Mandarine-Neo 1.3.0

New changes

Note: This release is minimal on purpose, I need to gather feedback as in to what direction this project should go. This release was just meant to get Mandarine back into it's feet after almost a year.

• externals: Updated all dependencies
  • All externals have been updated to their latest commits, Azahar submodules are used when possible.
• android: Remove entry for favorites in game filter list

Unreleased changes after the 1.2.1 release in 'legacy' branch

Universal

• Added "Small Screen Position" feature
• memory: Cache last physical memory pointer & plgldr fix
• renderer: Add disable right eye performance hack
• Use NEON intrinsics in Vec4 dot operation
• Improved realtime audio implementation

PC

• mandarine_qt: Allow to set server address on room_create
• nandarine_qt: Switch to GetUserDefaultUILanguage to fetch active display language on Windows
• Revert "PC: Fix SDL2 linking library, minimun GLES is 3.2 and add more options to QT"
• Bring back SDL2 support

Android

• Conditional display for ticks and frame limit settings
• Implement GPU driver importing support
• Make shortcut name and icon customizable
• Add uninstall game and open folder options
• Remove SearchFragment and redesign GameFragment
• Refactor SetupFragment to support multiple page buttons
• Fix keyboard crash
• Implement play time tracking
• Add game thumbnail to EmulationFragment menu drawer
• Improve FPS overlay (now it has way more options)
• Fix pause icon on resume when re-opening the app
• Fix controllers opening nav drawer even after being bound to a hotkey
• Add favorites game selection

Mandarine 1.2.1

Notable changes

• Add screen orientation presets to layout settings on Android @kleidis
• Fix a few strings on android that weren't modified properly previously
• Fix cherry-picking mistake for Swedish translations

Mandarine 1.2

Notable changes

• core: Drop the SDL Frontend @OpenSauce04
• Add Android 15 support, fixed Android 15 errors, update libadrenotools @jarrodnorwell
• gl_stream_buffer: optimize OpenGL buffer handling @weihuoya
• Update mandarine.6 man page @rtiangha
• key: fix aes keys split not working correctly @jarrodnorwell
• Update to QT 6.8.1 @rtiangha / @kleidis
• Android: Add a desc for d-pad axises @DavidRGriswold
• android: Add game shortcuts to about game dialog @kleidis / @OpenSauce04 / @Ishan09811
• video_core: Implement Vulkan SPIR-V Optimization on Desktop OSes @litucks
• externals: tracy v0.11.1 custom ver. @rtiangha
• android: Implement multiple game folder support @Ishan09811 / @kleidis
• android: Add multiplayer support @kleidis / @Gamer64ytb
• Add Swedish translation to PC builds @yeager

Mandarine 1.1

• PC: Changed how pausing the emulator is handled to allow frame (@OpenSauce04)
• Android: Implemented custom layout customization GUI (@DavidRGriswold)
• Code/CI: Update to Clang 18
• PC: Flatpak shortcut creation fixes (@OpenSauce04, this for future flatpak implementation)
• externals: update submodules
• shader_jit_a64: Optimize conditional tests (@Wunkolo)
• Android: Some UI rebrands
• Android: Fix padding if settings UI is too small
• PC: Numerous fixes for hotkey shortcuts (@OpenSauce04)
• qt: Fix default language not being set to the main one the system uses (@kleidis)
• Android: Add static theme option (@kleidis)
• GSP_GPU: Do not always debug GXCommandProcessed on TriggerCmdReqQueue
• gradle: update some dependencies
• PC: Rebrand Report Compatibility to Report Issues
• Android: Implement support for automatic resolution scale
• Android & PC: Rebrand Custom CPU Ticks names (A config reset is suggested here)
• Android & PC: Add Steps per hour system setting (@szdarkhack)
• vk_stream_buffer: Refactor Vulkan stream buffer memory type selection (@i0x404)
• act: Add more command names and implement GetErrorCode (@DaniElectra)
• core: Remove some usages of global system instace by PLGLDR port (@raphaelthegreat)
• Android & PC: Added Reverse Side by Side Sterioscopic 3D mode (@OpenSauce04)
• Android: Fix pause emulator button crashing the emulator
• shader_jit_a64: Compact host executable memory (@Wunkolo)
• Code: Apply another minimal updates and improvements

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Android multiplayer is actually being worked on (WIP). If you wanna help, check multiplayer branch.

Mandarine 1.0

Things that are from Citra Enhanced:

• Android: Rework settings UI (@Ishan09811)
• Android: Implement oboe audio backend
• Android: Implement touch opacity controls
• Android: Implement invididual button scaling (@gperrio)
• Android: Implement haptic feedback support (@gperrio)
• Android & PC: Switched Anaglyph shader technique from Dubois to Rendepth (@cybereality)
• Android & PC: Migrate to tracy profiler from Microprofile (@raphaelthegreat)
• PC: Disable accurate mul by default
• Android & PC: Backport Skip Slow Draw, Skip Texture Copy and Skip CPU Write hacks from Citra MMJ (@weihuoya)
• Android/ARM64: Optimize AreQuaternionsOpposite (@weihuoya)
• Android & PC: Implement priority boost starved threads hack (known as Priority Boost Hack)
• Android: Implement swap screens hotkey (@gperrio)
• Android & PC: Restore Frame Skip functionality (with some help of @rtiangha)
• Android: Implement Adreno GPU Boost (@Ishan09811)
• Android & PC: Implement Realtime audio
• Android & PC: Implement reduce downcount slice (based on @weihuoya cpu usage limit hack)
• renderer_vulkan: Initial vertex-shader SPIR-V generation (@Wunkolo)
• android: Add button dpad bindings (@OpenSauce04)
• Android: Implement RAM usage counter into FPS counter (@Ishan09811)
• android: Gamepads can now control the in-game menu (@OpenSauce04)
• citra_qt: Add support for favorites, desktop shortcuts, and play time tracking (@FearlessTobi)
• PC: Better game titles on the window and Discord RPC (@BlurrySquire)
• PC: Implement Layout settings tab and support (@blakbin)
• glsl_fs_shader_gen: Use a better way to discard GasMode
• Android: Implement About Game Dialog (@Ishan09811)
• Android: fix non runtime runnable settings bugs (@Ishan09811)

Things that are new on Mandarine rebrand:

• Skip Slow Draw, Skip Texture Copy and Skip CPU Write hacks got rebranded to Force Hardware Vertex Shaders, Disable Surface Texture Copy and Disable Flush CPU Write.
• New options got reordered and positioned on better sites.
• Fixed all graphic issues of frameskip
• memory.cpp: Fix a minor memory leak
• Android: Replace company with game region for card game
• PC: Implement emulator data migration functionality + prompt (@OpenSauce04)
• Android: Implement Expand to Display Cutout option
• Android: Re-implement ForegroundService
• oboe_sink: Set AudioApi to OpenSLES and minor improvements
• externals: Massive submodule updates (vulkan headers, glslang, libadrenotools...)
• pica_types: Correctly restrict Float<M, E> precision (@vitor-k)
• Another minor improvements and cleanups