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September, the 22nd)

• To the question "What do you think of our decision to stop releasing Ultra.ini files in order to concentrate on both Supra Hle and Apollo ...", you considered that :
  - It is an excellent decision (50%)
  - It is a fair deal (21%)
  - It doesn't matter (10%)
  - It is a bad decision (18%)
  Even tho', in the meantime, Azimer decided to quit working on a public version of Apollo, we'll consider that you mostly agree with our decision and we hope that you won't be disapointed.

• Please check our new vote poll concerning a NEMU ini project. We'd greatly appreciate some feedback about our project. Check it out.

September, the 4th)

• I think it's a bit time for a status update here at The Last Resort ...
  First of, a genius webdesigner is currently working n a brand new design for The Last resort and as far as I have seen, it'll probably kick ass.
  Talking about The Last Resort, we know have unlimited T3 hosting so expect much more features anf files for you to enjoy.
  Our main projects being Supra Hle, Ultra.ini, Ultra.ini patching guides and support to Apollo's project, none of them has been discontinued and you'll soon have a few evidences about it ...

• Duncan, webmaster at WWEmu has just released his latest Nemu ini file (v4.0). Here is what's new :
  - Aidyn Chronicles : Playable
  - DR. Mario 64 : Playable
  - Tony Hawks Pro Skater 2 (USA) : Playable
  - Shufflepuck 64 : Not Working
  You can download the file here.

September, the 2nd)

• Project 64 version 1.3 is finally available to the public. You may download it here.
  Here is a long list of the new features you'll find out :
  R4300i Core and Executable :
  - re-wrote a lot of the recompiler's fpu code
  - changed one of the default sync rules
  - changed default known state to 64bit from 32bit
  - Fixed DADDU
  - rewrote PI DMA
  - removed some warning message boxes
  - disabled being able to open a new rom when one is being opened
  - re-wrote CPU%
  - Auto Zip save states
  - Better error control when opening save states
  - screen saver should not start when running (I believe works fine)
  - load/save as save states
  
  Direct3D and OpenGL :
  - TMU has smaller data structures, which results in better access time
  - TMU uses less timer functions, results in better access time
  - Tweaked environment mapping a little
  - Fixed tab orders in config dialog
  - Fixed a texture loading problem that goes past memory (zelda64)
  - Texture caching stability improved for invalid tiles (Tetrisphere)
  - Rewrote handling of shade alpha, more microcode accurate
  - the SSE vector dp3 and normalize calculations in lighting were optimized
  
  OpenGL :
  - Benchmarked the plugin, made small optimizations
  - Decal based on surface normals, thanks to a good book (Mario64)
  - Fixed viewport flushes (WaveRace)
  
  Direct3D :
  - Fixed modes: zelda2 - water in temple, paper mario - characters, turok - ground, castlevania - text, zelda64 - magic and sword, SF Rush - trees
  - Fixed lots of strange problems from the Sister witch bosses, and ice cave in zelda64
  - Support for Conker's Bad Fur Day
  - Removed shading mode from reset, so its not modified
  - Limited the iterations of Validate Blending to 4, shouldn't hang now
  - Fixed alpha combiner, also most invalid 3-stage situations
  - Rewrote filter handlers so the defines are correct
  - The SSE vp and clipping calculation in the internal geometry functions were optimized
  - Put display list culling in, it's fast and effective finally
  - Allowed modulate to replace unsupported operations, might help Radeon cards a little bit
  - Put in an exception handler, prevents crashing
  
  Direct Input :
  - Implemented 4 players
  - Fixed tab orders in config dialog
  - Library code updated to DirectX 7.0
  - Can have multiple devices of the same name, it will select the proper one now in config
  
  RSP Compiler :
  - Fixed alignment issues on a few GPR and Vector opcodes
  - Implemented SRV, mp3 audio ucode will not hang now
  - Fixed an issue with 0h element with MMX
  - Took out some precautions on LDV and SDV
  
  Direct Sound (J) :
  - Frequency changes happen dynamically, rather than recreating buffers, seems to be more stable in windows 2000

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