RetroArch 1.21.0 release

RetroArch 1.21.0 has just been released.

Changelog

• AUTOCONF: Enable alternative display name in autoconfig files

• AUTOCONF: Make autoconfig failure messages optional

• AUDIO: Option to mute on rewind

• AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix app launch when pipewire service is stopped

• AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix speedup with threaded video mode

• AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Fix latency setting and microphone handling

• AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Pass the new rate to the audio driver

• CAMERA: Add PipeWire camera driver

• CAMERA: Add ffmpeg camera driver

• CHEAT: Rewrite part of cheat_manager_load_cb_second_pass()

• CHEEVOS: Include achievement state in netplay states

• CHEEVOS: Fix crash when entering achievements in quick menu while client is not present

• CHEEVOS: Restore cheevos_badges_enable for HAVE_GFX_WIDGETS builds

• CLI: Allow –entryslot to fall back to normal states

• CLOUDSYNC: Fix Windows path issues

• CLOUDSYNC: Workaround for duplicated requests bug

• CLOUDSYNC: Workaround for 301 redirects

• CLOUDSYNC: Handle ignored directories properly

• GENERAL: Fix save state auto increment

• GENERAL: Fix softpatching with periods/dots in the file name

• GENERAL: Fix compilation with –enable-videocore

• GENERAL: Allow asset directory redefinition and other directory overrides via environment variables

• GENERAL: Allow override of player 1/2 input with machine learning models (needs recompilation and external library)

• GENERAL: Fix performance counter option not remembered between sessions

• GENERAL: Create security statement

• GENERAL: Fix crash when core is not selected

• GENERAL: Use core fps instead of screen refresh for calculating dropped frames

• INPUT: Fix a crash when initializing illuminance sensor on Linux

• INPUT: Analog-to-digital refactor, fixing behavior when analogs are assigned to keys

• INPUT: Turbo fire overhaul. See #17633

• INPUT/ANDROID: Fix game focus and pause handling

• INPUT/COCOA: Include gravity in acceleration sensor values

• INPUT/COCOA: Fix relative mouse input

• INPUT/COCOA: Allow mouse input while mouse overlay is active

• INPUT/WINRAW: Invert mouse index order

• LINUX/X11: Extend X11 input driver with XInput2 extensions for multi-mouse

• MACOS: Fix some sandbox handling in App Store builds

• MACOS: Reset keyboard state when focus is lost

• MENU: Add SSL support to the information list

• MENU: Add warning to BFI and related menu items

• MENU: Fix latency statistics when using runahead

• MENU: Fix opening file inside archive with core selection

• MENU: Main menu unified between different menu drivers

• MENU: Visibility toggle for playlist tabs

• MENU: Color the notification icon by message category

• MENU: Gray Dark+Light theme adjustments

• MENU/GLUI: Menu back button switches tabs like in other menu drivers

• MENU/GLUI: Tab selection option is honored

• MENU/GLUI: Fix CD icon appearing when no icon is specified

• MENU/GLUI: Allow fullscreen thumbnail browsing

• MENU/GLUI: Save state thumbnails

• MENU/PLAYLISTS: Random selection/shuffle function

• MENU/QT: Fix desktop menu crash with Cheevos disabled

• MENU/RGUI: Cleanups of certain menu items

• MENU/RGUI: Thumbnail fixes

• MENU/OZONE: Fix messagebox background

• MENU/XMB: Fix Light theme, font shadow

• MENU/XMB: Appearance menu cleanup

• MENU/XMB: Icon thumbnail can be any of the existing types

• MISC: Guard nanosleep prototype behind _POSIX_TIMERS

• MISC: Use fabsf and intended threshold for refresh rate check

• MISC: Use platform-specific checks for invalid descriptors

• MIDI: Add dropdown items for midi device selection

• NETWORK: Refactor of net_http, improvements for task blocking and performance

• NETWORK: Follow http redirects in net_http

• NETWORK: Expire failed DNS lookups much faster

• NETWORK: Fix netplay when using netpacket interface with recent cheevos

• NETWORK/HTTP: Fix crash in net_http_resolve() in single-thread mode

• OVERLAY: Fix overlay lightgun, mouse & pointer

• OVERLAY: Preferred overlay loading is now default only on mobile platforms

• OVERLAY: Improve analog recentering when touching the area just outside the recentering zone

• QT: Enable non-png thumbnails also for Qt interface

• REPLAY: Fix issue when replaying old format input recordings in newer RetroArch

• TTS: Fix initial text-to-speech on Windows

• SAVESTATES: Reset state index when loading new content

• UWP: Fix slang shader compilation

• VIDEO: Enable BFI setting for mobile platforms (mind the warnings)

• VIDEO/OpenGLES: Fix FP/sRGB FBO support

• VIDEO/SHADERS: Allow exact refresh rate sync with shader subframes

• VIDEO/SHADERS: FIX shader wildcards

• VIDEO/VULKAN: Enable adaptive vsync

• VIDEO/V4L2: Added resolution picker/forcing.

• VIDEO/V4L2: Rewrote logic for finding ALSA audio devices in enumerate_audio_devices function

• VIDEO/V4L2: Added a skip for some of the interface queries that fail and aren’t required for magewell usb.

• WINDOWS: Win32 socket improvements

• WEBPLAYER: Update core list for 1.20.0