Coming soon! Steem SSE 3.6

[Steven Seagal]

WARNING!WARNING!WARNING! Competing teams please don't look at this, it's not good for you! WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!



- New option 'Monitor: specific value'
When this is checked, each time you set a Read or Write watch in a
memory browser, Steem will read the value in the find box and will
stop only if the value written or read is the same (BYTE/WORD).
You can type decimal or hexadecimal values (use $).
If you use !, don't use $.
There's only one value so defined for all the browsers, the last one
read.
If you type a new value, you must disable and enable again the watch.
If there's no value when you enable a watch, it will not check.
Those limitations to limit bloat.

- New option 'Monitor: address range'
When this is checked, the first two watches will be considered as
the limits of a range to check.

- New option 'Dump 6301 RAM'

- New option '68030 stack frame'. It's interesting to check if
programs are compatible with Falcon or TT computers. From Petari.

Beta available here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/steemss ... SE%20Beta/?

[npomarede]

WARNING!WARNING!WARNING! Competing teams please don't look at this, it's not good for you! WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!

Hello, granted, you have an UI for this, but Hatari's debugger is way more powerful than that we can create breakpoints on complex conditions (and, or), after a specific number of hits, on register values, on values pointed by address register, and much much more

Nicolas

[Steven Seagal]

WARNING!WARNING!WARNING! Competing teams please don't look at this, it's not good for you! WARNING!WARNING!WARNING!

Hello, granted, you have an UI for this, but Hatari's debugger is way more powerful than that we can create breakpoints on complex conditions (and, or), after a specific number of hits, on register values, on values pointed by address register, and much much more

Nicolas

In fact I must admit that I know very little about the Hatari debugger.
Some features have to be unique to Steem though: IRQ guessing, scanline and video address on right click, etc.
Watch on An/Dn=X is something I consider too, but like all boiler improvements we must mind the UI too.

[Cyrano Jones]

The last time I used Hatari the UI felt like a free Linux application from 1996, the mouse didn't track correctly in the UI window, and it wasn't possible to even get the pointer to reach some of the buttons. Has it improved since then?

The Steem Boiler room is intuitive, powerful and simple. How does Hatari compare?

[AtariZoll]

Well, I admit that I tried couple times Hatari debugger, but it just can not compare to Steem Debugger. It may have some nice functions which are not present in SD, but how much functions, features SD has, which are not present in HD ?
What I use a lot, are: watching history to backtrace something, using Pasti breakpoints - for instance break at track read command - to see copy protections, watching diverse HW browsers - mostly MFP browser. Having 5-6 memory browser windows at once is what makes tracing faster and easier.
It is very helpful that you have description of vectors, HW registers in memory browser windows, so must not keep all it in head or looking literature ...

[Hippy Dave]

Hatari documentation:
http://hatari.tuxfamily.org/docs.html
A quick look through the manual will not be a waste of time because a quick look will get you started.
The two things Hatari could be improved with are: A better GUI (maybe from the Python UI or Hatariod).
A compilation of the best of [hatari-devel] developer conversations.

[Steven Seagal]

Using the Boiler is a bit like using the Atari ST: power without the price! (will be a new scroller line in steem.new)

[Steven Seagal]

New beta here:

http://sourceforge.net/projects/steemss ... SE%20Beta/?

Not much new this week.

- bugfix FDC bogus "lost data" flag: Super Monaco Grand Prix

- bugfix FDC IRQ staid on with command $D8: Super Monaco Grand Prix

(my own bugs since v3.5.1)

- added 6301 browser to Boiler, preliminary

- fixed option 'Monitor: specific value':
When the option is checked and you set a watch Steem will look
at the 'find' box and interpret the string there as a condition.
You must set the condition first.
Only the last condition you typed in any memory browser counts:
internally, there's only room for one by design.
One comparison character (=,!,<,>) is required.
Value must be a WORD in hexadecimal, without $
You may for example type >0FFF, then click in the monitor column to
add the watch.

[Retrogamer_ST]

Vertical Sync.

Thank you for that one. At last STeem works smooth on my computer too.

[Steven Seagal]

http://ataristeven.t15.org/Steem_360_coming_soon.htm

Last feature for v3.6.0:

P.S.G. emulation

P.S.G. stands for Programmable Sound Generator, it is the ridiculous Yamaha
YM-2149 equipping the Atari ST, the laughing stock of Amiga fanboys.
Though... it has a distinctive sound, after all the 8bit DACs of the Amiga are
nothing special today the day! You have better in your PC. But you (probably)
have no YM-2149.

There are now 3 P.S.G. mods in Steem SSE:



'P.S.G.' changes the tables used for both "envelope" and "volume".
I don't know where the original Steem values come from, but the
new ones are based on Yamaha doc. The difference isn't dramatic,
it's a bit louder overall.

'Samples' uses another table, done by ljbk, based on actual measurements,
when it's reckoned that samples are being played (check on the "mixer").
Many samples will sound better. Not all, but it may be due to other
emulation issues.

The table can't be used (in Steem) when chip music is mixed with samples, like
in Goldrunner.

'Filter' was already there before, it's a different, more open, low-pass
filter when sound option 'Monitor Speaker' is selected.


ST NICCC: STF sound improved!


Huh! Rha! You want the Barbarian to scream louder!




beta:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/steemss ... SE%20Beta/

Release planned soon, internal structure changes are for later.

[Cyrano Jones]

Can we have a hotkey to break back to windows mouse mode, because in win8 alt-tab is really annoying?

[DrCoolZic]

Yes this would be nice

[Cyprian]

Can we have a hotkey to break back to windows mouse mode, because in win8 alt-tab is really annoying?

you can easily define your own hotkeys

[DrCoolZic]

yes true!
unfortunately for me I was using F12 which no more programmable
SS insist on stooping Steem with F12 but unfortunately the Windows stays open so not really good as a "boss key" (perso I do not care as I am my own boss )

[Steven Seagal]

F12 is more a standardisation thing. In Steem it's ON/OFF.
The boss key already exists, just assign a shortcut to 'Exit Steem', also works in fullscreen mode.

Can we have a hotkey to break back to windows mouse mode, because in win8 alt-tab is really annoying?

I'm actually relieved Steem still works in Win 8.
In Win 7 the most annoying aspect is that the wrong icon appears in the task bar (eg disk manager instead of Steem fuji).

[FedePede04]

I'm actually relieved Steem still works in Win 8.
In Win 7 the most annoying aspect is that the wrong icon appears in the task bar (eg disk manager instead of Steem fuji).

i can't get it to run in fullscreen under win8. other then that it look like it runs

[Steven Seagal]

I'm actually relieved Steem still works in Win 8.
In Win 7 the most annoying aspect is that the wrong icon appears in the task bar (eg disk manager instead of Steem fuji).

i can't get it to run in fullscreen under win8. other then that it look like it runs

Later I'll try to add D3D option like in WinUAE, maybe it would run better.
Maybe also different resolutions. Sometimes the problem is hardware/drivers, not OS.

[FedePede04]

I'm actually relieved Steem still works in Win 8.
In Win 7 the most annoying aspect is that the wrong icon appears in the task bar (eg disk manager instead of Steem fuji).

i can't get it to run in fullscreen under win8. other then that it look like it runs

Later I'll try to add D3D option like in WinUAE, maybe it would run better.
Maybe also different resolutions. Sometimes the problem is hardware/drivers, not OS.

i could very well be the driver, it could also be how the different version of windows handle the graphic interface (GDI/DirectX)
it does not look like a big error, it is more like the display freeze..

[DrCoolZic]

Humm did not even know there was problem with Windows 8 ???
I have been using it for quite some time without problem (even works on 8.1 )

[FedePede04]

Humm did not even know there was problem with Windows 8 ???
I have been using it for quite some time without problem (even works on 8.1 )

i don't know what graphic card you use, but i use a radeon 7790HD

[DrCoolZic]

Humm did not even know there was problem with Windows 8 ???
I have been using it for quite some time without problem (even works on 8.1 )

i don't know what graphic card you use, but i use a radeon 7790HD

As I do not play games on my machine so I have a rather not powerful graphic card: an old Radeon HD5700. I prefer to invest in CPU power and memory ...

I choose it because I could connect three LCD monitors directly (I like to have a lot of room while doing development )

[DrCoolZic]

I just tried the full screen mode.
It does not seem to work as expected: it just maximize the screen but keep the window with menu around. But the maximize graphic on a 1920 * 1080 monitor is perfect

[FedePede04]

Humm did not even know there was problem with Windows 8 ???
I have been using it for quite some time without problem (even works on 8.1 )

i don't know what graphic card you use, but i use a radeon 7790HD

As I do not play games on my machine so I have a rather not powerful graphic card: an old Radeon HD5700. I prefer to invest in CPU power and memory ...

I choose it because I could connect three LCD monitors directly (I like to have a lot of room while doing development )

i have first recently change my graphic card, i made a little upgrade to my computer when i installed win8, my last gfx card, was also in the radeon 56xx series

i have just also tested Steem on my other computer, and i did the same thing

my other computer is an Amd ALU A8-5500 with an Integrated graphics chip Radeon HD 7560D.
both are running win 8 64 bit version...

[lschafroth]

The last time I used Hatari the UI felt like a free Linux application from 1996, the mouse didn't track correctly in the UI window, and it wasn't possible to even get the pointer to reach some of the buttons. Has it improved since then?

The Steem Boiler room is intuitive, powerful and simple. How does Hatari compare?

I agree, the gui screen for the settings is pretty plain. After playing a game or rebooting the emulated machine the buttons all go blank and the only way to use Hatari again is to kill it and start over.
This is the latest Mac version posted in the forums here.

[Steven Seagal]

Some good news are needed today!

- I got no threatening email from Atari. They know better than messing with Steven Seagal.

- There's a new beta available here:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/steemss ... SE%20Beta/?

- Some bugfixes and added option "Stop motor" if you're annoyed by a drive that keeps spinning:



- I fixed the disk image of automation 239 (Jumping Jackson), it's on my site:
http://ataristeven.t15.org/Steem_games.htm#Jumping_Jackson
and here in case it went down again:

Auto 239 fixed.zip

- Like for v3.5.0, there will be a little demo included with Steem v3.6.0, very modest, I didn't put much time into it.

- I set a release date, 28/2/2014, precisely 2 years after Steem v3.3.

EDIT: new beta for XSteem (Steem Linux) also available