Changelog

Commits from v1.6.2 to v2.0.0-rc1

Andrew Mickelson (48 commits)

• Bump to version 2.0.0
• Change memory management of zip file buffer
• Added missing language string (add/remove favourites)
• Fix order of StartLayout transitions
• Issue #186 - release audio before launching an emulator
• Enable background loading for swf files
• Issue #183 - fixed first launch crash
• Force swf texture heights to a multiple of 4
• Added option to go directly to the "Displays Menu" at startup
• Various improvements (Hyperspin and SWF related)
• Speed up swf loading
• Added USE_GLES make flag
• Added transparent backgrounds for swf files
• Preliminary support for displaying Hyperspin themes
• Fixed another gameswf access violation
• Fixed access violation in gameswf
• Added ability for scripts to get the index of the current Display
• Fixed the NO_SWF build
• Added option for how artwork is presented to the attrac-man layout
• Issue #178 - fixed artwork path format regression
• Issue #176 - Fixed video pixel aspect ratio
• Removed abandoned files: fe_icon.hpp, attract.cbp
• Save displays under the correct "display" tag in our config file
• Show plugin descriptions when browsing plugins in config mode
• Added ability to query Display setttings and set the Display from layout/plugin scripts
• Added config options for when a display gets shown
• Rearranged layout loader so xml gets done last
• "mess" scraper improvements
• Added a cache for zip file contents to improve performance
• Make it a bit easier to load a script from inside a zip file
• Issue #173 - configuration menu now always uses the default font
• Issue #175 - Support zipped artwork
• Fixed hang during scraping
• Pause video playback when scraping and generating rom lists
• Issue #171 - Snaps / Videos only working with full fixed drived location
• Issue #172 - Allow 'Themeable' Display/Filter/Exit/Overlay menus
• Fixed setting of rows and background colour in listboxes
• Update progress in UI when calculating CRCs
• Match roms based on CRC (if we can) when doing -listsoftware list building
• Save processing by caching paths used repeatedly in script handling
• Reorganization of scaper
• Issue #170 - improved logging of errors from thegamesdb.net
• Issue #166 - Fixed changing window mode causing a blank screen
• Added ability to get/set an object's zorder in layout and plugin scripts
• Issue #165 - workaround for FFmpeg not recognizing xmv files
• Issue #163 - Added "preserve_aspect_ratio" setting for entire layout

Jeffrey Clark (8 commits)

• Count merge commits in version
• Fix dirty source version
• fix build error (typo)
• Cleanup version handling
• Refactor windows package script
• Fix missing UINT64_C when compiling with ffmpeg support
• Fix FE_DEBUG windres build error
• Hide console instead of closing it, fixes #164