RetroArch News

We're happy to announce that bsnes has been added to RetroArch Steam as core DLC!

This DLC includes two cores, bsnes and bsnes hd beta. The difference between the two is that bsnes hd beta also includes experimental widescreen, gradient and windowing features added by DerKoun, who also originated the HD Mode 7 effects included in mainline bsnes"

A ninjafix release was just pushed for RetroArch 1.9.13. This overwrites the current 1.9.13 build. Download it here.

The main reason for this was that the overlays had been changed in 1.9.13. This would lead to many people’s existing overlay config files being broken due to the paths no longer working. So we changed it back to defaults. We apologize for the inconvenience. For example, because of this, the default overlay for Android would fail to start, and some overlays for 3DS would fail to show up.

Several Cheevos-related fixes have also been pushed.

Changes
ANDROID/PLAYSTORE: Implement MANAGE_EXTERNAL_STORAGE permission
ANDROID/PLAYSTORE: Bump up SDK level to 30 to comply with Play Store policies
CHEEVOS: Fix need-to-activate achievement logic for non-hardcore
CHEEVOS: Don’t queue rewind re-init if already on main thread
CHEEVOS: Ignore unofficial achievements unless setting is enabled
NETPLAY: Networking – should not print country for a local lobby
NETPLAY: Add Text Chat functionality
OVERLAYS: Revert changes
VIDEO/ROTATION: Always return false if rotation can’t occur.
RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_ROTATION should return false when rotation has been forcefully disabled in frontend, that way the core can decide if aspect ratio should be rotated or not for vertical games. Useful for FBNeo for instance.
WIIU: Make wiiu_gfx_load_texture code safer

The submission process is taking a while, but we are happy to report that the following core DLCs have now been added for use with RetroArch Steam:

• BlastEm
• Snes9x
• Desmume
• Nestopia
• Flycast
• PPSSPP

Enjoy!

Should fix several RetroAchievements-related isssues that were plaguing 1.9.13.

CHEEVOS: Fix need-to-activate achievement logic for non-hardcore
CHEEVOS: Don't queue rewind re-init if already on main thread
CHEEVOS: Ignore unofficial achievements unless setting is enabled
VIDEO/ROTATION: Always return false if rotation can't occur. RETRO_ENVIRONMENT_SET_ROTATION should return false when rotation has been forcefully disabled in frontend, that way the core can decide if aspect ratio should be rotated or not for vertical games. Useful for FBNeo for instance.