{"id":45949,"date":"2017-08-17T06:19:30","date_gmt":"2017-08-17T06:19:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/?p=45949"},"modified":"2018-02-11T21:11:15","modified_gmt":"2018-02-11T21:11:15","slug":"core-updates-and-bounty-updates-since-version-1-6-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/core-updates-and-bounty-updates-since-version-1-6-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Core updates and bounty updates (since version 1.6.4)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the short release cycle, there has been a fair bit of core work since the 1.6.4 release, including some significant contributions driven by the recently implemented bounty system. In no particular order:<\/p>\n<h1>Core updates<\/h1>\n<p><b>Snes9x 2005<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>JamSilva has been pushing various updates\/fixes\/improvements:<br \/>\n* Loading savestates seems to no longer cause segfaults<br \/>\n* Improved sound in the non-plus version &#8211; especially noticeable in Secret of Evermore.<br \/>\n* Working SPC7110 emulation (quickly tested with Tengai Makyou Zero and Momotarou Dentetsu Happy).<br \/>\n* CPU emulation fixes &#8211; E.V.O &#8211; Search for Eden<br \/>\n* CPU emulation fixes &#8211; Wizardry V<br \/>\n* The SA1 fixes correct the VLDC9 &#8220;WORST&#8221; level transition problem I mentioned in #36.<br \/>\n* Backport Brunnis lag fixes. I did not actually measure the input lag after applying the patch, only that there was no (obvious) game breakage on a few games.<\/p>\n<p><b>Genesis Plus GX<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Ekeeke pushed the following changes to upstream and the libretro core &#8211;<br \/>\n* [Core\/CD] fixed CD hardware buffer initialization when using dynamic memory allocation &#8211; should fix crash at startup on WiiU<\/p>\n<p><b>Parallel N64<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>* Add delay SI entries for Mischief Makers<\/p>\n<p><b>P-UAE<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>r-type has ported this core to WiiU.<\/p>\n<p><b>Beetle PSX<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Various fixes have been committed:<br \/>\n* Fix PSX EXE loading.<br \/>\n* Fix some OpenGL regressions that crept in. Should fix in specific backgrounds in Crash Bandicoot games.<\/p>\n<p><b>Beetle PC Engine Fast<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>rtissera has committed the following:<br \/>\n* MAME CHD image support<\/p>\n<p><b>Beetle PC-FX<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>rtissera has committed the following:<br \/>\n* MAME CHD image support<\/p>\n<p><b>Beetle SuperGrafx<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>rtissera has committed the following:<br \/>\n* MAME CHD image support<\/p>\n<p><b>Final Burn Alpha<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Various fixes and backports have been committed by barbureadmon and others:<br \/>\n* Fix for sound issues in Strikers 1945 Pro (s1945p)<br \/>\n* Hotfixes in upstream<br \/>\n* Fix some weird CPS2 layout<br \/>\n* Fix EEPROM saving<br \/>\n* PGM &#8211; single pcb boards, missing bios issue<\/p>\n<p><b>ProSystem<\/b><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>underball has committed the following improvements:<br \/>\n* Added new DB entry for Double Dragon (RC7b) hack, also corrected MD5 value for Double Dragon (RC7). Added value=1 for &#8220;Flags&#8221; to One on One, and Basketbrawl. Also added missing values for Ninja Golf.<\/p>\n<h1>Bounties fulfilled\/paid out<\/h1>\n<ul>\n<li>\n[Feature Request] Delete Core action item in Core Information menu (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/46782691-feature-request-delete-core-action-item-in-core-information-menu\">https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/46782691-feature-request-delete-core-action-item-in-core-information-menu<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>\nBeetle PCFX &#8211; CHD support (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/48029740-chd-support-for-pc-fx\">https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/48029740-chd-support-for-pc-fx<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>\nBeetle PC Engine Fast &#8211; CHD support (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/47874994-chd-support-for-pce-fast\">https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/47874994-chd-support-for-pce-fast<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<li>\nMOD support for audio mixer system (libretro-common) (<a href=\"https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/43919490-mod-support-for-audio-mixer-system-libretro-common\">https:\/\/www.bountysource.com\/issues\/43919490-mod-support-for-audio-mixer-system-libretro-common<\/a>)\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Despite the short release cycle, there has been a fair bit of core work since the 1.6.4 release, including some significant contributions driven by the recently implemented bounty system. In no particular order: Core updates Snes9x 2005 JamSilva has been pushing various updates\/fixes\/improvements: * Loading savestates seems to no longer cause segfaults * Improved sound [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[28],"tags":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45949"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=45949"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45949\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":45967,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/45949\/revisions\/45967"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=45949"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=45949"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.libretro.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=45949"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}