Gnome Gens

File Release Notes and Changelog

Release Name: 0.alpha3

Notes: This is the state of the code as of the start of the sourceforge project. I'm mainly putting this up because I can't seem to access the CVS pserver. Anyhow, here are the things you'll want to keep in mind about this release: The README file and its companions are works of pure fiction. Ignore them. Fullscreen mode is kinda twitchy right now. I suggest you don't use it. Hitting button 1 on joystick 0 will reset to windowed mode, but only if a game is running... In order to use this you'll have to set up your joystick inputs manually in ~/.gnome/gnome-gens -- and that's joysticks only I'm afraid, no keyboard. I'll put in the keyboard code later. The numerical code for a joystick axis is the joystick number plus one times 1024, plus the axis number times 2, plus one if you're using the negative range instead of positive. The numerical code for a joystick button is the joystick number plus one times 1024, plus 512, plus the button number. If the above was too confusing, try giving a look to Input_Active() in gens/linux/g_dinput.c which might be a little clearer. What else..? Ah, another point is that, at least of the games I have, almost nothing works. Sonic 1 and 2 simply redscreen, Sonic and Knuckles loads up but the objects are missing, at least in the first level (and without objects, the first level is all you get). Sonic 3 & Knuckles seems to work fine in the main game but multiplayer doesn't work at all. Chaotix didn't have any problems that I found, but then, I didn't actually test much of that one. ((Yes, my collection is one-sided. So sue me.))