This is the ninth beta release of DOSBox Pure.
Fixes/additions in 0.9.9:
- Bring back frontend controller device selection (#443)
Allows mapping preset selection with the controller port settings in the frontend.
Will disable the in-core Gamepad Mapper when using anything but the default device - Query analog values when a joypad button is bound to an analog function (#447)
For example analog L2 triggers bound to a joystick axis - Fix save state location when using "Sort Save States into Folders" option in RetroArch (#442)
This required disabling the new Netplay support for RetroArch version 1.16.
Currently Netplay is now only available with nightly builds of RetroArch (and once version 1.17 gets released) - Fix audio glitches with certain MIDI SoundFonts (#444)
- Fix Windows 9x freezing when removing/inserting a CD-ROM image (#448)
- Fix IMGMOUNT command with relative paths
- Fix default emulation speed of 'Crime Wave', 'Virus' and '1st Person Pinball'
New Features of 0.9.8:
- New UI for start menu, on-screen keyboard and gamepad mapper
- Shared system shells (use one Windows 1/2/3 installation ZIP for multiple games) (documentation) (#421)
- Support libretro multiplayer with emulation and tunneling of these interfaces over the internet
- IPX DOS driver
- Serial Modem (configurable to be a null modem or dial-up modem)
- NE2000 Ethernet Network Card to be used in a booted operating system.
- Add
Input > Mouse Input Mode
option (documentation) (#400)- Virtual mouse (default)
- Direct controlled mouse (not supported by all games)
- Touchpad mode (drag to move, tap to click, etc., best for touch screens)
- Off (ignore mouse inputs)
- Reworked gamepad mapping
- Per game differencing disk for installed OS (documentation) (#423)
- Store a seek cache to save file for larger files in mounted ZIPs (i.e. ISO files), drastically improve loading time of zipped games
- Add SVGA memory core option (#320)
- Add 256, 512 and 1024 MB emulated memory options (#387)
- Further improvements to the ATAPI CD-ROM emulation for Windows 9x games with CD copy protection (#295)
- Add new "Overscan Border Size" video option (#180)
- Support SF2 files with OGG compressed samples (sometimes called SF3 files)
- Add support for uncompressed CHD version 5 CD images (#40)
- Add new value to the 'Start Menu' core option to use auto start without automatic shutting down of the core
- Load DOSBOX.SF2 or MT32_CONTROL.ROM/MT32_PCM.ROM from the mounted C: drive and override midi config if found (#380)
- Add "Swap Stereo Channels" audio option (#415)
- Store currently mounted disk image with auto start (#438)
Fixes in 0.9.8:
(See Release 0.9.8)