WinUAE 2.8.1 beta series

[Toni Wilen]

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2.8.0 fixes and other updates, release in 2-4 weeks. No big updates. Really.

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2810b1.zip

Beta 1:

- Audio DMA CPU wait hack (that tries to prevent missing samples if program has CPU timed audio DMA wait) improved, now compatible with programs that really need delay after DMA switch off (for example switches DMA off, then clears interrupt request, and then finally waits for audio interrupt).
- CPU on the fly mode changes were unreliable (2.8.0b15)
- Fixed some GUI strings that didn't support translation.
- .ccd CD images didn't automatically load from archive if file was not in archive root.
- Disk insert after emulation has been started may have internally set disk as write protected even if disk image is write enabled. (broken since GUI "?" button was added)
- Added DMA channel support to memwatch points. Add DMA channel name (or more than one) at the end of debugger w command line, for example COP, BLT (or BLTA if you only want A channel reads) and so on.. No parameter = CPU accesses only.
- Null filter didn't check display bounds, fixes possible DirectDraw mode crash when display size changes.
- Directory filesystem ACTION SET FILE SIZE will now fail if target file size is >= 2G. (Prevents accidental truncation if program does not support large files)
- Added directory filesystem MorphOS compatible 64-bit file size packets: ACTION_SEEK64, ACTION_SET_FILE_SIZE64, ACTION_LOCK_RECORD64, ACTION_FREE_RECORD64, ACTION_EXAMINE_OBJECT64, ACTION_EXAMINE_NEXT64, ACTION_EXAMINE_FH64 and ACTION_EXAMINE_ALL ED_SIZE64. (OS4 packets were implemented long time ago)
- AGA and reading non-existing or write-only custom registers work differently than on A500, don't use new more A500 compatible method added in 2.8.0 with AGA configurations. (This is far from accurate)
- Mouse device autoswitching was unreliable if rawinput was not supported or was disabled.
- If Quickstart mode and sound filter is set to A500 or A1200 emulated or always on: automatically match it with selected config.
- DMA debugger now shows CPU and DMA 32-bit chip ram accesses, previously data was truncated to 16-bits. 64-bit DMA is stil truncated to 32-bit.

[amilo3438]

It seems "Eject" button from Quickstart settings "Emulated drives" doesnt work => after Reset button the disk is still there !? (but it works fine from "Floppy drives"!)

EDIT: Ah, it seems to happens also on previous offical version. I know, Old bug -> separate thread, but I was a little lazy to check ... sorry. (so erase the post if you wish)

Cheers

[Neil79]

Oi Toni shouldn't you be taking a holiday rest

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by amilo3438

It seems "Eject" button from Quickstart settings "Emulated drives" doesnt work => after Reset button the disk is still there !? (but it works fine from "Floppy drives"!)

EDIT: Ah, it seems to happens also on previous offical version. I know, Old bug -> separate thread, but I was a little lazy to check ... sorry. (so erase the post if you wish)

I managed to duplicate it, didn't bother to move or delete this time..

Originally Posted by Neil79

Oi Toni shouldn't you be taking a holiday rest

Nah, after 2.8.1. Maybe.

[Michael Sykes]

Tony you are a working animal...

You can blame beer for that senseless comment.

Hi Toni, It seems the demo Jesus on E's (AGA) which was working fine in 2.8.0 does not get past the initial black screen before the message about insert disk 2 appears.

Running as A1200, 4MB Fast Ram, Best Compat, Fullscreen PAL VSync config using quick start mode.

Attached is the log.

[vagrant]

Toni I've been getting random freezing again switching modes on the fly in beta 1, like it used to in the 2.7 betas prior to the fix.
2.8.0 and the quick audio fix beta you provided were fine.

Also:

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

- AGA and reading non-existing or write-only custom registers work differently than on A500, don't use new more A500 compatible method added in 2.8.0 with AGA configurations. (This is far from accurate)

Do you mean not to use 'more compatible' at all anymore with AGA?

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by ED-209

Toni I've been getting random freezing again switching modes on the fly in beta 1, like it used to in the 2.7 betas prior to the fix.
2.8.0 and the quick audio fix beta you provided were fine.

Freezing? Didn't it crash emulated Amiga too?

Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip have same problem?

Do you mean not to use 'more compatible' at all anymore with AGA?

No.

It is bad wording, it means "emulation does not use new more A500 compatible reading of non-existing or write-only registers". Nothing to do with more compatible option.

[vagrant]

Ok
Yeh it freezes & crashes emulation.

..and that seems to have fixed it

[Retrofan]

Hi Toni:
I've got 2.8.0 installed and I've got a rare problem. I can not open my desktop drawer (WinDH_C:Users/Retrofan/Desktop), as I've got an Arabuusimiehet window in the moment I click on Desktop.

http://s23.postimg.org/cejmedwez/Sin_t_tulo_1.png

The thing is that it doesn't happen in my laptop and it only happens with some installations of AmiKit Real I try, in others with the same update (I believe) I've got no problem to open that drawer.

Attached the logs.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

I've got 2.8.0 installed

Wrong thread or wrong version

Disable JIT and check if something else happens.

EDIT: and the usual, test older 2.8.0 betas (and make sure to test 2.7.0 too!) to find which version introduced it.

I tried your updated zip and it also fixes the problem I posted, great stuff

[Retrofan]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Wrong thread or wrong version

Disable JIT and check if something else happens.

EDIT: and the usual, test older 2.8.0 betas (and make sure to test 2.7.0 too!) to find which version introduced it.

Thanks. I've tried without Jit and it's the same, and I can't fight against absurd: I've got an hdf that works perfect. I make a copy on Windows, rename it and (without any change) use it with the same WinUAE config (just changing the booting partition to use the copied one) and now it crashes when opening the Desktop drawer. That's too odd, and as I say it only happens with the Desktop drawer (I can open all of the rest there) and maybe that only on this PC.

So, forget it and thanks.

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by Retrofan

now it crashes when opening the Desktop drawer. That's too odd, and as I say it only happens with the Desktop drawer (I can open all of the rest there) and maybe that only on this PC.

What do you mean by desktop drawer? Clicking as in only clicking it once or opening it?

Only when opening in WB? CLI too? (list/dir commands)

Do you get crash dump file? (when not using JIT)

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2810b2.zip

Beta 2:

- Quickstart GUI disk eject button was unreliable.
- HAM mode right border in some situations (Uridium 2 title screeen in some filter modes), also restored proper operation (got broken long time ago) of original "fast mode" if HAM scanline does not have any color register changes.
- CIA update (which I forgot to mention in b1 changelog) improved, was not fully compatible if CPU was faster than 68000 , do not trigger CIA interrupt while CPU is accessing any CIA register (not 100% confirmed but seems to be true), this also made b1 CPU mode switching unreliable.
- Reduced diskready (motor rotating at full speed) activation time by small amount, fixes Critical Mass / Parallax.
- Disk inserted (if replacing existing disk) and disk ready bit setting time is now more "random", now delay time counts scanlines, previously it counted vblanks (=disk was always inserted at vblank)
- Removed 270b16 Windows 8.1 mouse bug workaround, bug seems to be fixed.

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2810b3.zip

Beta 3: (official release in 1-2 weeks)

- Do not show "hpos = 256!?" error dialog if something writes very bad values to programmed display mode registers.
- "Magic mouse" now stays disabled unless there is at least one open Intuition Screen.
- If relative path mode, support also relative paths that point outside of winuae root directory.
- BPLCON2 KILLEHB bit still required AGA instead of ECS Denise. This was supposed to be fixed in 1.4.5. (But no one cares, pre-AGA it was only meant for genlock stuff)
- Removed "Unimplemented error" dialog if directory filesystem returns unhandled/unknown win32 disk error codes, adds log message, returns ERROR_OBJECT_NOT_AROUND. (Most common causes are network filesystem problems, file/directory errors due security problems etc, no new missing errors reported for long time)
- On the fly (not using GUI) switching from Automatic resize filter to another filter mode may have incorrectly changed window size in some situations.

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

- If relative path mode, support also relative paths that point outside of winuae root directory.

I found a problem here ...

In beta 2 that was working fine (pic.1), but in beta 3 it now creates new Configurations and Savestate directories in native C: root folder (pic.2) ?!

But I want it to point to my WinUAE exe folder as it worked before.
How to change this to point on WinUAE exe folder ?

Thanks and Cheers

[Toni Wilen]

Originally Posted by amilo3438

I found a problem here ...

Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip fix it? (It seems PathRelativePathTo() on XP works slightly differently than on 7+)

[amilo3438]

Originally Posted by Toni Wilen

Does http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae.zip fix it? (It seems PathRelativePathTo() on XP works slightly differently than on 7+)

It works fine now, thanks again.

[Toni Wilen]

http://www.winuae.net/files/b/winuae_2810b4.zip

Beta 4: (RC1)

- New relative path mode worked badly under Windows XP, possibly up to Windows 7 without SP1.
- "Toggle between mouse grabbed and un-grabbed" input event has not done anything at all for ages (if ever).
- "Switch between audio interpolation methods" input event probably has never done anything at all, probably totally useless (custom events works as well) but at least it works now..
- 2.8.0 translation dlls are accepted now.