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mGBA 0.5.1 |
2016-10-05 |
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A new release of mGBA, version 0.5.1, is available. This version is a bugfix release, which fixes many issues that weren't caught before the release of 0.5.0. An extensive list of changes follows after the cut.
Bugfixes:
- Core: Fix importing save games as read-only
- FFmpeg: Fix encoding AAC
- GB: Fix invalid STOP behavior on Game Boy Color
- GB: Initialize audio properly
- GB: Properly clear KEY1 bit 0 when switching speeds
- GB: Properly unload save files when unloading a ROM
- GB, GBA: Fix emulator hardlocking when halting with IRQs off
- GB MBC: Fix MBC7 when size is incorrectly specified
- GB MBC: Fix RTC access when no save file is loaded
- GB SIO: Don't auto-clock external shift clock
- GB Video: Setting LYC=LY during mode 2 should trigger an IRQ
- GB Video: Fix video frames getting missed when LCDC is off
- GB Video: Clear screen when LCDC is off
- GBA Cheats: Fix holding onto pointers that may get invalidated
- GBA Cheats: Fix key-activated CodeBreaker cheats
- GBA Cheats: Fix uninitialized memory getting freed when saving
- GBA Hardware: Improve Game Boy Player rumble behavior
- GBA Memory: Fix several unused I/O register read values
- GBA Savedata: Fix loading savestates with 512Mb Flash saves
- LR35902: Fix events running with the wrong cycle active
- Qt: Fix "close" button on Overrides view
- Qt: Fix saving overrides
- Qt: Fix directory set unloading when replacing the ROM
- Qt: Fix patch loading
- Qt: Fix crash when saving an override if a game isn't loaded
- Qt: Fix showing default display driver as OpenGL (force 1.x)
- SDL: Attach rumble in SDL frontend
- Util: Fix PNG identification on files too small to be a PNG
Misc:
- All: Only update version info if needed
- All: Split out install locations for Libretro and OpenEmu
- FFmpeg: Encoding cleanup
- GB: Reset active region when reloading ROM
- GB Memory: Initialize RAM pattern for GBC
- GB Video: Improved video timings
- Qt: Manage window sizes slightly better
- Qt: Remember scale option independent of core dimensions
Get it now in the [Downloads]({{ site.baseurl }}/downloads.html) section. Binaries are available for Windows, Ubuntu and OS X, and the source code is available for all other platforms.