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Delta 1.3 betas 1 & 2
🕑 Added 2020-12-04 19:10:20 +0000 UTCHappy December y'all, we've almost made it to the end of 2020!
Last week, I released the first beta of Delta 1.3, the next major update to Delta. Unfortunately...that beta crashed for most people (😅), so this week I released 1.3 beta 2 with several important fixes. What makes Delta 1.3 a major update though? One reason: this update will finally graduate DS emulation from a beta feature and make it available for everyone. Because of that, this update is mostly focused on polishing up DS emulation and making sure it really is ready for public launch.
So what exactly is new in these betas? Let's start with a big one: Delta now supports DSi emulation 🥳. melonDS added support for DSi emulation with its recent 0.9 release, and Delta's own melonDS-based core now supports it as well. You'll need to obtain more DSi-specific firmware files from somewhere in order for it to work, but once you've done that you can boot into the DSi Home Screen just like you can with the regular DS Home Screen.
Another often requested feature, you can also now use your iOS device's microphone to emulate the DS microphone 🎤. Some games require you to use the microphone to continue, and previously this meant these games were effectively impossible to finish with Delta. That's no longer the case; you can now talk or blow into your real microphone and games will respond appropriately!
Then there are the less common, but still used, features. In particular, Delta now emulates closing & opening the DS lid when you sleep & wake your device 💤. Only a few games take advantage of this, but nonetheless now when you do come across one of them — such as Mario saying "Goodbye!" when you close the lid in New Super Mario Bros. — Delta has your back 👌
Last but certainly not least, Delta also now uses Just-In-Time compilation (JIT) when emulating DS games 🚀. This is thanks to Apple's changes in iOS 14.2+ which allow sideloaded apps to use JIT without workarounds, and allows for much better DS emulation performance. Unfortunately this is only supported on devices with an A12 chip or higher, but Delta will continue to emulate DS games without JIT on older devices just fine.
Besides new features, this beta also fixes some extremely annoying audio bugs 🎶, which resulted in garbled audio after playing some games for a few minutes. This pesky bug evaded my debugging attempts for far too long, so I'm beyond happy to say it is finally gone 🙏
There are of course some other non-DS changes as well — such as app-wide support for dark mode 🌚 — making this quite a big release! With your help testing, I hope to release Delta 1.3 to everyone in the next month or so, and then move on to Delta 2.0 for iPhone, iPad, and Mac 🎉
Comments
Aaron Cole
NEEDS BLUETOOTH CONTROLLER FOR MAIRIO !!! Please
Kernaxx25
How do I install the beta version? I am already a sponsor
Justin Mcvay
^^
Michael Basinger
What’s the ipa to get it?
Ali Mazrekaj
Hey Team, since last month, the fast forward button disappeared for me in the delta beta for nds games. Anything I can do to fix it? I've tried reinstalling it, but it didn't work
FRANCIEL A HERNANDEZ-DIAZ
does anyone know if this beta has a functioning RTC . if not how may i turn it on?
Nickefn
i finally know what to do: https://youtu.be/nV_Qm4tb-kE open this yt link and download the file he downloaded on 1:00 minute (on your iphone not on the pc) the file is 272 kb. if you downloaded it you should download a unzip app on appstore doesnt matter what app and unzip the file. then save it to you files on your iphone and add them to the right reguire field on delta
Ricky
Same
Nickefn
anyone knows where to find the bios files for melonds?
Ike
Will this update give Delta Real Time Clock support for GBA games? It sucks how theres so many good Pokemon ROMs that dont work with Delta because of the lack of RTC.
Bryan Anderson
Your emulation is top tier!! Glad to join the patreon fam! Only think I noticed from using my Razer Kishi controller on my iPhone XR is that when it’s attached, the NDS touchscreen capabilities lose functionality. When Unplugged, touchscreen is working. Other than that I’ve been LOVING GBA games and all you’ve created! Been enjoying Mario & Luigi Superstar Saga again and flawlessly with my Razer Kishi! Thank you for your spectacular work ~
Secret22
https://www.patreon.com/posts/delta-1-3-betas-44666170?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
Secret22
https://www.patreon.com/posts/delta-1-3-betas-44666170?utm_medium=clipboard_copy&utm_source=copy_to_clipboard&utm_campaign=postshare
Secret22
Thanks
Harry Clark
update to altstore app. to be able to change/modify bundle ids?
erkage
Just pay a patreon to have solution to Mail 14.0 incompatible issue and there isn't yet? I'm very disappointed..😕
Lucky
Hi Riley! Will delta ever have a fast forward option for it's DS emulator?
Daniel Byon
Can we get a fix for Big Sur 11.1? It says the mail plugin isn't compatible when I try to enable it
Daniel Byon
It does not, the mail plugin doesn't load and says it's incompatible with Mail 14
Nahim
Does AltStore still work on Big Sur 11.1 Beta 2????
Lewis Marx
nevermind, turns out the backblaze ipa location is in the app.json file linked in the core files on github. i just used that to download the file from y'alls servers and sign it myself.
Lewis Marx
any chance i could get a copy of the ipa to use on a signing service? they will sign the app for me for a year at a time instead of 7 days.
MrHDML
Any fix on paid accounts still being seen as free developer accounts?
Matt Hesketh
Great news! Will jailbroken devices be able to use jit for DS on older devices in the future?
Hassine Mahfouz
Any updates for the new firmware for Mac?
Britt
Me too. Been a long wait and I’m excited it’s finally coming. Also can’t wait to see what’s next for delta
Justin Brakebill
I’m excited to see Delta move DS support out of beta. Can’t wait, and keep up the great work :)
