spice2x-24-12-06

Help needed with testing

This release has some potentially risky changes. If you see anything wrong, especially in regards to how ifs_layeredfs works or how card readers work, please file a bug.

HID Card reader improvements (ACR122U)

• New card scanner section in Cards tab
  • UI specifically written for testing NFC readers, CardIO, SpiceAPI readers, etc.
• Add -scardfix option for converting NFC cards into E00401 format
  • If you have "incompatible" NFC cards that previously did not get recognized in games, you can try using this - MIFARE cards, pre-Amusement IC cards like old Bandai Namco cards, old blue Nesica cards, etc.
  • This is off by default due to compatibility risk!
  • You can also forcibly convert FeliCa cards into E00401 format to make them compatible with older games by setting -scardfix all.
• Fix cards being rejected for no reason if it started with 63...
• Card reader changes contributed by bicarus.

Other fixes

• Remove seldom used features (VR, Lua scripting, layeredfs, KFControl)
  • This is a breaking change that removes some features. Please see #242 for details.
  • If you were relying on the built-in layeredfs for mods, please install the latest ifs_layeredfs instead !!!
• Add system information logging on boot
  • The goal is to add some information about the user's PC for better troubleshooting, since a LOT of problems come from hybrid GPU laptops, too many monitors, weak GPUs, etc. Think of this as a minimal version of dxdiag.
  • log.txt will now dump OS version, GPU, monitors, and information from SMBIOS table, in addition to the existing CPU information. You can hide this with -sysdump none if you want.
  • HID devices dump is now off by default.
  • -sysdump changes contributed by bicarus.

Minor fixes

• Print out winhttp errors in the patches tab #241
• Rename tdjcam to camhook
• Avoid logging expanded %appdata% paths in logging
• Tone down severity of some SDVX warning messages (about built in patches for old versions)