* sony_news.xml: Added proper compatibility flags for different
generations.
* cpu/pic16x8x: This is very much a derivative work.
* cpu/tms32025.cpp: Allow stack push/pop to be inlined.
* tecmo/bombjack.cpp: Avoid needing to remove and replace devices in
machine configuration.
* Various other cleanup.
* plugins/layout: Log script errors at warning level rather than verbose
level.
* microtouch.lay, pntnpuzl.lay: Improved pointer mapping code.
* Reordered all layouts to place views after element and group
definitions and scripts last. This matches how layout files are
interpreted by MAME.
* Fixed various errors identified by validating layout files against an
XSD schema.
Systems promoted to working
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Sega TV Ocha-Ken [QUFB]
Software list items promoted to working (tvochken.xml)
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TV to Ocha-Card: Ocha-Ken 'Ho' to Seikatsu [Vas Crabb]
sega_beena_cart.xml: Put page scans in individual data areas.
frontend/mame/luaengine_mem.cpp: Added a raw read function for memory
regions.
plugins/layout: Added bitmap classes to layout sandbox.
* Moved several machine lifecycle callbacks to the notifier/subscriber
model. The old callback registration model is still available for
them for now, but prints a deprecation warning.
* Added pre-save/post-load notifications.
* Use a single allocated timer rather than one anonymous timer per
waiter. Waiters no longer prevent saved states from being loaded.
* Clean up outstanding waiters on stop or state load rather than just
leaking them.
* Started documenting parts of the emulator interface object that should
be relatively stable.
-imagedev/avivideo.cpp: Fixed an object leak on unload. Also changed
some other media image devices to use smart pointers.
* This lets you use emu.wait(...) directly without mucking around creating coroutines.
* Allow emu.wait to accept an attotime argument.
* Added a couple more wait helper functions.
-emu/profiler.h: Actually use scope-based profiling helpers.
* This makes the comment at the top of emu/profile.h less dishonest, and makes it easier to write exception-safe code.
* Got rid of some do { ... } while (0) loops that only existed so break could be used like a goto.
* Can now cycle through candidates by repeatedly pushing Tab.
* Also cleaned up Lua thread context object a little, and made it
possible to pass any Lua object as a status value.
* msx2_flop.xml: Fixed a couple of Japanese titles.
* plugins/layout: Added a couple of things to the layout script sandbox.
* Tidied up Hyper Neo Geo 64 code (srcclean etc.).
This removes the need to force it to build as C++, and adds proper UTF-8
support for Windows.
Since this is a fork of linenoise, there's no hope for getting
lua-linenoise to sync with it upstream. I made the bare minimum changes
to keep it working, but didn't add bindings for new functionality (e.g.
multi-line editing).
osd/modules/input, emu/inpttype.cpp: Made most default joystick
assignments supplied by input modules. Input modules take available
controls into consideration when generating default assignments.
emu/inpttype.ipp: Added a separate "Back" UI input separate from Cancel.
You may want an easier to hit combination for moving to the previous
menu than for exiting or cancelling input. They both default to Escape.
emu/inpttype.ipp: Added a UI Help control. Currently only used by
analog inputs menu
emu/inpttype.h: Moved I/O port field type enum to its own header and
sorted UI controls so they appear in a more logical order.
ui: Don't use UI Select to restore defaults - people should be getting
used to the UI Clear input by now. UI Select cycles multi-value items
instead.
ui/inputmap.cpp: Don't use immediate cancel to cycle between clearing
and restoring default assignment (use UI Clear instead).
osd: Reduced the number of files needing to include the dreaded emu.h.
Got some implementation out of headers.
* util/options.cpp: Added option types for single and multiple paths.
* util/options.cpp: Substitute environment variables in values from defaults and INI files.
* ui/dirmenu.cpp: Removed hard-coded list of multi-path options.
* plugins: Don't substitute environment variables in path options.
* Use the plugin data folder for storing the cache. The history folder
may be read-only or shared with different configurations.
* Don't create the cache database or surrounding folder if there's
nothing to store in it.
* Actually use prepared queries multiple times rather than always
destroying them after a single use.
* Added proper error checking for most database operations.
* Improved query performance by avoiding outer joins and table scans.
-bus/nubus: Made the Macintosh Display Cards map the blue channel to
white with monochrome monitors. Also added logging for PLL
configuration to help debug how CRTC and RAMDAC clocks work in the
future.
* bus/nubus: Started emulating SuperMac Spectrum/8 CRTC.
* bus/nubus: Respect Apple 4•8 screen base register.
* cpu/m68000: Fixed disassembly of bit field extract instructions.
* Also cleaned up data plugin a little.
Added menus for controlling toggle inputs, and showing recognised input
devices and control state. Moved input menu options off main menu to a
submenu, as there are a lot of them now.
Moved menu heading drawing into base class, added headings to more
menus, and made headings more consistent with the menu items used to
reach them. Also made terminology more consistent.
Changed the default names for buttons and hat switches/D-pads to use
1-based numbering. DirectInput still returns 0-based button numbers for
some devices.
Removed local copy of MinGW xaudio2.h as it’s now included in the MSYS2
package. Also fixed building the DirectSound sound output module with
the SDL OSD on Windows - the Windows headers are sensitive to include
order.
Started adding documentation for menus, to hopefully help people find
menus they remember seeing but can't recall how to access.
For translators, this makes terminology more consistent. In particular:
* "Settings" is preferred over "configuration" in a number of places, as
the latter can be construed as referring specifically to settings
stored in .cfg files in the cfg_directory folder. Also, references to
saving machine configuration could be interpreted as relating to the
settings on the "Machine Configuration" menu.
* The controls on host input devices (e.g. keys, buttons, joystick axes)
are referred to as "controls", while emulated inputs are referred to
as "inputs".
* The menus for assigning host controls to emulated inputs are called
"input assignments" menus to distinguish them from other input
settings menus.
* Combinations of controls that can be assigned to emulated inputs are
referred to as "combinations" rather than "sequences".
* The potentially confusing term "ROM set" has been removed altogether.
Use "short name" to refer to a device or system's identifier.
* "System" is used in almost places to refer to a complete, runnable
system rather than "Machine".
* "Driver" is now only used to refer to source files where systems or
devices are defined - it is no longer used to refer to individual
systems.
* A few more menus have message context for the messages. This makes it
a bit easier to guess where the messages are used. It also means you
can use different translations in different places if necessary (e.g.
if the same English text should be translated differently as an item
in one menu and as a heading in another).
Made auto-boot script errors and plugin bootstrap errors fatal.
Run auto-boot scripts in a sandbox. Globals can be accessed, but not
set. The sandbox is cleared on hard reset, but not on soft reset.
Added (hopefully) useful to string metafunctions to device_t and
address space that show short names and tags.
Fixed issues in plugins that surface when strict type checking is
enabled, as this means numbers and nil are not automatically converted
to strings. Plugins should be tested with debug builds to check for
this.
Made save item read_block raise an error on invalid arguments rather
than returning an empty string, and made it use luaL_buffer directly
rather than using the helper wrapper.
Changed some more function bindings to use set_function to avoid issues
related to ThePhD/sol2#608, and got rid of some unnecessary lambda
captures.
hiscore.dat: Add "Mega Man 2: The Power Fighters (Hispanic 960712)" (megaman2h), fix "1000 Miglia: Great 1000 Miles Rally" (gtmr/gtmra/gtmro/gtmrusa) and add clones (gtmrb/gtmro) (#9285)
Added pseudo format specifiers to controller port names: %p for player
and %% for literal percent symbol. This lets you get the localised
player identifier in overridden input names (see NES and Neo-Geo for
examples), and reduces the number of messages to translate.
For translators, the new messages are mostly previously existing
messages with wording adjusted for clarity (e.g. referring to "media"
rather than "ROMs" in several places, as things like disk and tape
images are included). It's also possible to localise the "???"
dipslayed for an input without a valid name, but that should never
actually appear in practice.
Patched up positron.cpp input ports - you shouldn’t use PORT_NAME when
the key cap label is just the characters it produces anyway, and you’re
supposed to use the actual character a key produces for PORT_CHAR or
"natural" keyboard mode/paste will be unnatural.
Added emulated time recording as well as wall clock time.
Fixed recording time for multiple software items per system. An
incorrect constraint on the database table meant that time was only
being recorded for a single software item per system.
Detect the "empty" driver so the time spent at the selection menu isn't
recorded (you'd get multiple entries for this due to the way options
leak when returning to the system selection menu).
Included schema migration code to update existing timer plugin
databases. Also replaced some unnecessary floating point code with
integer maths, added log messages, and made the plugin unload unload its
database access code during emulation.
Changed other plugins' use of paths with trailing slashes as this causes
stat to fail on Windows.
Made autofire and inputmacro plugins capable of remembering settings if
the host input device for the binding is missing or if an input for a
slot device that isn't present is referenced.
