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@stephenjayakar stephenjayakar released this 16 Sep 01:45
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FE8 Extended Frontend 0.2.0

This beta release adds Windows x64 support alongside macOS and Linux.

Changes

  • Add a portable Windows executable with statically linked SDL2, FreeType,
    zlib, and the Visual C++ runtime.
  • Add a PowerShell build script and Windows CI, including the full unit-test
    suite and command-line startup check.
  • Build Windows releases from a Mac through GitHub Actions, with no local
    Windows toolchain required.
  • Fix static mGBA compile definitions for consumers, use C11 for the tests,
    and make large test fixtures work with Windows' default stack size.

Downloads

  • Windows x64: Extract the ZIP. From PowerShell in the extracted directory,
    run ./bin/fe8-mgba-sdl.exe --rom 'C:/Games/fireemblem8.gba'.
    Add --save 'C:/Games/fireemblem8.sav' and
    --quick-state 'C:/Games/fireemblem8.ss' for explicit save paths.
  • macOS arm64: Apple Silicon application with its SDL runtime bundled.
    Extract the ZIP and move the app to Applications. Ad-hoc signed, not notarized.
  • Linux x86-64: Built on Ubuntu 24.04. Install runtime dependencies with
    sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0 libfreetype6 fonts-dejavu-core zlib1g, then
    run ./fe8-mgba-sdl --rom /path/to/game.gba from a graphical desktop.
  • Source with mGBA: Includes the pinned emulator source and the frontend's
    build-time compatibility fix. Upstream cinema test fixtures are omitted.
  • SHA256SUMS.txt: SHA-256 checksums for the four downloads.

Scope

Windows uses the SDL game window and desktop Armory. The native game library,
settings menus, and OpenGL shader presets remain macOS-only. Extended rendering
and Armory support depend on the ROM profile. ROMs and save files are not included;
gameplay validation of the Windows build still requires a user-supplied ROM.

mGBA is pinned to afd6f14eaf8bd35214ed3fb9dc69a92bfc3877a9.

Full changelog: v0.1.0...v0.2.0

Validation

The release builds passed all 32 Windows tests, 34 macOS tests, and 32 Linux tests, plus platform packaging and command-line startup checks. The downloaded Windows executable was also launched successfully and depends only on Windows system DLLs. The downloaded macOS package reports version 0.2.0 and includes both SDL2 and SDL3 runtimes.

Built from commit fe85b237b68604ccd840dd1595d923eb35b64b6c by release build 35045036514.

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