bsnes v061 beta released 2010-03-07

Please keep in mind that bsnes v060 remains the current stable release. v061 has been released as a work-in-progress build. As such, it is only available at Google Code.

I am releasing this WIP to allow the public to test out and comment on the new XML mapping system, as well as the integration of mightymo's cheat code database into the cheat editor. I would greatly appreciate feedback on these two on the forums.

There are some important issues with this release. The biggest is the move to C++0x. This requires GCC 4.4.0 or newer to compile, thus it is not currently possible to build this on OS X using Xcode. Nor would it be possible on certain BSDs or older distros. If you have an older compiler, please stick with v060, or use a binary release where available.

Another issue is that TDM/GCC 4.4.1 for Windows crashes with an internal compiler error when attempting to generate a profile for the DSP-1 module. This is a bug in the compiler, and not in the code itself. The workaround is to simply omit profile-guided optimization for this one object.

Lastly, there's also a known bug in the memory mapping. If you load an SA-1 game, SuperFX games will not load properly afterward unless you restart the emulator. I'm looking into the cause now, but it didn't seem serious enough to hold up a WIP release.

So, yes. If you want a good gaming experience that's been fully tested and stable, please stick with v060. If you want to see some bleeding edge features, I'd appreciate feedback on v061. Thanks for reading this.

• added mightymo's cheat code database, access via "Find Cheat Codes" button on cheat editor window
• added an option to temporarily disable all cheat codes quickly
• debugger now properly uses S-SMP IPLROM when needed for disassembling and tracing
• indexed indirect read opcodes in the S-CPU were testing for IRQs one cycle too early [someone42]
• fix an off-by-one array iteration in S-PPU OAM rendering [PiCiJi]
• added some implicit linked libraries to linker flags for Fedora [belegdol]
• moved from C++98 to C++0x, resulting in substantial code cleanups and simplifications
• C++0x: implemented foreach() concept for linear container iteration
• C++0x: implemented concept system using SFINAE and type traits
• C++0x: utilized auto keyword to increase source readability
• C++0x: moved to strongly-typed enumerators
• C++0x: rewrote va_list-based code to use type-safe variadic templates
• C++0x: replaced noncopyable class with deleted default copy functions
• C++0x: replaced custom static_assert template class with built-in version
• C++0x: utilized rvalue references to implement move semantics into string, array, vector and serialization classes
• C++0x: utilized std::initializer_list for { ... } initialization support to lstring, array and vector classes