TheAnsarya/Nexen v1.4.32

Nexen v1.4.32

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Nexen v1.4.32 is a stability-focused release that addresses settings persistence reliability, startup configuration fallback behavior, and menu/config pause semantics during ROM load. It also improves OSD notification placement and extends regression coverage for these flows.

Highlights

• Settings reliability hardening — prevents silent state loss when settings writes fail.
• Read-only portable config fallback — automatic writable-path fallback and migration when startup folder is not writable.
• Pause behavior correctness — menu/config pause no longer triggers unexpectedly during ROM load/startup transitions.
• Notification UX refinement — save/action notification boxes moved to bottom-left with margin-based positioning and clamping.
• Validation depth increased — new C++ and managed tests added for layout and pause/config decision logic.

Fixed

• Settings not persisted after relaunch in write-failure scenarios (#1291)

  • Config save flow now preserves in-memory settings unless write succeeds.
  • Adds diagnostic logging for failed writes without corrupting runtime state.

• Portable settings path unwritable edge case (#1295)

  • Startup now detects unwritable portable config locations.
  • Automatically falls back to writable user documents path.
  • Migrates settings.json when safe and needed.

• Pause in menu/config incorrectly affecting startup game load (#1290)

  • Menu/config pause now requires an active running game.
  • ROM load transitions no longer enter unexpected paused state.

Changed

• Boxed save/action OSD placement (#1289)

  • Repositioned to bottom-left with explicit left/bottom margins.
  • Added viewport clamping for small render sizes to avoid overflow.

• Release metadata sync

  • Version metadata and release-facing download references updated for v1.4.32.

Added

• C++ layout regression tests (#1289)

  • New SystemHudLayoutTests coverage for bottom-left placement and clamping.

• Managed pause behavior regression tests (#1290)

  • New MainWindowPauseBehaviorTests verifies pause gating by running state and context.

• Managed config fallback tests (#1295)

  • Added/expanded writable-path fallback and migration coverage in ConfigManagerHomeFolderTests.

Validation Summary

• Release x64 build: success
• C++ tests: 3690 passed, 0 failed
• Managed tests: 1439 passed, 0 failed
• Local warning scan (clean Release build log): no warning lines detected

Downloads

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Linux

macOS (Apple Silicon)

Notes:

• Linux requires SDL2 (sudo apt install libsdl2-2.0-0)
• macOS: Right-click -> Open on first launch to bypass Gatekeeper