RetroArch/CHANGES.md

# 1.6.6 (future)
- 3DS: Fixes serious performance regression that affected every core; rewind was always implicitly enabled.
- AUDIO: MOD/S3M/XM sound should now be properly mixed in with the core's sound.
- GUI: Allow the user to add 'Favorites'.
- GUI: Allow the user to rename entries.
- GUI: Performance optimizations for XMB menu driver.
- 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.
- COMMON: Fixed bug 'Deleting an entry from a playlist would not update the list view inside XMB'.
- COMMON: Fix inet_ntop_compat on *nix
- LOBBY: Add skeleton to add help descriptions to lobbies

# 1.6.5
Skipped this one.

# 1.6.4

- ANDROID: Fire Stick & Fire TV remote overrides gamepad port 0 on button press and viceversa like SHIELD devices
- ANDROID: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations
- AUDIO: Audio mixer supports MOD/S3M/XM file types now!
- 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
- INPUT: allow removing core and game remap files from the menu
- COMMON: Cores can now request to set a 'shared context'. You no longer need to explicitly enable 'Shared Hardware Context' for Citra/OpenLara/Dolphin.
- COMMON: Add 'Delete Core' option to Core Information menu.
- COMMON: Allow Max Timing Skew to be set to 0.
- 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
- GUI: You can turn on/off 'Horizontal Animation' now for the XMB menu. Turning animations off can result in a performance boost.
- GUI: Fix sublabel word-wrapping in XMB where multi-byte languages were cut off too soon
- LOCALIZATION: Update Dutch translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Traditional Chinese translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
- WINDOWS: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations
- LOBBIES: Show what country the host is in
- MENU: Enable OSD text rendering for gdi and libcaca drivers
- WINDOWS 98/ME/2K: Set default directory for MSVC 2005 RetroArch version.
- WII: Better V-Sync handling, backported from SuperrSonic.
- WIIU: Exception handler rewritten.

# 1.6.3
- IOS: Fix GL regression - 32bit color format cores were no longer rendering
- 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.
- AUDIO: Audio mixer's volume can now be independently increased/decreased, and muted.
- 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
- LOCALIZATION: Update French translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
- 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
- NETWORK: SSL/TLS support, disabled by default
- 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
- WAYLAND: Fix menu mouse input
- WII: Add support for single-port 'PS1/PS2 to USB controller adapter'

# 1.6.0
- ANDROID: Allow remotes to retain OK/Cancel position when menu_swap_ok_cancel is enabled
- ANDROID: Improve autoconf fallback
- ANDROID: Improve shield portable/gamepad device grouping workaround
- 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
- LOCALIZATION: Update German translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update/finish French translation
- MENU: Improved rendering for XMB ribbon; using additive blending (Vulkan/GL)
- MISC: Various frontend optimizations.
- NET: Fix bug #4703 (https://github.com/libretro/RetroArch/issues/4703)
- OSX/MACOS: Fixes serious memory leak
- THUMBNAILS: Thumbnails show up now in Load Content -> Collection, Information -> Database 
- VIDEO: Fix threaded video regression; tickering of menu entries would no longer work.
- VITA: Fix 30fps menu (poke into input now instead of reading the entire input buffer which apparently is slow)
- VITA: Fix frame throttle
- VITA: Fix slow I/O
- VULKAN: Fix some crashes on loading some thumbnails
- 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

# 1.5.0
- ANDROID: Autoconf fallback
- ANDROID: Mouse support / Emulated mouse support
- AUTOCONF: Fix partial matches for pad name
- CHEEVOS: Fix crashes in the cheevos description menu
- CHEEVOS: WIP leaderboards support
- COMMON: 9-slice texture drawing support
- COMMON: Threading fixes
- CORETEXT/APPLE: Ability to load menu display font drivers and loading of custom font.
- DOS: Add keyboard driver
- DOS: Improve color accuracy and scaling
- GUI: Add a symbol page in the OSK
- GUI: Allow changing icon theme on the fly
- GUI: Better dialogs for XMB
- GUI: Various settings are now only visible when advanced settings is enabled
- LOCALIZATION: Add/update Korean translation
- LOCALIZATION: Rewrite German translation
- LOCALIZATION: Update several English sublabels
- LOCALIZATION: Update several Japanese labels
- MOBILE: Long-tap a setting to reset to default
- MOBILE: Single-tap for menu entry selection
- NET: Allow manual netplay content loading
- NET: Announcing network games to the public lobby is optional now
- NET: Bake in miniupnpc
- NET: Fix netplay join for contentless cores
- NET: Fix netplay rooms being pushed on the wrong tab
- 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
- SCANNER: Always add 7z & zip to supported extensions
- VULKAN: Add snow/bokeh shader pipeline effects - at parity with GL now
- VULKAN: Find supported composite alpha in swapchain
- WIIU: Keyboard support
- WINDOWS: Fix loading of core/content via file menu
- WINDOWS: Logging to file no longer spawns an empty window

# 1.4.1
Bump up version to 1.6.5 2017-08-13 17:07:58 +00:00			`# 1.6.6 (future)`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-12 20:07:49 +00:00			`- 3DS: Fixes serious performance regression that affected every core; rewind was always implicitly enabled.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-08 15:45:27 +00:00			`- AUDIO: MOD/S3M/XM sound should now be properly mixed in with the core's sound.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-14 18:10:22 +00:00			`- GUI: Allow the user to add 'Favorites'.`
			`- GUI: Allow the user to rename entries.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-13 01:36:45 +00:00			`- GUI: Performance optimizations for XMB menu driver.`
Update CHANGES.md 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.`
Update CHANGES.md 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'.`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-16 02:07:10 +00:00			`- COMMON: Fix inet_ntop_compat on *nix`
			`- LOBBY: Add skeleton to add help descriptions to lobbies`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-14 00:51:54 +00:00
			`# 1.6.5`
			`Skipped this one.`

Bump up to 1.6.4 2017-08-07 17:16:09 +00:00			`# 1.6.4`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-07-28 07:09:39 +00:00
update CHANGES.md 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`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-05 20:01:43 +00:00			`- ANDROID: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 19:19:22 +00:00			`- AUDIO: Audio mixer supports MOD/S3M/XM file types now!`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 06:40:36 +00:00			`- INPUT: input swap override flag (for remotes) is cleared correctly`
allow specifying libretro device and analog dpad mode on remap files 2017-08-05 04:56:17 +00:00			`- INPUT: allow specifying libretro device in remap files`
			`- INPUT: allow specifying analog dpad mode in remap files`
allow saving analog dpad mode and libretro device to remap files 2017-08-05 05:09:46 +00:00			`- INPUT: allow saving libretro device to remap files`
			`- INPUT: allow saving analog dpad mode to remap files`
remove remaps 2017-08-05 05:37:26 +00:00			`- INPUT: allow removing core and game remap files from the menu`
Update CHANGES.md 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.`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-05 20:06:11 +00:00			`- COMMON: Add 'Delete Core' option to Core Information menu.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00			`- COMMON: Allow Max Timing Skew to be set to 0.`
update CHANGES.md 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`
Update CHANGES.md 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.`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-06 14:40:28 +00:00			`- GUI: Fix sublabel word-wrapping in XMB where multi-byte languages were cut off too soon`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-06 14:56:40 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Dutch translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-06 14:25:32 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Traditional Chinese translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-06 14:01:12 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-05 20:01:43 +00:00			`- WINDOWS: Provide default save / system / state / screenshot locations`
update CHANGES.md 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`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 12:01:54 +00:00			`- WINDOWS 98/ME/2K: Set default directory for MSVC 2005 RetroArch version.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-06 14:02:03 +00:00			`- WII: Better V-Sync handling, backported from SuperrSonic.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 13:08:28 +00:00			`- WIIU: Exception handler rewritten.`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-04 06:40:36 +00:00
Update CHANGES.md 2017-07-28 07:09:39 +00:00			`# 1.6.3`
update CHANGES.md 2017-08-05 20:06:11 +00:00			`- IOS: Fix GL regression - 32bit color format cores were no longer rendering`
CHANGES.md: added CHEEVOS changes 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.`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00			`- AUDIO: Audio mixer's volume can now be independently increased/decreased, and muted.`
Update changelog 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`
hook up traditional chinese translation to GUI, add utf8 BOM for msvc 2017-07-23 03:59:47 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Add Traditional Chinese translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-15 14:23:02 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update French translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Italian translation`
update Japanese translation 2017-06-12 01:12:36 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation`
Update changelog 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`
update CHANGES.md 2017-07-28 17:26:33 +00:00			`- NETWORK: SSL/TLS support, disabled by default`
Update changelog 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`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-08 22:00:28 +00:00			`- WAYLAND: Fix menu mouse input`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-18 12:15:02 +00:00			`- WII: Add support for single-port 'PS1/PS2 to USB controller adapter'`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-08 21:58:40 +00:00
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-01 03:26:44 +00:00			`# 1.6.0`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- ANDROID: Allow remotes to retain OK/Cancel position when menu_swap_ok_cancel is enabled`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-04-23 17:46:30 +00:00			`- ANDROID: Improve autoconf fallback`
			`- ANDROID: Improve shield portable/gamepad device grouping workaround`
update changelog again 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`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-03-25 09:26:52 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update German translation`
			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Japanese translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-06-01 10:43:27 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update Russian translation`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Update/finish French translation`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-05-22 08:03:49 +00:00			`- MENU: Improved rendering for XMB ribbon; using additive blending (Vulkan/GL)`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-04-23 17:08:58 +00:00			`- MISC: Various frontend optimizations.`
update changelog again 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`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-05-22 08:01:38 +00:00			`- THUMBNAILS: Thumbnails show up now in Load Content -> Collection, Information -> Database`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- VIDEO: Fix threaded video regression; tickering of menu entries would no longer work.`
Update gl_common.c - update CHANGES.md 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`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- VITA: Fix slow I/O`
Add to CHANGES.md 2017-05-06 16:07:11 +00:00			`- VULKAN: Fix some crashes on loading some thumbnails`
update changelog again 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`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-03-25 09:26:52 +00:00
			`# 1.5.0`
update changelog 2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00			`- ANDROID: Autoconf fallback`
update changelog 2017-02-15 23:26:18 +00:00			`- ANDROID: Mouse support / Emulated mouse support`
update changelog & copyright 2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00			`- AUTOCONF: Fix partial matches for pad name`
update changelog 2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00			`- CHEEVOS: Fix crashes in the cheevos description menu`
update changelog 2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00			`- CHEEVOS: WIP leaderboards support`
			`- COMMON: 9-slice texture drawing support`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- COMMON: Threading fixes`
update changelog 2017-03-06 01:48:14 +00:00			`- CORETEXT/APPLE: Ability to load menu display font drivers and loading of custom font.`
update changelog 2017-02-11 19:45:11 +00:00			`- DOS: Add keyboard driver`
update changelog 2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00			`- DOS: Improve color accuracy and scaling`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-03-06 08:50:24 +00:00			`- GUI: Add a symbol page in the OSK`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- GUI: Allow changing icon theme on the fly`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-03-06 08:50:24 +00:00			`- GUI: Better dialogs for XMB`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- GUI: Various settings are now only visible when advanced settings is enabled`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-03-05 17:04:29 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Add/update Korean translation`
update changelog 2017-03-06 01:48:14 +00:00			`- LOCALIZATION: Rewrite German translation`
			`- LOCALIZATION: Update several English sublabels`
			`- LOCALIZATION: Update several Japanese labels`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- MOBILE: Long-tap a setting to reset to default`
			`- MOBILE: Single-tap for menu entry selection`
update changelog 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`
update changelog & copyright 2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00			`- NET: Bake in miniupnpc`
update changelog 2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00			`- NET: Fix netplay join for contentless cores`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- NET: Fix netplay rooms being pushed on the wrong tab`
update changelog 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`
update changelog & copyright 2017-02-15 23:25:21 +00:00			`- SCANNER: Always add 7z & zip to supported extensions`
Update CHANGES.md 2017-02-21 05:04:48 +00:00			`- VULKAN: Add snow/bokeh shader pipeline effects - at parity with GL now`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- VULKAN: Find supported composite alpha in swapchain`
update changelog 2017-03-05 19:22:50 +00:00			`- WIIU: Keyboard support`
			`- WINDOWS: Fix loading of core/content via file menu`
update changelog again 2017-07-09 22:12:41 +00:00			`- WINDOWS: Logging to file no longer spawns an empty window`
add changelog 2017-02-11 19:43:28 +00:00
			`# 1.4.1`