- new tag <comment> (within <cheat>) is read and preserved
when saved
- removed variable attribute from <parameter>; it is now
assumed to be 'param'
- added default attribute for <parameter>
Added new variable 'frame' accessible from cheat scripts. This
can be used in the conditional to prevent execution on every
frame, or for other effects (like displaying temporary messages).
Added new variable 'argindex' which is the index when processing
an <argument> with a count attribute greater than 1. Can be used
in expressions like:
<argument count="3">main.pb@(1000+argindex)</argument>
Reinstated the cheat menu. It now displays all loaded cheats and
allows for them to be activated. All known cheat behaviors should
be working now.
files. Removed old option 'cheat_file'.
Updated xmlfile.c to specify the line number for each node, for more
accurate error reporting.
Removed old cheat.c/.h and replaced them with code that will read and
write the new XML-based cheat format using the new cheatpath option
(cheats still need to be enabled in order to load at all). Note that
the cheats are not implemented yet, but they are fully parsed. To test
saving, whenever a cheat file is successfully loaded, it is immediately
written back out as 'output.xml' to the cheat directory for validation.
Subject: [patch] memory_region madness reloaded
Hi mamedev,
The memory_region and memory_region_length functions are probably the
two most common functions in MAME that don't take a machine parameter
but should given the syntax of the related apis memory_region_type and
memory_region_flags. Clearly they didn't get the parameter because of
the sheer number of changes needed to change the apis. This pair of
patches makes the change, and deals with the consequences.
The second patch then changes the api for memory_region and
memory_region_length, and fixes the fallout. It generally plumbs
through machine parameters where needed, except for the case of sound
apis which I deferred doing so till later. This increased the number
of deprecat.h includes by ~50. Given it is a massive patch, there are
bound to be a few mistakes in it (I had to make ~20% of the changes by
hand), but I exercised care and reviewed the patch several times to
minimize the problems.
- removed years from copyright notices
- removed redundant (c) from copyright notices
- updated "the MAME Team" to be "Nicola Salmoria and the MAME Team"
