Denise 2.0 released!

[PiCiJi]

Denise has completely different settings and identifiers. That can't work.

[pixie]

Originally Posted by PiCiJi

Denise.exe Disk1.adf -config-amiga settings.ini
This will start Disk 1 and load its own settings file. In the settings file, the swapper can be filled with the following parameters.

swapper_1_path: D:/amiga/disks/Amoon.zip
swapper_1_file: AmbermoonA.adf
swapper_1_id: 0
swapper_2_path: D:/amiga/disks/Amoon.zip
swapper_2_file: AmbermoonB.adf
swapper_2_id: 1
...


Here the disks are inserted into the drives
DF0_path:
DF0_file:
...

Would it make sense to have a .den file extension format that would be nothing more then a zip file with a config for the disk swapping, much like an osx app, which is nothing more then a standardized folder... ?

[PiCiJi]

Would it make sense to have a .den file extension format that would be nothing more then a zip file with a config for the disk swapping, much like an osx app, which is nothing more then a standardized folder... ?

I think the easiest way is to pass the followup disks directly as command line parameters. The script a few postings above looks to me like a dynamically assembled config file for UAE emulators. I think that's almost too complicated to just hand over the follow disks in a dynamic generated settings file. Sure, most frontend loaders have a way to generate command line parameters dynamically.

Denise.exe Disk1.adf -config-amiga settings.ini -swapper game.zip
or
Denise.exe Disk1.adf -config-amiga settings.ini -swapper Disk1.adf Disk2.adf Disk3.adf

[PiCiJi]

In the last nightly, Vsync can now be enabled again together with VRR.
This may be necessary for certain graphics hardware. There are isolated indications of this. I can't confirm it with my hardware, at least not for 2D retro gaming, which is described by the fact that the frame pacing remains constant and changes are rather the exception and certainly not from frame to frame.

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by amilo3438

(there are only a few .exe files left that I could not find on the pack disks)

I found solution for a few .exe file left by using exe2adf tool! ( https://www.exe2adf.com/ )

This tool creates an .adf file and put the .exe file on it together with startup-sequence file. (I think winuae uses a similar metod to start an exe file directly)

So tested remain demos = no prob. found! (EDIT: Some problems found and reported in Denise bugfixes and improvements thread)

[amilo3438]

I recommend updating to the latest nightly version! (many of the gfx problems have been fixed)

How? Check it out in post #1.

[PiCiJi]

nightly: added DMS support

currently supported: ADF, ADZ, EXT1, EXT2, DMS or archives

DMS, ADZ, ZIP, GZ, TAR.GZ archives can be written in the emulation and the write process is also visible within the emulation.
However, these changes are not saved permanently (outside of emulation) because Denise does not modify archives.
Savestates, however, also store these changes. In this way it is possible to permanently preserve changes in ADZ and DMS files.

Note: EXT1 (used by some Factor 5 games) is not suitable for mapping write operations. For this reason, each write operation within an EXT1 creates an EXT2.
So the next time you start it, it's an EXT2.
Don't worry, persistent writes don't happen right away. But only when the floppy disk is removed or restarted.
If a write process takes place in the emulation, there is a security question when swapping the disk whether the changes should actually be written.
In this way, an EXT1 will not accidentally become an EXT 2 or changes will be made to ADF's.

[hexaae]

Great!

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by PiCiJi

nightly: added DMS support

I checked several demos with the .dms extension and they all worked fine!

Ps.
Maybe IPF would be nice to support also in Denise!
IPF Support Library: http://www.softpres.org/download

[rutra80]

@PiSiJi I did a bit more testing of problems I have, and it seems that:

1. GSync is indeed working, and interlace jerkiness comes from somewhere else not related to frame pacing - I suspect GUI updates (disk drive info?).

2. Integer scaling is integer when I disable Crop border. You might reconsider order in which you do cropping & scaling so it is always integer when enabled.

Also looking forward for IPF and encrypted ROM support.

[PiCiJi]

nightly: add IPF support, minimum supported version is 4

Windows: put CAPSImg.dll or CAPSImg_x64.dll in Denise folder
Linux: put libcapsimage.so to /usr/lib, ln -s /usr/lib/libcapsimage.so.4.2 /usr/lib/libcapsimage.so.4 OR ln -s /usr/lib/libcapsimage.so.5.1 /usr/lib/libcapsimage.so.5
macOS: put CAPSImage.framework to /Library/Frameworks OR copy CAPSImage to /usr/local/lib and rename to libcapsimage.4.dylib or libcapsimage.5.dylib

When using the floppy setting "Turbo" in combination with IPF, problems can occur, as exact timing is often important here.
In order not to have to constantly remember to change the "Turbo" setting when switching from ADF to IPF, "Turbo" (if enabled) is automatically deactivated temporarily on all tracks of an IPF image, where timing informations
are included in the IPF.
This reduces the likelihood of read errors with Turbo IPF's. However, a track without timing information can also have a non-normal (like EXT.ADF) bit cell length and thus serve as copy protection. Without timing information, the bit cell length applies equally to the entire track.
Only by means of timing information can variable bit cell widths be defined within a track.
edit: like DMS or compressed ADF there is no way to write changes (e.g. hiscores) back to IPF. Only a savestate can memory such changes. Later i will support delta files. this way a image can be restarted without a savestate.

Also looking forward for IPF and encrypted ROM support.

What do you mean by Encrypted ROM's? some archives currently not supported like: rar or 7z

[Anubis]

Great improvements!!!

Erm, how I download nightly build to test it?

[TCD]

to find nightlies: click a build (top most entry), click OS, click "Artifacts", download it

Have you disabled signatures?

[jbl007]

Originally Posted by PiCiJi

"Turbo" (if enabled) is automatically deactivated temporarily on all tracks of an IPF image, where timing informations
are included in the IPF.

Interesting approach. I played some Lost Patrol with 8x floppy speed and my team survived the 2nd screen (copy protection check succeeded)

BTW: Build failed with g++ 13.2.1 due to missing

#include <cstdint>

in emulation/tools/DLLoader.cpp

[PiCiJi]

Originally Posted by jbl007

BTW: Build failed with g++ 13.2.1 due to missing

#include <cstdint>

in emulation/tools/DLLoader.cpp

ok will add it

[rutra80]

Originally Posted by PiCiJi

What do you mean by Encrypted ROM's? some archives currently not supported like: rar or 7z

I mean Kickstarts from Cloanto Amiga Forever - they are encrypted and come with .key file to work. Officially they are the only legal Kickstarts to purchase.

[Magic]

Originally Posted by rutra80

I mean Kickstarts from Cloanto Amiga Forever - they are encrypted and come with .key file to work. Officially they are the only legal Kickstarts to purchase.

The Kickstart ROM files that shipped on the 3.2.x CDs are not legal?

[rutra80]

Right, 3.2+ are from Hyperion and are unencrypted. But Denise emulates A500 where 1.3 is most relevant.

[ptyerman]

Load Workbench in WinUAE or other emulator, insert a grabkick.adf image or extract the Grabkick.lha to RAM: and run it from there. It will read and save the Kickstart ROM as a unencrypted file.
You can get Grabkick on Aminet.

[rhester72]

Originally Posted by ptyerman

Load Workbench in WinUAE or other emulator, insert a grabkick.adf image or extract the Grabkick.lha to RAM: and run it from there. It will read and save the Kickstart ROM as a unencrypted file.
You can get Grabkick on Aminet.

Decrypted Kickstart 3.1 still won't work thanks to one deliberately corrupted byte that WinUAE accounts for