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Sol 0.2.1 — Developer Preview

This patch is mainly about setup and gameplay reliability. It fixes the
firmware and fresh-install failures reported after 0.2.0, cleans up launcher
rendering regressions, and hardens rapid controller and keyboard input.

Fixed

  • A new Sol data directory no longer reports Config.json as missing while the
    bundled engine is creating its default configuration.
  • Firmware ZIPs are unpacked into a private, size-limited staging directory
    before LibHac verifies them. This removes the previous large in-memory path
    and gives verification the same filesystem shape as an extracted package.
  • The firmware control now has separate native choices for ZIP/XCI packages and
    extracted folders, so Finder actually allows a firmware folder to be chosen.
  • Empty packages are rejected before installation. Incomplete archives and
    production keys that do not match the firmware dump now produce a useful
    error instead of exposing a raw filesystem result code.
  • The home carousel no longer feeds card geometry back into its own layout on
    every frame. Native scroll snapping remains, and the card border and playtime
    row now fit fully inside the window.
  • Sol no longer creates a zero-sized Metal drawable during the first launcher
    layout pass.
  • Launch and stop transitions now clamp transient layout sizes, leave macOS in
    charge of fullscreen presentation flags, and use a fresh Metal surface for
    every emulation session.
  • Rapid controller movement no longer feeds Sol's launcher observer while a
    game is running. Late callbacks are discarded, launcher navigation resumes
    from a fresh controller baseline, and repeated or missed keyboard edges can
    no longer leave movement held after the key is released.
  • The game document types now declare Sol as a Viewer, removing the Launch
    Services warning in packaged builds.

Firmware and production keys must come from the user's own console and should
be dumped from the same system state. Sol does not download either one.

Still a developer preview

The DMG remains ad-hoc signed and is not notarized. DLSM remains unavailable in
normal public launches while its experimental modes continue developer testing.

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