Saturnin 0.40 Released

Category: Saturn

Runik decided to release a new version of his upcoming Sega Saturn emulator known as Saturnin for these Christmas. This version feautures improved compatibility, more debuging options and partial sound support!
Here is the list of chages for this version:

V0.40
- General : added command line to automatically load multiple binaries
- General : added the RAM cart (fixed to 4MB for now)
- GUI : little tweaks for some specific languages
- Debug : possibility to display cached textures in the VDP1 debug options
- Debug : possibility to see the general planes configuration in the VDP2 debug options
- ST-V : added Batman Forever
- CD-Block : periodic response is now dependant of the SMPC clock
- CD-Block : various tweaking
- CD-Block : added the drive letter to the drive list
- CD-Block : fixed the bug that made the emu loops when selecting a cd drive after any path
- CD-Block : added GetSectorInfo command
- SCSP : corrected a bug in Stef's code (huge thanks to CyberWarriorX)
- SCSP : replaced Turbo68K by Musashi
- SCSP : sound is output through a DirectSound interface to the soundcard (multiple soundcard support)
- VDPX : added basic priorities
- VDPX : auto switch to upper resolution in case of strange display
- VDPX : full C++ handling of VDP parts rendering
- VDPX : sprites and backgrounds are filled into a list before rendering to ease priority display
- VDPX : blending bug fixed
- VDP1 : sprites with a width or heigth less than 2 pixel aren't displayed
- VDP1 : increased the top number of commands display (fixes the missing sprites in various games)
- VDP1 : automatic reload of textures when needed (F9 should be less needed)
- VDP1 : texture cache autocleaning
- VDP1 : corrected the bug that rendered some sprites in black with only the outline correct
- VDP2 : added reduction / expansion functions
- VDP2 : added 2048 colors bitmap mode
- VDP2 : bitmaps are now displayed as sprites
- VDP2 : added bitmap caching

You can visit the Saturnin Official Site for more info or if you're intrested to translate Saturnin in your own language.

:: Saturnin Official Site
:: Saturnin 0.40