v0.0.21 Alpha

Please note that our version increases are landmarks and not stable builds
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Note: These are NOT stable builds. RPCS3 is a rolling release software without stable builds. These are random tags we do from time to time. Do NOT use the branch from these tags to package RPCS3.

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What's Changed

• gl: Fully drop alignment restriction for compressed textures by @kd-11 in #11322
• HLE: Fix some types by @Megamouse in #11063
• SPU: Use REP MOVSB in do_dma_transfer by @Whatcookie in #11079
• Update hidapi to 0.11.0 by @Megamouse in #11321
• Add multi-config generator build support for Windows. by @cjj19970505 in #11320
• llvm: Update to the latest submodule commit by @AniLeo in #11325
• USB: Improve SingStar emulation by @Florin9doi in #11333
• Fcntl 0xc0000007, 0xc0000015, 0xc000001c by @clienthax in #11221
• Add macOS CI builds by @nastys in #11327
• rsx: Fix wrong fault report in initialization by @elad335 in #11323
• cellAudio: fix enqueued samples computation by @Vestrel in #11345
• rsx: Minor surface cache improvements by @kd-11 in #11335
• More sys_uart packets by @Vestrel in #11332
• rsx: Fix pitch bit-width in texture+surface cache by @kd-11 in #11349
• Disable OpenGL on macOS by @nastys in #11354
• Update wolfssl by @nastys in #11351
• macOS: Fix arrow keys by @nastys in #11355
• Fix macOS maxfiles/Shader Cache/SPU LLVM, and log maxfiles on *NIX by @nastys in #11353
• Implement proper macOS version check by @nastys in #11352
• WolfSSL: Use a custom UTF-8 aware fopen on Windows by @CookiePLMonster in #11359
• fs: Reimplement path resolving using std::filesystem::weakly_canonical by @elad335 in #11178
• VFS: fix missing path deliminators by @Megamouse in #11365
• Fix typos by @MalikIdreesHasanKhan in #11361
• Revert recent file system changes by @MSuih in #11370
• vk: Enable shading rate hack for all GPUs by @kd-11 in #11373
• Initial Linux Aarch64 port (PPU only) by @Nekotekina in #11315
• Qt: Fix accurateXFloat enabled state in settings dialog by @Megamouse in #11380
• PPU: restore previous NJ mode handling option by @Nekotekina in #11379
• PPU LLVM: improve accuracy of VSL/VSR by @Nekotekina in #11382
• rsx: Surface format remapping enhancements by @kd-11 in #11381
• rsx: Fix invalid descriptor setup if subdraw0 has broken vertex setup by @kd-11 in #11387
• Ensures socket is closed in sys_net_bnet_close by @RipleyTom in #11389
• Build VPERM At Runtime (Again?) by @Nekotekina in #11385
• Qt: Automatically check for patch updates by @Megamouse in #11171
• Qt: fix RestoreDefaults crash by @Megamouse in #11408
• PPU: refactor shift and splat instructions by @Nekotekina in #11403
• PPU fixup by @Nekotekina in #11410
• Fix regression #11409 by @Nekotekina in #11413
• vk: Fix VK_ERROR_DEVICE_LOST crashes by @kd-11 in #11401
• PPU LLVM: rewrite some instructions by @Nekotekina in #11412
• Unbreak build with FFmpeg 5.0 by @jbeich in #11422
• Remove macOS swizzling workarounds, initial support for Apple GPUs by @nastys in #11366
• vk: Only enable DCC workaround if the format features allow it by @kd-11 in #11424
• vk: Improve sanity checks around subresource gathers by @kd-11 in #11425
• Add a QGroupBox in RPCN password window by @RipleyTom in #11429
• vk: Rework format feature validation by @kd-11 in #11430
• macOS: Fix DS3 init on Monterey by @nastys in #11437
• Add a small profiling tool by @Nekotekina in #11431
• vk: Fix float16 requirement issue by @kd-11 in #11440
• overlay_controls.cpp: Improve image_info ctor withstandability by @elad335 in #11445
• rsx: Minor texture fixes by @kd-11 in #11443
• Minor fixes by @Nekotekina in #11444
• Windows Hotfix: Fix hard crash when disconnecting hid devices by @Megamouse in #11449
• macOS CI: Don't hardcode moltenVK and llvm version-specific paths by @nastys in #11427
• Implement fs::isfile open flag by @elad335 in #11447
• vk: Improve working buffer behavior by @kd-11 in #11454
• rsx: Validate requested images before attempting to upload them by @kd-11 in #11466
• SPU LLVM: Add relaxed xfloat option by @Whatcookie in #11461
• Fix linkage error on debug build with clang-13 by @sandrain in #11470
• Audio: add backend independent resampler by @Vestrel in #11358
• Input: Improve pad latency by @Megamouse in #11453
• Qt: fix compat download abort by @Megamouse in #11475
• rpcn: add cookie impl to tickets by @RipleyTom in #11479
• Implement Emulator::GracefulShutdown() by @elad335 in #11399
• Qt: adjust wording for updates by @Megamouse in #11472
• Qt: add scrollbar/resize to dialogs by @Megamouse in #11492
• Add overlay animations by @nastys in #11488
• Qt: save settings dialog window state by @Megamouse in #11494
• vk: Use image hot-cache for faster allocation times by @kd-11 in #11491
• Fix IP_ADD_MEMBERSHIP and IP_DROP_MEMBERSHIP by @RipleyTom in #11496
• rsx: Fix duplicate data removal checks in surface cache by @kd-11 in #11497
• Rename CallAfter to CallFromMainThread by @Megamouse in #11415
• vk: Fix resource management problems by @kd-11 in #11507
• Input: multithreaded handlers by @Megamouse in #11484
• Use RPCS3/asmjit fork by @Megamouse in #11515
• Terminate headless application if nothing was booted by @Megamouse in #11520
• Spec-compliant async compute for texture streaming by @kd-11 in #11518
• rsx: Minor cleanup of format routines by @kd-11 in #11525
• cellSaveData: Check filename format of savedata files by @elad335 in #11502
• Readme: Bump vulkan headers requirement by @kd-11 in #11535
• vk/dma: Initialize COW DMA block contents to avoid leaks by @kd-11 in #11541
• Fix sys_fs_close FD state logging by @elad335 in #11436
• Fixes some unchecked derefs in sceNp logging by @RipleyTom in #11546
• RSX: Fix rsx capture stop by @Megamouse in #11539
• HLE: improve log messages in cellMusic and cellSearch by @Megamouse in #11547
• macOS: Add MoltenVK Semaphore setting and fix performance regression by @nastys in #11550
• rsx: add boost mode shortcut by @Megamouse in #11357
• cellSearch: more logging by @Megamouse in #11555
• Add option to create rpcs3 shortcuts by @Megamouse in #11542
• cellSearch: fix cellSearchStartListSearch by @Megamouse in #11557
• Shortcut bugfixes by @Megamouse in #11563
• Fix macOS build + implement shortcuts by @nastys in #11564
• vk: Refactor some renderer objects a bit by @kd-11 in #11556
• shortcuts: add some logging, create shortcut path by @Megamouse in #11567
• vk: Allow host GPU to synchronize directly with CELL via RSX semaphores by @kd-11 in #11568
• vk: Disable passthrough DMA for proprietary intel driver by @kd-11 in #11570
• Qt: show time of day in 'last played' game info, log current time when RPCS3 boots by @elad335 in #11220
• Flush dma offloader on texture read sema by @kd-11 in #11576
• vk: Do not enable passthrough DMA unconditionally (yet) by @kd-11 in #11580
• gui/themes: YoRHa by Ani (r2) by @AniLeo in #10785
• macOS: Round icon + min ver 11.6 by @nastys in #11586
• Qt: store pad settings state and remove max size by @Megamouse in #11589
• rpcs3_version: Bump to 0.0.21 by @AniLeo in #11594

Full Changelog: v0.0.20...v0.0.21