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Welcome to DCEmulation!
The site is currently under renovation. We have moved to a private-wiki-based system and we all are working hard to present you a renovated DCEmulation. The majority of the pages here still has to be written and the content of the old site from years ago has to be transfered to our new wiki.
Please bear with us here.
In the mean time, you may go to our forums and find lots of information and help there. The site has been based on the forums for years, anyway.
News
We have up-to-date Dreamcast scene news.
Makaqu 1.3
28th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
I'm posting this a bit late, but anyway: Tyne has released version 1.3 of his QuakeMod Makaqu. It can be downloaded from here. Visit the forum thread for a changelog.
Source: DCEmulation forums
Makaron WIP - Time off
28th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
dknute has posted news about Makaron, his Dreamcast emulator.
I knew there was a good reason for not touching the GD-ROM code. But I did, and as it stands now it's pretty broken - I will need to redesign it quite a bit. There are several major problems to solve, all tied to multithreading. Unfortunately I don't really know how to fix them. Or rather, I do, just haven't come up with an idea I feel like implementing. I'd rather spend some time thinking about it and do it right (well, mostly) than throw a ton of nasty patches in. I might actually have to pull out a drawing block, some pencils, and start designing it on paper first. This is a bit new to me, not being able to easily cover for all possible cases in my head. I guess that's MT for you... I hope to release something in the first week of April. If the new GD code is not ready by then, I'll revert to the old one. I want to see if vibration works for other people too. By the way, I haven't done a single thing during holidays I blame Knurek. And Shin Megami Tensei: Lucifer's Call he told me about. But mostly Knurek.
Source: dknute.livejournal.com
Giana's Return WIP - GFXxXx & more!
26th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
The Giana's Return-Team has updated their blog.
Earlier this morning (1am) [thUg] came up with a fixed tileset of World 1. It is looking a lot cleaner than the one we used before. Some of you might think, why do you guys need to clean and detail pixel things? It’s pretty easy to answer. The graphics are optimized for 320×200 pixel screens, this also keeps us the possibility open for a MS-DOS port. If we have “dirty” pixelgraphics and resize this to native solutions of other systems, things would look a bit rubbish. With this clean-pixel task we try to improve the quality for fullscreen stretching on any machine, while keeping the retro- style. Due to the professional repixeling the amount of colors are also reduced a lot, which ensures we can save some RAM This might not be relevant for new systems, but we want to have this game running on many beautiful (retro) systems such as GP2x, Amiga AGA, Dreamcast, Playstation Portable, etc… Also some gossip about Giana’s Return GP32: As our music is available as .xm this willl eat lots of CPU speed, it might be a special difficult task to manage this game on a GP32, which does not mean it will not happen. We are currently discussing what to do and if it’s possible at all. Our musician op3rator took the old MOD’s and improved them and added more channels, which turned out in 8 channel .xm’s. His base music is basically available as .xm only now (specially the new composed tracks) and we wont give him more work with “backcomposing” to .mod. So either we can get Giana jumping on a GP32 or not… the chances are 50:50. Also there are still thoughts which platform we should support first. Initially we have thought about a GP2x release, but it’s unsure at this time, if this will really happen first. There are severall reasons for this… we will just track the homebrew scene, follow comments and behaviours of users and our decision will be positive for the “most helpful and thankful” community. With today we are one stop closer and many more steps will follow. While the tileset adjusting is not fully done, we are working on many “minor” engine improvements - specially eyecandies. Our genious french coder is working very hard to get the bugtracker empty and add improvements, which should work out really well for the final product.
Source: gianas-return.de
lxdream WIP - A distinct lack of time
26th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
There's new progress on the Dreamcast emulator for Linux.
I apologise for the lack of updates recently - unfortunately I have not had a lot of time to work on lxdream lately due to real life conspiring against me. I’ll try to update when I can, but for now there probably won’t be a lot to report until at least the end of May. The good news is that lxdream-render is pretty close to mergeable now (doesn’t seem to break much now), and I’ve spent a bit of time trying to track down the irritating “geometry” bugs I’ve been seeing (It looks like bad geometry on screen, but the same data renders just fine on the DC). The bad news is that thus far, I haven’t really gotten anywhere with said bugs .
Source: lxdream.org
New interviews
23rd March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
I added 4 interesting interviews to our interviews page. (An interview with GPF, Dan Potter, DJGeki and Sin.) All those interviews were previously unreleased or had gone lost. We hope you enjoy reading them!
ScummVM and the Quest for Code: Join the Google Summer of CodeTM
21st March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
The ScummVM project is participating on the Google Summer of CodeTM. Since ScummVM is one of the most interesting projects in the Dreamcast-Scene, some of you might be interested.
Do you know what a fabulous time we had last year participating in the Google Summer of Code? OK, you don't have to answer that, it's a rhetorical question. Fact is, it was fabulous! So fabulous we thought we'd apply again. And Google is so fabulous that they've elected ScummVM to take part again. Fabulous. (overuse of some words purely intentional). So, where are you going to spend this summer*? Again some exotic beach? Perhaps this year on Monkey IslandTM? Well if you are a student and want to make a buck this summer (more accurately $4500 US of them), Google is organizing the absolute Open Source recruitment drive, also known as the Google Summer of Code! The program is designed to create an incentive for students to participate in Open Source projects, by providing guidance and economic support. What's more, your favorite project ScummVM is proud to be participating! Think about it. Have you ever thought about contributing to a large Open Source project like ScummVM but were intimidated to do so? With the Summer of Code opportunity, you can put your skills at work under close cooperation with our mentors. They'll help you ease in the team, plan the task ahead of time with you and guide you all along. To get things started, you have to pitch us your idea. Take a look at our Open Tasks page for some suggestions. Then visit the Google Summer of Code website, read up on the FAQ and check out the application guide. Now, hurry up! You've got until March 31, so get cracking! *: Summer in the northern hemisphere definition :-)
Source: ScummVM.org
StealthQuake v1.1 released
20th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
Tyne has released a v1.1 patch for his QuakeMod "StealthQuake".
Stealth Quake v1.1 Patch Released Extract and overwrite all the files in the /Stealth/ (or /StealthWQ) directory. Darkplaces ver, http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP11.rar WinQuake ver, http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ11.rar
Source: DCEmulation forums
VERSION 1.1 CHANGES -------------------
* Version is now displayed at start up * Chthon is harder * Balance tweaks * Pistols do not remove in E2M6 and E4M7, fixes incompletion bug * Minor bug fixes * Updated Readme file * Intermission fixes * Fixed collision for Winquake and find() for AI point markers * Fix LightAffect flag not disabling at times allowing monsters to see you even though you're hidden * Fix cycleweapon commands, mainly concerns console Quake players
Stealth Quake released
19th March, 2008 Posted by: Maturion
Tyne has updated his Quake mod that works on Xbox and Dreamcast.
Grab it here: High-end Darkplaces version: http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP.rar Text: http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthDP.txt Low-end Winquake version: http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ.rar Text: http://renegadec.digitalfunk.org/Quake%20Mods/StealthWQ.txt I've tested the Winquake version on Xbox which uses nearly the same engine as nxQuake, so it should work on Dreamcast; it'd be nice if someone can test it for me to be sure though.
Source: DCEmulation forums