Author: jameson Date: 2006-02-12 20:09:33 +0100 (Sun, 12 Feb 2006) New Revision: 1535
Modified: freesci/trunk/NEWS Log: * Updated NEWS file -- Christoph Modified: freesci/trunk/NEWS =================================================================== --- freesci/trunk/NEWS 2006-02-12 12:08:44 UTC (rev 1534) +++ freesci/trunk/NEWS 2006-02-12 19:09:33 UTC (rev 1535) @@ -1,3 +1,30 @@ + Looks like we managed to beat our previous record once again: Just +over two years since 0.3.4 was released. I guess we all are getting +older, more mature, more dedicated to our other projects, and more +lazy overall... but before I go off into mindless rambling, le tme +rather summarise what's new, and what's improved. + First, we have a new port: FreeSCI now works on the GP32 handheld, +thanks to Walter van Niftrik's dedicated work. Work on other +handhelds is underway and will be announced when it's ready. Unless +you're a member of the GP32 user crowd, the change you're most likely +to notice instead are Hugues Valois' new game selection screen: If +you have a properly configured ~/.freesci/config (or platform-specific +equivalent) but don't specify a game name or directory as parameter to +FreeSCI, Hugues' game selection screen will now pop up and ask you to +choose one of your registered games. The next most noticeable change +is the default sound setup: We now no longer default to GM output, but +instead to OPL/2 software emulation. On many platforms, timing is +still suboptimal; this we hope to address eventually by backporting +the Glutton sound subsystem. Other changes are optimised background +image drawing (for the "unsophisticated" case, important for low-power +and low-res devices), support for the "Show()" kernel call (for +walking around on the priority and control maps, useful primarily for +SCI game developers), and the usual lot of bug fixes. + That's it for this iteration; enjoy! + + +--- 0.3.4 --- + One year in between releases-- we're not really getting better in this respect. Anyway, FreeSCI has seen quite a number of changes-- particularly bugfixes-- in that year, but also ports to support some previously un- _______________________________________________ FreeSCI-develop mailing list [email protected] http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/freesci-develop
