EmuELEC TESTS

The files included in this repository are meant to be a TEST (beta) version of EmuELEC that might contain erros/bugs/issues!
While we do our best to test every change some changes might break your installation!
DO NOT INSTALL IF YOU DO NOT FEEL COMFORTABLE DEALING WITH POTENTIAL BUGS
For stable releases visit: https://github.com/british-choi/EmuELEC

CHANGELOG

4.6k-TEST-20220715

Based on commit: https://github.com/british-choi/EmuELEC/commit/f603da100288528832ad4234a0de7a41799c5ccc

Way too many changes to list here, please check the commit history: https://github.com/british-choi/EmuELEC/commits/dev

As always before you do anything make sure you have a backup of your settings or SD card

• New image available for older devices s905, s905x, s905(?) you can choose from Amlogic-ng or Amlogic-old but this image is using a very old kernel and some emulators do not work including, duckstation, same_cdi, and probably others. This will hopefully fix issues that many older low end devices have with the Amlogic-ng image.

• New devices supported, Hardkernel Odroid M1 (RK3568) EmuELEC-OdroidM1 are now supported.

• Untested image EmuELEC-OdroidM1

4.4k-TEST-20220217

Based on commit: https://github.com/british-choi/EmuELEC/commit/425e01e85c4da600730bb5647f5310bd4d669ce6

This version will not appear as automatic update as it needs to be thoroughly tested, if you want to test this version you need to manually update it using this method:

• Before you do anything make sure you have a backup of your settings or SD card
• Download and copy the corresponding .tar file as is (do not uncompress it) to the update samba share (using Samba/network shares //EMUELEC/Update or by sftp/winscp /storage/.update) or by copying the file to the .update folder on the EEROMS partition.
• Press "Start" to open the main ES menu. (This can be done before or after updating)
• Navigate to "EMUELEC 설정" -> "위험 구역" -> "EmuELEC 스크립트와 바이너리를 기본으로 초기화"
• The device will reboot, wait for the update to finish.

Please report any bugs/issues to https://github.com/british-choi/EmuELEC/issues

Known Issues under investigation:

• Sometimes the splash screen does not quit, so a reboot is needed

What needs testing:

• General testing for all devices to make sure the new base is working correctly
• Handheld devices, OGA, OGS and RG351P/V for general usage
• Mupen64plus Standalone
• Fbneo Standalone, in Arcade, Mame, NeoCD, fbneo, neogeo
• Yabasanshiro Standalone
• Bluetooth controllers in general as the BT backend was reworked
• Autogamepad configuration for Dolphin, Flycast and ADVMAME

Now for the change log

General:

Huge update to base build system:

• All Amlogic devices now use the same kernel 4.9-19!
• You might notice a bit more performance on some emulators as well usage in general.
• IMPORTANT: S905 (GXBB, p201) for the moment is no longer supported. If you have one of those devices (s905 no letter after the 5) DO NOT UPDATE, stay in 4.3k.

Fixed Bugs:

• One of the most annoying bugs that plagued fbdev with Retroarch was also fixed (Issue #76) fixed in PR mali_fbdev fix for fps drop after egl_destroy (#789) by spleen1981! This means that using retroarch as bootup option is now possible (some small changes need to be done).
• Fixed bluetooth connectivity issues
• Fix zoom not working on manuals
• Fix many external mounting issues
• Backup will now rename the file instead of deleting it after restore.
• Fixed SuperTux and SuperTuxKart data download
• Fixed auto-update would show update available even if there was none.

Additions and other fixes:

• Added WIP Mupen64plus Standalone
• Added fbneo Standalone
• Added Duckstation Standalone
• Added Yabasanshiro Standalone
• Added Blake Stone to ports
• Added iotop
• Added VIM
• Added External Mount settings in ES
• Added option to create key remaps for Advance MAME
• Switch to SDL 2.0.16 for all devices
• Support for Pixelcade (Install script is in Setup)
• Retroachievements encore is now configurable from ES
• Added Enable Integer Overscaling in ES
• Use toggle for fast forward instead of hold
• Add .68k .68K .sgd .SGD to genesis/md
• Added gamepad auto configuration for Dolphin and Flycast EmuELEC/EmuELEC#812 (needs more testing)
• Reworked Advance MAME gamepad auto configuration EmuELEC/EmuELEC#812

And many other changes! for the full list check out the commit history.

4.4k-TEST-20211231

General

• retrorun: Fix that hotkey do not input alone
• Retroarch: Bump to 02898a4 (v1.9.14)
• fbneo: Bump to 73164d2 (support dsno's 20211124 romset)
• mame2003-plus: Bump to 99432c7
• flycast: Bump to e9bc945
• flycastsa: Bump to 0bb6fed
• genesis-plus-gx: bump to 6f782a3
• genesis-plus-gx-wide: Bump to fa71a16
• emuelec-emulationstation: Bump to e0e8d09

Ports Update

• VVVVVV: Bump to a345cf9
• sdlpop: Bump to d7ea0f6
• tyrquake: Bump to 423a217
• cdogs-sdl: Bump to 683b10d (v1.2.0)
• hurrican: Bump to 446b7a1
• nxengine-evo: Bump to e4b46c6
• devilutionX: Bump to a4bc8fe

4.4k-TEST-20211120

General

• Retroarch: Bump to 02898a4 (v1.9.13.2)
• retrorun: Modify OSH PB Controller for RG351P/V
• libgo2: Support Analog stick for RG351P
• emuelec-emulationstation: Bump to de0dbd2
• ap6xxx-aml: Bump to 2b3ff5b
• WIP: Experimental HDD loading retry
• mount_romfs.sh: Fix missing then
• autostart: Mount roms earlier
• emuelec_autostart.sh: Fixed the problem that restore could not be done when using 2nd memory
• Create folders for karaoke, gmloader
• SDL_GameControllerDB: Update SAULABI & DragonRise Inc. joystick DB
• gptokeyb: Bump to 0f10087

Ports Update

• abuse: change source and bump to eaeb893
• devilutionX: Bump to a6f17fe (v1.3.0) with korean font
• VVVVVV: Bump to 0c1f756
• sdlpop: Bump to 6701645
• nxengine-evo: Bump to 1764184
• nxengine: Bump to 3680353
• cdogs-sdl: Bump to 33872a6 (Version 1.1.1)

Core Update

• hypseus-singe: Bump to a40eae9 (v2.6.16)
• Dosbox-svn: bump to 8e70e6e
• dosbox-pure: Bump to 01f2f5f (v0.20)
• pocketcdg: Bump to 6667414
• EasyRPG: Bump to 69aaeb2 (0.7.0 "Sword")
• fbneo: Bump to 5f9836a (support dsno's fbneo 20211027 roms)
• mame2003-plus: Bump to bc21f6a
• pcsx_rearmed: Bump to 9cc1b6c
• prosystem: Bump to f8652c7
• fmsx-libretro: Bump to 01731fc
• gambatte: Bump to b0c79f0
• swanstation: Bump to b6f76ff
• Solarus: Use gptokeyb for control on RG351P/V
• pcsx_rearmed: Bump to 589bd99
• Yabasanshiro: Bump to 2848d50
• flycast: Bump to ae670ea
• ppsspp: Bump to b6e7fe1
• mupen64plus-nx-alt: Bump to 018ee72
• dolphinSA: Bump to 735fd60
• flycastsa: Bump to cc208ce
• Bump some emulators and cores

4.3k-TEST-20210907

• Add Abuse to ports NOTE: WIP controls
• Add Nxengine-evo to ports (support korean language)
• Add Streets of Rage Remake
• Fix Retroarch display of CJK characters
• Fix SFC not scraping
• Updated most emulators and cores
• Create folders for fbneo consoles

Amlogic-ng:

• Add RTL8761 Bluetooth Support (#698)
• Include ssv6xxx-aml drivers

4.3k-TEST-20210825

• Fix Stadia Gamepad. Thanks to amuzulo#1322
• Fix RA uses correct time zone
• Fix issue with lzdoom loading .doom files and sound on mods
• Update some sound packages
• Fix es_systems.cfg: Add extensions to c64/c128 and Amiga (#677)
• Add Cdogs-sdl to ports
• Bump Retroarch to v1.9.8
• Bump fbneo to 8ffe131 (support dsno's korean hack 8/22)
• Bump dosbox-pure to v0.15
• Bump devilutionX to 966cae8
• Bump VVVVVV to 749a885
• Bump mame2003-plus to d7dd8e7
• Bump neocd_libretro to 323f102

4.3k-TEST-20210801

• Fix create /storage/roms/amstradgx4000 on boot
• Cleanup es_systems.cfg remove and add some extentions
• Add Hurrican port (Handhelds currently have no working controls)
• Atomiswave: Remove workaround for nvmem
• Bump Retroarch to 1.9.8
• Bump dosbox-pure to v0.14
• RG351V: Fix LCD streak issue

4.3k-TEST-20210723

General:

• Add Flycast Stand Alone
• Add Alternate version of Mupen64plus-nx
• Replace old filemanager for 351Files
• Fix Amstrad GX4000

4.3k-TEST-20210713

General:

• Fix Autoupdate
• Fix no backup restore if EEROMS was set to fat32
• Fix no external ROMS if EEROMS was set to fat32
• Fix typo on Parallel N64 32b core name
• Unify Brightness between ES and RA
• Fix advmame.sh: unset DISPLAY for Amlogic and Amlogic-ng
• Fix SuperTux2: Fix sed in launch script
• Fix vertical mode not respecting index ratio
• Fix Connect to WiFi on first boot if using es_defaults.txt
• Fix volume resets to 98% using AV
• Fix Do not redirect stdout/stderr to /dev/null in maxperf and normperf. (#661)
• Fix Do not update ppsspp assets
• emuelecRunEmu.sh: remove hardcoded bin path, this allows to use most of the binaries/scripts be called from /emuelec/bin or /usr/bin in that order
• Add Megadrive MSU to es_systems.cfg
• Add fceumm-mod libretro core to play some additional NES ROM hacks. (#658)
• New Packages: Box64, Box86, GL4es, Axe11, libglu (for future use)
• Bump most cores and emulators to current versions
• Bump fbneo to 886e424 (include korean hack)
• Bump SDLPoP to v1.22
• Bump sonic2013 to c3be493
• Bump soniccd to 129cd86
• Bump devilutionX to 72e888c
• Bump Retroarch to 1.9.6
• Bump ppsspp to eb0f0d3 (fix some korean character is broken in settings)
• Bump VVVVVV to 95ffc3a

Amlogic-ng:

• Add preliminary support for Raxda Zero (But not support korean version)

4.2k-TEST-20210605

General:

• Hypseus replaced by Hypseus-singe
• Fix latest test missing libs
• Bump RigelEnfgine to fix a bug
• bump Retroarch to v1.9.3
• Switch Duckstation name to Swanstation
• Rework 32bit core detection on emuelecRunEmu.sh
• Yabasanshiro: Revert back to 7ae0de7 as it gives much better performance
• Added freej2me Java games emulator, it accepts .jar files and they should go into /storage/roms/freej2me. Internet is required only on first run to download the Java JDK.
• Update most cores and emulators to latest versions
• Add ee_fstype to set the EEROMS partitions to the desired file system, between FAT32 (default), EXT4, EXFAT and NTFS (read the warning about using NTFS). Instructions coming soon to Wiki/forum
• Fix OGG background music
• Update setres.sh and advmame.sh for resolution 1280x1024p60hz (PR #600)
• Fix drastic game saves & save states erased when resetting scripts & binaries to default (PR #595)
• Add Potator a Watara Supervision emulator core (not tested)
• gptokeyb bump and fix missing trigger actions
• Crystal bump to latest
• emuelec-emulationstation bump to latest

Amlogic-ng:

• Enable qca6174 drivers (Fixes issues #611)

Odroid Go Advance/Super & RG351P/V:

• Update U-boot and Kernel
• Use gptokeyb for controls on Solarus
• Fix reboot while charging
• Fix retrorun reversed analogs
• Introduce RetroRun, available for Flycast for the moment

4.1k-TEST-20210418

General:

• Use gptokeyb as a fake keyboard for OpenBOR
• Bump Retroarch to 1.9.1
• Bump mpv to v0.33.1
• Bump amiberry to v4.1.2

Additions:

• Added Chocolate-Doom with support for mods
• Added Amstrad GX4000

Fixes:

• Fixed OpenBor would not work after playing one game
• Fixed DevilutionX character voices were wrong
• ARM32 interpreter is now symlinked so no need for patchelf
• Fix some TimeZones not displaying/working correctly
• Fixed Drastic controller for RG351P

4.1k-TEST-20210321

General:

• Bump Genesis-plus-gx and Genesis-plus-gx-wide to support FM music
• Use DinguxFileManager as default on all platforms
• Use gptokeyb as a fake keyboard for OpenBOR
• Support Korean language for TvTextView
• Bump mpv to v0.33.0

Additions:

• Added gptokeyb to enable video controls on all devices with SDL support!
• Replace jslisten with gptokeyb to kill emulators
• Added easyrpg to es_systems.cfg
• Added Ecwolf with support for mods
• Added supermariowar to ports, on the first run a fake keyboard will be used, make sure you set your gamepad and restart the game, if you need to run the fake keyboard again delete /emuelec/configs/smw/nofakekeyb and run the game again.
• Added Flycast 32bit as core option for Dreamcast/Atomiswave/Naomi

Fixes:

• Fixed some errors messages were not wrapped and could not be read

4.1k-TEST-20210306

General:

• Emulationstation: While in a game list, pressing X will move to a random game, holding X will mark it as favorite (thanks to @lethal-guitar)
• Bump PPSSPPSDL to v1.11
• Bump Duckstation to abb7631
• Pico-8: Allow saving favorite carts, include binary in backup
• Update Sonic 1 and 2 so that they work with multiple gamepads
• Bump most emulators and cores to newest git hash (check commits for specifics)
• Bump Crystal theme which now includes a new panel (boxart)
• Enable bezels on OGS, not fully tested yet

Additions:

• Added Chocolate-Doom
• Added SuperTux and SuperTuxKart to ports
• Added Imagemagick (mainly for screenshot manipulation from CLI)
• Added logos to the ports (Thanks to Dim!)
• Added minecraft logos
• Added vertical aspect ratio option to OGA/S
• Added uchardet for mpv (korean smi is ok)

Fixes:

• Removed unused scripts, and fixed many small issues with scripts
• Fixed many script that were causing hangups or other issues
• Fixed gamecontrollerdb.sh it will now replace the UUID from the one in the db, this fixes weird controllers that use the same UUID as others (but are not the same)
• Fixed an issue with unicode characters not displaying correctly on the EEROMS partition (CN, JP, etc)
• Fix SonicCD Gamepad for the OGS
• Fix Pico-8 disappearing splore file
• Fix Scummvm game scan
• Fix brightness not restored after reboot on OGA/S, thanks to @miwasp, fixes issue #470
• Fixed issue with OGA/S OC not beeing applied correctly (this does not solve the random lockups on some devices)
• Fix backup/restore issues
• Fixed Retroach video recording
• Fixed Eduke not running when having lots or ROMS in ES, by enabling swap (much testing needed!)
• Fixed an issue with ES not playing .ogg music files in BGM

IMPORTANT!

This version includes a big change on how binaries and scripts are stored, basically to deal with the issue of people not reading how to properly update and since I am getting tired of answering the same question over and over again, lets just move all binaries and scripts to RO /usr/bin, this will force update all of these and make updating much simpler.

If you use custom scripts /emuelec/bin and /emuelec/lib are still in the path so you will have to deal with it accordingly.

All configurations regarding emuelec will still be handled in /emuelec/config

Note that this is probably not final, I still need to do a lot of testing, but keep that in mind if you want to update

4.1k-TEST-20210221

• Emulationstation: While in a game list, pressing X will move to a random game, holding X will mark it as favorite (thanks to @lethal-guitar)
• Fixed many script that were causing hangups or other issues
• Fixed gamecontrollerdb.sh it will now replace the UUID from the one in the db, this fixes weird controllers that use the same UUID as others (but are not the same)
• Fixed an issue with unicode characters not displaying correctly on the EEROMS partition (CN, JP, etc)
• Added SuperTux and SuperTuxKart to ports
• Fix SonicCD Gamepad for the OGS
• Fix Pico-8 disappearing splore file
• Added Imagemagick (mainly for screenshot manipulation from CLI)
• Bump PPSSPPSDL to v1.11
• Bump Duckstation to abb7631
• Fix Scummvm game scan
• Fix brightness not restored after reboot on OGA/S, thanks to @miwasp, fixes issue #470
• Removed unusued scripts, and fixed many small issues with scripts
• Fixed issue with OGA/S OC not beeing applied correctly (this does not solve the random lockups on some devices)
• Added Chocolate-Doom
• Bump Dosbox-pure to v0.10
• Added DinguxCommander for OGS
• Bump mpv to 4dcaf70
• Bump fbneo to 9538dca with korean hack patch (thanks to @DsNo)
• Bump emulationstation to a63ba0c