Summary

⚠️ This is a beta release. Quality may vary.

⚡ Performance

• VFWEncoder – Offload encoding to another thread (#621)
• LuaRenderer – Skip expensive TransparentBlt during capture (#620)
• Tighten message loop (#606)
• Use 32bpp BGRA video buffers (#605)
• Lua – Skip lua calls when no callbacks are registered (#604)

✨ Features

• VFWEncoder – Better A/V sync (#653)
• Dark mode (#569)
• Lua – Add emu.get_speed_mode and emu.set_speed_mode (#618)
• Lua – Add d2d.draw_image2 (#600)
• TASAudio – Use SDL3 for playback (#594)
• Lua – debugger API (#592)
• Website – Add stroop page (#596)
• Lua – More serious trust message (#595)
• CoreDbg – (breaking) Remove CoreDbg GUI (#589)
• LuaRenderer – Native resizing support (#583)

🐞 Bugfixes

• Core – Unreliable frame advance graphics updating (#649)
• Various in-app images have opaque backgrounds (#647)
• Inconsistent OK and Cancel button positions (#646)
• Plugins not receiving extended functions when invoking config, test, or about (#641)
• LuaRenderer – Overlays flickering when main window moves (#642)
• VCR – Pausing one frame too late when pause at frame is specified (#640)
• TASAudio – Messed up stereo audio during capture (#625)
• TASVideo – Broken screenshot functionality (#623)
• Crash when trying to capture screenshot using a video plugin that doesn't support it (#622)
• LuaRenderer – Visible pink alpha mask on platforms without LWA_COLORKEY support (#587)
• AppActions – File > Exit causes crash (#582)
• LuaRenderer – Run rendering heartbeat on a separate thread (#577)
• LuaRenderer – Overlays stealing focus from primary window (#572)
• Double spaces in plugin names (#568)
• Set CMAKE__COMPILER_TARGET based on VS environment (#563)