SofaRun 6.0 released

Hi all,

SofaRun has been updated to version 6.0:

Here are the changes since the previous release:

• SofaROM
  
  • OCM: Fixed max size of flashable ROMs to 2MB for Konami, Konami SCC and ASCII8 ROM types.
  • OCM: Set Internal SCC-I for Slot-1 and Internal SCC-I for Slot-2.
  • MFRSCC+SD: Added support for non-contiguous MFRSCC+SD devices (automated patch when required).
  • "Disable Keyboard" option also works when JoyMega not selected (allows to speed-up games a bit).
  • Added "Fast interruptions" setting for ROMs (experimental, keyboard reading is disabled, should speed-up games a bit...).
  • JoyMega: Soft reset is now (A) + (Start) + (Down) instead of (A) + (Start) (was a bit too easy to reset accidentally your MSX when pausing a game).
• SofaRunIt
  
  • Added new "Compatible mode" (a bit slower but allowing to write to non primary-mapper memory, for games like SD-Snatcher).
  • More reliable joystick reading for disk-swapping
• SofaUnZip
  
  • Restore display of CRC32 that had been accidentally removed.
  • Added /Q (quiet) option.
• SofaSet
  
  • No VDP intialization in quiet mode
  • Fix "RTC-file" handling (useful for MSX that do not have RTC like OCMs).
• MIGView
  
  • Added new options:
    
    • /An: Automatically go to next image after n frames (n must be >0)
    • /L: Loop to start after last image
    • /U: Do not restore screen after display
• SofaRun
  
  • Fixed clearing of screen bottom in 80 columns mode.
  • Speed-up a bit the display of settings.
  • Auto-start is now a single command with options:
    
    • "Sequential".
    • "Random".
    • "Sequential no VDP", useful to have musics (.VGM) over pictures (.MIG).
    • "Random no VDP" (same as above).
  • Better random seed generation (only based on user interactions, should give more "randomness" on openMSX).
  • Fix display of ZIP entires when changing display mode (40/80 columns).
  • Use local path for command line when possible, allowing MSX-DOS 1 programs to launch files.
  • Restore display to non-interlaced after launching a file (was not handled by BIOS screen command).
  • Added option for "Non-contiguous" MFRSCC+SD (see SofaROM for details).
  • Improved joystick handling:
    
    • Same auto-repeat alogithm as keyboard.
    • Added click sound (same as with keyboard).
    • More reliable joystick-port reading (avoiding too fast ports reading).
    • Joystick 2 can also be used.
• VGMPlay
  
  • Added /U option (do not print messages).
  • Do not restore VDP black-out if not required.

Download link is still the same: https://www.louthrax.net/mgr/. Version numbers and documentations for all tools have been updated.

The Auto-Start / no VDP commands allow to create nice diaporamas with pictures and sounds at the same time. This will maybe require some explanations, I'll create another thread for that with some examples (this will also be shown at Nijmegen).

As usual, let me know if you encounter any problem with this release !