Are there any updates planned for the next time?

[amigafreak68k]

In the last time, there was'nt really many updates of FS-UAE and/or -Launcher. Only a bugfix update was released (2.2.3)

Are there any major updates in the next time or has FS-UAE reached his final state?

[TCD]

Since Frode is on holidays, I'll just post that FS-UAE is still being updated I hope that Frode will soon give a 'bit more detailed' answer

[amigafreak68k]

great

[FrodeSolheim]

Hi, as you noticed, 2.2.3 was only a bugfix release for the stable series. This does in no way represent the amount of work done since the previous 2.2.x release ;-)

In the meantime, I've been working on the 2.3.x development branch, but have not made any official development releases yet (see http://eab.abime.net/895429-post236.html for more information on that).

I seldom announce what I'm planning to do next, but I can at least post the current content of the Changelog for 2.3.x (some overlap with 2.2.x improvements):

Version 2.3.3:
* (Launcher) Don't reload images when changing variants (and same images
  should be displayed for the new variant).
* (Launcher) Show joy_emu_conflict from oagd.net in statusbar if applicable.
* (Launcher) More QT port improvements, almost full-featured now.
* (Game Center) Locate correct kickstart ROMs via file database.
* (Game Center) Fixed possible bug in font rendering code.

Version 2.3.2:
* (Launcher) Fixed bug when loading files from archive in a folder named #.
* (Launcher) Fixed bug when automatically looking up Amiga Forever roms [2.3.1]
* (Launcher) QT port improvements.
* (Launcher) Misc bugfixes and minor improvements.

Version 2.3.1:

* On windows, read file name (as program parameter) with MBCS encoding
  (CP_ACP) so paths with non-ASCII characters are handled correctly.
* Windows executables are digitally signed by "Frode Solheim".
* New portable zip file distribution for Windows, "plus" zip file removed,
  and emulator-only zip exists still with _emulator.zip name.
* Logs dir is moved into Cache/Logs/, log file renamed to Emulator.log.txt.
* Always write shader log, in case there's GLSL warnings, etc.
* (Launcher) New status bar with info about num players, languages,
  web links, copy protection and warnings.
* (Launcher) Game variants (from oagd.net) you don't have are also
  displayed, but greyed out.
* (Launcher) Buttons to rate game variants on oagd.net directly from UI.
* (Launcher) Implemented cancel in launch FS-UAE progress dialog.
* (Launcher) Only add Cloanto "Amiga Files" to search path if directory
  exists (Windows).
* (Launcher) Fix slash direction in default search directory on Windows so
  it does not look weird.
* (Launcher) More space-efficient screenshot and cover sizes/formats.
* (Launcher) Internal code rewrite (in progress) to support code sharing
  with Game Center.
* (Launcher) Only have start menu icon for FS-UAE Launcher by default.
* (Launcher) Support new option x_hdinst_args.
* (Launcher) Better support for portable directory, launcher settings can
  be saved in portable dir.
* (Launcher) Non-Cache launcher data files moved to FS-UAE/Data.
* (Launcher) Download cache dir moved to FS-UAE/Cache/Downloads.
* (Launcher) Initial support for auto-downloadable games from oagd.net.
* (Launcher) Initial support for auto-downloadable games from 3rd-party sites.
* (Launcher) Initial support for manually downloadable games.
* (Launcher) Moved local file index into its own database file.
* (Launcher) Extract empty directories as well when extracting archives.
* (Launcher) Fixed bug when specifying window_width / window_height in
  custom settings.
* (Launcher) Partial support for Python 3.x.
* (Launcher) Partial support for using the Launcher with QT toolkit.
* (Launcher) Moved file database into its own separate database, also made
  the file rows more space efficient, and the checksum index smaller.
* (Launcher) Removed support for old XML game database.
* (Launcher) Ignore file extension case when checking floppy list from
  online database.
* (Launcher) Handle some potentially invalid configs from online database
  more gracefully.
* (Launcher) Updated translations: it [speedvicio].

Version 2.3.0

* Show on-screen warning if OpenAL device cannot be opened, log OpenAL
  error code.
* New option save_state_compression can be used to disable save state
  compression.
* New option "log" which can be used to enable misc types of debug logging.
* Queued input events are processed in hsync handler.
* Use CD32 + FMV quickstart for CD32 model, update cd.device in cartridge
  ROM fixes problem with Pirates Gold intro.
* Removed a couple of left-over / unnecesary log statements.
* Support language option to override GUI language.
* New translations: tr [Decypher].
* With video_sync = auto, allow some slack when deciding to enable full
  sync or not (accept host refresh rate 49 instead of just 50, ..).
* New option: assume_refresh_rate (int) to manually specify host refresh
  rate when refresh rate detection fails. This option in combination with
  video_sync = auto effectively replaces video_sync = full.
* video_sync = full is now an alias for video_sync = auto.
* Fixed bug causing FS-UAE to hang when pausing with video_sync = off.
* New model CD32/FMV (includes FMV ROM), CD32 model reverted to original.
* Fixed compatibility issues in scanline GLSL shaders.
* (Launcher) Warn when using A1200 model with < 2 MB chip RAM.
* (Launcher) Fixed a bug where 0-byte screenshot / covers files could be
  stored if a network error occurs while downloading.
* (Launcher) Better support for A3000 and A4000 with the game database.
* (Launcher) Support hiding variants from the database based on _status.
* (Launcher) Cycle-exact can be disabled from database if abs. necessary.
* (Launcher) Support language option to override GUI language.
* (Launcher) New translations: tr [Decypher].

[amigafreak68k]

Thanks for the reply! In the last version change log I see the entry (Game Center). Do you plan to release it with the next major release of FS-UAE?

[FrodeSolheim]

Correct, the plan is to include it in the forthcoming development versions

It'll at least initially be a cut-down version of FS-Game Center called FS-UAE Game Center, and it'll for the time being use the games / setup from FS-UAE Launcher. This means that for the time being, you also need to use the Launcher (for setup) even in one is only interested in the game center! But on the plus side, no configuration is then needed for the game center and it hopefully works out of the box.