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ID Category [?] Severity [?] Reproducibility Date Submitted Last Update
06190 Color/Palette Major Always Apr 27, 2016, 14:26 May 23, 2016, 15:32
Tester Tafoid View Status Public Platform MAME (Official Binary)
Assigned To crazyc Resolution Fixed OS Windows Vista/7/8 (64-bit)
Status [?] Resolved Driver
Version 0.173 Fixed in Version 0.174 Build Normal
Fixed in Git Commit Github Pull Request #
Summary 06190: Most sets in iteagle.c: Palette changes when using machines with MIPS DRC
Description In many machines (GT Fore, Big Buck Hunter, Virtual Pool) in iteagle.c and even noticed in biofreak (during boot) there were some changes made to the MIPS DRC that somehow interfere with the color/palettes of these machines.
 
Steps To Reproduce
Additional Information Using -nodrc will allow you to play without issues, but will also be make the game too slow for everyone.

Regression traced to this specific commit:
https://github.com/mamedev/mame/commit/0b544df0c265da615bc4916b52e891c647ccde5f
"Port Happy's PPC aliasing fix to the MIPS3 DRC, nw "
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Regression Version 0.173
Affected Sets / Systems Most sets in iteagle.c
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png file icon gtfore06-diff.png (214,521 bytes) Apr 27, 2016, 14:30 Uploaded by Tafoid
Example "DIFF" snapshot of gtfore06 - before/after
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No.12561
Haze
Senior Tester
Apr 27, 2016, 21:59
there are other MIPS based titles not quite working properly anymore due to these changes.

the idea was that they would be reverted prior to 0.173 but that ended up not happening for some reason.