VBA-M revision 604/605 Download & Infos (Win32:MFC and QT)

[Hard core Rikki]

From Spacy:
SVN604/605 Download & Infos (Win32:MFC+Qt) (http://vba-m.ngemu.com/forum/showthread.php?tid=203)


General Info:
VBA-M is a [Super] Game Boy [Color / Advance] emulator for Windows, Linux & Mac. Here you can download the latest development build of the Windows versions.


Changes since last released build:
[Spacy] Mostly changes to the build system.


Download:
MFC: vbam_mfc_svn605.7z (http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008sp1/mfc/vbam_mfc_svn605.7z)
Qt: vbam_qt_svn606.7z (http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008sp1/qt/vbam_qt_svn606.7z)


Runtimes:
You will now have to download all the latest necessary DLLs & Runtimes once and you will only have to update the VBA-M executable once newer builds are available. Please refer to the included ReadMe.txt for links to what you need.

[Squall-Leonhart]

SVN Revision 631 is up, as is another newer then that,

Release wasn't pointed out because they were just test compiles for Blargg's changes.

[mudlord]

Indeed, plus loads of Qt4 related updates. There is talk of a core rewrite, too. Though that is at a prelim discussion stage at this point in time.

[TheCloudOfSmoke]

I just tried the QT versions and it's awesome! Nice design. :)

[Anatasia]

*Sign*I have to update Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package.
For those who are lazy like me:
Microsoft Visual C++ 2008 SP1 Redistributable Package (x86):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=a5c84275-3b97-4ab7-a40d-3802b2af5fc2&DisplayLang=en
[MFC & Qt build]

DirectX End-User Runtimes (August 2008):
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=c1367bc3-4676-481a-bfaa-5c15d1d7199d&DisplayLang=en
[MFC build]

zlib 1.2.3 + libpng 1.2.29:
http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008sp1/mfc/zlib123+libpng1229.7z
Extract it either to C:\Windows\system32 or to the same folder where the VisualBoyAdvance-M executable resides.
[MFC build]

Qt 4.4.1 Runtime:
http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008sp1/qt/qt441.7z
[Qt build]

[Silenus]

Seems like a lot of stuff to run this emu.

[mudlord]

Sorry bout that.

Newer SVN revisions don't have this issue of requiring MSVC2008 SP1 runtimes.

Also, my builds include static libpng, as well as zlib, so that removes the DLL requirements.

[Anatasia]

Is it just me or the SVN 634 http://vba-m.ngemu.com/vbam/vbacompiles/msvc2008/VisualBoyAdvance634.7z still require MSVC2008 SP1 ?

[mudlord]

hmmm, Spacy must be compiling with MSVC2008 SP1 >_<

[Hard core Rikki]

zlib and libpng have not seen updates since ages, so unlike LAME, there isnt really a purpose in having them dynamic just to leave them as optional external files to download (additional burden, since by default a vanilla download would be expected to not manage to run). directx dlls count as system libraries btw (such as libc and python do)

[Squall-Leonhart]

No, SVN 631 and 645 do not require the SP1 redist, however as far as i've seen installing the SP1 redist installs the non sp1 files as well anyway so its better to just get the newer installer.

[Spacy]

zlib and libpng have not seen updates since ages, so unlike LAME, there isnt really a purpose in having them dynamic just to leave them as optional external files to download (additional burden, since by default a vanilla download would be expected to not manage to run). directx dlls count as system libraries btw (such as libc and python do)

zlib 1.2.3 has not changed for ages, BUT libpng gets a little update like every two weeks. I think I will ship those two DLLs directly with the exe from now on. Using static linkage sometimes caused problems for some libs for me, and the default build option in Windows seems to be DLLs.