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FE8 Extended Frontend 0.2.2

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@stephenjayakar stephenjayakar released this 10 Oct 14:57
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0.2.2

New mouse pointer

  • The blue tactician pointer is replaced by a white pixel-art arrow with a dark
    plum outline that stays readable over grass, plains, forests and menus.
  • The pointer is half its former size and is drawn at full display resolution,
    so it stays sharp on Retina and other high-DPI displays. It is the same size
    on the map, in menus and in dialogue, and no longer grows with map zoom.
  • Mouse Cursor Sprite by Squidjees on Fire Emblem Universe.

macOS interface polish

  • Redesigned game library with a toolbar, an empty-library drop target, last
    played and save status per game, and Show Saves in Finder.
  • Settings are organized into General, Video, Controls and Hotkeys tabs.
  • A View menu holds the extended-renderer toggle, video shader presets and
    Adjust Shader…, which tunes the active preset's parameters live.

Downloads

  • Windows x64: Extract the ZIP and open bin/fe8-mgba-sdl.exe, then add
    your own .gba ROM and choose Play.
  • 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.
  • SHA256SUMS.txt: SHA-256 checksums for the four downloads.

No ROMs or game assets are included.

Release checks passed: Windows 34/34, macOS 34/34, Linux 32/32 tests; packaged executable startup checks passed on all three platforms.

Full changelog: v0.2.1...v0.2.2