Roadmap

This is not really a Roadmap since I can't guarantee any delivery date, but here are the new features planned as of 2023/07/20:

• Add support for SDCC 4.3.0 & 4.4.0 (done but waiting for SDCC fix release)
• Add support for new audio format:
  • TriloTracker FM replayer (and update of the new SCC replayer).
  • Realfun 3 replayer.
  • Re-Play replayer (from Grauw).
  • Voice synthesis on the ISR replayer (from ARTRAG).
  • Moonblaster replayer.
  • Lovely Composer replayer.
  • ADX replayer.
  • KSS replayer.
  • MGSP2 replayer.
  • MML replayer.
  • NDP replayer.
  • MIDI replayer (through PSG, MSX-Music and MSX-Audio).
• Add support for new chip:
  • Yamaha V9990 graphic chip. ⏳WIP (~90% of the features currently supported)
  • MoonSound (OPL4) audio chip.
• Add support for SRAM cartridge:
  • Game Master 2. ⏳
• Add module to handle 3D transformation and rendering
• Add support for 32x212 screen mode.
• Add pseudo-bitmap support for Print module for tile-based screen mode and sprite (draw on consecutive 16x16)
• Add loader for more common MSX picture formats (SCx, MIF, PCX, BMP, etc.).
• Add support for Network cartridge (Gr8net, DenYoNet & Obsonet).
• Add support for Network cable (Konami JE-700 & JoyNet).
• Add support for MSX turbo R specific features.
  • Add support for R800 assembler (SDCC now support R800 natively).
• Add replayer for Animecha data and/or for an original 2D animation format.
• Add video replayer(s) (Easy SCREEN3 Animation Converter).
• Add bitmap scrolling feature to scroll module.
• Compress
  • Add support for ZX0 unpacker to VRAM
  • Add support for LZ48 unpacker to RAM and VRAM [1][2]
• Build tool
  • Add an option to compile the source files in parallel.
  • Add IPS generator (to create a Patch for a given binary).
  • Add build option to convert 16 KB ROM-mapper to RAM segement switch and RAM loader.
  • Use SDCC's -M option to generate file dependency list and allow skip old file option to check all depedecies (Make like).
  • Generate RCP file.
• Optimize, optimize and optimize!
  • Rewrite update function in assembler for game_pawn and scroll modules.
  • Create optional fast copy/fill/read functions using unrolled outi/ini for vdp module (for supported screen mode).
  • Add assembler optimization option to the Build tool (using SDCC peep-hole and/or MDL).
  • Continue to set the __preserves_regs directive for all remaining assembly functions to help the compiler optimize register usage. (already done for VDP and V9990 modules)
  • Add fast multiplication function ([3])