Merge pull request #5890 from maron2000/gh-pages

Update website for 2025.10.07 Release

_data/latest_version.yml

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-version: 2025.05.03
-git_tag: dosbox-x-v2025.05.03
-windows_setup_file: dosbox-x-windows-2025.05.03-setup.exe
-winXP_setup_file: dosbox-x-winXP-2025.05.03-setup.exe
-win9x_file: dosbox-x-mingw-win32-lowend9x-20250503164337.zip
-macos_intel_file: dosbox-x-macosx-x86_64-20250503164337.zip
-macos_arm_file: dosbox-x-macosx-arm64-20250503164337.zip
-dos_hx_file: dosbox-x-mingw-hx-dos-20250503164337.zip
+version: 2025.10.07
+git_tag: dosbox-x-v2025.10.07
+windows_setup_file: dosbox-x-windows-2025.10.07-setup.exe
+winXP_setup_file: dosbox-x-winXP-2025.10.07-setup.exe
+win9x_file: dosbox-x-mingw-win32-lowend9x-20251007154914.zip
+macos_intel_file: dosbox-x-macosx-x86_64-20251007154914.zip
+macos_arm_file: dosbox-x-macosx-arm64-20251007154914.zip
+dos_hx_file: dosbox-x-mingw-hx-dos-20251007154914.zip

_release_notes/20251007.md

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+---
+slug: 2025.10.07
+date: Oct 7, 2025
+---
+2025.10.07
+  - INT 21h AH=4Ah resize memory: Compact free blocks only at or after the
+    segment being resized, as MS-DOS is documented to do (joncampbell123).
+  - INT 21h AH=4Ah resize memory: Fix bug where, if asked to resize a previously
+    freed memory block and the block is not the last block in the MCB chain,
+    and the next block in the MCB chain is also free, the MCB management code
+    would correctly compact free blocks but then allocate according to the
+    old size of the freed MCB block, causing truncation of the MCB chain.
+    Fix for MCB chain truncation caused by California Games II DOS memory
+    management when running in Tandy graphics mode. (joncampbell123).
+  - Add dosbox.conf option, disabled by default, where if the MCB memory
+    chain is corrupted anywhere past the running program's memory block,
+    and it does anything to cause allocation, a new free memory block is
+    created to satisfy allocations instead of halting emulation. Some DOS
+    programs are a bit sloppy in a way that can corrupt the MCB chain.
+    When enabled, this behavior matches apparent MS-DOS behavior (joncampbell123).
+  - Debugger: DOS MCBS command now also prints the segment immediately
+    following the last MCB block (joncampbell123).
+  - Tseng ET3000/ET4000: Update Status register 3DAh behavior when emulating
+    Tseng chipsets to reflect Tseng datasheet, and VGAKIT SVGA detection code
+    expectations. Bit 7 is expected, as documented by Tseng, to be the inverse
+    of bit 3 (vertical retrace). Extended Start Register CRTC 33h must not
+    allow setting the upper 4 bits because Tseng only documents the bottom
+    four, and because VGAKIT requires it for Tseng detection (joncampbell123).
+  - Fix bug that, for machine=hercules, prevented Hercules palette shortcut
+    from changing colors when in graphics mode (joncampbell123).
+  - Remove mixer and VGA capture test modes from integration device. Update
+    integration device version number. Convert hardcoded magic constants used
+    in IG into constants in iglib.h which is now shared explicitly with the
+    iglib.h in DOSLIB. Add integration device interface to allow the guest
+    to read and set the CPU cycle count of the emulator. (joncampbell123).
+  - Fix INT 10h AH=0Eh bug where printing BEL triggered screen scroll up if
+    cursor beyond the last line. Fix for the Elder Scrolls Arena installer.
+    (joncampbell123).
+  - FAT filesystem driver (for disk images): If Elder Scrolls Arena calls
+    INT 21h to find files named *.65 (such as STATES.65) with an attribute mask
+    of 0xA (VOLUME LABEL | HIDDEN), ignore the VOLUME LABEL bit and scan
+    normally. The 0xA value is leftover from a divide operation used to make
+    the file name and is technically a bug in the game, though that happens
+    to work on real MS-DOS and the DOSBox/DOSBox-X local folder support code
+    anyway. This fix allows Elder Scrolls Arena to run from a mounted disk
+    image. (joncampbell123).
+  - FAT filesystem driver (for disk images): If Elder Scrolls Arena calls
+    INT 21h to find SAVEGAME.00 (yes, a specific name for some reason) with
+    an attribute mask of 0x7C (which represents... um... what?), ignore the
+    VOLUME LABEL bit so that players can load their saved games from the
+    menu instead of being told that the saved game that is clearly there on
+    the screen does not exist. What other weird random values of CX attribute
+    mask does this game use? (joncampbell123).
+  - PCI bus improvements : Allow device to see full size access (smunaut)
+  - Fix build error of SDL1 version on ArchLinux (possibly gcc-15) (maron2000)
+  - Enable building DOSBox-X on older macOS versions and add instructions
+    (maron2000)
+  - Add code page 951 in dialog box (1abcd)
+  - Fix failure of create/opening a temporary file for piping (maron2000)
+  - Create/open a temporary file to device_TMP for piping on Z: drive.
+    (maron2000)
+  - Convert message to UTF16 before calling messagebox function (Windows)
+    (maron2000)
+  - Added some new members to the MMX_reg union for big-endian platforms.
+    (alarixnia)
+  - Create directory if not exist before writing conf file. (maron2000)
+  - Fixed language files were still locked after loading is completed.
+    (maron2000)
+  - Fixed freeze when codepage switched to 3846, 3848. (maron2000)
+  - Fixed build error when internal debugger is disabled (maron2000)
+  - Show loaded conf file in log in full path (maron2000)
+  - Print syntax error if pipe has no command to pass output (maron2000)
+  - Add permanent option for initial DOSBox-X shell (maron2000)
+  - Fix errors when initializing fluidsynth (maron2000)
+  - PC-98: Redraw the function keys after updating them (bobsayshilol)
+  - Do not carriage return with a single LF('\n') (maron2000)
+  - Fix mapper not rendering anything on SDL2/Windows (aybe)
+  - Scale mapper according display resolution (aybe)
+  - Added applicable changes from SVN. (Allofich)
+    r4485: Enable writing to all planes when drawing pixels in EGA modes.
+    r4487: Correct panning of VESA text modes.
+    r4488: Correct comment about odd/even bit.
+    r4490: Set MCB ownership when *blocks==total at end of DOS_ResizeMemory.
+    r4492: Don't clear message queues of MPU-401 and compatibles on reset.
+    r4493: Handle EOF character in batch files as actual end of file.
+    r4494: Use 4-byte partial page mapping data.
+  - Replaced deprecated functions to enable building with FFmpeg 8 (maron2000)
+  - Fixed screen blanked when restoring minimized window in TTF mode (Windows
+    SDL1) (maron2000) 
+  - PC-98: Save Kanji CG access mode setting, restrict output accordingly
+    (OPNA2608)
+  - Added missing language options to Windows installers (maron2000)
+  - Debugger: IV must not truncate addresses to 16-bit (cmsautter)
+  - Debugger: Warn single-stepping may not work as expected with Dynamic core
+    (maron2000)
+  - MIDI: Show loaded Soundfont/ROM path only when required to. (maron2000)
+  - SDL2: Updated SDL2 library to version 2.32.10 (maron2000) 
+  - Apply aspect/scaling/clipping when using OpenGL shaders in windowed-mode
+    (rebb)
+  - Fixed file locking problem on Linux port (loops)
+  - Fixed typo in Linux man page (-date-host-forced option) (maron2000)
+  - Mention OPL in MIDI/OPL configuration dialog menu (maron2000)