Preliminary VICE build for testing.

tlr · Post by **tlr** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 10:42 am

We have fixed a number of bugs in xvic and would like some feedback.

Please test this with as many things as you can and report any emulation bugs you find in here or alternatively on #vice-dev @ freenode.net.

Preliminary build: xvic-r22708-win32.zip

- autostarting bug (which usually happened with TAP files) fixed
- Problems with attaching 4kb carts fixed.
- LOAD without ,1 mode (-basicload, no win32 UI yet)
- Vic Flash Plugin support
- several other changes.

Diddl · Post by **Diddl** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:38 am

Thank you TLR, will test it later.

Is the broken monitor working again? Breakpoint set/reset with mouse wasn't working in my current version.

EDIT: Yes it working fine now, thank you again!

Mike · Post by **Mike** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 11:44 am

tlr wrote:- LOAD without ,1 mode (-basicload, no win32 UI yet)

Finally.

I've found a redraw issue in VVV, the checkerboard zoomer right at the beginning. VICE does not correctly update the display with Video cache on (the error disappears when Video cache is ticked off).

Also, I had a *.d64 mounted in a 1541, in drive #8, with true drive emulation on. During testing I wanted to change to a 1581 instead, set to 1581 in 'Peripherals ...' (with the intention to subsequently mount a *.d81) and got:

Code: Select all

Assertion failed!

Program: D:\WinVICE 2.2\xvic-r22708-win32.exe
File: drive.c
Line: 670

Expression: led_pwm <= MAX_PWM

... where 'Ignore' ended VICE with an error #11. I was able to reproduce this assertion directly thereafter.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:25 pm

tlr wrote: - LOAD without ,1 mode (-basicload, no win32 UI yet)

I have to use that as an option from PRG Starter's Start button.

Thanks!

Mayhem · Post by **Mayhem** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 2:34 pm

Initial tests running this in the Gamebase frontend get the thumbs up... TAPs run automatically and the cartridges all boot properly again! I'll use this version for future trials until the proper release is out.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Mon Jul 05, 2010 4:33 pm

A 4k game ROM image (exactly 4096-bytes, with no 2-byte header), works fine using the -cartA option.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 3:50 am

tlr wrote:We have fixed a number of bugs in xvic and would like some feedback.

WOW very nice news !!!

Any improvements on NTSC timing emulation ?

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 5:48 am

tlr wrote:- LOAD without ,1 mode (-basicload, no win32 UI yet)

I hope this is present in the other emulators as well, not just xvic, right?

tlr · Post by **tlr** » Tue Jul 06, 2010 1:40 pm

Mike wrote:I've found a redraw issue in VVV, the checkerboard zoomer right at the beginning. VICE does not correctly update the display with Video cache on (the error disappears when Video cache is ticked off).

With the current approach vcache is "too hard to fix" (quoting nojoopa), "please disable vcache".
This comment on pouet indicates it's been this way for quite some time.

nbla000 wrote:Any improvements on NTSC timing emulation ?

No.
Very little work is done on NTSC emulation in general as most VICE core developers only have experience from PAL-land.
Progress is dependent on someone coding NTSC test programs and testing them on real NTSC vics.

We would very much like volunteers/contributors to create more test programs.
Once a fairly isolated test case exists, emulation can probably be corrected by someone on the team.
(Current test programs are all here: http://vice-emu.svn.sourceforge.net/vie ... testprogs/)

Join us on #vice-dev for real time discussion on this!

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Wed Jul 07, 2010 5:03 am

tlr wrote: Very little work is done on NTSC emulation in general as most VICE core developers only have experience from PAL-land.
Progress is dependent on someone coding NTSC test programs and testing them on real NTSC vics.

OK I will do some Tests with my working in progress SJLOAD version for NTSC machines to check if there is an emulation problem.

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 5:10 am

When is the next VICE version planned to be released?

tlr · Post by **tlr** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 11:24 am

New build: xvic-r22723-win32.zip

xvic changes:
- Video Cache repaired.

Boray wrote:When is the next VICE version planned to be released?

When it's ready.
In other words, when the testers on this and other forums actually tested this enough to avoid the mess we got into with 2.2.

rhurst · Post by **rhurst** » Wed Jul 14, 2010 6:47 pm

This new quirk does not affect emulation, but there is this strange one-time video flicker and sound interrupt about 3-seconds after the program autostarts. I am using a Linux build with the SDL option.

Is that an outcome of the new "autostart-warp" load feature syncing back down? It seems when you +autostart-warp, that A/V interruption does not occur. No big deal, mind you.

nbla000 · Post by **nbla000** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 3:11 am

tlr wrote:when the testers on this and other forums actually tested this enough to avoid the mess we got into with 2.2.

I'm using new beta versions until you published the first version and I've not noticed any strange issue at the moment, NTSC emulation seems like the old version so not perfect but is another story...

Boray · Post by **Boray** » Thu Jul 15, 2010 5:12 am

Is there a Windows build of the whole VICE (and not just xvic) somewhere so that I can try it with PRG Starter?

Denial

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