ppsspp/history.md

This is history moved out from README.md, which was getting a bit long.


What's new in 1.6.3
-------------------
* Crashfixes, task switching and one in Phantasy Star Portable
* Improve graphics in PoP on some devices

What's new in 1.6.1, 1.6.2
--------------------------
* Crashfixes
* Fix broken graphics in flOw.

What's new in 1.6.0
-------------------
* OpenGL backend now properly multithreaded, giving a good speed boost.
* Various Vulkan performance improvements (like [#10911]) and memory allocation fixes.
* GPU command interpreter performance improvements ([#10658])
* Various fixes for app switching and widgets ([#10855]) on Android
* Bugfixes and some performance improvements in the ARM64 JIT compiler and IR interpreter
* Shader cache enabled for Vulkan
* Multiple iOS fixes, including JIT ([#10465]) and file browser ([#10921]).
* Improved compatibility on Mac ([#10113])
* Texture replacement ID bugfix (note: some textures from 1.5.4 may become incompatible)
* Adhoc multiplayer fixes ([#8975])
* Vulkan support on Linux/SDL ([#10413])
* Retroarch support

What's new in 1.5.4
-------------------
* Bugfixes and crashfixes!

What's new in 1.5.0
-------------------
* Full Vulkan support, also for Android now. Very fast on supported devices. ([#10033], [#10049])
* Smarter graphics state management, reduced CPU consumption on all backends ([#9899])
* Android: Support for Arabic and other scripts we couldn't support before
* Fix Android widgets, screen scaling ([#10145])
* Fixes to video dumping
* Geometry problems fixed in Medal of Honor
* Implement immediate draws, fixing Thrillville ([#7459])
* Software rendering improvements, speed and accuracy
* Hardware tesselation of PSP Beziers and Splines (used by a few games)
* Partial sceUsbGps and sceUsbCam support (Android)
* Android "Sustained performance mode" to avoid thermal throttling ([#9901])
* Linux controller mapping fixes ([#9997])
* Assorted bugfixes and compatibility improvements

What's new in 1.4.2
-------------------
* Fixed longstanding bug causing games to crash on ARM64
* Software rendering crashfix, plus hide it for Android users
* D3D9 pixel offset bug fix (blurriness)
* Fixes for homebrew: Timing, MEMSIZE

What's new in 1.4.1
-------------------
* Fixes for some common hangs and crashes ([#9698], ...)
* Vertex decoder optimizations ([#9674])
* Corrections to mipmap bias and selection function ([#9633])
* Major improvements and fixes to software renderer, including mipmap support ([#9635], ...)
* UI background image support
* Basic mouse input support on Windows
* Windows desktop touch fixes ([#9560])
* D3D11 "depal" color fixes, fixing Sonic Rivals
* Fix crash in framebuffer blits affecting Persona 3 ([#9566])

What's new in 1.4-2
-------------------
* Bugfix release - build system didn't copy the flash0 directory to the APK on Android.

What's new in 1.4
-----------------
* Support D3D11 (performs better than OpenGL or D3D9 on most hardware)
* Audio quality improvement (linear interpolation) ([#8950])
* Hardware spline/bezier tesselation in OpenGL, D3D11 and Vulkan (...)
* Post-processing shaders in D3D11
* Prescale UV setting removed, now the default (improves perf) ([#9176])
* High DPI display fixes
* Various fixes for UMD switching for multi-UMD games ([#9245], [#9256])
* New audio setting to improve compatibility with Bluetooth headsets
* Various desktop gamepad compatibility fixes
* Workaround for mipmap issue, fixing fonts in Tactics Ogre Japanese
* Assorted minor compatibility fixes, code cleanup and performance improvements

Support for Symbian, Maemo and Blackberry has been removed.

What's new in 1.3.0
-------------------
* Fix JIT problems on Galaxy S7 and iOS 9+ devices. ([#8965], [#8937])
* Fix Android TV support and use latest FFmpeg. ([#8651], [#8870])
* Texture replacement support - for custom textures and upscaling. ([#8715], [#8821])
* Initial game recording / TAS features. ([#8939], [#8945])
* Correctly map memory on Raspberry Pi 3, much better performance. ([#8801])
* Workaround rendering issues on Tegra K1/X1. (8294a54)
* Disc streaming to play quickly from tablet/phone on wifi. ([#8845])
* Initial Vulkan support - not full featured yet. ([#8601], etc.)
* Experimental new CPU backend and CPU fixes. ([#8725])
* Allow insert/eject of memstick - required by some games. ([#8889])
* Better support for ps3 controller mapping. ([#8949])
* Better UI handling for settings with long names in some languages. ([#8900], [#8898])
* Screenshots in compatibility reporting, better website. ([#8812])
* Fix type D cheat codes, allow for homebrew. ([#8818])
* Graphic glitch fixes in several games. ([#8686], [#8757], [#8804])
* Fix video playback glitches in several games. ([#8793], [#8803], [#8867], [#8914])
* Various performance and compatibility improvements. ([#8868], [#8884], [#8932], [#8934], [#8813], [#8701], [#8960])
* Various debugger and GE debugger improvements. ([#8882], [#8762])
* Fix some problems when switching away from and back to the app ([#8968])

What's new in 1.2.2
-------------------
* Went back to the old way of initializing graphics on Android. Should fix many recent issues.
* Some graphical fixes, a vertex cache performance improvement and a screen clear optimization
* Fix for dual source blending on most SHIELD devices, causing graphical issues.
* Fix the homebrew store incorrectly unzipping some games. This will lead to more games being added.
* Slightly faster ISO handling

What's new in 1.2.1
-------------------
* Fixes for some crash-on-shutdown and app switching problems.

What's new in 1.2.0
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* A major rework of sceAtrac audio decoding, fixing various music hangs and similar issues
* Many fixes and workarounds to depth and stencil buffer usage, and also FBO management
* Audio reverb support
* Combo keys - custom touch buttons that press multiple PSP buttons
* 5xBR upscaling on GPU (postprocessing effect)
* Fix problems with playback of video with mono audio
* Performance improvements like multithreaded audio mixing
* ARM64 JIT crash bug fixes
* GLSL shader cache to reduce stuttering ingame
* Support render-to-CLUT functionality that some games use to change colors of various monsters
* x86-64 support on Android
* Auto-hide on-screen controls after a while of no usage
* Fixes to prescale UV speedhack, now seems reliable
* Faster ISO RAM cache
* New UI for moving around the PSP display on larger screens
* Minor UI fixes like better slider controls
* Assorted stability fixes (ffmpeg crash, etc)
* Volume setting is back
* Preparations for supporting more graphics APIs
* AdHoc port offset
* Support another HD remaster (Sora no Kiseki Kai HD)

What's new in 1.1.1
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* Fixed new crash in Persona and other games on ARM64, like Galaxy S6
* Fixed crashes when trying to launch web browser when not present on Android, like on Android TV
* Fix crash in games that used "depal" functionality (OpenGL)
* Fixed rounding mode problems in the JITs
* Fix crash when loading savestates many times, and savestate compatibility on Android-x86
* Fix minor glitch in Ridge Racer

What's new in 1.1
-----------------
* Support for ARM64 on Android, for improved performance on new devices. Has some new optimizations.
* Support Android TV, like nVidia Shield TV
* Screen rotation on PC, useful for vertical games like Star Soldier
* Many minor performance improvements and compatibility bug fixes
* GPU emulation fixes like correct depth rounding, fixing text in Phantasy Star
* Other graphical fixes like UV rotation
* Support savestates for homebrew apps
* Simple integrated "Homebrew Store" to download PSP homebrew apps
* Minor AdHoc multiplayer improvements. Still many issues left.
* Disable a dangerous optimization on ARM, causing walk-through-walls in Tenchu
* sceAtrac music compatibility fixes, fixing noise in a few games
* Better texture scaling performance
* Direct3D closer in features to OpenGL
* Works better on BSD operating systems
* Savedata management UI

What's new in 1.0.1
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* Bugfixes like the save state scroll issue, cosmetic issues like overscroll
* Some cheat code bugfixes
* Adler32 and Mersenne Twister modules added (fixes some obscure games)
* Fix for Jak & Daxter slowdown
* Graphics hack for Phantasy Star Portable 2 for Direct3D9
* Fix compatibility with some PowerVR devices broken since v0.9.5-959-g4998044

What's new in 1.0
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* Many, many bug fixes in JIT and elsewhere, improving compatibility
* Proper fix for Zenfone and related devices
* Direct3D 9 supported as a rendering backend on Windows, helps on old GPUs and can be faster than OpenGL in many cases
* You can now create specific configs per game
* FPU rounding modes much better supported, fixes the Peace Walker boss that was undefeatable. NOTE: This breaks saves in Gods Eater - you must turn off the better rounding, load your save game, turn it on and save.
* The JIT now uses SSE on x86, improving speed considerably. This does not affect ARM devices, that's for the next version or two.
* Improved audio output code on both Windows and Android, reducing audio latency on Windows and on some Android systems
* FFMPEG upgraded, fixed some music hangs ("GHA phase shifts")
* Some Ad Hoc improvements, coldbird.net is now default adhoc server. Ad Hoc still unfinished and hard to use.
* Graphics fixes: Bezier/spline drawing fixes, vertex position fixes, DanganRonpa on Adreno fixed, flat shading fixed, vertex cache improved, some PowerVR blockiness issues fixed, screen scaling filter added, Google Cardboard support
* Simulate UMD speed better, fixing hangs in several games
* More Atrac3 fixes, fixing hangs
* Somewhat better disk full handling
* Fixes to dynamic unloading of code, fixing problems in GEB and TRM 2/3
* Updated to SDL2 where applicable (Linux, Mac)
* Some new features, like analog/dpad-swap hotkey, graphics hack for Phantasy Star, show last bit of debug log in dev tools, etc

What's new in 0.9.9.1
-------------------
A few issues have been discovered in the release that need fixing, the Star Ocean fix had a bug and there are some unexpected slowdowns.

Improved sceMpegRingbufferAvailableSize -  UFC© Undisputed​™ 2010 now playable

Improved ISO File System - Bleach Soul Carnival 2 now in-game (but freeze when in menu)

What's new in 0.9.9
-------------------
* CLUT (paletted) texturing from framebuffers supported, fixing many graphical issues
  like the shadows in Final Fantasy: Type-0
* More types of framebuffer copies are now handled correctly, fixing a variety of graphical
  issues, like the sun in Burnout and many more
* Better savedata compatibility with the real PSP
* Support for more codecs used by "Custom BGM" and sometimes regular music in games: MP3, AAC
* PMP video format support
* Implemented some strange blending modes like ABSDIFF as shaders, fixing the outlines in DBZ Tag Team and more.
* Emulation of the vrot CPU instruction improved - it caused cracks in FF3 graphics before
* Many bugfixes around the UI, touch D-pad now works better when scaled large
* Workaround implemented to support Star Ocean's stencil trickery as efficiently as possible on all platforms
* Major corrections to module loading and memory management, fixing further games
* Bulgarian and Thai language translations were contributed
* Many, many more game fixes and bug fixes

What's new in 0.9.8
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* OpenGL ES 3 detection bug on Xperia devices fixed, graphics work again.
* More accurate audio mixing and emulation
* Software rendering and display list performance improvements
* Workaround for timing issue hanging Crash Tag Team Racing
* Galician language
* Built-in ARM disassembler improvements (dev feature)
* Fix for immersive mode volume key issue on Android Kitkat
* And more minor tweaks and fixes as always.

What's new in 0.9.7.1
---------------------
* Some critical bugfixes (rotation, haptic feedback on Android, etc)

What's new in 0.9.7
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* Several scheduling and audio fixes, fixing black screens in Yu Gi Oh games among other things.
* Screen rotation and immersive mode support on Android
* Large improvements to the software renderer (still not really playable, but looks right more
  often than not)
* New VPL allocator and bugfixes, fixing Pangya Golf performance problems.
* Some mpeg/video playback fixes, fixing Parappa The Rapper and others. Some issues remain.
* Fix save state bugs causing incompatibility between 32 and 64-bit platforms.
* Symbol map/debugger improvements
* Depth buffer copy, fixing Jeanne D'arc. May cause minor slowdowns though, this will be worked
  around in the future.
* MsgDialog fixes. Saving fixed in numerous games.
* Initial multitouch support on Windows 8 for on-screen controls.

What's new in 0.9.6
-------------------
* Large general speed improvements and assorted bug fixes
* "Software Skinning" option which speeds up many games with animated 3D characters
  (but may slow down a few, like Monster Hunter games - experiment with turning it off)
* Various fixes around stencil/alpha, reducing glow problems in Wipeout and Gods Eater Burst.
* Timing improvements making more games run at the correct FPS, also fixing some audio issues
* More debugger features
* Option for four-way touch dpad, avoiding diagonal dpad issues
* Better looking and individually resizable touch controls
* Add ability to switch UMD in multi-disc games (works for most)
* Emulate PSP-2000 rather than the 1000 model by default. Not much different in practice.
* Automatic install of games from ZIP files, like demos and many homebrew.
* VERY basic ad-hoc online play support, to be improved in future versions. See below.
* Software renderer improvements

What's new in 0.9.5
-------------------
* Many, many emulation fixes:
  - bezier/spline curve support, fixing LocoRoco and others
  - stencil clear emulation, fixing Final Fantasy IV text
* Performance improvements in some games
* Post-processing shaders like FXAA, scanlines, vignette
* More solid save states (we will try to keep them working from now on. Save states only upgrade forward,
  not backward to older versions though).
* Change render resolution independently of window size
* Massive debugger improvements
* Win32 menu bar is now translatable
* Multiple UI bugs were fixed, and the UI instantly changes when a new language is selected
* Win32: Ability to store PPSSPP's config files and memory stick files in places other than the same directory
* Android-x86 support
* Unofficial port for modified Xbox 360 consoles
* Atrac3+ plugin no longer required. Symbian now supports Atrac3+ audio.
* Symbian audio and ffmpeg is now threaded for more consistent media processing.
* Haptic feedback support for mobile devices.
* Accurate system information for mobile devices.
* Qt audio has been fixed.
* Analog controller support for Blackberry.


ADHOC SUPPORT (by Igor Calabria)
================================
This is based on coldbird's code: https://code.google.com/archive/p/aemu/
All credit goes to him!

Status
------
Code is a bit of a mess and it's not fully functional yet, I still need to implement
some functions and add a upnp lib(really important for people with routers).

I did test it with some games(emulator <-> real psp with the server running locally)
and it's looking good:

* Worms Open Warfare: Ran just fine, I was able to play a whole match without problems
* Monster Hunter Freedom Unite: Runs fine too. Gathering Hall and embarking on quests works
* Dissidia Duodecim 012: Doesn't work. It requires some functions that I haven't implemented
yet. Also, it uses a port < 1000 and thats reserved for admin apps on linux, running the emu
as sudo "solves" it, but it's far from ideal.
* Pacman World Rally: Works too.

Update (Kyhel) :
---------------
* Now compiles on both Mac OSX and Windows. For more details on how to play and build
go to see there http://forums.ppsspp.org/showthread.php?tid=3595&pid=59241#pid59241
* Got it tested windows <-> mac osx <-> psp, it works
* Monster Hunter 3rd HD works too, as well as God Eater Burst.


[comment]: # (LINK_LIST_BEGIN_HERE)
[#10911]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10911 "Vulkan: Depalettize in shaders"
[#10658]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10658 "Execute_Prim: Add a smaller \"inner interpreter\" to speed long up sequences of PRIM commands"
[#10855]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10855 "PPSSPP 1.5.4 on Android. Shortcuts do not work the first time."
[#10465]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10465 "Allow arm64 jit when memory base is not nicely aligned"
[#10921]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10921 "Add support for File app (file browser) on iOS 11"
[#10113]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10113 "Request a core profile in OpenGL (after 1.5.0)"
[#8975]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8975 "Ad hoc: Band-aid fix for clear peer list. Should fix #7331"
[#10413]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10413 "SDL/X11 Vulkan init"
[#10033]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10033 "VulkanRenderManager - big refactoring of the Vulkan code"
[#10049]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10049 "Vulkan threading tweaks and minor"
[#9899]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9899 "Vulkan state optimizations"
[#10145]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/10145 "Android: When creating shortcuts, put the file path in data, not in extras."
[#7459]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/7459 "Thrillville Off The Rails Graphics' issues"
[#9901]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9901 "Initial work on supporting sustained perf mode"
[#9997]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9997 "Create default mapping for unknown control pads in SDL's controller database"
[#9698]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9698 "General crash and hang fixes"
[#9674]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9674 "Implement a few x86 vertexjit optimizations"
[#9633]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9633 "Improve support for mipmaps and related headless fixes"
[#9635]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9635 "SoftGPU: Rasterize triangles in chunks of 4 pixels"
[#9560]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9560 "Allow using any touchId to scroll. Should help #9554."
[#9566]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9566 "Fix out-of-bounds framebuffer blit on color bind"
[#8950]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8950 "SasAudio: Implement linear interpolation"
[#9176]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9176 "Always prescale uv (\"texcoord speedhack\")"
[#9245]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9245 "Fix \"Akaya Akashiya Ayakashi\" umd switch"
[#9256]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/9256 "Fix Dies irae Amantes amentes umd switch"
[#8965]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8965 "Port over the Exynos cacheline size fix from Dolphin."
[#8937]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8937 "Implement W^X-compatible JIT. Hopefully makes JIT work on iOS again"
[#8651]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8651 "Switch Android build to using clang (needs buildbot update)"
[#8870]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8870 "Update to target Android SDK platform 24 (N)"
[#8715]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8715 "Initial texture replacement support"
[#8821]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8821 "Add basic TextureReplacement UI options."
[#8939]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8939 "Add Frame Advance"
[#8945]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8945 "Add Display Recording and Audio Dumping to Desktop"
[#8801]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8801 "Improve performance on Raspberry Pi (and maybe other Linux)"
[#8845]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8845 "Add UI for wifi remote disc streaming"
[#8601]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8601 "Vulkan rendering backend. Early Work-In-Progress"
[#8725]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8725 "IR Interpreter"
[#8889]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8889 "Initial support for memstick insert/remove"
[#8949]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8949 "Adds --PS3 comand line option for PS3 controller support on SDL."
[#8900]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8900 "Wrap text in many places where it makes sense"
[#8898]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8898 "UI: Scale option text down when there's no space"
[#8812]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8812 "Include screenshots in compatibility reports"
[#8818]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8818 "CWC improvements/fixes"
[#8686]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8686 "Interpolate bezier patch colors/UVs using bernstein"
[#8757]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8757 "Save FBOs on decimate when a safe size is known"
[#8804]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8804 "Download single-use renders right away"
[#8793]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8793 "Correct some scePsmf info retrieval funcs and error handling"
[#8803]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8803 "Reject invalid MPEG puts for certain lib versions"
[#8867]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8867 "Improve mpeg parsing / corruption issues"
[#8914]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8914 "Psmf: Ignore stream size with old PsmfPlayer libs"
[#8868]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8868 "Return error when trying to close files with pending operations"
[#8884]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8884 "Better support zh_gb.pgf"
[#8932]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8932 "Font: Draw nothing for chars before first glyph"
[#8934]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8934 "Io: Do not delay on file seek"
[#8813]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8813 "Enable extra ram for The Elder Scrolls Travels Oblivion USA Beta and Melodie alpha"
[#8701]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8701 "Correct dependency handling when loading modules"
[#8960]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8960 "Fix scePowerSetClockFrequency timing"
[#8882]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8882 "Add custom log expressions to the debugger"
[#8762]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8762 "Add more GE debugger features"
[#8968]: https://github.com/hrydgard/ppsspp/issues/8968 "Android: Add both a lost and restore phase"