v0.5.9-alpha

What's New

Better BASS Load Diagnostics

Clearer Startup Failure Popup

• When ECM-R cannot load bass.dll, the startup popup now uses clearer wording.
• The popup keeps the localized Windows error text returned by the loader.
• The popup now also shows the exact path that ECM-R tried to load.
• The message points users back to the README for official bass.dll download and placement guidance.

Documentation Updates

Roadmap Refresh

• The README roadmap now lists In-Game Movie Handling as planned work.

BASS Setup Guidance

• The README notes now explain that failed bass.dll loads show both the Windows error text and the attempted path.

Technical Changes

Stable Loader Error Capture

• GetLastError() is now captured once before the BASS loader resets its internal state.
• This keeps the reported Windows loader error stable in failure cases.

Validation

• Built successfully in Release | Win-x86.
• Reviewed the updated release and README text against the current bass_api.cpp and audio.cpp failure paths.

Notes

• This release does not change configuration keys or runtime file names.
• bass.dll must still be placed next to the ECM-R runtime files in the target scripts folder.

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Full Changelog: v0.5.8-alpha...v0.5.9-alpha