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First post, by akula65

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Source: https://dreamm.aarongiles.com/
DREAMM is a bespoke emulator for LucasArts, Lucasfilm, and Lucas Learning games.

What’s New in 4.0? […]
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What’s New in 4.0?

DREAMM 4.0 is a major release, with a ton of upgrades and improvements under the hood that would be ridiculous to try and enumerate. Instead, here’s a super high-level list of user-facing emulation improvements:

New games. As usual, a new version DREAMM means you can run more stuff including:
All eight released Lucas Learning games
Six new late-90s Star Wars titles
Two new licensed games: Monopoly Star Wars and Willow
Direct3D 11. Windows systems now talk directly to Direct3D 11 for rendering on modern systems.
Roland SoundCanvas (NC-55). Get high-quality MIDI playback thanks to the Nuked SC-55 emulator. (Requires ROM files.)
Networking. Netplay is experimentally supported on all games that can do it, both DirectPlay and Windows Sockets.
Automated Copy Protection. DREAMM can now optionally auto-solve your protection.
Improved Controller Support. SDL’s game controller interface is now used to allow more flexible controller mapping.

Plus some improvements to the frontend interface:

New Visuals. New icons by Jan Hofmeister for a more consistent look.
Streamlined Interface. Now focused on selecting and launching, with other items moved to popup menus.
Filtering. The Game Manager now features the ability to filter by name or category.
Game Defaults. Default audio and video features can now be set and apply to games unless overridden.
7-zip Archives. DREAMM can now extract files from 7-zip archives, along with some more esoteric formats.

Documentation: https://dreamm.aarongiles.com/docs/v40/

Reply 1 of 2, by leileilol

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It's really cool seeing X-WING copyprotection getting autosolved in front of you. Also the 3d renderer is very fast and has 3dfx-ish 4x4 dithering for 16bpp modes and a Pi5 can handle these games without the fan getting whirred up, congrats aaron!

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Reply 2 of 2, by BaronSFel001

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Ah, yes, the reason why LucasArts games are the ones I need not be concerned having workable disks on my platform of choice (though I keep them as collectibles anyway).

Aaron has done phenomenal work building a PC emulator to this end, yet considering his background credentials I would really like to see the classic Macintosh games supported (PowerPC-enhanced X-Wing, Dark Forces, etc.) with the advantage of modern controllers.

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