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This is a custom build of Kodi by the lead developer for games in Kodi. It is based on the latest v20.2 nightly (which includes all 20.3 fixes so far) plus some game-related features before they are included in Kodi.
Compared to the "Nexus" 20.2 release, this build includes:
Added features
- GSoC 2017, Shaders on Windows (#86)
- GSoC 2019, Shaders on OpenGL (#114)
- GSoC 2020, Game Metadata for Discord Rich Presence support (xbmc#21286)
- GSoC 2021, Achievements (xbmc#22652)
- New Player Viewer dialog (xbmc#23548)
Added fixes
- Fixed black screen in some games on LibreELEC (report)
- Fixed Guide button not working on Windows (xbmc/peripheral.joystick#288)
Add-ons
The build also bundles some game-related add-ons to improve quality of life for testers.
- Includes all 76 controller profiles
- Includes VFS add-ons for compressed ROMs
- Includes InputStream Adaptive for IAGL
- Includes add-on repos for: IAGL, AKL, Steam Launcher, libretro buildbot cores
- Includes service.games.discord.richpresence
Discussions and older builds
Forum thread: https://forum.kodi.tv/showthread.php?tid=173361
Changelog
Core fixes
- Included all v20.3 fixes so far
- Fixed broken left shoulder button in default buttonmap (kodi-game/game.libretro#113)
- Fixed an extreme edge case in Player Viewer (xbmc#23987)
- Removed non-existing buttons from PS gamepad (kodi-game/controller-topology-project#275) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
Core improvements
- Improved game documentation (xbmc#24055, xbmc#24079)
- Added translations for game window IDs (xbmc#24071)
- Added example Player Viewer items for skinners (xbmc#24073)
- Removed hard-coded button combos (xbmc#24147)
- Updated controller add-ons (xbmc#24191, xbmc/repo-resources#446)
Game add-ons
- beetle-psx - Removed non-existing buttons and updated icon (kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx#20) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- beetle-psx-hw - Removed non-existing buttons (kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx-hw#1)
- beetle-psx-hw - Updated icon (kodi-game/game.libretro.beetle-psx-hw#2)
- genplus - Added new controller types (kodi-game/game.libretro.genplus#13) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- genplus-wide - Added new controller types (kodi-game/game.libretro.genplus-wide#1) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- pcsx-rearmed - Removed non-existing buttons (kodi-game/game.libretro.pcsx-rearmed#26) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
- picodrive - Added new controller types, updated icon (kodi-game/game.libretro.picodrive#8) (Thanks @KOPRajs!)
Screenshots
New Player Viewer:
Kodi builds
- Windows x86: KodiSetup-20231205-178d04a4-retroplayer-20.2-x86.exe
- Windows x64: KodiSetup-20231205-178d04a4-retroplayer-20.2-x64.exe
- macOS x64: See 2023-08-22 release
- macOS ARM: See v21 Beta 1 release
- Android ARM: kodi-20231205-178d04a4-retroplayer-20.2-armeabi-v7a.apk
- Android ARM64: kodi-20231205-178d04a4-retroplayer-20.2-arm64-v8a.apk
LibreELEC 11.0.3 builds
- Generic x86_64: LibreELEC-Generic.x86_64-11.0-retroplayer-20231205-178d04a4.img.gz
- RPi 2/3: LibreELEC-RPi2.arm-11.0-retroplayer-20231205-178d04a4.img.gz
- RPi 4: LibreELEC-RPi4.aarch64-11.0-retroplayer-20231205-178d04a4.img.gz
- RPi 5: LibreELEC-RPi5.aarch64-11.0-retroplayer-20231205-178d04a4.img.gz
- Rockchip RK3399: See 2023-07-24 release
Donations
- ENS: eigendude.eth