RetroArch PC releases (Page 1 of 2)

SSNES 0.9.3

Add possibility to mute sound with a toggle.
Fix BSV magic to be big-endian. Still support little-endian magic for compatibility.
Implement a custom getopt_long implementation for portability with non-GNU runtimes.
Add several fixes to ensure better portability in the build system.
Add AltiVec optimizations for sample conversion.
Fonts in OpenGL are rendered with drop shadows for better visibility.
Convert XAudio2 driver to be pure C for consistency with the rest of the code base.

Add port to PlayStation 3 GameOS [Squarepusher].

Source
http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-0.9.3.tar.gz

Windows binaries
Grab it from updater in Phoenix, or ...

32-bit (Slim): http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-wi … 3-slim.zip
32-bit (Full): http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-wi … 3-full.zip
64-bit (Slim): http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-wi … 3-slim.zip
64-bit (Full): http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-wi … 3-full.zip

Redists (for full build) (version 2):
32-bit: http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/SSNES-win32-libs.zip
64-bit: http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/SSNES-win64-libs.zip

Happyhats!

SSNES 0.9.5

This is a major release that marks the first proper release of PlayStation 3
and XBox 360 ports by Squarepusher.

PlayStation 3 port is quite accomplished, and is more or less feature
complete. XBox 360 port has also received a lot of work, and it'll be more complete
for a future 0.9.6 release.

Both PS3 and 360 ports have a small frontend similar to Phoenix that eases use
of different cores, called Salamander.

Rest of code base has been tightened up to accomodate that SSNES now runs on 6+
platforms.

Console

- PlayStation 3 port quite complete (Squarepusher).
- Lots of work on XBox 360 port (Squarepusher).
- Add SSNES-Salamander for PS3 and 360 (Squarepusher).

General

- Add experimental audio rate control. This will dynamically adjust input rate
on the fly to possibly eliminate all stuttering in video if enabled.

- Add new SSE-optimized windowed sinc resampler for improved audio quality.
If SSNES is built on 32-bit x86 and sinc is used,
it is recommended to compile with SSE enabled for major speedup.
Old hermite resampler is still available in compile time (--disable-sinc).
32-bit Windows build still uses hermite by default.
64-bit Windows build has sinc enabled as availability of SSE can be guaranteed.

- Add resampler test cases to objectively verify quality and correctness.

- Add IPS patching support.
- Add --no-patch option to disable all rom patching.

- Add compatibility layer for legacy network implementations.
- kp_plus/kp_minus detected properly again.
- Add fixes to C++ build.
- Fix regression with screenshots (Mziab).
- Bump maximum players to 8 to accomodate possible needs in future.

- Add SET_VARIABLES extension interface to libsnes. Cores can advertise
support for very obscure settings that cannot be supported generically.
- Add SET_ROTATION interface to allow implementations to defer screen rotation to
hardware if available.
- Add audio batch callback that improves performance of certain libsnes
implementations.

- Add *_equal semantics to state tracker. Allowing checking for multiple
buttons pressed at once. Useful for certain shaders.
- Fix bug with XAudio in nonblock mode.

- .cgp shaders can take absolute paths for shaders. Mostly useful on consoles.
- Add code to be able to cleanly reinit Cg.
- If output sample rate is not supported in OSS, do not fail, and use the
given rate.

- Fixup compatibility with very recent FFmpeg. Should now work seamlessly with v52/v53/v54 libav*.
- Add option to use FFV1 instead when support for H.264 recording is compiled in.
- If loading a library fails on Windows, the more precise error code is
logged.

- Movie playback doesn't fail if the recording and playing core doesn't match.
A warning will be logged instead.
- Allow stopping movie playback early.

- Add device selection to XAudio2 and DirectSound.

- BSV movie error handling is more lenient, and tries to give warnings about
possible incompatibilities rather than throw an error. (AlexFolland).

- Savestates that have path appended with ".auto" will be automatically loaded
on startup. Useful for arcade-style games.

- Lots of minor bug fixes and cleanups allround.

GUI

- Make the updater more intuitive to use by adding dedicated buttons for using
and downloading libsnes cores.
- Fix bug where torrentzipped archives were crashing the GUI.

Source
http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-0.9.5.tar.gz

Windows binaries

Slim/Full build is available from Phoenix GUI and it's the recommended way to update SSNES to save massive bandwidth (~1MB vs ~15MB).
32-bit: http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-win32-0.9.5.zip (Full + Redist)
64-bit: http://themaister.net/ssnes-dl/ssnes-win64-0.9.5.zip (Full + Redist)

Happyhats!

RetroArch 0.9.7

A new major release is out. It has been quite some time since 0.9.6 so the change log will be very condensed.

Consoles
Consoles is where most of the work has happened. Squarepusher, ToadKing (Wii) and freakdave (XBox1) have done tremendous work to provide RetroArch on two new platforms, Wii and XBox1 (I guess it's still not dead ). While RetroArch ran on Wii earlier, it is now actually usable.

A concrete change log would be too long, for more detail, please read through the 800+ git commit log

PC/Core
RetroArch's core has received many minor changes. Mostly to accomodate console improvements, but some visible changes for PC users have also made it in.

- Raspberry Pi port [ToadKing] (Linux, but requires custom drivers)

- Screenshots are now taken from GPU backbuffer if possible. This means screenshots with shading effects for GL/D3D.
- Screenshots are now compressed with png if compiled in. bmp fallback still exists.
- Changed default screenshot key to F8.

- D3D9 plugin was updated. It is available in redist.
- Quickbuild build system (Linux/OSX/Unix) was greatly refactored [tukuyomi].
- System directory was added. This is a directory which libretro implementations can use to load BIOSes, load/store system specific data, etc. RetroArch/Phoenix will now warn a user if this isn't set correctly.
- libretro implementations can now use ARGB8888 pixel format if supported by frontend. RetroArch PC ports supports this, but not on consoles for performance reasons.
- Add 'null' drivers. These are used to do initial builds on new platforms without drivers.
- Screensaver will be temporarily disabled on Linux if xdg-screensaver is present [ficoos].
- RetroPad has been upgraded with two analog sticks. The joypad abstraction is now equivalent with a PlayStation 1 DualShock controller. Mostly currently useful for Mednafen PSX core.
- DualAnalog can be enabled with --dualanalog/-A flags.

- Add fixed-point sinc resampler. This allows resampler to remain fast on architectures with very slow FPUs. It will not be faster on modern CPUs.

- Command interface has now been extended to allow use from stdin as well if enabled. This means a frontend can issue commands directly without use of hotkeys. It is also possible to use from a shell.
- RETRO_KEYBOARD abstraction added. libretro implementations can now query the keyboard state directly. Mostly useful for systems that have a real keyboard.

- Matrix calculation routines in GL drivers are now written from scratch. This is to enable use of GLES at a later time, which does not support fixed-function stuff.
- Add more test cases to libretro-test, the small test implementation of libretro.
- Games with FPS significantly above monitor FPS will now force RetroArch to disable vsync.
- H264/RGB recording support is now always built in if FFmpeg is built in. ./configure --enable-x264rgb is no longer needed.

Source
http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … 9.7.tar.gz

Windows binaries
Slim/Full build is available from Phoenix GUI and it's the recommended way to update RetroArch to save massive bandwidth (~1MB vs ~15MB). Do note that if you have old SSNES-Phoenix, you will not be able to update directly as paths have been changed around.

32-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … -0.9.7.zip (Full + Redist)
64-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … -0.9.7.zip (Full + Redist)

Happyhats!

RetroArch 0.9.9-wip1

This is a work-in-progress release for Win/Linux/OSX. Major thanks to all involved.

Don't have a full change log, some major things ...

- RGUI integrated on PC.
- Rework to shaders, .glsl/.glslp formats added. There is now only one shader option instead of separate options for XML and Cg shaders.
- If you start retroarch without arguments, RGUI will start automatically. If you have configured rgui_browser_directory, libretro_path accordingly, you might not need retroarch-phoenix anymore for day-to-day use.
- Core-specific options in RGUI. You can now toggle core options on the fly. Few cores implement this yet, but the groundwork is there ... Make sure to set core config path to have settings saved.
- Lots of bugfixes.

EDIT:
- libretro cores can render with OpenGL directly (can allow HW accelerated cores in the future). This is an experimental feature and not part of public API yet.
- retroarch can load .zip files directly now (no need for retroarch-zip or phoenix to do that anymore).
- Threaded video drivers. Can allow full speed game play if video driver cannot keep up otherwise. Will increase jitter a bit, so not recommended as default.
- Rename cg2xml to cg2glsl to use the new .glsl format which is very similar to .cg structurally. Greatly improved compatibility with edge-case shaders.
- Shaders can output to floating point framebuffers. Required for some shaders. Frame count uniform can also get a pre-applied modulo to simplify shader code a bit.
- Add mouse grabbing (X11/Win32). Useful for libretro cores which rely on relative mouse input.
- Add configurable input overlays. Can create touch based interfaces (already in use on Android).
- Add basic disk swapping. Can swap disks in e.g Mednafen PSX (for multi-CD games).
- Add (compile time) quality profiles for SINC resampler.

And some more stuff, but hard to go through ... 1565 commits.

- ... And probably some regressions. This version has seen tons of refactoring to be more similar to consoles. There is bound to be some snags here and there ...

Source
http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … ip1.tar.gz

Windows binaries
Slim/Full build is available from Phoenix GUI and it's the recommended way to update RetroArch to save massive bandwidth (~1MB vs ~15MB). Do note that if you have old SSNES-Phoenix, you will not be able to update directly as paths have been changed around.

Note that 0.9.8-beta1 introduces support for D3D9 and RetroArch now needs DirectX redists installed.
If you get an error message that d3d9x_43.dll is not found, install the redist from Microsoft's homepages. If you are running on a machine with reduced privileges, it usually works to copy over d3d9x_43.dll from somewhere else.

32-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … 9-wip1.zip (Full + Redist)
64-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … 9-wip1.zip (Full + Redist)

Warning to Windows users
If you use RGUI, and notice strange colors or flickering or game image while using RGUI (in either OpenGL or D3D9), it is a known problem on my machine at least.

Happyhats!

It is. Fixed it. Was a simple one-liner. It'll be in wip2.
Note that RGUI is not supported in SDL (for time being at least).

Happyhats!

Shader passes to 0, then apply shader changes ...

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RetroArch 0.9.9-wip2

This is a work-in-progress release for Win/Linux/OSX. Major thanks to all involved.

Since 0.9.9-wip1:
- Fix crashes in SDL/XVideo on startup.
- Fix flicker when using RGUI on OSX.
- Fix RGUI flicker when using deprecated 15-bit cores.
- Add joypad hotlogging and autoconfiguration to Linux.
- Use linuxraw as default joypad driver on Linux.
- Rework retroarch-joyconfig to be more useful for autoconfig and RGUI purposes.
- Fix getopt_long usage bug causing spurious crashes on recent glibc.

- Several additions and fixes to RGUI:
- Fix SRAM directory/Save state behavior if custom directories are used
- Add disk swapping
- Add gamepad selection and libretro device selection to input config.
- Add SRAM autosave option
- Move video settings under "Video Options ..."
- Add "Load Game (History)" option.
- Don't require zip extension to be set in libretro cores for zips to show up in file browser (fixed in libretro cores in Git).
- Add RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_SUPPORT_NO_GAME environment to libretro for cores which do not use a ROM.

Source
http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … ip2.tar.gz

Windows binaries
Slim/Full build is available from Phoenix GUI and it's the recommended way to update RetroArch to save massive bandwidth (~1MB vs ~15MB). Do note that if you have old SSNES-Phoenix, you will not be able to update directly as paths have been changed around.

Note that 0.9.8-beta1 introduces support for D3D9 and RetroArch now needs DirectX redists installed.
If you get an error message that d3d9x_43.dll is not found, install the redist from Microsoft's homepages. If you are running on a machine with reduced privileges, it usually works to copy over d3d9x_43.dll from somewhere else.

32-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … 9-wip2.zip (Full + Redist)
64-bit: http://themaister.net/retroarch-dl/retr … 9-wip2.zip (Full + Redist)

Happyhats!

Is it possible to add a new line* in the configuration file (.cfg)  for the retroarch.exe path?
I´m using the RetroArch Phoenix (RGUI doesn´t work with SDL) to switch (browse retroarch config file) between the different configuration files.

libretro-git-genplus-x86.cfg example:

The reason why I ask is following:

If I use the combination retroarch.exe 0.9.9 (wip1/wip2), libretro-git-genplus-x86.dll, SDL video driver, SDL/DirectSound audio driver
I have a heavy crackling audio sound.
It seems I have this with genplus libretro only.

If I use the combination retroarch.exe 0.9.8, libretro-git-genplus-x86.dll, SDL video driver, SDL/DirectSound audio driver
the audio sound is OK.

So I prefer to use retroarch 0.9.8 if I use the genplus libretro.
For the other libretros I use retroarch 0.9.9

Are you using bilinear in SDL? Because I think that was implemented in 0.9.9 and it's going to be really slow in 32-bit build (no SSE2).
Also, try to use threaded video (video_threaded = true, it's not in Phoenix yet).

Anyways, patches welcome in Phoenix ...

Happyhats!

What I think would be a really nice feature (but I'm sure would be a PITA to implement) is configure the ROM directories in such a way so that if you load a Megadrive ROM, it loads the directory for those ROMs if you choose that emulator core. I guess what I'm trying to say is, it would be nice if RetroArch automatically matched the ROM directory with a specific emulator core. That way, changing ROMs between systems will be a lot less of a hassle.
I.E
Choose snes9xnext.dll --> RetroArch asks you to choose the ROM directory--> Load a ROM, emulator remembers a specific directory for a specific core permanently.

Too complicated and ugly for my taste. Can be solved with separate configs and/or a rethink on how you organize your ROMs.

Happyhats!

Haha, what I suggested to him is actually already apart of retroarch in rgui with rgui_browser_directory and I think retroarch-phoenix can also be set to open a specific directory when browsing for roms. (I'm sure you probably know that but your post kinda sounded like what I said wasn't already there)

but you are correct about people saying they aren't satisfied and want more.

And this will be my last post here to keep this thread clean. but for the people on windows or what not that uses set builds and wait for next versions, 0.9.9 has many great new features compared to 0.9.8 and is great.