Visual Boy Advance 1.6 Released.

Andrew Hruska · August 10th, 2003

Noticed this over at Emulation64.
"Forgotten has released Version 1.6 of his great GBA emulator Visual Boy Advance. Changes go here:

Core changes:
- added rewind support (initially disabled)
- added support for slowdown codes
- added emulation of sprite priority bug (thanks PokemonHacker)
- added simple emulation for BIOS call 0x2a
- added enhanced save type detection option (default)
- added DMA hack for an obscure case
- improved loading speed
- fixed sleep/stop state support
- fixed bug caused by rendering optimizations
- fixed crash while debugging startup routines
- fixed DMA emulation
- fixed priority between OBJ Window and regular windows
- fixed thumb disassembly bug
- fixed sound envelope bug when set to 0 to mute sound (thanks PokemonHacker)
- fixed CpuFastSet/CpuSet bugs (thanks PokemonHacker)
- fixed warning message when using AGBPrint
- fixed DMA timings

Windows:
- added movie recording/playback (joypad movement recording)
- added support for automatic SGB border display
- added option to auto hide menu in full screen mode
- added rewind support
- added bug report menu to provide needed information for solving problems
- added FAQ optin to take to the VBA website FAQ
- menu toggle can now have a customizable accelerator instead of ESC
- fixed bug on GBA cheats showing the wrong enable state (checkbox was ok)
- fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1)
- fixed export settings to also export viewers settings
- fixed bug saving keyboard settings in INI file
- fixed map viewer click address in some cases
- fixed map viewer rendering for 512x512 screens
- fixed tile viewer click address and tile number in 256 color mode
- allow customize to run in fullscreen mode (exception of 320x240 mode)

SDL versions:
- added support to turn sound off and change channel enable
- added support for automatic SGB border display
- added rewind support (CTRL+B)
- fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1)
- fixed typo on pause-when-inactive option which made it not recognized

Grab it at http://vboy.emuhq.com.
Cheers to KoPPePaN on the forums for the heads up"
Get it at http://vboy.emuhq.com (down) or http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=63889

Andrew Hruska · August 10th, 2003

Can a somebody move a this threada toa News Submissions?

I think it blongs there.

**Yeloazndevil** · August 10th, 2003

it seems like Forgotten's site is down

edit well anyways here are mirrors for VBA 1.6
http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=63889

Andrew Hruska · August 11th, 2003

is ANYBODY going to add this to the front page? i can't, because i'm not an admin

Pease?

**Kane** · August 11th, 2003

I would have posted it sooner, but for the fact that I couldn't access the VBA site. Surprised no one else did really.

August 10th, 2003	#1 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	Visual Boy Advance 1.6 Released! Noticed this over at Emulation64. "Forgotten has released Version 1.6 of his great GBA emulator Visual Boy Advance. Changes go here: Core changes: - added rewind support (initially disabled) - added support for slowdown codes - added emulation of sprite priority bug (thanks PokemonHacker) - added simple emulation for BIOS call 0x2a - added enhanced save type detection option (default) - added DMA hack for an obscure case - improved loading speed - fixed sleep/stop state support - fixed bug caused by rendering optimizations - fixed crash while debugging startup routines - fixed DMA emulation - fixed priority between OBJ Window and regular windows - fixed thumb disassembly bug - fixed sound envelope bug when set to 0 to mute sound (thanks PokemonHacker) - fixed CpuFastSet/CpuSet bugs (thanks PokemonHacker) - fixed warning message when using AGBPrint - fixed DMA timings Windows: - added movie recording/playback (joypad movement recording) - added support for automatic SGB border display - added option to auto hide menu in full screen mode - added rewind support - added bug report menu to provide needed information for solving problems - added FAQ optin to take to the VBA website FAQ - menu toggle can now have a customizable accelerator instead of ESC - fixed bug on GBA cheats showing the wrong enable state (checkbox was ok) - fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1) - fixed export settings to also export viewers settings - fixed bug saving keyboard settings in INI file - fixed map viewer click address in some cases - fixed map viewer rendering for 512x512 screens - fixed tile viewer click address and tile number in 256 color mode - allow customize to run in fullscreen mode (exception of 320x240 mode) SDL versions: - added support to turn sound off and change channel enable - added support for automatic SGB border display - added rewind support (CTRL+B) - fixed bug enabling/disabling BG layers (introduced in version 1.5.1) - fixed typo on pause-when-inactive option which made it not recognized Grab it at http://vboy.emuhq.com. Cheers to KoPPePaN on the forums for the heads up" Get it at http://vboy.emuhq.com (down) or http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=63889 Last edited by Andrew Hruska; August 10th, 2003 at 23:01.

August 10th, 2003	#3 (permalink)
Yeloazndevil :3 Join Date: Jul 2002 Posts: 10,147	Re: Visual Boy Advance 1.6 Released. it seems like Forgotten's site is down edit well anyways here are mirrors for VBA 1.6 http://sourceforge.net/project/showf...group_id=63889 Last edited by yeloazndevil; August 10th, 2003 at 21:53.

August 11th, 2003	#5 (permalink)
Kane 邪魔ゎ指せない Join Date: Jan 2002 Location: Gosport, England Posts: 26,255	Re: Visual Boy Advance 1.6 Released. I would have posted it sooner, but for the fact that I couldn't access the VBA site. Surprised no one else did really. __________________ >Site Live< Pop over to my site for help with setting up PSX emulators. Help for the Final Fantasies and other RPGs avalaible Celes: (Desktop) Athlon 64 X2 4200+, 2Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, MSI K8N Platinum, GeForce 8800 GTS 320Mb, 500Gb RAID HDD, Vista Business Erika: (MCPC) Athlon XP 2400+, 1Gb 400MHz DDR Ram, geForce 6800 256Mb, 80Gb Hdd, XP 2005 MCE Kimiko: (Desktop 2) Athlon 64 3000+, 512Mb 400MHz DDR Ram, Asus K8V, geForce 6800 128Mb

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August 10th, 2003	#2 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	Can a somebody move a this threada toa News Submissions? I think it blongs there.

August 11th, 2003	#4 (permalink)
Andrew Hruska Banned Join Date: Mar 2003 Location: somewhere Posts: 1,121	is ANYBODY going to add this to the front page? i can't, because i'm not an admin Pease?