News(page 47)

Tous les changements : http://code.google.com/p/usbloader-gui/source/list
r1203
General:
* Added Devolution version in Credit window.
* Added Greek language file. You will need Hellenic font (Thanks nakata)
* Changed default path for GameCube Main Folder to usb1:/games/
* Changed default path for devolution folder to be located on the boot device instead of SD.
* Changed default URL for Channel's banner animation.
* Fixed launching Korean games (Thanks damysteryman)
* Fixed meta.xml release date format (Thanks Joostin)

Devolution:
* Added Devolution setting "NOLED" (and "WIDE" but not used yet).

DIOS MIOS Lite:
* Fixed DIOS MIOS (Lite) version detection when using a DM version more recent than the latest known.
* Fixed DIOS MIOS (Lite) detection when booting without AHBPROT (Priiloader direct boot, old HBC, etc.) but with Waninkoko/d2x cIOS.
* Removed "DML NoDisc+" setting when using DM v2.3+
* Removed warning messages related to individual game settings if they are currently unavailable.
* Ocarina GCT folder can now be placed anywhere. If required, the .gct will be copied to a temporary file on the root of the game's partition. (no need to move the folder manually anymore)

Version 1.7.1
[Core/SCD]
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* added support for CUE files
* added CD-DA tracks emulation (needs CUE+BIN or ISO+WAV images)
* added CD fader emulation
* added CDD "Fast FW" & "Fast RW" commands emulation
* improved CDD TOC emulation (random freezes in Sonic CD, Switch/Panic, Final Fight CD and probably many others)
* improved PCM chip synchronization with SUB-CPU (missing speeches in Willy Beamish)
* fixed PCM chip emulation (random hangs in Snatcher, missing sound effects in Switch/Panic, Final Fight CD, Wonderdog...)
* fixed Word-RAM memory mode on soft-reset (missing logo gfx effects)
* fixed SUB-CPU access to unused areas when using PC-relative instructions (Final Fight CD first boss random crash)
* fixed CPU idle loop detection on memory mode register access (Pugsy CD first boss slowdown)
* fixed Mode 1 emulation (cartridge boot mode)

[Core/Sound]
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* replaced FIR resampler by Blip Buffer for FM resampling
* modified SN76489 core for use of Blip Buffer
* improved PSG & FM chips synchronization using Blip Buffer
* added Game Gear PSG stereo support
* fixed SG-1000 specific PSG noise
* fixed YM2612 LFO AM waveform (California Games surfing event)
* fixed YM2612 phase precision
* minor optimizations to YM2612 core

[Core/Game Gear]
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* added support for CJ Elephant Fugitive (recently released by SMS Power)
* added Game Gear extended screen option

[Core/Genesis]
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* added support for a few recently dumped (but unreleased) games

[Core/General]
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* improved ROM & CD image file loading
* various code cleanup

[Gamecube/Wii]
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* added automatic disc swap feature
* removed automatic frameskipping (no use)
* improved general audio/video sync
* various code cleanup & bugfixes

1.2 :
- Lots of minor bug fixes, a sound effect improvement, and several animation improvements/adjustments.
- All new Unlockable Story Chapters (and music, kinda)
- Thanks to Titmouse's improved sound libraries, the intro and victory music is now in High Quality Stereo.
- I converted all movement in the game to use floating-point precision, resulting in much smoother motion. Now as the levels get faster, they do so much more gradually, instead if in larger jumps as before.
- All levels re-balanced because of this. For example, previously level 2 had the enemies moving at two speeds: "fast" and "slow." Now they can move at 11 different speeds: "fast," "slow," and 9 incremental speeds in between those. Speeds on all other levels were also adjusted in various ways.
- Added support for just about any (common) type of controller you prefer to use:
- Wiimote
- Wiimote + Nunchuck
- GameCube pad (digital or analog controls)
- Classic Controller (lest recommended -- it doesn't vibrate like the other controllers)
The game will automatically detect your used controller. The Wiimote or GameCube pad are probably the best options. Note, however, that if you use something other than the Wiimote, the button labels won't be right in the game (it's not hard to figure out, since you really only use 1 button when playing -- the others are for menu options). For GameCube or Classic Controller, use: "A" for "Button 2" "B" for "Button 1" and "X" instead of "Button A" in the menu. (and obviously "Start" instead of "Home" on the GameCube pad)

Version 1.4
* Animated icon alongside several (minor) graphical improvements
* Ability to select SD Gecko slot in GameCube mode (just like Wii mode SD/USB prompt)
* Moved "Backup All" to Backup Mode (press R/1 when in Backup Mode)
* Added an analog "Restore All" in Restore Mode (overwriting is supported)
* Shows filename when prompted to overwrite (also in "Restore All")
* Savegame permisions are shown in a more explicit and user friendly way
* Shows memory card freeblocks
* Page number display in file selector
* Left and right now scroll 5 file entries at once
* Scrolling of file entries can be done holding the button (up/down/left/right)
* Added security checks to Raw Restore Mode
* Added some special characters to the font (needed for savegame comments)
* Minor code tweaks

szs v1.06a r4110

- Bug fix: "wkclt COPY" printed always a false syntax error after correct finishing all copy jobs.

- Bug fixes for "wszst NORMALIZE":
- BRRES files will not touched now.
- Memory bug, if rebuilding the KCL.

- wszst CHECK will now make slot proposals with comments:
- Slots 3.1 and 7.1: Check usage of KMP objects 'sunDS' and 'pylon01'.
- Slot 4.2: Only the usage of at least one KMP object of 'kart_truck', 'car_body' or 'K_bomb_car' is done. An additonally MDL analysis is missed, so the status is only "may run on slot 4.2".
- Slot 6.1: Test the existence of file 'ice.brres' and of KCL flag 0x70.
- Slot 6.2: Check usage of KMP object 'HeyhoShipGBA'.

- New command: wszst SLOTS: Prints the possible slots for a track file. The analysis is the same as for "wszst CHECK" (see above). The command prints either a positive or a negative slot list, whatever is shorter.

Pour consulter les changements, rendez vous à cette adresse :
http://code.google.com/p/dolphin-emu/source/list

Version 3.0-776
Optimize JitCache::InvalidateICache by maintaining a "valid blocks" bitset

Most of the InvalidateICache calls are for a 32 bytes block: this is the number of bytes invalidated by PowerPC dcb*/icb* instructions. Profiling shows that a lot of CPU time is spent checking if there are any JIT blocks covered by these 32 bytes (using std::map::lower_bound).

This patch adds a bitset containing the state of every 32 bytes block in RAM (JIT cached/not JIT cached). Using that, a 32 bytes InvalidateICache can check in the bitset if any JIT block might be invalidated. A bitset check is a lot faster than an std::map::lower_bound operation, improving performance of JitCache::InvalidateICache by more than 100%.

Some practical numbers:

* Xenoblade Chronicles (PAL)
56.04FPS -> 59.28FPS (+5.78%)
* The Last Story (PAL)
30.9FPS -> 32.83FPS (+6.25%)
* Super Mario Galaxy (PAL)
59.76FPS -> 62.46FPS (+4.52%)

This function still takes more time than it should - more optimization in this area might be possible (specializing for 32 bytes blocks to avoid useless memcpy, for example).

Version 3.0-775
Implement a simple benchmarking mode which logs FPS to a file

Very useful to compare performance between two builds, check the impact of
a configuration option, etc. FPS log is stored in User/Logs/fps.txt and is
reset each time you launch a game. Only enabled if you check the "Log FPS
to file" option in your graphics settings.

Could be improved a bit: currently logs only every 1s (so you can't really see small variations), maybe output more infos to the fps.txt like average/stddev (but Excel/Libreoffice/Google Docs can compute that easily too).

Version 3.0-774
Video_DX11: Remove some redundant code.