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Eden v0.0.4-rc2

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Changelog

Critical

A bug fix in v0.0.4-rc2 for Linux users that prevented any game from launching has been fixed. The issue was related to vtable handling being improperly typecasted from a pointer-to-pointer to a pointer.

Also you can now play CTGPDX and stuff since ASLR is also now implemented properly, should fix a bunch of skyline mods as well.

The NVIDIA vertex explosions and AMD fixes for Pokemon ZA are not in this release, please be patient <3

This release also fixes a lot of bugs related to Ryujinx save linking, as always back up your saves!

Universal

• Skyline compatibility, minimal ASLR implementation.
• Support for VTable bouncing.
• Should fix crashes in Pokemon ZA.
• Dynarmic internal refactorings to reduce code latency.
• This should decrease loading times and stutters by a tiny margin.
• Do not immediately error out if OpenGL is missing some extensions (meant for older cards).
• There may be visual glitches.
• Fix a regression found on image_view and image_view_info.
• Windows 8.1 support (command line only).
• More verbose backtraces.

Renderer

• Maxwell translator loop now uses a tighter logic without dynamic dispatchers.
• Just let the compiler do it's thing.
• Add IAbs64 support to prevent IR errors.
• It fixes an obscure behaviour very few programs rely on.
• Add back VIDS but disable on EDS0
• Increase MAX_MIP_LEVELS to 16 to match spec.

Desktop

• Audio fixes for steamdeck.
• Clean up orphaned profiles bugs.
• Added an option to force X11 backend for Linux users.
• Discord RPC no longer uses named variant logo.
• Moved links to the "About" section.
• Add vpushfb usage in Dynarmic for VREV32/64.
• Move save option location in the data manager tool.
• Fixes for NixOS and DragonFlyBSD.
• Removed QDockWidget Wait Tree.

Android

• Various UX fixups and improvments.
• Fix rotate and unpause bug.
• Fixes for QLaunch.

Internal

• Removed software prefetching instances.
• Fix audio reverb according to spec.
• Stub ReleaseSleepLock and ReleaseSleepLockTransiently.
• Some general code cleanups.
• Removed Zydis/Zycore.
• This should reduce executable size by a bit.
• More things translated from Common:: into std::.
• Fixes for Intel Atom N455.

TLDR

You didn't read the changelog in full? Unfortunate - because it was a bit shorter this time :)

• Fixed a critical bug for all x86_64 Linux users (didn't affect FreeBSD or Solaris)
• Slight performance increases for shader compilation
• DragonFlyBSD support ruh rah!
• Fixes for audio cutoffs on steamdeck.

Targets

For more specialized Android builds, Antutu and stuff

Each build is optimized for a specific architecture and uses a specific compiler.

• aarch64/arm64: For devices that use the armv8-a instruction set; e.g. Snapdragon X, all Android devices, and Apple Silicon Macs.
• amd64: For devices that use the amd64 (aka x86_64) instruction set; this is exclusively used by Intel and AMD CPUs and is only found on desktops.

Compilers

• MSVC: The default compiler for Windows. This is the most stable experience, but may lack in performance compared to any of the following alternatives.
• Clang: An alternative compiler that provides theoretically higher performance, but may have additional graphical glitches.
• GCC: The standard GNU compiler; this is the default for Linux and will provide the most stable experience.
• PGO: These are built with Clang, and use PGO:

PGO (profile-guided optimization) uses data from prior compilations to determine the "hotspots" found within the codebase. Using these hotspots,
it can allocate more resources towards these heavily-used areas, and thus generally see improved performance to the tune of ~10-50%,
depending on the specific game, hardware, and platform. Do note that additional instabilities may occur.

Linux

Linux packages are distributed via AppImage.
zsync files are provided for easier updating.

Debian/Ubuntu

Debian/Ubuntu targets are .deb files, which can be installed via sudo dpkg -i <package>.deb.

Windows

Windows packages are in-place zip files. Setup files are soon to come.
Note that arm64 builds are extremely experimental and are unlikely to work at all.

Android

macOS

macOS comes in a tarballed app. These builds are currently experimental, and you should expect major graphical glitches and crashes.
In order to run the app, you may need to go to System Settings -> Privacy & Security -> Security -> Allow untrusted app.

Source

Contains all source code, submodules, and CPM cache at the time of release.
This can be extracted with tar xf Eden-Source-v0.0.4-rc2.tar.zst.