2.1.0

Full release overview

https://provenance-emu.com/blog/2022/02/15/release-2.1.0/

What's Changed (Auto Generated by GitHub)

• Speedup Mednafen compile, and LIKELY compiler hints by @JoeMatt in #1680
• Fix submodule errors by @dnicolson in #1687
• M68K tvOS Compiler setting sync up by @mrjschulte in #1690
• Update dependencies by @dnicolson in #1688
• refs #1639 Add xcconfig files for sign settings by @JoeMatt in #1640
• make xcconfg work, better, ... by @ToddLa in #1696
• translate by @nenge123 in #1693
• translate by @nenge123 in #1692
• translate word by @nenge123 in #1691
• translate by @nenge123 in #1694
• Ios 13 UX tweaks by @ToddLa in #1699
• fix tvOS focus hell by @ToddLa in #1706
• tvOS UX tweaks by @ToddLa in #1707
• Metal by @JoeMatt in #1708
• Update PVSettingsViewController.swift by @mrjschulte in #1709
• [Metal] Format and size bugfixes by @ac90b671 in #1710
• More mupen options by @JoeMatt in #1682
• Update PVSystem.swift by @mrjschulte in #1713
• Pullrequests/todd la/tvos mrjs by @JoeMatt in #1715
• tintColor fix for Pv Buttons on tvOS by @mrjschulte in #1722
• Match Provenance branding size to capHeight on tvOS by @mrjschulte in #1721
• Improved Core and Game options by @JoeMatt in #1716
• Adds subtle blurEffect to navBar on tvOS by @mrjschulte in #1723
• Clarify Game Speed %'s by @mrjschulte in #1725
• more tvOS UX by @ToddLa in #1726
• 205 more stuff by @JoeMatt in #1730
• fix tvOS by @ToddLa in #1738
• Game Controller UX for UITableView and UINavigationController, and a start of GameLibrary UX by @ToddLa in #1740
• Update Dutch Localized Strings by @mrjschulte in #1743
• MTL CRT Shader fixes by @mrjschulte in #1745
• game controller UX, made Y be long-press, and some clean up by @ToddLa in #1742
• Fix Metal input texture copy to account for cores using an offset origin by @ac90b671 in #1744
• Update crt_fragment.glsl by @mrjschulte in #1746
• Update WebServerActivatorController.swift by @mrjschulte in #1747
• add russian translations by @amoorecodes in #1749
• Sega Options by @JoeMatt in #1741
• CI CD Fix by @JoeMatt in #1739
• More GameLibrary UX by @ToddLa in #1752
• M30 fixes and clarifications by @mrjschulte in #1753
• Make Menu icons iOS only by @mrjschulte in #1756
• [Release] 2.1.0 by @JoeMatt in #1750

New Contributors

• @ToddLa made their first contribution in #1696
• @nenge123 made their first contribution in #1693
• @ac90b671 made their first contribution in #1710
• @amoorecodes made their first contribution in #1749

Full Changelog: 2.0.4...2.1.0

CHANGELOG.md

Special thanks to contributors on this release;
👉 @mrjschulte
👉 @ToddLa
👉 @ac90b671
👉 @nenge123
👉 @david.nicolson
👉 @davidmuzi
👉 @amoorecodes

Added

• Controllers:
  • On Screen Joystick Controls for N64 and PSX
  • APIs for keyboard, mouse, rumble, on-screen joystick. (coming in future release)
  • Apple TV: Support new Siri remote (MicroGamepad and DirectionalGamepad)
• Code Signing is now managed with an XCConfig file. See CodeSigning.xcconfig.example for instructions. (Only applies to developers/xcode source installs)
• Enumeration type menu options UI
• FPS debug label now includes total CPU and Memory usage.
• GameBoy Advanced cheat code support
• Jaguar options exposed
• Long press a ROM for quick access to Core Options
• Mednafen
  • many more sub-core options added
  • SNESFaust 1 frame render ahead option (on by default. VERY SNAPPY!)
• Metal Shaders (CRT, LCD, etc.)
• N64:
  • mupen/gliden/rice options exposed
  • Dual Shock 4 touchpad as pause
  • option for Dual Joysticks on DualShock4 as dual controllers (allows Goldeneye dual controller joystick layout from 1 physical dualshock)
• Native Metal renderer option [WIP/Buggy]
• per-game option overrides
• radio selection options
• Sega Saturn Mutli-CD support
• Swift UI/UIKit optional code paths at app start (SwiftUI currernly empty, for easier development in future)
• VirtualBoy side by side mode (for 3D tv's with Side by Side mode. Google Cardboard coming later)
• XCode will present a warning message if it detects a device build but CodeSigning.xcconfig isn't setup.
• Localizations (Only Partially translated WIP)
  • NSLocalizedString for most strings in main app source
  • Chinese Simplified by @nenge123
  • Spanish
  • Russian by @amoorecodes
  • Dutch by @mrjschulte
  • Portuguese (Brazil) by Stéfano Santos

Improved

• Mupen:
  • wrapper code organized, refactored
  • faster controller polling, various other code speedup tweaks.
  • mupen llvm optimization flags improved (was incorrectly -O2, now -Os)
• On-Screen Controls
  • N64 layout improved
  • PSX layout improved
• Branch prediction compiler hints for tight loops, possibly faster.
• Catalyst: All cores build now for Intel and M1.
• check if file exists before attempt to delete, reduces superfluous throws trapping in the debugger
• Converted more app code from ObjC to Swift
• Dark Mode UI always on, fixes some color issues
• Fix some excessive thread blocks
• Hide/Show systems chevron location tweaks
• If multiple cores support a system, cores are listed in recommended order.
• Improved logo/header bar for iOS & tvOS
• Jaguar button layout tweaks
• Mark various ObjC classes objc_direct_members. Should improve Swift to ObjC calls bypassing dynamic dispatch for function pointers (in theory)
• Replace all spinlocks with atomic operations for better thread performance
• replaced some sloppy force unwraps with proper nil checks and logging
• Shaders are copied to Documents at load and read from thereafter. This allows locally editing / developing shaders without rebuilding.

Fixed

• Conflicts better detected
• tvOS top buttons sometimes couldn't be selected
• Faster compile times (improved header imports, compiler flags)
• Fixed some improper retain cycles in ObjC blocks
• Fixed rare audio engine nil reference race condition crash
• Cheat entry UI fixes

Updated

• N64:
  • Swap left and right triggers to L:Start R:Z Button from other way around prior
  • mupen cxd4 plugin to latest upstream version
  • mupen rsp-hle plugin to latest upstream version
• Updated Swift Packages (RxRealm, Realm, Cocoalumberjack)
• Improved tvOS UI (top buttons, search, icons, more consistent styling)

Removed

• Removed SteamController support (no one used it and the code caused too many compilations, plus steam controllers are kind of trash, sorry.)