.

MMU: Added the missing DMA0 channel.

MMU: Fixed some IRQ quirks.

..And probably some other things I've forgot about.

Lately, I have been in the "mood" for coding, so I continued with VBA, anyway I dumped some crazy changes I made a while ago, because I totaly messes up the app back then xD Now to the interesting part. pokemonhacker made some changes to the CVS code, and these come ON TOP of beta 3, so it is newer than that. I described those changes in the change log. Remeber, this is a WIP (Work-In-Progress) Version, not a a stable one. Tell me, if you find some easy bugs in the application (that do not cover emulation itself xD)

• Switching the menu bar does not take ages in D3D full screen
• Applied official CVS changes from January 19, 2006
• - GB: fixed initial values for registers (tested on hardware)
• - GB: added bugs on purpose that exist in hardware
• - GB: added 'genericflashcard' option
• - GB: added gbDrawLine()
• - GB: fixed GB cheats compare code
• - miscellaneous fixes
• Code cleanup
• Updated Minizip component to version 1.01e
• New color themes only get applied if not in GBC/SGB mode