Azahar 2121 Release Candidate 1

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Azahar 2121-rc1 Changelog

All

• Downloading owned DLCs from the eShop is now supported. | @PabloMK7 Support downloading owned DLCs #950
• Added a new Turbo feature which allows increasing the emulation speed to a pre-specified percentage using a hotkey or on-screen button for desktop and Android respectively. | kleidis Add turbo speed hotkey  #605, @icy-briar android: Clean up the turbo speed hotkey implementation #910 android: Add turbo speed hotkey touch controls overlay button #911, @OpenSauce04 Overhaul turbo functionality implementation #963
• Added a new Screen Gap feature which allows the gap between the top and bottom screen to be configured by the user. | @DavidRGriswold Implement screen gap setting #622
• Fixed an issue where Streetpass Mii Plaza wouldn't detect its own update data. | @PabloMK7 Fix ncch loader building wrong update title ID #930
• Fixed an issue where certain decrypted DLCs would fail to install and would instead be incorrectly detected as encrypted. | @PabloMK7 Fix installing DLCs with encrypted flags for missing contents #979
• The maximum value for the 3D slider has been increased from 100% to 255%. | @oneup03 Stereoscopic 3D Enhancements #602
  • The maximum value possible on real hardware is 100%, so going beyond this value may cause graphical oddities.
• In cases where the current application may change mid-emulation, such as launching an application from the HOME menu, the shader cache is now associated with the currently running application. | @PabloMK7 Allow shader cache to switch to different titles at runtime #978
  • Previously, after starting an application, all subsequent shader cache would be associated with the originally started application, meaning that shader cache for application started via the HOME menu would still be associated with the HOME menu.
• Fixed cheats and the RPC server affecting the wrong processes. | @PabloMK7 Fix cheats and rpc server affecting the wrong processes #956
• Fixed an issue which could cause emulation to break when no audio input samples had been captured. | @Midou36O Fallback to silence when no samples have been captured. #955
  • This addresses an issue with the game "Brain Age: Concentration Training"

Desktop

• The azahar-room executable has had its functionality added to the main azahar executable, accessable by passing the new --room command line option. | @OpenSauce04 Merge room functionality into main azahar executable via a command line option #873
• The azahar-room executable is now no longer distributed with our pre-built MacOS and Linux builds.
  | @OpenSauce04
  • Instead, the new --room option should be used.
• Added quicksave/quickload functionality, with associated hotkeys, mirroring the existing Android functionality. | kleidis qt: Add quicksave / quickload hotkeys #811
• Fixed an issue where the changes the hotkey configuration wouldn't save correctly. | @SeppNel citra_qt: Fix duplicated hotkey entry and order. #945
• Fixed an issue where the "Multiplayer Browse Public Game Lobby" hotkey was non-functional. | @SeppNel citra_qt: Fix duplicated hotkey entry and order. #945
• Fixed an issue where using Save State > Save to Oldest Slot could cause the emulator to crash under certain circumstances. | @PabloMK7 Fix off-by-one error in savestates that could cause crashes #977
• Fixed screenshots produced using the Capture Screenshot hotkey while using the Hybrid Screen layout using the wrong layout. | kleidis framebuffer: Add hybrid layout mode to FrameLayoutFromResolutionScale #807
• Various minor adjustments have been made to the settings menu which improve consistency. | @OpenSauce04 qt: Various updates to the settings menu to improve consistency #877
• When using the Seperate Windows layout alongside 3D functionality, the bottom screen is no longer rendered twice. | @oneup03 Stereoscopic 3D Enhancements #602

Linux

• Our AppImage build is now distributed as a single uncompressed file rather than being compressed within a zip file amongst other unnecessary files. | @OpenSauce04 bac344d
• Removed a value from the Azahar desktop file which could cause an incorrect GPU to be used. | @Jan200101 Remove PrefersNonDefaultGPU from desktop file #993
  • See also: Remove PrefersNonDefaultGPU=true from .desktop file of Steam  ValveSoftware/steam-for-linux#9940
• Improved Wayland window icon compatibility. | @HurricanePootis Qt: set desktop filename and organization domain #935

MacOS

• Native MacOS menubar integration has been temporarily disabled in favour of the non-native Qt menu bar. | @OpenSauce04 macos: Use non-native Qt menubar as a temporary workaround for missing entries in non-English languages #995
  • This is to address an issue where some menubar entires would inexplicably disappear when using certain non-English languages, making their functionality unaccessible.
  • The issue doesn't occur when using the non-native Qt menubar, hence the change.
  • A follow-up release will re-enable native menubar integration once the issue has been resolved.
• The minimum MacOS version has been bumped from 13.0 to 13.4. | @mal-cap Updating minimum macOS target to 13.4 to avoid breaking macOS builds #984
• The number of files distributed in our pre-built MacOS archives has been reduced by stripping unnecessary files. | @OpenSauce04 1e8cc02
  • This change also applies to Windows, however due to the high number of other files distributed with those builds, the effect is less noticeable.

Android

• The icon of the currently running application/game is now displayed in the top left corner of the drawer menu. | kleidis android: Add game thumbnail to EmulationFragment nav drawer #809
• Added a new button to the long-press about menu which allows users to open various folders related to a game, such as the location of the application's save data, DLC, textures, mods, etc. | kleidis android: Add uninstall game/updates/dlc and open folder entries to about game dialog #823
• Added a new button to the long-press about menu which allows users to uninstall a game, its updates, or its DLC. | kleidis android: Add uninstall game/updates/dlc and open folder entries to about game dialog #823
• The quicksave save state can now be saved to using the UI rather than being exclusively usable via a hotkey. | kleidis android: Allow saving to quickslot from UI #812
• Added a new portrait layout, Original, which maintains accurate proportions for the top and bottom screen. | @DavidRGriswold android: Original Portrait Layout #625
• Added a new Expand to Display Cutout option which allows the emulation display to expand to the area taken up by the camera notch. | kleidis android: Implement Expand to Display Cutout option #597
• Added the Auto internal resolution option, which already existed in the desktop version. | kleidis android: Implement support for automatic resolution scale #606
• Fixed an issue on Android 9 where a large titlebar with the text "Azahar" would appear during emulation, covering a large portion of the screen. | @OpenSauce04 android: Disable title bar on Android 9 #929
• Fixed an issue where the Pause Emulation button in the drawer could have a "paused" icon while emulation is unpaused under certain conditions. | kleidis android: Update emulation_pause icon on resume #810

Technical

• For tagged releases, our unified sources archive now simply uses the name of the tag in its filename rather than the commit hash and date. | @OpenSauce04 b4699d9
• Fixed a issue with the desktop update checker which could cause pre-release builds to erroneously attempt to downgrade to the prior stable release. | @OpenSauce04 qt: Add new update checker logic which correctly handles prereleases #994
  • This issue never actually affected any real users, as the last time we did a pre-release there were no stable releases for the update checker to attempt to downgrade to.
• Fixed an issue where MacOS build would fail when using Xcode 16.3 or newer. | @mal-cap Updating minimum macOS target to 13.4 to avoid breaking macOS builds #984
• New tool scripts have been added which handle previously manual pre-release tasks. | @OpenSauce04 1d562cd
  • This has no bearing on users or even most developers, and is purely for maintainer convenience.
• Fixed CMP0175 CMake warnings. | @OpenSauce04 Fix CMake CMP0175 warnings #981
• Fixed File::Write() not conforming to debug header validation. | @lannoene Fix File::Write() not conforming to debug header validation #952
• Added a new property isEnabled for settings entries on Android which allows a setting to be greyed out. | kleidis android: Add isEnabled setting item conditional check #814
• Fixed a compilation failure when attempting to build for LoongArch. | @PabloMK7 @ouni666 Fix incorrect syntax in construction of ARM_DynCom #732

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