Changelog

• Minimal UI: Recents are now hidden by default and GameSwitcher can be launched by pressing MENU
• Tweaks: A new app for making Onion your own!
  • System settings: Startup behavior, auto-save and exit, vibration
  • Custom shortcuts: Single/long/double press MENU, and launch apps or tools via X or Y in MainUI
    • Known limitation: Some apps can't be launched this way (for now only Music Player / GMU is known not to support this)
  • Personalize the UI: Show/hide recents/expert tabs, theme overrides
  • Advanced: Quick access to advanced emulator settings, plus a submenu to reset different settings
  • Tools: Sort favorites, fix thumbnails, remove OSX system files
• MainUI context menu is now mapped to SELECT (MENU default action is instead GameSwitcher - this can be changed in Tweaks)
• GameSwitcher: Minimal mode (press Y to toggle - hold Y for fullscreen image)
• Package Manager: Besides the new name, the old "Onion Installer" has also gotten a massive overhaul:
  • "Changes count" now shown for each tab and the total emu/apps added/removed are shown in the top bar
  • Press X to toggle all items in selected tab
  • Press Y to reset all changes in selected tab
• Search app is now native to Onion (more info)
• RetroArch: supports save state thumbnails, less on-screen notifications
• File Explorer: Updated color scheme, fullscreen image viewer (with navigation)
• Retired unused cores: mame2003 (use mame2003-plus instead), fbalpha (use fbalpha2012 instead)
• Updated/added cores: Fake-08 (pico8) , blueMSX and fMSX,
• New experimental emulator: PCSX-ReARMed standalone and mame2003-extreme
• New theme features: custom boot/shutdown/save splash, charging animation (up to 24 frames), more options for battery percentage

Ports collection

• The Ports collection binaries have moved to Roms/PORTS, and a reinstall via Package Manager is required.

ScummVM game list

• We've changed the way ScummVM games are indexed, which now allows showing the games as single list items with the possibility of having boxart (more info)

GB/GBA Fast Forward

• Fast forward is no longer additionally mapped to R in the Game Boy emulators.
• This is to unify the shortcut for fast forward across all systems (MENU + R).
• Note: Click here for information on how to bind fast forward to a single button.

Installation

• Check out the new installation guide.
• Important: If you choose "Update" during installation, it is recommended to reinstall included apps using the Package Manager.
• Note: if you experience slower gameplay than usual, we recommend you create an in-game save and delete your save states.

Updating (from v4.0.0-rc)

• If updating from the release candicate you can leave out BIOS and Icons when copying files to your SD card.

Battery icon hotfix

• If you're having trouble with the battery icon not showing when in MainUI, unzip the contents of the battery-icon-hotfix.zip to your SD card.

  • This fix has already been applied to the Onion install zip below.