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2017-11-21 15:31:17 +00:00
# 1.7.0 (future)
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: Add badges for achievements, shows thumbnail images of achievements.
2017-12-16 05:58:29 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: Leaderboard support.
2017-12-16 05:50:53 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: Only disable savestates on hardcore mode if achievements are not available.
2017-12-18 00:01:00 +00:00
- COMMANDLINE: Fix fullscreen toggle switch.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- COMMON: Add 'Automatically Load Content To Playlist' feature, enabled by default.
- COMMON: Fix slowmotion ratio always being reset back to 1.
- COMMON: Optimized NBIO implementations now for Apple, Windows, and Linux. Uses mmap for Linux/Windows/BSD if/when available. File I/O should now be much faster for loading images inside the menu.
- COMMON: Native Blissbox support now for latest firmware as of writing (2.0). Implementation through libusb and/or native Windows HID.
- COMMON: New lightgun API.
2017-12-18 00:01:00 +00:00
- COMMON: New VFS (Virtual File System) API.
2017-12-05 15:09:44 +00:00
- COMMON: Fixed some playlist bugs.
2017-12-16 05:50:53 +00:00
- COMMON: New snow shader.
2017-12-18 00:56:44 +00:00
- COMMON: Fix Quick Menu title.
2017-12-16 05:50:53 +00:00
- COMMON: Fix loading cores that require no content one after another.
- EMSCRIPTEN: Fix references to browserfs.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- FREEBSD: Support libusb HID input driver.
- HAIKU: Buildfix.
2017-12-16 05:57:58 +00:00
- INPUT: Map clear button to DEL key.
2017-12-05 15:09:19 +00:00
- LINUX/X11: Add RetroArch logo to window title bar.
- LINUX/X11: Input driver now supports new lightgun code.
2017-12-16 15:35:25 +00:00
- LINUX/X11: Support window transparency (requires a compositing window manager).
2017-12-16 05:57:58 +00:00
- LOBBIES: Fix for crash on join netplay rooms via touch / glui.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
2017-12-06 05:57:57 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Portuguese-Brazilian translation.
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation.
- OSX/PPC: Fix the GL2 renderchain, had to use EXT versions of framebuffer/renderbuffer functions.
2017-12-25 07:37:50 +00:00
- PS3: HTTP requests / downloads should now work.
- PS3: Core Updater now works.
- PS3: Improved font rendering, enable STB Unicode font renderer.
2017-12-21 00:29:23 +00:00
- PSP: Make it work with Vita's Adrenaline.
2017-12-18 00:14:45 +00:00
- PSP: Fix audio sync.
2017-12-16 05:57:58 +00:00
- PSP: Fix content loading, port should be functional again.
2017-12-17 13:10:21 +00:00
- PSP: Use 64MB when available.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- SCANNER: Fix crash from Windows-incompatible format string.
2017-12-16 05:57:58 +00:00
- VITA: Improve packaging, installation times.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- WIIU: Disabled the controller patcher for now since it was the source of many stability issues.
2017-12-06 03:52:51 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Add MSVC 2017 solution.
2017-12-16 05:50:53 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Get rid of the empty console window in MSVC 2010 builds.
2017-12-05 12:47:23 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Raw input driver now supports new lightgun code.
2017-12-06 06:41:06 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Use configured OSD/text message color on GDI driver.
2017-12-06 11:04:04 +00:00
- WINDOWS/XINPUT: Populate XInput VID/PID from DInput so autoconfig doesn't rely solely on joypad names
- WINDOWS/XINPUT: Fix crash that occurs in some situations with Steam running and a Steam Controller plugged in.
- WINDOWS: Improve version reporting under System Information.
2017-12-16 04:48:05 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Support window transparency.
- WINDOWS: Correct usage of GetWindowPlacement per MS docs, fixes game window position on Win95/98.
2017-11-21 15:31:17 +00:00
2017-11-21 15:40:48 +00:00
# 1.6.9
- COMMON: Small memory leak.
- NETPLAY: Fix network command only working once.
2017-11-18 11:23:25 +00:00
# 1.6.8
2017-09-21 04:00:41 +00:00
- Audio: Fix the Audio DSP picker
- CHEEVOS: Add support for Atari Lynx cheevos.
- CHEEVOS: Add support for RetroAchievements Leaderboards.
2017-10-01 18:17:09 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Fix crash that happened on context reset with Vulkan.
2017-08-23 11:37:32 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Skip querying and drawing items that are not visible; Cache content height and bbox calculation.
2017-10-27 21:37:39 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Fix entry box highlight calculation.
2017-08-19 08:09:00 +00:00
- GUI: (XMB) Skip drawing the fading list when it is already transparent. Optimization.
2017-08-19 18:28:19 +00:00
- GUI: (XMB) Comment out visible item calculation in xmb_draw_items().
2017-08-20 19:05:58 +00:00
- GUI: (RGUI) Prevent crashes when using a non-English language reliant on UTF8.
2017-10-27 21:37:39 +00:00
- GUI: Add menu option for OSD background color.
- GUI: Add menu option for OSD text color.
- GUI: Add menu option to remove frame count from OSD.
- GUI: Allow wraparound of int/float settings when pressing the left key
2017-11-18 11:23:25 +00:00
- INPUT/LIBRETRO: Add support for more mouse buttons (buttons 4/5)
- INPUT/LIBRETRO: Add support for analog buttons
2017-09-21 04:00:41 +00:00
- INPUT: Always show the controls menu even if descriptors are not set
- INPUT: Fix input descriptors not being set on cores that don't implement the controllers interface
- INPUT: Apply descriptors only for the amount of cores the core supports
- INPUT: Implement keyboard to gamepad input remapping (limited to one gamepad device for now)
- INPUT: Fix absolute mouse move handling on the winraw driver
- INPUT: Ignore keyboard input if window is not active on udev driver
2017-11-13 22:02:06 +00:00
- INPUT: Sanitize the filenames of autoconfig profiles before saving
2017-09-21 04:00:41 +00:00
- LOBBIES: Fix crash on navigating left / right from the lobby menu
2017-10-27 14:28:13 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Dutch translation
2017-08-25 15:33:02 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
2017-10-03 02:18:41 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation.
2017-08-25 15:33:02 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Portuguese-Brazilian translation.
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation.
2017-10-27 21:37:39 +00:00
- LINUX/ARMHF: Set buildbot updater URL to armhf location instead of blank string
2017-08-19 18:28:19 +00:00
- LINUX/PI: Broadcom VC4: Add Videocore config option
2017-09-11 04:20:04 +00:00
- LINUX/UDEV: Fix - RetroArch reads keyboard input when not focused with the udev input driver.
2017-08-19 08:09:37 +00:00
- NETPLAY: Fix disconnection not fully deinitializing Netplay.
2017-11-19 03:54:38 +00:00
- NETPLAY: Fix lan rooms when there is more than one room
2017-11-19 14:41:36 +00:00
- NETPLAY: Fix lan rooms on systems where all addresses are treated as IPv6
2017-08-19 12:18:50 +00:00
- COMMON: Fix clear/free loop conditionals in playlists.
2017-08-23 11:37:32 +00:00
- WINDOWS/GDI: Fix flickering of text.
2017-10-27 21:37:39 +00:00
- WINDOWS/GDI: Fix graphics corruption on Windows 98
- WINDOWS/GDI: Allow compiling without DirectInput8 for NT support
2017-08-19 12:18:50 +00:00
- WINDOWS/WGL: Try to use wglSwapLayerBuffers instead of SwapBuffers if possible (for more optimal performance).
2017-10-27 21:37:39 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Fix menubar text corruption on Japanese locale systems
- WINDOWS: Support Unicode file I/O (can now display CJK characters in file browser for example).
- WINDOWS: Support Windows 95, NT3.51, NT4
- WINDOWS: add Makefile.griffin targets for msvc6,2003,2005,2010,2012,2013
2017-08-19 08:17:44 +00:00
- WII: Use custom, embedded libogc SDK.
2017-08-19 08:08:17 +00:00
- WIIU: Initial touchscreen support for WiiU gamepad.
2017-10-04 00:43:21 +00:00
- WIIU: Add Cheevos support.
2017-09-21 04:00:41 +00:00
- SCANNER: Fix archive scanning.
2017-10-01 20:22:17 +00:00
- SCANNER: Support CHD files.
2017-10-27 13:43:10 +00:00
- SCANNER: Support Gamecube ISO scanning.
2017-10-01 20:22:17 +00:00
- SCANNER: Use primary data track of disc images for CRC lookups rather than cue files. This is slower but finds matches more reliably, and is necessary for CHD files to work at all. Update your databases!
2017-11-09 02:22:26 +00:00
- SCANNER: Fall back on looking inside archives when matching MAME/FBA content (most recent cores only). If you had difficulty with content being detected before, you may have better luck now. Update your databases and core info!
2017-08-17 17:10:23 +00:00
2017-08-19 08:09:00 +00:00
# 1.6.7
2017-08-17 17:27:59 +00:00
- SCANNER: Fix directory scanning.
- SCANNER: Fix file scanning.
- COMMON: Fix 'Disk Image Append' option.
2017-08-18 00:52:31 +00:00
- FREEBSD: Compatibility fixes for Video4Linux2 camera driver.
2017-08-17 17:27:59 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Add disk image append icons.
2017-08-17 18:04:17 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Improve word wrapping when menu icons are enabled.
2017-08-17 19:07:16 +00:00
- GUI: (MaterialUI) Add User Interface -> Appearance -> Menu Icons Enable. You can turn on/off the icons on the lefthand side of the menu entries.
2017-08-18 00:52:31 +00:00
- GUI: Performance optimizations for XMB menu driver - only calculates visible items.
2017-08-17 17:27:59 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation.
2017-08-16 21:59:15 +00:00
2017-10-29 21:27:41 +00:00
# 1.6.6
2017-08-12 20:07:49 +00:00
- 3DS: Fixes serious performance regression that affected every core; rewind was always implicitly enabled.
2017-08-08 15:45:27 +00:00
- AUDIO: MOD/S3M/XM sound should now be properly mixed in with the core's sound.
2017-08-16 21:59:15 +00:00
- GUI: Visual makeover of MaterialUI.
- GUI: Added 'Music', 'Images' and 'Video' collection options to RGUI/MaterialUI.
2017-08-14 18:10:22 +00:00
- GUI: Allow the user to add 'Favorites'.
- GUI: Allow the user to rename entries.
2017-08-13 01:36:45 +00:00
- GUI: Performance optimizations for XMB menu driver.
2017-08-08 15:45:27 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation
- INPUT: Overlay controller response - when we press buttons on the gamepad or keyboard, the corresponding buttons on the overlay will be highlighted as well.
- NETBSD: Silence some compilation warnings.
2017-08-14 00:51:54 +00:00
- COMMON: Fixed bug 'Deleting an entry from a playlist would not update the list view inside XMB'.
2017-10-27 13:48:26 +00:00
- COMMON: Fix inet_ntop_compat on Unix
2017-08-16 02:07:10 +00:00
- LOBBY: Add skeleton to add help descriptions to lobbies
2017-08-14 00:51:54 +00:00
# 1.6.5
Skipped this one.
2017-08-07 17:16:09 +00:00
# 1.6.4
2017-07-28 07:09:39 +00:00
2017-08-04 06:40:36 +00:00
- ANDROID: Fire Stick & Fire TV remote overrides gamepad port 0 on button press and viceversa like SHIELD devices
2017-08-05 20:01:43 +00:00
- ANDROID: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations
2017-08-04 19:19:22 +00:00
- AUDIO: Audio mixer supports MOD/S3M/XM file types now!
2017-08-04 06:40:36 +00:00
- INPUT: input swap override flag (for remotes) is cleared correctly
- INPUT: allow specifying libretro device in remap files
- INPUT: allow specifying analog dpad mode in remap files
- INPUT: allow saving libretro device to remap files
- INPUT: allow saving analog dpad mode to remap files
2017-08-05 05:37:26 +00:00
- INPUT: allow removing core and game remap files from the menu
2017-08-07 17:11:20 +00:00
- COMMON: Cores can now request to set a 'shared context'. You no longer need to explicitly enable 'Shared Hardware Context' for Citra/OpenLara/Dolphin.
2017-08-05 20:06:11 +00:00
- COMMON: Add 'Delete Core' option to Core Information menu.
2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00
- COMMON: Allow Max Timing Skew to be set to 0.
2017-08-05 20:01:43 +00:00
- COMMON: Change the "content dir" behavior so it works on either a flag or an empty directory setting, now platform drivers can provide defaults for save / system / state / screenshot dirs and still allow the content dir functionality, these settings are under settings / saving and flagged as advanced
2017-08-06 14:28:12 +00:00
- GUI: You can turn on/off 'Horizontal Animation' now for the XMB menu. Turning animations off can result in a performance boost.
2017-08-06 14:40:28 +00:00
- GUI: Fix sublabel word-wrapping in XMB where multi-byte languages were cut off too soon
2017-08-06 14:56:40 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Dutch translation
2017-08-06 14:25:32 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Traditional Chinese translation
2017-08-06 14:01:12 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation
2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
2017-08-05 20:01:43 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations
2017-08-05 20:06:11 +00:00
- LOBBIES: Show what country the host is in
- MENU: Enable OSD text rendering for gdi and libcaca drivers
2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00
- WINDOWS 98/ME/2K: Set default directory for MSVC 2005 RetroArch version.
2017-08-06 14:02:03 +00:00
- WII: Better V-Sync handling, backported from SuperrSonic.
2017-08-04 13:08:28 +00:00
- WIIU: Exception handler rewritten.
2017-08-04 06:40:36 +00:00
2017-07-28 07:09:39 +00:00
# 1.6.3
2017-08-05 20:06:11 +00:00
- IOS: Fix GL regression - 32bit color format cores were no longer rendering
2017-07-20 11:54:53 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: Add support for N64 cheevos and other small fixes.
- CHEEVOS: Add 'Achievements -> Achievements Verbose Mode'. Ability to display cheevos related messages in OSD, useful for RetroAchievements users.
2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00
- AUDIO: Audio mixer's volume can now be independently increased/decreased, and muted.
2017-07-09 22:07:59 +00:00
- AUDIO: Mute now no longer disables/enables audio but instead properly mutes the audio volume. Mute is also independent from the audio mixer volume.
- INPUT: Add mouse index selection; ability now to select between different mice
- INPUT: Fix 'All Users Control Menu' setting
- LINUX: Add a tinyalsa audio driver. Doesn't require asoundlib, should be self-contained and lower-level.
- LOBBIES: Announce the RetroArch version too
- LOCALIZATION: Add Traditional Chinese translation
2017-06-15 14:23:02 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update French translation
2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation
2017-06-12 01:12:36 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation
2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
2017-07-09 22:07:59 +00:00
- MENU: Add 'User Interface -> Views'. Ability to display/hide online updater and core updater options.
- NETPLAY: Disconnecting one client shouldn't cause everyone to disconnect anymore
2017-07-28 17:26:33 +00:00
- NETWORK: SSL/TLS support, disabled by default
2017-07-09 22:07:59 +00:00
- SCANNER: Fix PS1 game scanning
- SCANNER: Move content list builder into scanner task with progress, fixes menu freeze with large playlists
- SDL2: Fix 'SDL2 driver does not see the hat on wired Xbox 360 controller"
- SETTINGS: Fix regression 'Custom Viewport is no longer overridable per-core or per-game'
- VITA: Add cheevos support
- VITA: Add support for external USB if mounted
2017-06-08 22:00:28 +00:00
- WAYLAND: Fix menu mouse input
- WII: Add support for single-port 'PS1/PS2 to USB controller adapter
2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00
2017-06-01 03:26:44 +00:00
# 1.6.0
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- ANDROID: Allow remotes to retain OK/Cancel position when menu_swap_ok_cancel is enabled
2017-04-23 17:46:30 +00:00
- ANDROID: Improve autoconf fallback
- ANDROID: Improve shield portable/gamepad device grouping workaround
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- ANDROID: Runtime permission checking
- AUDIO: Audio mixer support. Mix up to 8 streams with the game's audio.
- AUTOSAVE/SRAM - Fix bug #3829 / #4820 (https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/3829)
- ENDIANNESS: Fixed database scanning. Should fix scanning on PS3/WiiU/Wii, etc.
- LOBBIES: Fallback to filename based matching if no CRC matches are found (for people making playlists by hand)
- LOBBIES: GUI refinement, show stop hosting when a host has been started, show disconnect when playing as client
- LOBBIES: if the game is already loaded it will try to connect directly instead of re-loading content (non-fullpath cores only)
- LOBBIES: unify both netplay menus
- LOCALIZATION/GUI: Korean font should display properly now with XMB/MaterialUI's default font
2017-03-25 09:26:52 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update German translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation
2017-06-01 10:43:27 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Update/finish French translation
2017-05-22 08:03:49 +00:00
- MENU: Improved rendering for XMB ribbon; using additive blending (Vulkan/GL)
2017-04-23 17:08:58 +00:00
- MISC: Various frontend optimizations.
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- NET: Fix bug #4703 (https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/4703)
- OSX/MACOS: Fixes serious memory leak
2017-05-22 08:01:38 +00:00
- THUMBNAILS: Thumbnails show up now in Load Content -> Collection, Information -> Database
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- VIDEO: Fix threaded video regression; tickering of menu entries would no longer work.
2017-05-11 00:56:11 +00:00
- VITA: Fix 30fps menu (poke into input now instead of reading the entire input buffer which apparently is slow)
- VITA: Fix frame throttle
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- VITA: Fix slow I/O
2017-05-06 16:07:11 +00:00
- VULKAN: Fix some crashes on loading some thumbnails
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- VULKAN: Unicode font rendering support. Should fix bad character encoding for French characters, etc.
- WII: Fix crashing issues which could occur with the dummy core
- WIIU: HID Controller support
- WIIU: Initial network/netplay support
- WIIU: XMB/MaterialUI menu driver support
- WINDOWS: Added RawInput input driver for low-latency, low-level input.
- WINDOWS: Added WASAPI audio driver for low-latency audio. Both shared and exclusive mode.
- WINDOWS: Core mouse input should be relative again in cores
2017-03-25 09:26:52 +00:00
# 1.5.0
2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00
- ANDROID: Autoconf fallback
2017-02-15 23:26:18 +00:00
- ANDROID: Mouse support / Emulated mouse support
2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00
- AUTOCONF: Fix partial matches for pad name
2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: Fix crashes in the cheevos description menu
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- CHEEVOS: WIP leaderboards support
- COMMON: 9-slice texture drawing support
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- COMMON: Threading fixes
2017-03-06 01:48:14 +00:00
- CORETEXT/APPLE: Ability to load menu display font drivers and loading of custom font.
2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00
- DOS: Add keyboard driver
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- DOS: Improve color accuracy and scaling
2017-03-06 08:50:24 +00:00
- GUI: Add a symbol page in the OSK
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- GUI: Allow changing icon theme on the fly
2017-03-06 08:50:24 +00:00
- GUI: Better dialogs for XMB
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- GUI: Various settings are now only visible when advanced settings is enabled
2017-03-05 17:04:29 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Add/update Korean translation
2017-03-06 01:48:14 +00:00
- LOCALIZATION: Rewrite German translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update several English sublabels
- LOCALIZATION: Update several Japanese labels
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- MOBILE: Long-tap a setting to reset to default
- MOBILE: Single-tap for menu entry selection
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- NET: Allow manual netplay content loading
- NET: Announcing network games to the public lobby is optional now
2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00
- NET: Bake in miniupnpc
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- NET: Fix netplay join for contentless cores
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- NET: Fix netplay rooms being pushed on the wrong tab
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- NET: Lan games show next to lobbies with (lan) and connect via the private IP address
- NET: Use new lobby system with MITM support
- NUKLEAR: Update to current version
2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00
- SCANNER: Always add 7z & zip to supported extensions
2017-02-21 05:04:48 +00:00
- VULKAN: Add snow/bokeh shader pipeline effects - at parity with GL now
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- VULKAN: Find supported composite alpha in swapchain
2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00
- WIIU: Keyboard support
- WINDOWS: Fix loading of core/content via file menu
2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00
- WINDOWS: Logging to file no longer spawns an empty window
2017-02-11 19:43:28 +00:00
# 1.4.1