A feature-packed update of SNES9x PS3, the Super Nintendo emulator for the PS3, is now up folks, that brings a long a handful of new features, more fixes and improvements to PS3 gamers looking for some good ole SNES titles.
Changelog:
- FIXED: (CHRONO TRIGGER SCREEN HEIGHT JUMPING BUG)
- Chrono Trigger would jump from 256x224 to 256x239 for one odd frame when transitioning from normal mode to battle mode - this caused an undesirable screen hiccup to occur everytime. This issue has been fixed.
- FIXED: Player 2 - Buttons X/Y didn't work
- This bug was introduced in v4.4.3 due to an improper macro. It has now been fixed as of v4.4.4.
- FIXED: Loading a ROM with a cheatfile loaded and then loading another ROM with no cheatfile will not clear out the previous game's cheats
- This bug was introduced in v4.4.0, and has now been fixed as of v4.4.4. Also note that games which do not have a cheatfile will create a new cheatfile automatically.
- FIXED: Super Scope controls auto-centered when let go of thumbstick
- ADDED: Better Super Scope controls
- Previously in v4.4.3, the Super Scope crosshair would center back to the middle of the screen as soon as you let go of the thumbstick on the left analog stick. Now it controls much more closely to the mouse. Note that there might be an option to toggle the Super Scope controls in the future (to either auto-center when let go of the thumbstick or let the cursor stay at the current position).
- FIXED: Some games were hooked up with patchy controls (Doom)
- ADDED: Accessory Autodetection
- The accessory autodetection in v4.4.2/4.4.3 left some things to be desired. A new setting has been added to the SNES9x Settings screen - 'Accessory Auto- detection'. SNES9x PS3 auto-detects most games that feature support for these peripherals. This setting will control how SNES9x PS3 will deal with these games when it detects them.
- CONFIRM - When detecting a Mouse/Scope/Multitap-compatible game, a dialog screen is presented to the user asking him/her if the accessory should be enabled. If you select 'No', normal 2 joypad controls will be used instead.
- ON - Games which support Mouse/Scope/Multitap will be automatically detected and the accessory will be automatically enabled without any input from the user.
- OFF - Accessories will not be detected or enabled - standard 2 joypad controls for all games.
- ADDED: Control Schemes
- There are now three [Control Schemes] - 'Default', 'New', and 'Custom'.
- DEFAULT - Controls are the same as they were before.
- NEW - A new control scheme. See below:
- R3 + L3 - [Exit to Menu] - go back to the ROM Browser menu.
- Right analog stick - Up - SNES9x pause (supersedes regular SNES pause).
- Right analog stick - Left - Decrement fastforward speed by one (-1).
- Right analog stick - Right - Increment fastforward speed by one (+1).
- Right analog stick - Down - Toggle [Fastforwarding] on/off.
- Right analog stick - Left + L2 - Decrement cheat position by one (-1).
- Right analog stick - Right + L2 - Increment cheat position by one (+1).
- Right analog stick - Up + L2 - Toggle the currently selected cheat on/off.
- Right analog stick - Down + L2 - Input a cheat with an on-screen keyboard.
- Right analog stick - Left + R2 - Decrement save state slot by one (-1).
- Right analog stick - Right + R2 - Increment save state slot by one (+1).
- Right analog stick - Up + R2 - Load from currently selected save state slot.
- Right analog stick - Down + R2 - Save to currently selected save state slot.
- R2 + R3 - Toggle [SRAM Write Protection] on/off.
- L2 + R3 - Toggle [Record Movie] on/off.
- L2 + L3 - Load Movie
- CUSTOM - Custom control scheme. All buttons/button combos can be customized.
- ADDED: Savestate SRAM Overwrite Protect
- Implemented by request - see Issue 8: Loading a save state also load the associated save ram file and write it to disk right away. (URL: https://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/issues/detail?id=8&can=1)
- Normally, when SNES9x loads a savestate, the SRAM contents are automatically overwritten. The ugly side-effect of this is that this can unknowingly delete your normal saved game progress.
- ON - SNES9x will write-protect SRAM - this means that if you load a save- state, it will not overwrite the SRAM save(s). However, SRAM is not saved at all in this mode.
- OFF - SRAM is writable - this means that if you load a savestate, it will overwrite the SRAM save(s).
- NOTE: This option can be toggled in-game with the 'New' control scheme by pressing button combo [R2 + R3].
- ADDED: Cheat Code Input In-game with Onscreen Keyboard
- Cheatcodes can now be inserted with an onscreen keyboard in-game. A new action has been added called 'Cheat Input'. Cheatcodes that you add will be saved to your cheatfile. Currently, the cheat code will be added in order.
- NOTE: This option can be toggled in-game with the 'New' control scheme by pressing button combo [L2 + Analog Stick Right - Down].
- NOTE: There is still a bug that happens after inserting 15/16 cheat codes in a row.
- When this bug happens, you will no longer be presented with the option to input a label after correctly inputting a cheat. Instead, the label will be the cheat code itself. This is a memory shortage bug that we hope to fix soon.
- ADDED: Resolution saving
- Implemented by request - see Issue 18: Screen resolution does not save upon exit
- (URL: https://code.google.com/p/snes9x-ps3/issues/detail?id=18&can=1)
- The resolution you had previously played in will now be automatically selected when you start SNES9x the next time.
- There are also sane fallbacks. If SNES9x saved the resolution at 1080p and the next time you want to play SNES9x you happen to have your PS3 connected to a screen that doesn't support 1080p - it will fall back to a lower resolution that your TV does support.
- ADDED: Throttle Mode
- This is a performance benchmarking feature that might or might not be useful to users. Turn this 'Off', and VSync and audio will be disabled - the game will then run at the maximum amount of frames per second (FPS) that the PS3 can manage.
- NOTE: There seems to be a hardware/software cap of 124/125fps that appears to be prevalent even in menus.
