Vice3DS v1.4 Released

Vice3DS v1.4 Released


Badda has released a new version of Vice3DS which is a port of the VICE C64 (Versatile Commodore Emulator) for your homebrew enabled New Nintendo 3DS portable video gaming console. The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International.

What's New?

*  enhancement: speed up directory loading times in file selection dialogs
*  enhancement: enabled mouse support / bottom screen is now a touchpad when mouse is enabled, L- and ZL-buttons are mapped to left and right mouse button per default. Mouse sensitivity configurable. Test with Arkanoid :-)
*  enhancement: added option to save key mappings and hotkeys in snapshots
*  enhancement: added hotkey management entries in menu "Misc" (list hotkeys, unmap hotkey). Haven't you wished to easily get rid of your hotkey mappings?
*  enhancement: cleaned up "Settings management" menu, hotkeys are now saved with other settings in file sdl-vicerc.
*  enhancement: create button mappings in "Misc" menu (key-]key, key-]joy, key-]mousebutton), icons for mapped soft buttons are auto-generated. Now, B-button can be mapped to Joy-UP easily ...
*  enhancement: added menu entry/icon for no borders & fullscreen. No more magnifying glasses needed when playing.
*  enhancement: added video size menu (fullscreen with multiple stretch options, etc.)
*  enhancement: added video border mode menu
*  enhancement: new icon (yay!)
*  enhancement: status bar now on bottom of emulator screen (like standard SDL-Vice)
*  optimization: moved button to create hotkey mapping from ZL-button to L-button
*  lots of other small enhancements and bug fixes
Description

Vice3DS is a port of the VICE C64 (Versatile Commodore Emulator) for your homebrew enabled New Nintendo 3DS portable video gaming console. The Commodore 64, also known as the C64 or the CBM 64, is an 8-bit home computer introduced in January 1982 by Commodore International It has been listed in the Guinness World Records as the highest-selling single computer model of all time. Volume production started in early 1982, marketing in August for US$595 (equivalent to $1,545 in 2018).

Features

Vice3DS can only run on a N3DS because it needs the extra CPU power (runs on 804MHz).

Instructions

Installation
Extract the archive to the root of your SD card and run vice3ds in HBL.

Usage
Preconfigured button functions:
Select: open Vice menu
Shoulder left: Open virtual keyboard
Start: quit emulator

The Circle Pad and X-Button are mapped to Joystick Port 1
The Directional Pad and A-Button are mapped to Joystick Port 2
This (and a lot of other things) can be changed in the Vice menu (Machine settings -] Joystick settings -] Swap joystick ports)

Vice3DS can only run on a N3DS because it needs the extra CPU power (runs on 804MHz).

DSP-dump is required for sound to work correctly

Installation (upgrading):

As always - if you're updating from a previous version, make sure to delete the config directory on your SD-card /3ds/vice3ds/config before starting the emulator. Otherwise new config settings, hotkeys and key mappings will not be updated and will not work.

Apart from this, a DSP-dump is required for sound to work correctly.

Changelog

v1.4

*   enhancement: speed up directory loading times in file selection dialogs
*   enhancement: enabled mouse support / bottom screen is now a touchpad when mouse is enabled, L- and ZL-buttons are mapped to left and right mouse button per default. Mouse sensitivity configurable. Test with Arkanoid :-)
*   enhancement: added option to save key mappings and hotkeys in snapshots
*   enhancement: added hotkey management entries in menu "Misc" (list hotkeys, unmap hotkey). Haven't you wished to easily get rid of your hotkey mappings?
*   enhancement: cleaned up "Settings management" menu, hotkeys are now saved with other settings in file sdl-vicerc.
*   enhancement: create button mappings in "Misc" menu (key-]key, key-]joy, key-]mousebutton), icons for mapped soft buttons are auto-generated. Now, B-button can be mapped to Joy-UP easily ...
*   enhancement: added menu entry/icon for no borders & fullscreen. No more magnifying glasses needed when playing.
*   enhancement: added video size menu (fullscreen with multiple stretch options, etc.)
*   enhancement: added video border mode menu
*   enhancement: new icon (yay!)
*   enhancement: status bar now on bottom of emulator screen (like standard SDL-Vice)
*   optimization: moved button to create hotkey mapping from ZL-button to L-button
*   lots of other small enhancements and bug fixes

v1.3

*   enhancement: button to show/hide the keyboard, more soft buttons below keyboard
*   enhancement: pixel perfect screen representation (required change in libSDL, thanks to [@VAGUE](https://github.com/VAGUE) Rant)
*   enhancement: paint color keys on keyboard with palette colors
*   enhancement: added help menu
*   enhancement: remember current directory for file dialogs across restarts
*   enhancement: standard soft button icons are copied to SD-card at startup, they can now be modified/amended by the user
*   enhancement: added some more helper menu entries in menu "Misc"
*   enhancement: added some soft button icons
*   bugfix: no more freeze when exiting via home or power button
*   bugfix: roms added for all C64 machine types
*   bugfix: re-center display after machine type change
*   optimization: stripped some unnecessary code (vkbd, hvsc)

v1.2.1

*   fix random lock-ups (was actually a bug in libSDL)
*   fix for "not possible to select external palette files"
*   fix for "crackling sound when using keyboard"
*   fix for "not possible to change back to stock rom from another rom"
*   fix for "menu entry 'Restore default settings' messes up screen"
*   other minor bugfixes and optimizations
*   added menu entry/icon 'Misc/Power off bottom screen backlight'
*   added two icons for sprite collision menu entries
*   added menu entry to restore all default settings (incl. hotkeys etc)
*   quicksave/-load now always saves to/loads from /3ds/vice3ds
*   added "RUN" to LOAD"*",8,1 menu entry
*   Added F2/F4/F6/F8 keys to keyboard for easy access
*   Added pause icon / ability to pause via soft button
*   Nice new banner / startup logo

v1.1

*   Customizeable soft buttons on bottom screen
*   Changed standard assignment of autofire buttons: Joy1=R, Joy2=ZR
*   True drive emulation now turned off by default
*   Emu-speed adjustable with 3d slider (0=100%, max=Warp)
*   Added menu 'Misc' with some helpers: RUN/STOP + RESTORE; LOAD"*",8,1
*   Bugfix for loading external ROMs and other sysfiles

v1.0.1

Bugfix release for v1.0
Installation: If you're updating from a version below 1.0, make sure to delete /3ds/vice3ds/config/sdl_sym.vkm before starting the emulator. Otherwise new key mappings will not be updated and the new keyboard will not work correctly.

Changes to last release are:

*   clearer keyboard
*   bugfix for "Vice menu sometimes does not update screen when navigating"
*   bugfix for autofire

v1.0

First major release of vice3DS.

Installation: If you're updating from a previous version, make sure to delete /3ds/vice3ds/config/sdl_sym.vkm before starting the emulator. Otherwise new key mappings will not be updated and the new keyboard will not work correctly.

Changes to last release are:

*   Autofire support (configurable in VICE menu under "Machine settings" -] "Joystick settings")
*   New keyboard layout
*   Bugfixes

v0.9 beta

*   Bugfixes
*   CIA/3DS build

v0.4

*   Larger keyboard / keys
*   Configuration files in romfs - will be copied to SD card if not existing there
*   Key names showing correctly now in vice menu
*   vice3DS now exits gracefully when pressing the menu button
*   Show drive status in notification LED (settings in "Drive" menu)
*   v0.3 was accidentally a debug build, so v0.4 is faster

v0.3

*   OSK works now also in vice menu when inputting file names
*   images compiled in binary and changed images
*   removed some menu entries that will break things on 3ds
*   C-stick/ZL/ZR working, C-Stick mapped to cursor keys per default
*   Status bar (can be activated in menu "Settings management")
*   when switching machines, bottomscreen is no more blanked

v0.2

*   dded soft keyboard to bottom screen
*   couple of bugfixes

Links & Downloads
https://github.com/badda71/vice3ds/releases/tag/1.1

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