I have tagged and released Mupen64Plus version 1.99.4. This release is dedicated to those of you who don't compile from source. It's been many months since the last release, and though there haven't been many major changes, there have been a bunch of little fixes piling up. I decided to roll them all up and make official binary releases to help you out. I'm still only distributing the command-line user interface, but there are several different GUI front-ends which are maturing (Auria's WxMupen64Plus: http://bitbucket.org/auria/wxmupen64plus). 2011 will be the year of Mupen64Plus 2.0.
Some of the highlights of the 1.99.4 release are:
Quick start (Linux)
The easiest way to start running and testing this release is to download a binary bundle package from the Google Code site (link below), unzip it into a directory, and run it with this command: "./mupen64plus m64p_test_rom.v64". You can run it directly from this directory, or to install it to your system, simply do "sudo ./install.sh". Likewise, to un-install it, "sudo ./uninstall.sh"
Quick start (Windows)
For Windows users, download the bundle-win32 zip file from the Google Code site (link below) and unzip it to a directory. Bust out your DOS prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe or the "Command Prompt" in Start->Accessories). Once you have the command-line window, 'cd' to the directory where you unzipped the win32 bundle. Then run "mupen64plus-ui-console.exe mupen64plus.v64" to start up the test ROM. Press Escape to exit. Use the '--help' command-line option to get a list of all available options. The last argument is always taken to be a path to an uncompressed N64 ROM image to run. Sorry but there is currently no Windows installer available.
Upgrading from previous 1.99.x releases
Some the configuration parameters may have changed, so if you are upgrading from a previous 1.99.x release, you should delete your config file (located at ~/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg).
To download Mupen64Plus v1.99.4, just grab the package that you want:
mupen64plus-bundle-linux32-1.99.4.tar.gz
mupen64plus-bundle-linux64-1.99.4.tar.gz
mupen64plus-bundle-osx-1.99.4.zip
mupen64plus-bundle-win32-1.99.4.zip
mupen64plus-bundle-src-1.99.4.tar.gz
The MD5 sums for these packages are:
e111d899955ba5462e39b5a788d2c1c9 mupen64plus-bundle-linux32-1.99.4.tar.gz
6381b741460240145d5e72506d4d5c45 mupen64plus-bundle-linux64-1.99.4.tar.gz
79c95d76d66a1711466682054fb07310 mupen64plus-bundle-osx-1.99.4.zip
81c4f11c341d7ea4dbd81cf2f0467dc2 mupen64plus-bundle-src-1.99.4.tar.gz
0a756d87c522aeaf4698d90b90e17996 mupen64plus-bundle-win32-1.99.4.zip
Mupen64Plus has a Home Page over at Google Code, with lots of useful information, screenshots, a bug tracker, a discussion forum, etc. The new Mupen64Plus API is documented at http://emuwiki.com/index.php?title=Project:Mupen64Plus.
Some of the highlights of the 1.99.4 release are:
- Lots of bugfixes in all the modules
- Input plugin: new deadzone parameter for mapping an analog joystick axis to an N64 button
- Input plugin: many new joystick auto-configurations
- RSP Plugin: fully big-endian compliant, thanks to mupen64gc project
- UI-Console front-end: new cheat file format from spinout182
- Rice Video: new features from Narann: mipmapping, trilinear filtering, anisotropic filtering, anti-aliasing
- Lots of makefiles fixes and improvements from Lazhur
Quick start (Linux)
The easiest way to start running and testing this release is to download a binary bundle package from the Google Code site (link below), unzip it into a directory, and run it with this command: "./mupen64plus m64p_test_rom.v64". You can run it directly from this directory, or to install it to your system, simply do "sudo ./install.sh". Likewise, to un-install it, "sudo ./uninstall.sh"
Quick start (Windows)
For Windows users, download the bundle-win32 zip file from the Google Code site (link below) and unzip it to a directory. Bust out your DOS prompt (Start->Run->cmd.exe or the "Command Prompt" in Start->Accessories). Once you have the command-line window, 'cd' to the directory where you unzipped the win32 bundle. Then run "mupen64plus-ui-console.exe mupen64plus.v64" to start up the test ROM. Press Escape to exit. Use the '--help' command-line option to get a list of all available options. The last argument is always taken to be a path to an uncompressed N64 ROM image to run. Sorry but there is currently no Windows installer available.
Upgrading from previous 1.99.x releases
Some the configuration parameters may have changed, so if you are upgrading from a previous 1.99.x release, you should delete your config file (located at ~/.config/mupen64plus/mupen64plus.cfg).
To download Mupen64Plus v1.99.4, just grab the package that you want:
mupen64plus-bundle-linux32-1.99.4.tar.gz
mupen64plus-bundle-linux64-1.99.4.tar.gz
mupen64plus-bundle-osx-1.99.4.zip
mupen64plus-bundle-win32-1.99.4.zip
mupen64plus-bundle-src-1.99.4.tar.gz
The MD5 sums for these packages are:
e111d899955ba5462e39b5a788d2c1c9 mupen64plus-bundle-linux32-1.99.4.tar.gz
6381b741460240145d5e72506d4d5c45 mupen64plus-bundle-linux64-1.99.4.tar.gz
79c95d76d66a1711466682054fb07310 mupen64plus-bundle-osx-1.99.4.zip
81c4f11c341d7ea4dbd81cf2f0467dc2 mupen64plus-bundle-src-1.99.4.tar.gz
0a756d87c522aeaf4698d90b90e17996 mupen64plus-bundle-win32-1.99.4.zip
Mupen64Plus has a Home Page over at Google Code, with lots of useful information, screenshots, a bug tracker, a discussion forum, etc. The new Mupen64Plus API is documented at http://emuwiki.com/index.php?title=Project:Mupen64Plus.