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Freeciv is an open source project that aims to provide a free Civilization clone (released under the GPL).


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WHAT´S CHANGED SINCE 2.2.4Edit
Server / GeneralEdit
Fix bug where a game saved while a civilization was in revolution would not save the target government correctly. GNA#17363
Fix server crash with invalid arguments to "/show" command. GNA#17672
Forbid meaningless negative values for the ´endturn´ option. GNA#17564
Fix for building with IPv6 support on OpenBSD. GNA#16458
Declare IPv6 support as no longer "work in progress". GNAPATCH#2282
Make "maintainer-clean" build target cleaner. GNA#16380
Apply latest lua-5.1.4 patches (7 and . GNAPATCH#2229
Windows: display meaningful message for winsock error #10060. GNA#16788
Stability improvements. GNA#17677 GNAPATCH#2541
ClientsEdit
Fix incomplete list of buildings in Spy sabotage dialog. GNA#17280
Better handling of the situation where multiple Settlers are selected and the "Build city" order is issued. GNA#14702
Do not save "gameseed" or "mapseed" settings in client config file (this would cause the user to get the same game/map every time they started the client). GNA#17122 GNA#17751
(Gtk) In diplomacy dialog, remove current diplomatic status from list of allowed proposals. GNA#16557
(Gtk) Allow type-to-search when picking a nation. GNAPATCH#2459
(SDL) Avoid a crash when an attempt is made to use a missing sprite. GNA#17146
Fix a few memory leaks. GNA#17716 GNA#17719
Improve alignment of fixed-width tables in some character sets. GNA#17215
Tilesets / ArtEdit
Added "Electric Age" city graphics to the Trident-based rulesets. GNAPATCH#2444
Gameplay / RulesEdit
Supplied rulesets
The effects of notradesize / fulltradesize are now calculated separately from the normal corruption calculation; this gives a more consistent effect, and prevents building Courthouses to circumvent those settings. GNA#17348
Fix bug where civil war rebels never got a capital city. GNA#17201
Remove misspelled Aztec ruler title. GNAPATCH#2549
Other rulesets
Allow non-military paradroppable units to drop into peaceful territory. GNA#17285
Make the SaveSmallWonder flag actually have an effect; previously, all small wonders would be rebuilt if lost. This didn´t matter for the default ruleset (where the Palace is the only "small wonder" and this effect is desired), but it does affect the "rewonder" ruleset. GNA#17333
gold_upkeep_style=2: when gold runs out, buildings and units are alternately sold (rather than selling all buildings before selling any units). GNA#16413
Fix trouble with technologies with a "root_req" specification. GNA#16852
AIEdit
If the server setting ´citymindist´ was changed from its default, the AI was not taking this into account when planning its cities. GNA#17745
Help / DocumentationEdit
Minor improvements to in-game text. GNA#17198 GNA#17302 GNA#17161 GNAPATCH#2240 GNA#17510
Minor improvements to comments in ruleset files. GNA#17428
Fix contact details in man pages. GNA#16922
Several invisible changes to assist with translation. GNAPATCH#2289 GNAPATCH#2300 GNA#17422 GNA#17507 GNA#17509
TranslationsEdit
Updated translations:
Complete translations: Polish, Catalan, Spanish, Japanese, French, Italian.
Incomplete translations: Danish (99.9%), Brazilian Portuguese (99.6%), Finnish (93%), Ukrainian (92%). ...

One little-noticed upgrade to the AT&T iPad2's 3G radio will make a big difference to many users outside the US and international travelers: the refreshed tablet now supports quad-band UMTS, like the iPhone 4. The original iPad, as well as the iPhone 3G/3GS, only had tri-band UMTS, omitting support for the 900 MHz band common in Asia and parts of Europe. The Verizon model's CDMA radio, on the other hand, is compatible with very few carriers' networks worldwide, making it a poor choice for globetrotters.

One of the complaints about the iPhone3G, and its successor the 3GS, was that it supported only AT&T's 850 and 1900 MHz UMTS bands, and the 2100 MHZ band used in Europe and Asia. Many carriers in Australasia, however, use the 900 MHz band, especially in rural areas, and since the... [Read More]

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After a little while without bringing anything, I'm taking things I have on my list little by little.
Today I bring a new zelda game, the first of a trilogy that will appear in DC gradually. This is a zelda style RPG SNES with support to save the game in the VMU. Made in C + + and SDL.

Spanish version of the game.

Controls:

Cruceta: Move
A: Action / Talk
B: Running
X: Sword
Y: Map
START: Menu / Skip action
L: Record Menu
A: Use Object

VMU: 14 Memory Blocks

GPL
Web: ZELDA ROTH
Download CDI .
Download SOURCE .

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Pate has today released a new version of his Dos emulator for the Nintendo DS which is a version of DSx86 for the SuperCard DSTwo flash cart:
Changes in DS2x86 0.05
The major improvements and fixes in this version are the following:
Preliminary support for high resolution EGA/VGA modes 640x200, 640x350 and 640x480 added. NOTE! Scaling does not work properly in these modes yet.
Implemented preliminary support for Mode-X mode 360x240 (for the Settlers game).
Implemented a lot of missing opcode variations, now a majority of the most common opcodes have been implemented, but many rare opcodes are still missing.
Increased the EMS memory size to 4MB, which allows Elder Scrolls: Arena to start up.
You can now switch between the configuration sections in the INI file on-the-fly, by clicking on the current configuration name.
Fixed a stack alignment problem in overlay loading, which caused an "Exception 5" error in some programs.
Fixed a bug in SETZ opcode, which caused Warcraft to hang when giving a command to dig gold. NOTE! It is recommended that you play Warcraft with "no sound", as the SoundBlaster emulation in DS2x86 seems to cause intermittent freezes and crashes.
Fixed a bug in division-by-zero interrupt handling, which caused Formula One: Grand Prix to fail.
Please send me the debug logs from this version again, they are very helpful when I improve DS2x86!
DSx86 progress
During the past week I also started working on the 286 protected mode features for the original DSx86, specifically when running in DSi mode. Since Windows 3.0 needs HIMEM.SYS to be installed when running in Standard Mode (meaning the 286 protected mode), I started by implementing the HIMEM.SYS features. The next (rather big) step is to change the memory access methods to support accessing memory beyond the first megabyte of RAM. This will sadly make the code slightly slower, as I can not keep all the needed variables in registers any more. This difference should not be anything major, though. I plan to release the next DSx86 version only after I have made this change, so no new DSx86 version today, sorry.
I had partly forgotten how easy and fast it is to work with devkitARM and libnds, after working for over half a year with the DSTwo SDK. You can build the software straight from the Programmer's Notepad, and after that you can test the build using No$GBA. The whole thing takes a few seconds. With DS2x86 it takes nowadays a bit over 8 minutes to FTP-transfer a new build to the DSTwo cart, which is the only place where the new build can be tested. So, I'm very much looking forward to moving my main development focus back to DSx86. I still need to work on improving DS2x86 also for quite a while, though.

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Sandbox Engine DS-DSi is a work in progress 3D engine homebrew for the DS made by t377y000. While it's not required to play, it was made with the Sudoku exploit and Cyclo iEvo DSi mode in mind. Join the discussion linked below for more information about this project.

Sandbox Engine DS-DSi Beta 10%
For now its just the basic walk around & scenery. There are basic physics, there's fog, & you can change the scenery texture. There's also a H2 hummer randomly driving around the game, lol. The controls are simple & displayed on the top screen (the controls were on the bottom screen, I'm working on a new code to put them back).

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Squarepusher proposes a new version of FBANext, after FB Alpha (Final Burn Alpha). As a reminder, this is a multi arcade emulator based on the source code for Final Burn.

Changelog focusing on changes for developers, we provide it untranslated. The amendments mainly improve the overall operating speed.

- (PS3) Added waterpaint-normalcontrast.cg, waterpaint-normalcontrast-scanline.cg, waterpaint-highcontrast.cg,
waterpaint-highcontrast-scanline.cg shaders
- (PS3) Optimized crt.cg shader - now runs at 60fps (fullspeed) at 1080p (1920x1080). Also added crt-highgamma.cg.
- (PS3) Texture references used - far faster graphics code as a result. Also adapted refreshwithalpha so that it
looks the same as it did before without texture references.
- (PS3) Added all the shaders added inbetween r423 and the custom versions
- (PS3) Replaced inlineASM in burnint.h with intrinsic so that it can be compiled with SNC. Also commented out
little endian functions in blargg_endian.h to get SNC to work
- (PS3) Commented out all exceptions and try - catch blocks in files such as ticpp.cpp and others - SNC by default
works with exception support disabled - also exceptions have performance overhead - commenting out the exceptions
and the try-catch blocks for both GCC and SNC increased performance.
- (PS3) Got rid of virtual function call overhead in classes that inherited from a base class with virtual function
definitions - such as the Cellframework Audio driver, and FBA's aud_audio.h itself. Led to measurable performance
increases and lag reduction.
- (PS3) Better button responsiveness - in PS3/run.cpp, for some reason button input was only being registered one
out of every three frames - commented that out. There were tons of other branches in the interface code that are
unnecessary - checking for bDrivOkay for instance in video_interface and vid_psgl - that were commented out for
PS3. This could similary be applied to FBA 360 for some performance gains - same with the elimination of virtual
function call overhead.
- (PS3) Menu scrolling with the D-pad/analog stick in the ROM browser/settings menu/ingame menu by pressing and
holding directional keys.
- (PS3) Shaders now receive three additional input params for the main vertex program (main_vertex). This
allows us to offload some more calculations from the fragment shader which leads to increased performance.
- (PS3) Added back ability to go to Service menu by pressing R3 button.
- (Core) - Rygar driver colors are restored again to normal colors - during the update to FBA beta, a swapword
statement was left out.
- (PS3) Makefile works now for either SNC or GCC. Change CELL_BUILD_TOOLS to set either of the two. The best
speed I currently get with GCC for some odd reason.
- (PS3) Makefile and preprocessor statements in the code now let you compile the source and have it detect
your SDK version automatically.
- (PS3) There is a special debug mode you can activate (CELL_DEBUG_CONSOLE = 1) where a Telnet server will
be running in the background which you can telnet into - in this mode, you can track variables and/or dump
screenshots on the HDD.
- (PS3) Better speed, far less lag as a result of all of the above.
PS. Every change above only affects the PS3 version.

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Warning: 3D is awesome. So if you experience discomfort (such as eye strain, eye fatigue or nausea) then we feel for ya … and you should probably disable this plugin. Bummer. Otherwise, if you can handle it, and you own one (or more) of the following games then download, install and activate PSPWizard’s PSP 3D Plugin.

It’s anaglyph 3D using red/cyan glasses. Press L-Trigger and R-Trigger to change 3D settings while in game.

Supported Games

• Ridge Racer 2 (new)
• Vulcanus – Seek&Destroy (new)
• Ape Escape(new)
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unit
• Monster Hunter Freedom Unite
• Metal Gear Solid – Opps
• Metal Gear Solid – Opps+
• Star Wars Battle Front 2
• Death Jr.
• Tomb Raider Legends (same flicker – I’m unable to get rid off)
• Prince of persia – Revelations
• Prince of persia -Rival Swords
• Gripshift
• Ratchet & Clank

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Bubbletune and Game Categories Light v1.3! It’s for all you 6.20, up to and including 6.37 users. Categorize your homebrew your way. It’s as easy as creating directories (categories) under PSP/GAME and moving your homebrew into those directories.


v1.3 CHANGELOG

• Added support for the 6.3X kernels.

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Well-known hacker Mathieu Hervais has reportedly found a bug that allows exploiting metldr, the bootloader and firmware version 3.56. Unfortunately, he refuses to release it.

Interestingly, it was recently rumored that Sony was soon going to be releasing new "unhackable" PS3 models to the market.


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I hesitated a lot before tweeting about it, but a bug allows exploiting metldr, the bootloader and 3.56+. I don't intent to ever unveil it.

So much for "unhackable" ps3s though....

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