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Laserdisc Arcade Game Emulator - Hypseus Singe v2.10.4 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 05 May 2023

What's New:

Note: This release contains changes that may alter existing gamepad configurations.

Note: MPEG .dat files will be updated, on all games, with this update.

Note: The release contains new files required within the pics folder.
If upgrading, ensure the new files are copied to your existing folder setup.

- DAT_VERSION 3 .dat files. 4Gb+ UHD M2V files are now supported
- Singe 2 dynamic 'overlay resolution switching' is now supported.
- Singe API driven Active Scoreboards - Game LUA requires simple changes.
- Singe Scoreboard API can use the hardware Arduino USB Scoreboard.
- .dat file (re)parsing video blanking bug, is now fixed.
- Scaled video window is now positionable: -scale_shiftx and -scale_shifty
- More accurate (default) annunciator 'rank' graphics (Updates in pics folder).
- Added 'dedicated cabinet' style annunciator bezel: -dedannunbezel
- Score and annunciator bezels now have transparency level adjustments.
- The independent Scorepanel can be initialized on a selectable secondary screen.
- Game Controller trigger bug is fixed and HAT behaviour has changed (extended buttons).
- Overlay scoreboard can be disabled using null scoreboard in lair and ace: -noscoreboard

Argument change overview

-scorescreen - Choose secondary screen for independent Score Panel display.
-set_overlay is no longer supported on updated games.
New bezel features are documented in: bezels.txt

Gamepad HAT(D-PAD) U-D-L-R behaviour has changed - Now provides 4 extra buttons for hypinput.ini

KEY_UP = SDLK_UP 0 BUTTON_DPAD_UP AXIS_LEFT_UP
KEY_DOWN = SDLK_DOWN 0 BUTTON_DPAD_DOWN AXIS_LEFT_DOWN
KEY_LEFT = SDLK_LEFT 0 BUTTON_DPAD_LEFT AXIS_LEFT_LEFT
KEY_RIGHT = SDLK_RIGHT 0 BUTTON_DPAD_RIGHT AXIS_LEFT_RIGHT

(MAME) CatList.ini, CatVer.ini, Genre.ini & Mature.ini v0.254 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 05 May 2023

What's New:

Aligned files to MAME 0.254.

Steam ROM Manager v2.4.15 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 04 May 2023

What's New:

Added
- Ability to add games to categories created in steam (including Favorites and Hidden!)
- SRM now respects addition of non SRM managed games to SRM created categories, i.e. it won't delete them.
- Global buttons added to steam directory and user accounts field in parsers.
- Choose Account button added to user accounts field in parsers.
- Added an SGDB search field to the fix match page in preview.
- Include Visible and Exclude Visible buttons in preview to make adding exceptions even easier.

Changed
- Requests library changed to node-fetch, hopefully fixing timeout issues. But I have been burnt before.

Fixed
- Fix match was somewhat broken for the artwork only (Steam) parser, wasn't setting the exceptionId correctly.
- Subtle bug that prevented Remove All Added Entries from doing anything to categories or controllers when Preview hadn't been generated.
- Minor issue where image index wasn't being set to zero after an image was saved to steam (making it seem like the image didn't save even though it did).
- Graphical issue with scrollbar in EmuDeck theme, credit to @dragoonDorise.

Mupen64plus Frontend - Rosalie's Mupen GUI v0.4.0 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 04 May 2023

What's New:

- Fix updater on windows always installing the desktop icon
- Fix updater on windows not re-launching RMG after installation
- Fix the speed limiter toggle and speed factor options not working on linux on some systems
- Fix the 1080 Snowboarding cheats (thank you Gent)
- Add support for moving the toolbar (changes to the docked position are persistent across application runs)
- Update GLideN64 and mupen64plus-input-gca

Rebuilder v0.06 - Released

Details: Category: Windows; Published: 04 May 2023

What's New:

run source and destination file matching in multiple threads (speed up)

Multiple Systems Emulator - BizHawk v2.9.1 - Released

Details: Category: Multiple Platform; Published: 03 May 2023

What's New:

Linux port
- fixed last issue in #2951 properly
AppleII / C64
- fixed states sometimes crashing when a disk change actually happens
BSNESv115+
- fixed #3638 (snes_get_board returns empty string)
- fixed #3643 ("No PPU sprite limit" option doesn't seem to work)
Gambatte
- fixed #3648 ([GameBoy Link] Buzzing noise when one of the Players is muted)
MAME
- fixed BIOS selection menu
- added emulation issues and ROM info to RomDetails dialog
- report emulation status via ROM info icon and text
- fixed #3631 (bgaregga locks up the process)
- hide settings for optional dip switches (for now)
- use 0x3ffffffc as framerate numerator, like actual MAME does since 0.254 (fixes MP4 processing on YouTube)
- fixed #3565 (kinst + kinst2 = crash)
- fixed #3615 (rom loading regression)
- fixed crash with games using k001006_device (e.g. windheat)
NESHawk
- fix open bus execution following write instructions (#3633)
Octoshock
- fixed exe load crash
SMSHawk
- fix noise audio channel on SMS VDP (LFSR is 16 bit wide) (#3602)
EmuHawk
- fixed #3268 ("Unthrottled" setting burns cpu when paused)
- If a PSX .bin is loaded, try synthesising a .cue
- don't keep multidisk flag on after it was set once
- speedup the PlayMovie dialog
- Prevent annoying waits when using firmware manager with DSi NANDs present
- Lua
* fixed #3616 (error loading module in lua (socket.dll))
- TAStudio
* speedup column drawing
* fixed bugs with entries in patternsform (#3649)
- RetroAchievements
* fixed RetroAchievements rich presence not working
* fixed Jaguar CD homebrew hashing wrt retroachievements
* disabled leaderboard list form
* fixed various crashes and deadlocks