Version 2.7.0

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Commits from v2.6.2 to v2.7.0

Andrew Mickelson (51 commits)

• Update to version 2.7.0
• [MacOS X] work on github action to build Mac package on release
• Various fixes for font handling / font and language selection
• Update extlibs/nowide to v.11.2.0
• Retired the Reflect and Particle Animation layouts from the main project
• Removed deprecated libavresample
• Fix incorrect bounds check
• Fixes for filters based on playcount, playtime, file availability - correctly update filter list after playing a game if list is sorted on playcount or playtime, including by repositioning current selection if necessary - switch statistics to be kept per game and emulator instead of per game and romlist - added lazier loading of play stats, only load them if/when necessary
• Small fixes for attracman and orbit layouts
• Update stb_image to 2.28
• Fix for github workflow
• Update to expat 2.5.0
• Fixed aspect ratio on filter grid and grid layouts
• Added default background for Orbit layout
• Updates to Attrac-Man and Orbit sample layouts
• Fix display of some videos after last commit
• Remove mamedb scraper source (dead URL)
• Issue #720 - Try to fix video crashing
• [Linux] Issue #713 - Fix compile on Ubuntu Bionic
• Issue #717 - plugged some memory leaks
• Small fix to last commit
• [linux] added missing error handling for X11 window initialization
• added release.yml
• Use standard c++11 threads and mutexes
• Start using c++11, update makefile to use CPPFLAGS,CXXFLAGS
• Update stb_image.h to 2.27
• [linux] keep full screen as the default window mode on linux
• Fix NO_SWF=1 compile, lazy init image loader thread
• Remove swf dependency from fe_base
• [linux] Change _WM_STATE flags set in 'Fillscreen' mode on X11
• Use backward-cpp for a stack trace if we crash
• Fixed Back button behaviour when 'groups clones' is on
• Added "Group Clones" feature, which groups all clones in one list entry
• Fix various errors/issues detected by cppcheck
• Update nowide to version 11.1.3
• Fix compile with NO_SWF=1
• Update to miniz 2.2.0
• Update to expat 2.2.6
• Only use const AVCodec where AVFORMAT version >= 59.0.100
• [windows] removed attract-console.exe from the windows package
• Update src/media.cpp to use modern FFmpeg API

cmitu (1 commits)

• makefile: add back the additional CXX flags
• Fix build with USE_DRM=1

Cristi Mitrana (1 commits)

• Fix build with USE_DRM=1

Darrell Blake (1 commits)

• Fix for cross-platform mxe build.

Davide Cavalca (2 commits)

• Fix string out of bounds access issue
• Fix build issue with recent ffmpeg

Matthew Barnes (2 commits)

• Run exit_command at end of main()
• Fix exit codes for some command-line options

Michael.S.G (6 commits)

• Ignore EOF on do_flush
• Resolve Lintian warnings
• Resolve Lintian description warning
• Define Debian format 3.0 (native)
• Change libavresample-dev to libswresample-dev
• Include libxrandr-dev in Build-Depends

spilinek (2 commits)

• Support roms in subdirectories
• Fix video related crashes

Version 2.6.2

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Commits from v2.6.1 to v2.6.2

Andrew Mickelson (20 commits)

• Update to version 2.6.2
• [linux] fixed window mode strech, fixed crash with no xinerama
• Issue #678 - Fix for search bug submitted by Yaron2019
• Reset the internal path cache when images/videos are scraped
• Switched background image loading off by default, fixed bugs
• Fix compile for certain libavutil versions, fixed compiler warnings
• Issue #179 - Added background image loading, image caching
• Don't present user with config options that are unsupported on their system
• Separate FeWindow from the underlying sf::RenderWindow
• Added ability to clear any default shaders that are presently loaded
• Updated swf code to release its sf::Context when swf no longer in use
• Issue #605 - fix for titles that contain semicolons ";"
• [Windows] Issue #610 - Fixed loading defailt config with unicode path
• Issue #614 - fix back to back transitions (startupmode=display_menu)
• [linux] Added support for running with DRM/KMS instead of X11
• Changes to avoid initializing OpenGL at global scope before main()
• Issue #602 - fix last artwork being shown when file is missing
• Cache artwork paths

arzoo1 (1 commits)

• Update LEDBlinky.nut

Chase Cobb (1 commits)

• Adding mmal support for Pi 4 (#618)

CommanderCoder (1 commits)

• Generating a Romlist on Mac was causing problems because it added 'pause_hotkey' with the marquee path to the emulator config file. (#615)

Keil Miller Jr (4 commits)

• Minor edits
• Added Shuffle module
• Added MAME tags
• Added core module

Ken Luo (1 commits)

• Add Traditional Chinese translation

michaelem (1 commits)

• Document all Alignments available in ListBox (#609)

Radek Dutkiewicz (13 commits)

• Fixed crash on PI4
• Fixed travis error and updated Compile.md
• Fixed FPS graph not hiding on pressing the hotkey
• ScreenRefreshRate cont.
• Added 2 new properties for surfaces + FPSMonitor optimization
• Temporary debug logs
• Reimplemented ScreenRefreshRate
• Added ScreenRefreshRate global variable
• FPS Monitor Fix
• Added Power Saving toggle
• Fixed frame delay on nested surfaces

Willems Davy (1 commits)

• mmal hw video decoding error detection and reverting to software if error occured (#627)

Version 2.6.1

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Commits from v2.6.0 to v2.6.1

Andrew Mickelson (9 commits)

• Bump to version 2.6.1
• Fix joystick guard test
• Fix thegamesdb.net scraping, scrape ratings
• Issue #586 - fix EndNavigation transition when signal handled by script
• Issue #586 - trigger Transition.EndNavigation with fe.signal()
• Issue #579 - added Series, Language, Region and Rating fields
• Issue #566 - Fixed regression caused by 7dc5c88
• Added the 'sample_aspect_ratio' property to Image objects in scripts.

Radek Dutkiewicz (2 commits)

• FPSMonitor and font loading fix (#572)
• Fixed Layouts.md formatting (#589)

Version 2.6.0

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Commits from v2.5.1 to v2.6.0

Andrew Mickelson (21 commits)

• Bump version to 2.6
• Issue #582 - Fix layout freezing after a month of inactivity
• Small refactor of code for getting artwork images
• Fixed problematic usage of c_str();
• Issue #558 - Added ability to get sort value with fe.game_info()
• Issue #566 - fix filter info update when display changes
• Improved error status checking for thegamesdb.net scraping
• Fix compile if libcurl not found
• Issue #531 - fix linux packaging typo (libcurl3 -> libcurl4)
• Issue #538 - update compile instructions with curl (windows cross-compile)
• Issue #532 - Initial work to update scraper to new thegamesdb.net API
• minor re-arrange to minimize windows.h header includes
• Issue #534 - Fixed magic tokens returning incorrect result
• The play state of swf files can now be controlled from a script using the video_playing property
• Speed up swf rendering by reusing a single OpenGL context
• fe.get_art() now returns fallback artwork from the layout (if present)
• Fix crash when error encounterd in the 'script.nv' file
• Refactor window creation and fix black screen on launch
• Include OpenGL version information with 'attract --version' command
• Fixed crash for certain invalid attract.cfg settings
• [Windows] fix a hang when returning from emulator (w/ Intel graphics)

Keil Miller (2 commits)

• Scrape "buttons" elements from hyperspin .xml (#563)
• Added Transition.EndNavigation trigger (#567)

Radek Dutkiewicz (16 commits)

• Fixed reggression in video rendering framerates on Nvidia (#552)
• Additional window modes fixes (#551)
• Fixed low framerate on AMD cards (#550)
• Improved decoding quality of videos with non 1:1 pixel aspect ratio (#548)
• Added Nvidia profile management with optimizations (#529)
• Fixed for windowed modes being rendered at desktop resolution (#528)
• Increased video timeout to 5 seconds (#546)
• Updated manifest for multi monitor mode (#526)
• Fixed compiler errors on non Windows builds
• Replaced Windows version check with macros
• Additional fixes
• Fixed black screen in fullscreen mode on game launch
• Fixed high CPU on video playback and video freezing after resuming from sleep (#520)
• Updated nowide to fix crashing on Windows (#523)
• Layout offset on rotation fix (#512)
• Added new fe_text property msg_wrapped (#507)

Version 2.5.1

Changelog

Commits from v2.5.0 to v2.5.1

Andrew Mickelson (3 commits)

• Version 2.5.1
• Issue #499 - Fixed to show empty space when image/artwork fails to load
• Small style updates to PR501

Radek Dutkiewicz (5 commits)

• Fix for textures loosing smoothing (#506)
• Redraw surfaces fix (#504)
• nowide typo fix (#502)
• Fixed SWF BlendMode
• Fixed SWF regression on SFML 2.5.0

Version 2.5

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Commits from v2.4.1 to v2.5.0

Andrew Mickelson (27 commits)

• Bump to version 2.5.0
• Issue #481: Allow use of any of the 'magic tokens' in emulator arguments
• Fix some compile warnings
• Optimization for quicker artwork loading
• [Windows] extra measures to stop losing foreground focus
• [Windows] Issue #482 - Fix for unicode filenames in squirrel standard lib
• Added "Please Wait" message
• [Windows] Fix handling of unicode characters in filenames
• Added fe.get_text() function for getting translated strings from a script
• Switched to use libcurl for network scraping (#486)
• Fixed pause on raspberry pi
• Added Pause Emulator functionality (#479)
• [linux] Always close frontend window when launching from fullscreen mode linux
• Issue #334 - removed git dependency from Makefile
• [Windows] make output from fe.plugin_command() consistent with Linux/OS X
• Issues #379, #248 - Fix to allow user to escape hung artwork scraping
• Added ChangedTag transition when a game is faved or tagged
• Update expat xml parser to version 2.2.6 (#480)
• Issue #472 - Added setting to control pointer moving on emu launch
• Issue # 325 - tweaked selection acceleration, added the "selection_max_step" option to attract.cfg
• Issue #471 - fix scraping of overview info (blank entries)

Keil Miller (1 commits)

• Display link typo resolved (#485)

Matthew Barnes (1 commits)

• Add 'Exit Message' option to General settings (#363)

Radek Dutkiewicz (2 commits)

• Added Overlay.Favourite command to Transition.ShowOverlay (#484)
• Added BlendMode.Subtract, fixed line endings in default shader files (#477)

xin (1 commits)

• Improve french translation (#495)

Version 2.4.1

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Commits from v2.4.0 to v2.4.1

Andrew Mickelson (21 commits)

• Bump to version 2.4.1
• Added log message when frontend unexpectedly loses focus
• Added code to handle mame/mess media types during first run autoconfiguration
• Misc. code cleanup (removed unused variables, etc)
• Issue #282 - fixed mapped keys from working when frontend doesn't have focus
• Switch behaviour of "Fillscreen mode" to a true borderless window (#467)
• Added bound check (+ correction) for video pts
• Improved frame skipping for videos
• Fix 'non-blocking mode wait' when game has multiple loading screens
• Fix sound handling when interrupted by game launch
• Updated setting of hwaccel in FFmpeg. Added videotoolbox for Mac OS X
• Issue #459 - fixed listbox selection background fading/colour setting

progets (1 commits)

• RocketLauncher plugin (#470) - Written by ArcadeBliss

Radek Dutkiewicz (1 commits)

• Added manifest to windows build (#461)

Version 2.4

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Commits from v2.3.0 to v2.4.0

Andrew Mickelson (50 commits)

• Bump to version 2.4
• [windows] combine attract.exe and attract-console.exe into the same package
• Issue #401 - Implement proposed changes to zorder behaviour (#408)
• Reduce unnecessary redrawing on some layouts
• Issue #391 - store overview information by emulator
• Issue #456 - properly reset layout state when new layout configured
• Added .travis.yml
• Issue #455 - fix handling of menu artwork
• Issue #454 - fixed thegamesdb.net scraping (url changed)
• Issue #452, #446 - fix compile on old SFML version
• Issue #444 - added "Layout Options" to go straight to layout configuration
• Various changes to merge oomek-fixes branch, including fix_filters() bugfix
• [linux] Issue #393 - fix handling of single quotes and related commandline parameter issues
• Fix compile on older SFML versions after Text .spacing parameter changes
• Fix whitespace and reordering
• Issue #440 - attempt to prevent reported file lockup on missing artwork
• [Windows] enabled d3d11 hwaccel decode option, if available
• Issue #436 - allow user to select which layout.nut file to use from Layout config
• Update Layouts.md for the blend_mode changes
• Added config file parameter output to debug logging
• Added support for "per display" layout parameters.
• Minor fixes to android build, "edit game" option
• [linux] default to "fullscreen mode" window mode
• Don't use network scraping when doing automatic import at startup
• removed stray debug message
• Automatically import emulators that are detected on startup
• Autodetect emulators and generate emulator templates on first run
• Issue #400 - reduce CPU usage when idle
• Issue #407 - fixed fe.Image.video_playing attribute
• Added ability use emulator templates when adding a new emulator
• [linux] enabled exit hotkeys when in fullscreen mode, added debug logging for window creation/destruction
• Made wheel fadeout time configurable for hyperspin-based layouts
• Added fe.path_test() command for layout/plugin scripts
• Relabelled and reworked the 'minimum_wait_time' emulator setting
• Changed scummvm info_source to only use 'scummvm -t' output
• [linux] added VDPAU hwaccel support and fixes for VAAPI
• Added android readme, minor updates to compile.md and gameswf compile
• Fix compile on MacOS Sierra
• [android] initial addition of experimental android support
• Added support for touch events if provided by SFML (swipe, tap)
• Added fe_file.cpp to load images, fonts, sounds through a file stream
• Fix window focus detection when min_run_time is set
• Issue #388 - fix compile on Ubuntu 14.04
• Issue #385 - fix recent compile fix for older versions of avcodec
• Fix compile with NO_MOVIE=1
• Fix potential race condition in scraper
• Issue #385 - fix compile error on Jessie

Benjamin Hodgetts (1 commits)

• C++11 Syntax Fix

Conn O'Griofa (1 commits)

• RPI: update for new vendor library names & add Mesa VC4 override

Florian (5 commits)

• Update Dolphin config (#417)
• Update Ubuntu version (#416)
• [linux] Update version number and icon path (#414)
• debian/install - Copy single files first (#415)
• Updated Compile.md for a Command line error + Detail (#425)

Keil Miller Jr (1 commits)

• Buttons scraped with newer mame.xml file

mbalfour (1 commits)

• Improve Multi Monitor support (#405) and fix NES romlist crash

Radek Dutkiewicz (15 commits)

• New text alignment modes (#448)
• Added list_size property to fe.ListBox
• Fixed Fill Screen window offset, update
• Fixed Fill Screen window offset
• Fixed back buffer blinking on game launch
• Blend mode refactoring
• Whitespace cleanup
• Added a folder with default shaders for each blend mode
• Blend modes improvements
• Sorting fixes
• Fixed borderless window size
• added blend modes to fe.Image
• Added .spacing parameter to fe.Text
• Added .mipmap parameter to fe.Image
• Fixed video restarting after setting video_playing = false (#411)

Version 2.3

Changelog

Commits from v2.2.1 to v2.3.0

Andrew Mickelson (47 commits)

• Bump to version 2.3
• Added --loglevel and --logfile commandline options
• [Windows] Switched Attract-Mode to a Windows GUI app
• Issue #381 - fixed crash when using Shader.Empty
• Joystick mapping must now be done manually from Config->Controls->Joystick Mappings
• Fix handling of conflicting input mappings in configuration mode
• [rpi] Removed assumption that rasberry pi always uses GLES
• Initial addition of Direct X Video Acceleration (Windows) and VAAPI (Linux) support
• Issue #372 - Added plugin to change display on joystick input
• [Attrac-Man] Fixed ghost and player UI movement around the "Ghost House"
• Update look of Attrac-Man layout
• Updated config so that Joystick slots can be mapped to specific named devices
• added "Insert Game" command
• Added UI functionality to edit shortcuts
• Only use CRC matching on rom 10 megs or less when scraping
• Initial support for shortcut navigation and multiple level menus
• Tweak to 7a7afa5 to fix last launch saving
• Added some missing bound checks when loading state
• [linux] Issue #343 - don't leave zombies when exit hotkey is used
• Disable further FE navigation when launch game sound is playing
• Issue #333 - don't replay launch sound if in the process of launching a game
• Added nomargin Text attribute to layout documentation
• Issue #329 - smarter redrawing of surfaces
• Fixed multimonitor bug (Fix provided by Mike Balfour)
• Update Attrac-Man layout to use artwork fades
• Enable animated gifs
• [windows] Fix "Fill Screen Mode" on Win10
• [linux] Issue #318 - fix compile on Linux with older SFML versions
• [linux] reduced delay when launching emulator in "Fullscreen Mode"
• [windows] Issue #296 - fix for white screen flicker on game launch and exit
• Fix extensions in default dolphin configuration
• [windows] Added NvOptimusEnablement and AmdPowerXpressRequestHighPerformance exports
• The "edit game" action will now edit the display settings when used on the displays menu
• Removed unnecessary video frame queuing, simplifying code
• Added support for CUVID and QSV hardware accelerated video decoding
• Issue #304 - hyperspin overlayoffset fix (patch from joyrider3774)
• Changed sleep timer for smoother animation
• Added scraping of mame artwork from adb.arcadeitalia.net
• Fixed "scrape mamedb.com" and "scrape overview" option loading/saving
• Issue #297 - fix hidden displays causing wrong selection in "displays menu"
• Use mamedb.blu-ferret.co.uk for mamedb scraping
• Updated Italian translation (P. Ghezzo)
• Added screensaver options to run commands when starting or stopping "blank screen" mode
• Fixed key handling to return from screensaver. Fix build with NO_SWF=1 option
• Added blank screen (low power mode) setting to default screensaver.
• Added config option for confirmation prompt on exit

Benjamin Hodgetts (1 commits)

• Save location in the playlist when launching a game

CosmicDan (3 commits)

• "Hide Console" option should only be for Windows (whoops)
• Add $PROGDIR variable/expansion for substituting program directory in path leadings
• Add 'Hide Console' option to General settings

Dat1AZNBanana (1 commits)

• Added more file types for Dolphin roms

djrobx (1 commits)

• Fix bug where wheel doesn't scroll down or right if you move the trackball slowly . (#322)

Ferdinand Thiessen (3 commits)

• Extlibs: Fixed nonvoid function without return value in gameswf. (#321)
• [linux] Added appdata file (#319)
• Makefile: Fix install target for mac and some linux distros

Minjae Song (3 commits)

• Korean localisation

Radek Dutkiewicz (4 commits)

• Fixed bluring of small fonts in X axis when textbox has a fractional width
• Fixed 1 pixel offset
• tp.cpp whitespace cleanup
• fe.Textbox improvements

willems davy (2 commits)

• Try to correct positions for some themes with certain swf artwork
• Fix zorder + implement zorder related below tag

Version 2.2.1

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Commits from v2.2.0 to v2.2.1

Andrew Mickelson (17 commits)

• Bump to version 2.2.1
• [linux] fixes for multimonitor mode with X11
• [rpi] Misc. cleanup of emulation launching on the RPi
• Added a description of the default controls to the readme
• Fix move speed in config menus when key held down
• Fix freetype2 header not found during compile
• [linux] Added --console cmdline option to enable script from console
• Improved combo key handling, added more initial key mappings
• Default "Confirm Favourites" value is now "true"
• Fix audio volume changing for layout sounds after running emulator
• Add cn entry in en.msg
• [windows] fix frontend not giving up focus in fullscreen mode
• [windows] fix 'working directory' setting when running an emulator
• [linux] Smoother transition to emulator from 'fullscreen mode'.
• Added "Working Directory" emulation setting
• Minor reorder of options in the misc. config menu
• Issue #250 - Fix improper handling of "Upos" joystick axis

banemon (1 commits)

• cn.msg

David Gillies (1 commits)

• Create Linux desktop entry

Rene BIGOT (1 commits)

• Support for wheel fade