WinUAE 0.8.17 Release 3 released

posted in Emulator Release by bdlou on Nov 4th, 2001

WinUAE, an Amiga emulator for Windows, has been updated to version 0.8.17 Release 3. Here's what's new:
  • FIXED: Mouse trails are gone gone gone.
  • FIXED: No longer crashes in windowed-mode on XP Themed-view.
  • FIXED: 68020+ bitfield instruction fix (stuck doors in Dungeon Master AGA)
  • FIXED: Fix garbage display on Venus the Flytrap and Nightbreed Interactive Movie. (Toni Wilen)
  • FIXED: Trying to delete a non-empty directory will now properly return ERROR_DIRECTORY_NOT_EMPTY. (Bernd Roesch)
  • FIXED: Renaming a directory which was opened then closed will no longer crash. (Bernd Roesch)
  • FIXED: Increased the range of addresses checked for memory-mapping, in order to make JIT "direct" mode work on more systems. (Bernd Roesch)
  • FIXED: Selecting a Picasso96 8-bit mode in windowed-mode would complain about not matching your desktop's depth, and switch to full-screen.
  • FIXED: CD-ROM Mounting should work again.
  • FIXED: Installer won't install when WinUAE is already running.
  • FIXED: Right-click and "Editting" a .UAE config-file will now result in the correct config-name and config-description in the GUI.
  • FIXED: MIDI-Out won't crash external MIDI drivers like "hubies loopback". (Bernd Roesch)
  • ADDED: Jose's modifications to the sound routines and GUI. (Jose Gil) NOTE: Read doc called "SoundSyncro Readme.rtf"
  • ADDED: AHI driver support. (Bernd Roesch)
  • ADDED: Option to disable use of overlays completely.
  • CHANGED: Floppy-disk emulation, including .FDI support. (Toni Wilen)
  • CHANGED: Picasso96 licensing/support notice (above).
  • CHANGED: Removed references to "Amiga" in the GUI. You can try it now in the Amiga Emulators area. Thanks to Ulf Andersson for the news.