Bannerlator 1.5

Bannerlator 1.5

⚠️ Updating from 1.4? You MUST reinstall imageFS If you are updating over an existing 1.4 install, you need to reinstall imageFS after updating — open the app's Settings, scroll all the way to the bottom, and tap Reinstall ImageFS. Skipping this can leave the app in a broken/inconsistent state after the update.

Performance

• Now ships release builds instead of debug. This was implemented to reduce the user-interface lag that some users had noticed. Device-confirmed.

Fixes & additions since 1.4

• GOG store login white-screen fixed (login WebView now completes the OAuth handshake).
• Start menu: bundled AIO Graphics Test and Game Controller Test apps, with .lnk working-directory ("Start in") support.
• Winlator File Manager (WFM): drives now show the correct "Local Disk" icon (StevenMXZ v3.1 hotfix build).

APKs: standard / ludashi / pubg flavors, AOSP-testkey signed (updates install over previous installs).

Changelog

Commit	Title
a31bc4b	chore(release): bump to 1.5 (versionCode 23)
b6d2dcf	merge: ship RELEASE builds (fixes Compose UI lag), device-confirmed
ad5c99d	fix(build): drop hand-committed assets/dexopt/baseline.prof(m)
ce66eb1	fix(build): exclude okhttp-coroutines artifact (dup of vendored shim)
b62915a	docs(progress): release-build switch + Game Controller Test + .lnk workingDir + APK size audit
d403d2e	fix(build): crunchPngs false on release (GIF-as-.png drawables fail AAPT2)
84eda8c	chore(build): ship RELEASE builds, not debug
403cd64	merge: .lnk working directory (Start in) for start-menu shortcuts
9994581	fix(startmenu): support .lnk working directory (Start in) for shortcuts
4a3e974	merge: bundle Game Controller Test in Start menu

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Credits

The bundled Winlator File Manager (wfm.exe) — including the corrected "Local Disk" drive-icon behaviour shipped in 1.5 — is from StevenMXZ's Winlator-Ludashi 3.1 hotfix release. Thanks to StevenMXZ.

Bannerlator 1.4

Changelog

Commit	Title
4fb3ecb	release: bump to 1.4 (versionCode 22) + splash V 1.4
6a69195	fix(taskmgr): poll on render-independent Handler, not Compose frame clock
c318457	docs(progress): 2026-06-22 — lsfg live reload confirmed, Off fix proven, engine badge, TM-on-Vulkan bug
740e779	feat(framegen): show running engine badge in in-game FG drawer
e75d1d4	debug(winhandler): log Task Manager process round-trip (INIT/send/recv/GET_PROCESS)
260600b	docs(progress): lsfg-vk device test — works (2x) but no live reload on our stack
80e238a	fix(lsfg-vk): in-game "Off" writes passthrough (multiplier 1), not 2
ebdb752	docs(progress): lsfg-vk second FG engine — recon, spike, integration, in-game live
7f7ffb5	feat(lsfg-vk): unify FG controls — in-game drives the selected engine; container = engine choice only
1997a55	feat(lsfg-vk): live in-game config via GameNative fork + conf.toml; gray-out + per-container mult/flow

Highlights

• lsfg-vk added as a second selectable frame-generation engine (Off / bionic-fg / lsfg-vk), with a per-container engine selector, an in-game engine badge, and live in-game multiplier/flow-scale control for whichever engine the container runs. Bring your own Lossless.dll via the Settings DLL picker.
• Fixed: in-game Task Manager was empty on the Vulkan host renderer — refresh now runs on a render-independent timer, so the process list populates on both Vulkan and OpenGL.
• Fixed: in-game "Off" now correctly writes passthrough instead of forcing 2×.

⚠️ lsfg-vk requires your own Lossless.dll

Bannerlator bundles no proprietary Lossless Scaling files. To use the lsfg-vk engine you must own Lossless Scaling (THS, on Steam) and import its Lossless.dll via Settings → Frame Generation (lsfg-vk) → pick DLL. The option stays greyed out until a valid DLL is imported. bionic-fg needs no DLL and works out of the box.

🙏 Credits for this release

• Frame Generation (lsfg-vk) — layer by PancakeTAS; Android/bionic port by FrankBarretta; in-game live conf.toml reload from GameNative (utkarshdalal); Lossless.dll from Lossless Scaling (THS, user-supplied).
• Frame Generation (bionic-fg) — xXJSONDeruloXx (bundled with permission).
• Vulkan host renderer — rendering path from StevenMXZ (Winlator-Ludashi); AHardwareBuffer present path that makes it display correctly ported from / cross-examined against GameNative.
• Task Manager-on-Vulkan fix and the Compose UI / in-game overlay are Bannerlator's own work, building on the upstream Winlator lineage.

Full attribution: see Credits in the README.

Bannerlator 1.3

Please keep in mind this is my personal build for me, the AI frame generation will be refined over time . I did my best to get it working for a release and functional for anybody that decides to use this or test

Changelog

Commit	Title
89b2184	ci(release): serialize flavor packaging to avoid parallel-package OOM
89cef5e	docs: link upstream PR #6 in report
79f7458	docs: rewrite bionic-fg upstream report to solved state (PR companion)
c20cb0e	docs(progress): log FG/FPS-limiter merge to main + version relabel to 1.3
90ce00b	version: bump splash + about version label to V 1.3 (color unchanged, stays grey)
9ee5cb2	version: set versionName 1.3 (was 1.4-marcescene), bump versionCode 21
eb30d1b	ci(artifacts): build all 3 flavors sequentially (avoid parallel-package OOM)
ddf46fb	Merge bionic-fg frame generation + FPS limiter into main
f39b96a	fix(icon): inset launcher foreground so adaptive mask stops clipping the border
9871eef	fix(ui): dark-theme value controls in Box64/FEXCore preset dialogs

✨ New in 1.3 — AI Frame Generation

• AI Frame Generation (bionic-fg) — per-container toggle plus live in-game controls. Pick Off / 2× / 3× / 4× from the in-game Graphics drawer, with a flow-scale slider. Confirmed on both OpenGL and Vulkan host renderers.
• FPS Limiter — cap the base frame rate (10–200) so on-screen FPS = limit × multiplier — steadier, smoother interpolation and lower power.
• In-game HUD CPU-temperature fix; Box64/FEXCore preset-dialog readability fix; launcher-icon corner fix.

Frame generation device-confirmed on Adreno 750 (Turnip / DXVK 2.4.1), 2×/3×/4× all working.

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🙏 Frame Generation credit

Bannerlator's AI Frame Generation is powered by bionic-fg — the Android/bionic Vulkan frame-generation layer by xXJSONDeruloXx, included in-tree as a git submodule with the author's kind permission. Huge thanks for the work and for allowing it to ship here.

• Project: https://github.com/xXJSONDeruloXx/bionic-fg
• Our upstream contribution (PR): xXJSONDeruloXx/bionic-fg#6 — Single-device mode + layer-dispatch routing to make bionic-fg work on Android wrapper ICDs (Winlator/Turnip), the changes that enable frame generation on this stack, offered back upstream.

Bannerlator 1.2

Changelog

Commit	Title
a598584	chore(splash): bump version label V 1.1 -> V 1.2 for the 1.2 release
552a28e	docs: log new neon launcher icon + adaptive corner-clip fix (neonicon build)
19d62f8	feat(icon): new neon gamepad launcher icon (all densities, all 3 flavors)
0f3884e	docs: log native-rendering toggle device test + HUD-freeze fix (hudfix build)
f724ec2	fix(render): tick the perf HUD on the Vulkan FLIP/scanout present path
df3a5c7	ui(drawer): gray out Screen Effects on the Vulkan renderer too
ba06bc3	ui(drawer): gray out SGSR/HDR on the Vulkan renderer (GL-only effects)
779967a	fix(render): wire in-game Native Rendering toggle + restore perf HUD on Vulkan
bd632e4	docs: log the Vulkan/DXVK/vkd3d black-screen fix (vkfix3, both renderers confirmed)
7d5c9f8	fix(render): port GameNative AHB present path so Vulkan content renders on GL+Vulkan

Bannerlator 1.2

Rendering

• Fixed Vulkan / DXVK / vkd3d game content rendering black on both the OpenGL and Vulkan host renderers (full AHardwareBuffer present path is now wired end-to-end).
• In-game Native Rendering+ toggle now works on the Vulkan renderer (lower-latency direct scanout).
• Fixed the performance HUD freezing while Native Rendering was enabled.
• Screen Effects / SGSR / HDR are correctly grayed out on the Vulkan renderer (OpenGL-only effects).

Content / installs

• DXVK / VKD3D / Vegas version lists now refresh immediately after a download.

UI

• New neon gamepad app icon (fits the launcher mask cleanly — no clipped corners).
• Splash version bumped to V 1.2.

Credits

The render-options fix in this release — the AHardwareBuffer present path that makes Vulkan / DXVK / VKD3D content render correctly on both the OpenGL and Vulkan host renderers, plus the Native Rendering+ direct-scanout path — was ported from and cross-examined against GameNative by utkarshdalal. Thank you. See the full Credits.

Bannerlator 1.1

Changelog

Commit	Title
76bc807	chore(splash): bump version text to V 1.1 for the 1.1 release
06b41b9	fix(container): WOWBox64 labels on arm64ec + dismiss stuck install dialog
03b81d6	fix(install): harden all local .wcp install paths against Activity-cast crash
d57a0d9	Merge fix/contents-install-crash-sort: vkd3d/component install crash fix (device-confirmed)
37f1ae3	fix(container): vkd3d/component install crash — unsafe Activity cast
50d1027	docs(credits): trim ludashi/redmagic detail from StevenMXZ credit
be9e4e5	docs(credits): refine StevenMXZ credit wording
5ac80f4	docs(credits): credit StevenMXZ for new UI + Vulkan rendering work
8bd163f	fix(contents): guard local install crash + float installed to top
2b53139	fix(ui): thin outline on preloader box (Creating Container, etc.)

Maintenance release on top of 1.0.

Fixes

• Local .wcp install no longer crashes (DXVK, VKD3D and Box64) — the file picker no longer throws a ClassCastException under themed dialogs/sheets.
• arm64ec containers now correctly show WOWBox64 (section title, Version, Preset, and the download sheet) instead of Box64.
• The 'Installing…' dialog now dismisses when an install fails, instead of spinning forever.
• Contents/components: installed items float to the top with a light-blue installed check.

Splash now reads V 1.1.

Bannerlator 1.0

Changelog

Commit	Title
68f60b6	release(ci): Bannerlator-branded v1.0 release — rename APKs, own banner, mark as Latest (non-prerelease)
16d47c5	docs(readme): fix Information section — marcescence base, V 1.0, app label, lineage
c84efa1	fix(settings): overlap was a Compose Box bug; + splash v1.0 + app label
0b8a40c	docs: log marcescence re-import + splash branding port
ad67a6a	splash: use Bannerlator banner logo + drop title text (port to marcescence star-pkg splash)
c55fe68	re-import: rebase source onto star @ marcescence (1.4-marcescene)
6155280	docs: log splash rebrand, branding work, 2nd green build
8fdbf97	feat(splash): use Bannerlator banner logo, drop title text, version v1.0
b5e1b35	docs: credit isygold (Star Engine / VEGAS DXVK fork)
23ebd5d	docs: credit original Star/Frost dev team (star-emu) and leegao

First stable Bannerlator release — built on Star @ marcescence (1.4-marcescene). Vulkan renderer, Jetpack Compose Settings/Input Controls (overlap fix), SteamGridDB cover scrape, drive/container pickers. Three flavors: standard, ludashi, pubg. App label: Bannerlator Bionic.

Bannerlator 1.0 (fixes build)

Changelog

Commit	Title
cdee6fe	brand(icon): new neon gamepad launcher icon (all densities)
c2fb6b7	feat(ui): add Discord community link to Help & Support
a46549e	fix(ui): About logo, help-box outline, Bannerlator support links
4675337	fix(settings): Save check button now confirms + exits
8e3ac34	contents: point REMOTE_PROFILES at The412Banner/winlator-contents
68b46a5	brand: rebrand standard pkg + in-app branding to Bannerlator
68f60b6	release(ci): Bannerlator-branded v1.0 release — rename APKs, own banner, mark as Latest (non-prerelease)
16d47c5	docs(readme): fix Information section — marcescence base, V 1.0, app label, lineage
c84efa1	fix(settings): overlap was a Compose Box bug; + splash v1.0 + app label
0b8a40c	docs: log marcescence re-import + splash branding port

Comparison build: settings save fix, About logo, help-box outline, Bannerlator support+Discord links, new launcher icon, contents.json -> The412Banner/winlator-contents.