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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.