New Version Of The Nintendo DS Emulator DeSmuME

This excellent Nintendo DS emulator for Windows gets an update now and there’s a fair bit to get through so let’s go:

Highlights:
• New save autodetection and save file format
• Full rerecording support

General/Core:
bug:
• fix many 64 bit and endian issues
• fix mic input, which was nearly useless before
• fix failures of large dmas
• fix in ipc sync which broke devkitpro touch
• screenshots now exclude hud and rotation
• rewritten vram mapping (fixes corrupted or missing BG)

enh:
• add universal commandline system (same commandline options on every port)
• cheats: added Action Replay code parser
• more reliable and useful frameskipping
• SPU: speedup: add adpcm caching
• SPU: speedup: interpolation is now optional
• print svn build number so we can identify people’s svn builds from screenshots

Graphics:
bug:
• add polygon y-sorting (fixes 3d guis)
• fix texcoordgen mode 3; fixes some ortho sprites and some entirely broken games
• display capture fixes
• fix a number of OBJ modes
• fixes to affine BG modes
• better emulate some translucent OBJ
• more correct handling of color effect windows and backdrop colors
• fix matrix stack overrun which crashed emulator
• swrast: add clear depth image emulation and other fixes to depth buffering
• swrast: fix some toon and highlight cases
• fix bug in matrix stack, fixes some broken models

enh:
• add alternate flush mode HACK 3d config toggle, fixes some entirely broken 3d games

Windows:
bug:
• more robust cheats engine and dialog

enh:
• more solid avi and wav recording
• improved tools: memory viewer
• added tools: spu viewer, ram watch, ram search
• change build configuration system
• speedup: add gpu core disabling to hide useless screens
• add background pause feature (for when emulator loses focus)
• add missing autohold for L and R
• add chinese translation

Gtk frontend:
enh:
• switch all of menu/toolbar system to GtkAction + GtkUIManager
• remove the gtglext 3d code
• improve/speedup screen resize and final presentation logic in gtk frontend
• minimal rerecording hookups

Cli frontend:
enh:
• hooked the frameskip (szigor)
• misc usability improvements: auto pause switch for pausing when focus is lost and exit on escape pressing (szigor)
• hook the fake noise mic; use m to toggle

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