Daphne v0.99.4 released
posted in Emulator Release by bdlou on Oct 19th, 2001
Daphne, a multiple laserdisc arcade game emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.99.4. Here's what's new from the changelog:
Preliminary Badlands support added (woohoo!)
Preliminary Goal to Go support added (woohoo!)
Fixed VLDP hardware acceleration problem. ATI cards should now work as long as the mpeg video is not 720x480.
Super Don Quix-ote should now be totally playable (woohoo!)
Changed sound code so samples are only loaded if they are needed by the current game
Fixed small memory leak in VLDP when parsing new video
Caused VLDP to clear 'parsing status' line so you no longer see it when changing video files
Input can now be remapped (2 keys can be assigned to each input)
Default keys correspond more fully to MAME
Hotrod joystick support added
Samples added for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command
Added better Super Don samples
Improved PR-8210 interpreter so it translates commands based on elapsed CPU cycles
In Windows, Space Ace will use the keyboard LED lights to indicate the current skill level. Settings will be restored once DAPHNE exits.
DAPHNE can now run at any requested resolution from 640x480 and up
Flickering video overlay fixed for Astron Belt, Galaxy Ranger, and Cobra Command
Initial support for Firefox begun (not playable)
LD-V1000 strobe timing implemented for Dragon's Lair and Space Ace (more accurate scene lengths)
Almost all timers in DAPHNE (including IRQ, NMI, and current frame) now are based on elapsed CPU cycles rather than elapsed time. This fixes a ton of problems, mostly with Super Don Quixote.
Mpeg parsing speed has been significantly improved
Added a "-cheat" option to the command line. So far, it is only useful with Cliff Hanger (which does not include a dip switch setting for unlimited lives).
LD-V1000 "get current frame" and skipping functions improved to be more accurate
Added PR-8210 audio channel commands
Improved VLDP so you can now mix video files that are of different framerates and encoding types
Added support for mpeg2s that use fields instead of frames
Improved .DAT file format (all video will have to be reparsed, sorry! hehe)
Grab it now in the Laserdisc Emulators area.