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3.8.1 to 3.9: (June 27, 2013)
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* Greatly extended functionality of the debugger disassembly:
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- There is now a new tab which lists information specific to the
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cartridge bankswitching scheme in use. This includes the ability
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to modify internal state even for esoteric ROMs which don't
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follow the standard layout of 4K per bank.
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- The debugger now generates DASM-compatible disassembled code,
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which can be saved to an external file. This disassembly is
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based on both a static and runtime analysis, and is extremely
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accurate. It also automatically differentiates between
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CODE/PGFX/GFX/DATA/ROW areas, whereas normal Distella
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only differentiates between CODE/GFX/ROW. For now, only
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single-bank (4K and smaller) ROMs are supported; support for
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multi-bank ROMs will come in a future release.
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- The disassembly now recognizes various TIA/RIOT read/write
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mirrors, and marks them as such (for example, INPT4|$30 instead
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of INPT4 for address $3C). Special thanks to Omegamatrix for
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sample code and idea for this feature.
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- ROMS less than 2K in size (so called 'Sub2K' ROMs) now show only
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the actual data in the binary. This means, for example, that a
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256 byte ROM will show only 256 bytes in the disassembly, instead
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of padding duplicated data to 2K boundary.
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- Fixed bug when entering patched bytes; the current number base
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- Fixed labelling in ROW directives; it wasn't accurately setting
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a label in the case where it occurred in the middle of the data.
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- Added a new dialog for changing Distella settings, located by
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right-clicking the disassembly code.
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- The commandline option 'dis.resolvedata' has been renamed to
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'dis.resolve', with new usage (see manual for further details).
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* Fixed regression in handling ZIP files (as compared to version 3.7.5)
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created with newer versions of the ZIP program. Related to this, added
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better error messages for invalid/missing/unreadable ROM files.
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* Added 'snapname' commandline argument and associated UI item, for
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specifying whether snapshots should be saved using either the internal
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ROM database name or the actual ROM filename. This feature was
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present in older releases of Stella, and due to popular demand it's
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now back again. Related to this, added a new dialog specifically for
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the numerous snapshot-related items.
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* Fixed bug in Linux/OSX versions when starting Stella for the first
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time; it was previously creating mislabeled directories to store
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settings, snapshots, etc.
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* Fixed redundant "New console created" message when entering the same
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ROM multiple times from the ROM launcher.
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* Updated profile database for "BasketBall" ROMs; the joysticks are now
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swapped by default, which allows one and two-player games to work
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* SuperCharger/AR ROMs now ignore the 'ramrandom' setting, and start with
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RAM containing all zeroes. This seems to fix issues with Dragonstomper
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always starting in exactly the same state.
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* Fixed issue when debugging CompuMate ROMs; keystrokes entered while
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debugging would be interpreted as typing on the CompuMate keyboard.
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* Changed colour of the 'current PC indicator' in the debugger to
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match the one used for line selection. This makes it easier to
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see for those with problems seeing lighter colours.
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* Improved functionality of the various pop-up dialogs and context
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menus in the UI; they can now be navigated more fully by the keyboard
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* Updated internal ROM properties database to ROM-Hunter version 9
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(thanks go to RomHunter for his tireless research in this area).
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Related to this, updated the snapshot collection.
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* Updated included PNG and ZLIB libraries to latest stable version.
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