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Amiberry 4.1.5 RC4
Published on September 16, 2021 by Dimitris Panokostas

Hi everyone!
We've reached Release Candidate 4, for version 4.1.5. It shouldn't be long now before the final release is out!
This update brings along a few more improvements fixes that were discovered, but also one a significant speed boost (but there's a potential catch, read on about that).
Here's a list of the changes from RC3:
  •  Increased Savestates to 15
  • Added Savestates label to show the time stamp of each selected state. This should make it easier to see which one is the latest, for example.
  • Added copyright and license information in the About panel.
  • Added default option for sound Pull mode, in amiberry.conf. This allows you to control what mode should be the default (Pull/Push).
  • Implemented Warp mode for SDL2 targets (use End + Pause to trigger it)
  • Added Warp and Quick Save State functions in Custom Controls, so you can map them to any controller button.
  • Changed "default_fullscreen" option in amiberry.conf to "default_fullscreen_mode" and made it into an integer. It now controls 3 states: Windowed (0), Fullscreen (1) or Full-Window (2).
  •  Don't resize window if it's maximized - this was a bug for SDL2 versions running under a Desktop (no other versions were affected). If you maximized the window, opening the GUI would resize the content (but not the window). Fixed now!
  • VS project cleanup
  •  Brought back multithreaded drawing, handled by an option in the Chipset panel. This improves performance (especially on RPI3) but it may cause glitches in some cases (e.g. Jesus on E's demo had screen flickering in one section). The option is enabled by default (see next point about that). Please note, you cannot change this on the fly (while the emulation is running). You'll need to Restart the emulator to change it!
  • The multithreaded drawing option has a default setting also, that can be configured in amiberry.conf. This allows you to control what the default behavior should be, if a config file doesn't specify it. It's enabled by default.
Until the next one, enjoy!