sometimes99er Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 Any idea why the opening music in Tombstone City is quicker with Overdrive and Alpiner is just the same ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Retrospect Posted June 3, 2014 Share Posted June 3, 2014 I just checked a few things out. Classic99 latest revision: Tombstone City music runs slow, Alpiner music runs slow, system start up BEEP is choppy/broken up Classic99 QI358 Both tombstone and alpiner music was running slowly for this, however the system start up BEEP was not choppy or broken. Not that I think this will help any? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted June 4, 2014 Author Share Posted June 4, 2014 Any idea why the opening music in Tombstone City is quicker with Overdrive and Alpiner is just the same ? It's not on my machine, I just tested it. Probably just the way that the Tombstone code is lining up with the timing versus the Alpiner code. The fixes I made should help that. (I don't have them on my main machine yet, now that I think about it..) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Hi,I'm not sure where to post this but,Most of the time when I play Robotron on the Classic 99 emulator it will play for a bit then crash.Could the problem be the rom?Is there a fixed version that plays without crashing on classic 99? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted June 5, 2014 Author Share Posted June 5, 2014 The problem may be the ROM, may be the version of Classic99. A while back I thought there was a bug in the ROM and Marc showed that the fault was indeed mine! So check if you're up to date on Classic99? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+mizapf Posted June 5, 2014 Share Posted June 5, 2014 Robotron also crashes after some time in MESS. So I guess the issue is inside the game. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
roadrunner Posted June 7, 2014 Share Posted June 7, 2014 The problem may be the ROM, may be the version of Classic99. A while back I thought there was a bug in the ROM and Marc showed that the fault was indeed mine! So check if you're up to date on Classic99? I still have problems with Robotron even with the newest classic99 I was able to get to wave 8 and then the game locked up on me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted June 8, 2014 Author Share Posted June 8, 2014 Mostly a maintenance release - I didn't realize it had been so long. -TurboForth label updated to 1.2 (binary was already correct) -Rasmus' ECM sprite support added -Fix padding when making 379 carts -add EEPROM test code to ubergrom -GPU can write to VDP registers -weak VDP overrun warning -fix to F18A DPM disable handling -Fix F18A SIT bit pattern handling -Fixes to F18A enhanced sprite mode handling thanks to RasmusM -Debug fix in disk image handler -updated rendering interface to 32-bit (all filters updated) -removed unused code from 2xSAI - no need for NASM anymore -removed DDRAW.LIB dependency (still uses DirectDraw though) -(checkin only) adding DSK.DISKNAME support to DSR and TurboForth2 -Added new debug hook system (memory only implemented, disabled by default) -improve timing thread http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 Damn that looks like a fine update! Can't wait to get that bad boy installed! Thanks Tursi! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted June 8, 2014 Share Posted June 8, 2014 wee, nice big update, many thanks, downloading it right now. May I suggest somehow polling on startup to see if there is new version available, a option that can be enabled or disabled, this might help in future to make sure everyone is running the latest version, which they upgraded to one that has 'update' notify option in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Is there a Rom file size limitation in Classic99? I've been using Classic99 to test my 512k Rom images before burning and am interested in putting together a 2 meg Rom image. Gazoo Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 8, 2014 Author Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yes, 512k, but I'll be upping that to 2MB shortly (as well as releasing the support for non-inverted ROMs) When is shortly this time? No idea. Maaaaaybe this week? But next weekend is more free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gazoo Posted October 8, 2014 Share Posted October 8, 2014 Yes, 512k, but I'll be upping that to 2MB shortly (as well as releasing the support for non-inverted ROMs) When is shortly this time? No idea. Maaaaaybe this week? But next weekend is more free. No more inverting before burning?! Woohoo!! Thanks, Gazoo 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted October 9, 2014 Author Share Posted October 9, 2014 -some hacky test code in sound for unrelated projects - ignore-increase cartridge bankswitch size to 2MB-add non-inverted cart switch scheme (type '8')-Disable the VDP warning everyone dislikes -Removed ROMs from source again http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Ksarul Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Thank you, Tursi! This capability will come in very handy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Willsy Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 Ah shame! The VDP warning is a great idea. Just needs a switch :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted October 9, 2014 Share Posted October 9, 2014 What VDP warning? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 -EEPROM lock support for UberGROM-Miscellaneous Audio fixes-new DAC system added (works for cassette gate bit and high frequency square waves)-audio mute fixes for menu interactions-tweak system timing code for more responsiveness-change debug screen to say 'mask' instead of 'size' on color and pattern tables in bitmap mode Rasmus, I think this will fix your old audio complaint on breakpoints -- I am guessing you used the menu instead of F1, and the menu had a bad habit of re-enabling audio no matter what was done in the option itself. Also adds the DAC support and fixes a few audio tweaks. I couldn't exactly remember what the fault with Sabrewulf was, but I /believe/ that fix in rolled up in here too. Finally - the issue of music playing slowly sometimes SHOULD also be addressed here, there was a case where the VDP interrupt would sometimes run at half speed, depending on too many variables to reliably reproduce. To hear the DAC stuff, you can run Perfect Push, my old TMNT game if you have that, Sound F/X (I couldn't locate a copy but it SHOULD work)... and that's all that I know of that actually used digitized sound on the console. (And, of course, the new Spaceballs demo ). http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 Meant to add that I also updated my image converter to allow command-line conversion of images, which I needed for the animation stuff (http://harmlesslion.com/software/convert9918), and my 'dircmd' tool was updated to spawn multiple processes at once for the same reason, though most people probably already have a scripting tool they like. (http://harmlesslion.com/software/dircmd) 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Rasmus, I think this will fix your old audio complaint on breakpoints -- I am guessing you used the menu instead of F1, and the menu had a bad habit of re-enabling audio no matter what was done in the option itself. Great stuff. But unfortunately the sound problem is still not fixed. To reproduce it I just have to start any program with sound, open the debugger, press F1 to Pause (which will stop the sound), and then minimize the Classic window. Now the last two seconds of the sound will be played repeatedly until I go back to Classic and press F1 again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 7, 2015 Author Share Posted February 7, 2015 I don't think I ever caught the 'minimize' step before. That's an easy fix. Same deal again, old code aggressively re-enabling audio (indeed, for any sizing event. Left over from muting audio at the start of a window size event, which I haven't done for a while). One line fix. New version 376: -No longer blindly unmutes audio when re-sizing window (including minimize) - audited other mute/unmute locations -No longer unpauses breakpoints when opening debugger (this one was annoying me ) http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gary from OPA Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Great to see some updates to this emulator one of the best. --- I think this topic should be 'sticky' so new people can always see and find it, with the first post containing all the latest info (if its not there already!) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+OLD CS1 Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Your sound fix definitely fixed the speed issue in my sound test cartridge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Asmusr Posted February 7, 2015 Share Posted February 7, 2015 Great, my sound issue is fixed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tursi Posted February 17, 2015 Author Share Posted February 17, 2015 Classic99 377 and 378 Classic99 378 -Fixes for DAC with non-standard CPU speed-large file hack fixes-crash fix for loading 378 files larger than max (2MB)-Fixes to make big file hack work with files of arbitrary size. Note I did not increase the cartridge size in this one, the maximum cartridge is still 2MB. http://harmlesslion.com/software/classic99 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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