Redream 1.5.0

1.5.0

• Added
  • Disc swap support.
  • Redump BIN/CUE support.
  • Widescreen hack support.
  • Codebreaker cheat support.
  • Raspberry Pi 4 support.
  • HLE BIOS font support.
  • Exclusive fullscreen support.
  • High DPI support on Windows and Mac.
  • Nintendo Switch controller support.
  • PowerVR trilinear filtering support.
  • PowerVR secondary accumulation buffer support.
  • PowerVR parameter selection modifier volume support.
  • Register aliasing support to improve ARM32 register allocations.
• Changed
  • Numerous CPU and GPU performance improvements as a result of the Pi bringup.
  • Removed GL_ARB_fragment_shader_interlock dependency for per-pixel sorting.
  • Ignore removable media drives on Windows which have no disk in them.
  • Librray scanning responsiveness improved for large libraries.
  • Library scanning is now limited to a single worker thread.
  • Filter out noisy axes when catching key binds.
• Fixed
  • Major HLE BIOS refactor, fixed all known incompatibilities.
  • Refactored renderer to support rendering shadows before fog.
  • Video output only filling half the screen in some PAL games.
  • Video output flickering over component in some PAL games.
  • Codebreaker main menu not rendering.
  • Langrisser Millenium main menu not rendering.
  • NFL 2K/2K2 field textures not blending correctly.
  • NFL Blitz 2001 shadows not blending correctly.
  • NHL 2K2 ice appearing black.
  • Real Sound framebuffer vertical bands.
  • World Series Baseball 2K2 blurry textures.
  • V-Rally 2 main menu flickering.
  • Numerous AICA stream fixes.
  • Missing CDDA music in a few games.
  • Decoding of ADPCM audio to be bit-perfect.
  • Sega Bass Fishing audio going off the rails.
  • Capcom Fighting Collection hanging on boot.
  • Fast Striker crashing at the end of level 1.
  • Gundam Side Story crashing during third mission.
  • Tech Romancer crashing after a few rounds.
  • Library scanning not working with exFAT drives.

1.4.0

• Added
  • New app icon.
  • New animated background in user interface.
  • PowerVR DMA support (Sonic Shuffle, Simple2000 Series).
  • PowerVR fog support.
  • 32-bit support for Android.
  • GL ES 3.x support for Android.
  • AArch32 and AArch64 JITs for Android.
  • Built in fps counter.
  • Automatic frame skipping.
  • Reset binds option in input menu.
  • Support for Nintendo Switch Joy Cons.
  • Automatic library directory scanning.
  • Touch screen suppport.
  • Virtual gamepad input device.
  • Save state support.
• Changed
  • Mac builds are now distributed as app bundles.
  • Mac builds now write out internal files to ~/Library/Application Support/redream.
  • Make options save before shutting down in the off-chance that there's a crash during shutdown.
  • Improved per-strip accuracy.
  • Optimized texture conversion routines.
  • Lowered per-pixel requirement to GL 4.3+ / GL ES 3.2+.
  • Improved framebuffer presentation accuracy and raw framebuffer write detection.
  • Numerous rendering performance improvements as a result of Android optimizations.
  • Improved AMD rendering performance when using per-pixel sorting. RX 480 at 1440p x 64 layers improved from ~50 fps to ~190 fps in Sonic Adventure main menu.
  • Avoid persisting the pc to the context as frequently.
  • Avoid persisting the cycle count to the context as frequently.
  • Avoid unnecessary page permission changes when applying memory watches.
  • Inline hot MMIO paths.
  • Inline constants during code compilation.
  • Added constant materialization optimization pass.
  • Reduce register pressure in MACL / MACW operations.
  • Use floating-point instructions for floating-point data transfers to reduce redundant SH4 context accesses.
  • Run at a fixed 60hz in the UI.
  • Improved indexing of disc box art.
  • Raised maximum input devices to 32.
  • Refactored virtual memory system to work with only a 29-bit address space.
  • Filter out single-session CDIs in the UI which require a boot disc to use.
  • Improved frame pacing and performance by tightening up the audio and video sync.
  • Turbo button is now a toggle.
• Fixed
  • SLEEP instruction not waking correctly (Psyvariar 2, Shikigami no Shiro II).
  • Linux build unnecessarily linking with optional libraries (libXinerama, etc).
  • Linux build using the incorrect directory for internal files when using a symlink.
  • Mac build flashing on startup when fullscreen.
  • More robust self-modifying code detection (Shenmue, Shenmue II).
  • More robust culling of degenerate vertices (Wacky Races, Soul Calibur, Headhunter).
  • Artifacts along the 1-pixel edge of the viewport in some games.
  • Garbage data outside of the viewport in games attempting to compensate for overscan.
  • Numerous HLE BIOS issues (MSR, 2K sports games).
  • Corrected TOC for GDI and CHD disc images, fixes missing audio tracks in BIOS music player (MDK2).
  • Crash when the texture cache reset mid-game in libraries with more than 512 games.
  • Incorrect polygon winding for background plane (MDK2).
  • Geist Force hanging during intro.
  • Jet Set Radio crashing during graffiti free paint.
  • Pro Pinball Trilogy hanging on boot.
  • Monaco Grand Prix hang on startup.
  • NHL 2K2 hanging in the main menu.
  • NHL 2K2 pause menu rendering.
  • Slave Zero failing to boot.
  • Toe Jam and Earl crash on startup.
  • Audio clicking in Sonic Adventure menus.
  • Music in MDK2 and Stupid Invaders not playing.
  • Music in Maken X cutting out during intro and beeping.
  • Music in Walt Disney World Quest not pausing in menus.
  • Music in Test Drive Le Mans going off the rails after ~10 minutes of play.