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RetroArch 1.20.0 released
🕑 Added 2025-01-05 18:21:31 +0000 UTCRetroArch 1.20.0 has just been released.
Grab it here.
Shader subframes
We’ve added a new CRT beam simulation shader from Mark Rejhon of BlurBusters (blurbusters.com) and Timothy Lottes (creator of the original FXAA shader and the crt-lottes shaders). It leverages RetroArch’s recently added “subframe” shader capabilities to significantly improve motion clarity on modern displays without the typical drawbacks associated with black-frame insertion (BFI) implementations, such as reduced brightness, dulled colors, and risk of image persistence (the non-permanent-but-still-scary cousin of CRT/OLED “burn in”) that occurs on many common LCD panel types.
For more information, read our separate article here.
Illuminance sensor support for Linux
Jesse Talavera here again! I’ve been working on something fun: illuminance sensor support for Linux! Now you can play Boktai with real light, just as intended. Check out this clip of Lunar Knights running on my Steam Deck as I adjust the lights:
☀ Now we’re cooking with sunlight! ☀ melonDS DS’s next update will include solar sensor support (among other things), so look forward to that! Also coming soon after 1.20.0 — camera support for more platforms!
Changelog
1.20.0
AUDIO: Fix audio handling in case of RARCH_NETPLAY_CTL_USE_CORE_PACKET_INTERFACE
AUDIO: Include missing audio filters on some platforms
AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Add PipeWire audio driver
AUDIO/PIPEWIRE: Add PipeWire microphone driver
APPLE: Hide threaded video setting
APPLE: Use mfi joypad driver by default
APPLE: Include holani, noods, mrboom, yabause, bsnes-jg core in App Store builds
CHEEVOS: Add rarity and points to achievement unlock widget
CHEEVOS: Add rank to leaderboard submission notification
CHEEVOS: Update to rcheevos 11.5
CHEEVOS: Update to rcheevos 11.6
CHEEVOS: Show rcheevos game image in Discord rich presence
CHEEVOS: Use translated strings for achievement messages
CLOUDSYNC: Allow saves and configs to be synced optionally
CLOUDSYNC: Add iCloud cloud sync driver
CLOUDSYNC: Speed up by upload/download in parallel
CLOUDSYNC: Allow thumbnails and system dir to be synced optionally
CLOUDSYNC: Enable CloudSync on Android (non-SSL)
CLOUDSYNC: Add more logs in failure situations
CLOUDSYNC: Fixes for reauthentication and parallel sync
CLOUDSYNC: Fixes for file resurrection
CLOUDSYNC: Enable CloudSync on Windows
CRT/SWITCHRES: Update switchres to 2.2.1
GENERAL: Support for mbedtls v3
GENERAL: Automatic Frame Delay refactor
GENERAL: Remove Frame Rest, obsoleted by Frame Delay refactor
GENERAL: Wrap around auto increment save state indexes when amount of states is limited
GENERAL: Enable CHD hashing for Switch and DOS
GENERAL: Enable auto save state when new content is loaded
GENERAL: Improve Preemptive Frames when pointing device is used
GENERAL: Fix building with menu disabled
HAIKU: Restore Haiku build
INPUT: Allow to select a preferred/reserved device for each player
INPUT: Enable Caps, Num, Scroll Lock modifiers on multiple platforms
INPUT: Autoconfig extension with alternative name/vid/pid
INPUT: Fix autoconfig profile saving when device is not in the default port
INPUT: Change classic turbo mode to work independently of which key was pressed first
INPUT: Pointer and lightgun handling sanitization on Windows and Linux desktop platforms. These input drivers will now report edge and offscreen positions in a harmonized way, and will not return 0 instead.
INPUT/DINPUT: Fix detection of quick shift key presses
INPUT/HID: Fix crash on macOS when disconnecting the controller a second time
INPUT/LINUX: Add illuminance sensor support to the linuxraw, sdl2, udev, and x11 input drivers
INPUT/Remaps: Sort and apply remaps based on the specific connected controller
INPUT/UDEV: Enable mouse buttons 4 and 5
INPUT/WAYLAND: Enable horizontal scroll and mouse buttons 4 and 5
INPUT/WAYLAND: Simulate lightgun input for cores
INPUT/WAYLAND: Support for cursor-shape-v1 and content-type-v1 protocol
INPUT/X11: Enable mouse buttons 4 and 5
iOS: Enable vibration by default
iOS: Better handling of physical mice/magic keyboard trackpad
iOS: Mouse grab fixes
iOS: Fix mouse cursor movement when button is held down
iOS: Fix microphone support request and entitlement
iOS: Enable compilation back to iOS 12
iOS: Fix OpenGL ES context usage on iOS 9
iOS/TVOS: Add Opera to App Store build
iOS/TVOS: Bring NEON defines in line with ARM64
iOS/TVOS: Flush save files on backgrounding
LIBRETRO: Support RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_GET_FILE_BROWSER_START_DIRECTORY
LIBRETRO: Support “/” as a file extension for loading a directory as content
FFMPEG: Fix crash when playing back a file with 96 kHz audio
MACOS: New display server, including support for ProMotion 120Hz V-Sync
MACOS: Create App Store build
MACOS: Generate key up events for command keys
MIDI: Fix long messages (SysEx) in WinMM driver
MIDI: Fix lingering notes on close in Alsa driver
MENU: Support local thumbnails in other image formats than png (jpg/jpeg, bmp, tga)
MENU: Delete also savestate thumbnails when savestates are garbage collected
MENU: Option to disable analog stick menu navigation
MENU: Fix pause toggle to not clear fast forward state
MENU: Fix search playlist index in XMB/Ozone
MENU: Fix renamed entry display
MENU: Filter unknown extensions also inside zip files
MENU: Add icons for present / missing firmware on core info page
MENU: Ignore other hotkeys when menu toggle is pressed
MENU: Fix menu jumping when using L3+R3 combo
MENU: System Information now only shows features relevant for the platform
MENU/GLUI: Make Show Sublabels options effective
MENU/GLUI: Icon fixes
MENU/XMB: Allow playlist icons to be individually customized, by looking for images in Named_Logos
MENU/OZONE: Add Selenium theme for Ozone
MENU/OZONE: Touchscreen improvements
MENU/OZONE: Add a touch-sensitive Resume button in the lower right corner
NETPLAY: Add East Asian relay server
OVERLAY: Add option to load overlay based on system name
PS2: Fix several broken cores depending on pthread
QT: Enable building with Qt6
QT: Fix input panel
RECORDING: New WAV recording driver (audio only)
REMOTE RETROPAD: Add gyro/acceleration/light sensor test screen
REMOTE RETROPAD: Add pointer test screen
REPLAY: Replay format extended to support external tools
TVOS: Support bluetooth keyboards on tvOS
TVOS: Fixes to run correctly on TVOS13
TVOS: Better handling of Siri remote
TVOS: WebDAV server for adding files more easily
TVOS: Add Settings.app option to reset retroarch.cfg
TVOS: Bring minimum tvos version down to 13.0
VIDEO: Show and use exact refresh rate (3 decimals) and interlace/doublestrike where available
VIDEO: Allow setting viewport bias to offset viewport horizontally/vertically
VIDEO: Support viewport bias also with integer overscale and custom aspect ratios
VIDEO: Use shader path from CLI for shader cycling
VIDEO: Pixel perfect integer scaling improvements: axis options, smart mode
VIDEO: Add upscale 1.66x filter
VIDEO/D3D: Fix GPU screenshots
VIDEO/KMS: Force fullscreen when KMS is used
VIDEO/OpenGLES: Improve version directive granularity
VIDEO/SHADERS: Fix memory leak when shader parameter step is 0.0
VIDEO/SHADERS: Add 2 uniforms, OriginalAspect and OriginalAspectRot.
VIDEO/SHADERS: Add CoreFPS and FrameTimeDelta uniforms.
VIDEO/SLANG: Support optional includes
VIDEO/VULKAN: Fix Vulkan window freezes when swapchain becomes suboptimal
VIDEO/VULKAN: Prefer IMMEDIATE mode without vsync
VIDEO/X11: Support inhibit of Xss screensaver
VITA: Enable analog L2/R2 triggers when a DS3 controller is used with PS Vita
WAYLAND: Fix segfault when relative pointer is not supported
WAYLAND: Use reverse DNS name for desktop file and icon
WAYLAND: Commit viewport resizes for more responsive display when resizing window
WINDOWS: Fix restart if path to executable contains non-ASCII symbols
WINDOWS: Hide directories starting with $ from file browser
