Roadmap

Feel free to help us by implementing any of this functionalities !

High priority:

• upgrade to the latest version of tcc
• Review of constify tools :
  • '__tcc_' should become 'tcc_'
  • manage const declared like : const myArray[5*6] = ...;
  • add a function to remove comments in C source file (// ou /* */)
  • add a function to detect include in C files then parse them
  • manage implicit declaration of const array (const char a[] = {3,3}) on one or multiple lines
• solve the segmentation fault which appears in tcc when using it without the -m32 flag (requirement to have 64b version). Try to apply these 2 updates manually to see if it works :
  • cleanup: stop abuse of sym->c for #define tokenstreams
  • cleanup: stop abuse of sym->r for inline functions
• manage LZ compression for graphics

Medium priority:

• have only one credit list in readme.md, automatically injected in snes.h. Remove credit from wiki page
• replace .obj files by .lib with wla dx
• replace tasm.exe part (spc700) by the wla dx version to provide a unix alternative
• integrate docker image
• add some chipsets support (sa1, dsp, superfx, ...)
• clean some issues opened for a long time on github
• create new sample to show how to load sounds and musics at the same time (we need to respect specific order: sound at first, then music...)
• replace pixel.c file by asm version to improve performances and provide function to draw pixels
• improve the current text system to draw on any background. See the .c example created by Digifox
• test to build the library with Cygwin and update it if necessary
• add fixed point support

Low priority:

• Fix cygwin and gitbash incompatibility
• Improve mode 7 camera rotation
• Add capabilities to create HIrom games
• Add a check (in tcc or in other tool?) to compare the signature of functions between .c and .h file and trigger an error if they are different (it can save a lot of time to developers because this difference is hard to see and produce strange result)
• Manage hblank
• develop new driver to get more files format with sound engine
• update in pvsneslib sources, samples code and tools which use extern variables the data type (probably char) by the real type (u16 for map/sprites...). It will avoid some cast in the code will be more clear
• add new check on variable PVSNESLIB_DEBUG to provide detailed information during the build process to assist users when they begin to use the library. For example: if you use setmode with mode7, display an error saying to use setmode7 function instead. It is a kind of assert which could be managed in asm with .FAIL directive. By default, the library could be built without this variable and it will not decrease performances
• Add mouse driver compatibility
• Add superscope compatibility
• Add all needed extensions for C/C++ and vscode (like Intellisense, etc ...) in wiki part of vscode template
• create a setScreenOff function to be harmonised (the lib have setScreenOn) which do the same thing than setBrightness