What is httpexec? It's basically DS Download Play over HTTP. It combines the work of EyeballKid's HappyHTTP library and GrizzlyAdams' exec_stub from DSChannels with a bit of glue code written by yours truly. It's meant to be used as a development tool to decrease the time spent between when you recompile your project to the time you see it running on your DS with no card swapping in between.

v1.1 fixes some problems with v1.0 that occurred when booting some programs that used the ARM7 for various things (wifi and the touchscreen to name two). Certain programs would work fine even if they did use a bunch of custom ARM7 code, but most programs I tried would not. Since this is what I wanted to use to make development easier for myself (no card swapping! yay!), I naturally wanted to fix this problem. Anyway, GrizzlyAdams' exec_stub proved to solve this problem nicely, so that is one of the changes in this version.

Currently, the only real issue I've experienced is a bit of a delay while the exec_stub is working. I'm 99% sure this is caused by a call to FAT_FreeFiles() in exec_stub.arm9 just before it boots the NDS binary, but haven't really looked into it (currently, I'm just using the same, unmodified, exec_stub binaries from DSChannels beta5).

Anyway, the readme.txt included in the download explains usage, etc. But, to sum it up, basically you just DLDI patch httpexec.nds and exec_stub.arm9 for your slot1/2 cart and modify httpexec.conf as necessary, and you're good to go. This release works perfectly with my DS-X and Supercard MiniSD (scsd_moon.dldi).

Please let me know of any issues if you find any, otherwise... enjoy!

This version aims to improve in sound and graphics. As the emulation becomes more and more complex, it is more and more difficult to add new features without breaking the emulation overall, so some new feature will not be enabled by default for all games. The configuration file select which features are enabled or not, and becomes very important (so don’t forget to put it in the root directory!).

I tried very hard to improve sound, and i succeeded to get much better musics in some games, but there may still some “pops” or “cracks” sometimes, and the sound can slowdown or goes mad in some rare circumtances (the ARM7 seems not powerful enough).

A new menu has been added : the GFX config menu, this menu offer a simple way to change the GFX behaviour in real time. The emulation is not stopped like in the options menu, you can enable/disable several features and see which ones are better for the game. (See README for more informations)
Here is the list of changes

* Changed the Sound timers, now the timers should be a bit more accurate and removed the timers hacks
* Moved back the Sound RAM in the fast ARM7 RAM, removed unused code from ARM7 codes
* Now support sprite address change during frame (limited to two addresses by frame), this makes Ogre Battle much more playable
* Left handed people can now enjoy the SNES mouse option (right buttons can be used like left joypad).
* Options can now be saved in configuration file
* New SNES config menu
* Fixed some bugs

Optionnal feature (enabled by configuration file):

* Added sound synchronisation fixes, this is a set of flags that make ARM9 slowdown or make ARM9 wait for the ARM7. Those options make Square games (and other games) sound much better, but also break sound in other games. So this option is available through the configuration file. I only changed for the configuraiton file for Chrono Trigger, SOM1 and FFVI. You will have to modify the configuration and test the options for other games.
* Added priority per tile for BG3, by detecting if there are more low or high priority per tile at each line (see README)
* Added priority per tile for BG1 and BG2, by using the fourth DS layer. Low priority tiles go to fourth layer, and high priority per tiles (this idea was taken from SNESAdvance). This option is useful for SOM1 and FFVI (set it to BG2).
* Sprites priorities can now be changed. See configuraiton file for more informations. The default is 1123 but 1223 makes some games look better (like Castlevania IV first level for instance)