gbdk-2020/gbdk-2020 4.5.0

gbdk-4.5.0

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GBDK-4.5.0

Upgrading
If upgrading, please review 4.5.0 section in "Migrating to new GBDK Versions" in the docs.

Build OSes (May alter OS compatibility)

• Changed from building on MacOS 13 to MacOS 15 for 64 bit Intel

Highlights

• Added HRAM variable allocation and example (sm83)
• Added SRAM bank #pragma dataseg DATA_<N> and example (sm83, z80)
• Added zx0 compression support and zx0_decompress() (sm83, z80)
• png2asset:
  • Added logging of conversion arguments to .c and .h output files
  • Added -use_metafile option to load arguments from <inputfile>.meta
• New Examples:
  • Game Boy MBC5 Rumble (@EV3lindaboi)
  • SMS NMI handler
  • MegaDuck Laptop Printer

Other Notable Changes

• See Full Release notes in the online docs
• Library
  • GB/AP/Duck
    • Improved get_bkg_xy_addr(), get_win_xy_addr()
    • Improved performance for banked calls
  • SMS/GG
    • Changed GG "not interrrupt" link port control bit constant from GGEXT_NINIT to GGEXT_NINT
    • Fixed parameter order of set_tile_submap(), set_tile_submap_compat()
    • Fixed tilemap width not set correctly in set_tile_submap_compat()
  • NES: Fixed fill_bkg_rect() screen edge wrap, now calls set_bkg_tile_xy()
• Examples
  • Added MegaDuck and Game Gear support to Game Boy Printer example
  • Fixed Platformer example incorrectly using -keep_duplicate_tiles flag
  • Fixed Text Advanced Dialogue example printing
• Toolchain / Utilities
  • bankpack: Changed Linkerfile output for use with asm .bndry alignment in rom banks
  • gbcompress: added include guards for header file output (@RodrigoCard)
  • png2asset
    • Added binary palette export for -bin mode
    • Fixed SGB borders with more than one 16 color palette
• Docs: Improved html style, section links and mobile web formatting