Batocera 42, eccolo!!

[Gothrek]

Dopo tantissima attesa, mai passato tanto tempo tra una release e l'atra vede la luce bato 42 con tantissime novità!!

Nella speranza di provarlo nel weekend (oltre al compeanno di mia figlia), allego changelog!!!



Batocera 42 - 2025/10/12 - Papilio Ulysses
Special Notes

Quake 1 & 2 ROMs need moving from tyrquake to quake & vitaquake2 to quake2 folders respectively
See the _info.txt file for directory layouts & ES file launcher naming conventions.
vkQuake3 replaces ioquake3 for systems that support Vulkan. saves should continue to work.
The libretro cores will continue to run as before.
Removed the buggy libretro-OpenLara in favor of the standalone TR1X Tomb Raider port
If you have saves, it is recommended to stick with v41 or earlier as the same data is not compatible.
ZeDMD upgraded. You need firmware ZeDMD 5.1.5. See https://wiki.batocera.org/hardware:diy_ ... figuration
The folder for Sega CD/Mega CD ROMs is now called `megacd` to keep consistency (like `megadrive` is used, not `genesis`)
Removed Future Pinball in favor of Visual Pinball which has been available for some time and runs native on Linux
ScummVM libretro and standalone saves share the same folders now
If you have saves from the standalone core, it is recommended to move them from `/userdata/saves/scummvm/saves` to `/userdata/saves/scummvm`
Flycast now names per-game VMU files based on game ID rather than ROM filename. Any per-game VMU files that are based on the
ROM's filename will be renamed by Flycast when the ROM is launched. This will have the most affect on multi-disc games
when using the **standalone** emulator because standalone did not remove `(Disc X)` from the ROM name when saving VMUs.
If you were using per-game saves with standalone, be sure to launch your multi-disc game with the disc you most recently
played so its VMU is renamed using the game ID.
Bluetooth Xbox compatible controllers may need to be reconfigured under EmulationStation due to the driver change to `hid-microsoft`

Hardware

New board support
Orange Pi 5 Ultra
Orange Pi 5 Max
Orange Pi 4a
Orange Pi 3b
CoolPi 4b board support
New handheld support
Anbernic RG351V
Odin2 & Odin2 Portal
RetroidPocket Mini v2 (thanks Spycat)
RetroidPocket Flip2 (thanks Spycat)
New light guns support
RS3 Reaper
XGunner
OpenFIRE
Fusion P.I.G.S
OneHit (AimTrak clone)
Add support for the Pironman5 Mini & Max cases
New steering wheel support
Logitech: G923 (Xbox), PRO Racing Wheel
Speedlink: 4in1 Leather Power Feedback Wheel
HORI: Mario Kart Racing Wheel Pro Deluxe for Nintendo Switch (DP mode)
Add PowerA Microsoft XBox Controller support
Add new 8BitDo N64 controller (select `d` on the back for d-input)
Panther Lake Audio support

Added

WireGuard VPN for RK3326 boards
WireGuard system service which runs [wg-quick](https://git.zx2c4.com/wireguard-tools/a ... wg-quick.8) on `/userdata/system/wireguard/*.conf`
Image scaling option for Drastic
A selection of dhewm3 mods
CatacombGL port for running various Catacomb games
Holani libretro core
Squashfs support for SGB-MSU1
DuckStation cheat list
Game Specific color palette for Gambatte core
Non-Micro GUN4IR light gun hardware support
Sega Lindbergh loader (visit wiki page for more information)
Variable Refresh Rate (VRR) support for modern AMD gpus
Support of Shanwan Twin USB Joystick (new revision)
libretro-PS2 core
Force Feedback on RP5 & RPmini
vkQuake 1, 2 & 3 for systems that support Vulkan
TR1X & TR2X for Tomb Raider I & II support
Oric Atmos (and Oric 1) with CLK Clock Signal emulator
CLK can also be chosen as an emulator for C+4, VIC20, MSX1 and 2, Sega Master System, Colecovision,
AmstradCPC, AtariST, ZX81, ZXSpectrum, AppleII, AppleIIGS, Macintosh, Archimedes, Electron
Light guns: option to hide crosshairs in ES
Azahar 3DS emulator: Version 2123
DICE libretro core for arcade machines without a CPU
Wine Proton 9.0.4 as a Wine runner from Kron4ek's Wine-Builds
Blake Stone port Bstone to play Aliens Of Gold or Planet Strike
OpenJKDF2 to play Jedi Knight: Dark Forces II and Mysteries of the Sith
OpenJK to play Jedi Academy & Jedi Outcast
Intel Quick Sync Video acceleration to FFmpeg for supported Intel GPUs
ShadPS4 emulator for PlayStation 4 gaming
OpenMOHAA to play Medal of Honor: Allied Assault including Spearhead and Breakthrough expansions
WiringOP-Python for Orange Pi board GPIO scripting
libretro-BennuGD for compatible games
RetroAchievements: support for unofficial achievements
PPSSPP standalone RetroAchievements support
Fake standby and suspend
libretro-Genesis-Plus-GX core (expanded MAXROMSIZE for Sega Channel Revival and P4PR1UM Compatibility)
Archive extractor and PCManFM integration (`batocera-xtract` command)
Ymir Sega Saturn emulator for select systems

Fixed

Fix CD System BRAM core option for Genesis Plus GX to use the per-game setting
Fix some problems in ES and Batocera with IPv6 networks
Fix ES behavior with usb network tethering
Fix handling of luks.enabled setting to allow disabling LUKS integration
X86_64, choose a better refresh rate or resolution if the TV / Monitors default is too low
Fix potential issue of having race condition with sequential numbering
Fix MAME config for apple2p, apple2e, apple2ee
Fix GSPlus ROM config and speed
DualShock 4 controller on Odroid XU4
Internal bezels still enabled for libretro cores when a widescreen ratio selected
Centering of PCSX2 messages
Xbox compatible Bluetooth controllers not working in Steam
Fix qualcomm devices Wi-Fi after resume
Fix controllers on PCSX2
Fix internet status in EmulationStation

Changed / Improved

Significantly improve ES shutdown time, especially with large and medium collections
BigPEmu now supports .bigpimg CD images
ROG Ally gamepad support
Batocera-wine: add saves directory and save files options
Batocera-wine: improved autodetection for Windows executables, refer to our [Wikipedia](https://wiki.batocera.org/systems:windo ... d_from_ssh)
libretro-VirtualJaguar core can now load .zip ROMs
Updated BlamCon code to new firmware (now compatible with 4 light guns)
Xenia now uses Wine-Proton for more compatibility (i.e. Halo 4)
Moved to the `hid-microsoft` driver for Xbox compatible Bluetooth controllers
Dreamcast bios now goes into `bios/dc/dc_boot.bin`
MSI Claw devices now get the appropriate controller config on boot
GZDoom controller config instead of evmapy
RTL8852AU reenabled
libretro-MAME can be selected as a core in Model 2 system collection
Replace ALT-F4 by SHIFT-ALT-F4 to quit
Fullscreen Sinden border in Hypseus Singe instead of forced 4:3

Updated

Amiberry to v7.1.0
AppleWin to 8th of Feb build
BigPEmu to 1.19
Cemu to 2.6
DevilutionX to 1.5.4
Dolphin-Emu to 2503a-328
DOSBox Staging to v0.82.2
DOSBox Staging-X to v2025.02.01
DXX-Rebirth to 12th of Jan build
EDuke to 26th of Dec build
ETLegacy to v2.83.2
Flycast and libretro-Flycast to v2.5
GroovyMAME to 0.277
GZDoom to g4.14.2
Hurrican to 24th of Nov build
Hypseus Singe to 2.11.5
ioquake3 to 25th December build
Jazz2 to 3.3.0
libretro-FBNeo to July 25, 2025 build
libretro-Kronos to 2.7.0
libretro-MAME to 0.278
libretro-Play! 4th Feb build
libretro-PPSSPP v1.19.3
libretro-ScummVM to 3rd June 2025 build
libretro-Wasm4 to v2.7.1
melonDS to 17th Jan build
OpenMSX to release 20.0
PCSX2 to v2.4.0
Play! to 4th Feb build
PPSSPP to v1.19.3
Play! to 0.70
Raze to 1.11.0
RetroArch to v1.21.0
Ruffle to nightly-2025-02-12
RPCS3 to v0.0.37
ScummVM to v2.9.1
Snes9x to 24th Jan build
Solarus Engine to 18th Jan build
Sonic3 Air to v25.02.15.0-test
Taradino to 18th of Feb build
The Force Engine (TFE) to v1.22.300
TheXTech to v1.3.7-hotfix2
Triforce to use a Crediar build (Nov 29, 2024)
Tsugaru to v20250513
VICE to 3.9
Vita3k to 3rd of March 2025 build
Visual Pinball to 29th Jun 2025 build
Xash3d-fwgs to 20th of Feb build
Xemu to v0.8.96
Xenia to build 1d7973a (June 10, 2025)

System

Alsa stack to 1.2.14
Bluez to 5.82
BTop to 1.4.0
Buildroot to 2024.11.x with supporting package updates
DXVK to 2.7
DXVK-NVApi to 0.9.0
Faudio to 25.02
FFmpeg to 7.1.1
GStreamer codecs to 1.26.4
Intel GMMLib to 22.8.1
Intel Media Driver to 25.3.0
Kodi to 21.2
LibDRM to 2.4.124
Linux Firmware to 20250708
Linux Kernel to 6.15.11
LLVM to 19.1.7
Mesa3D to 25.1.9
MPV to 0.40.0
Nvidia production driver to 575.64
Pipewire to 1.4.6
QT6 to 6.8.1
RClone to v1.69.1
RPi firmware to match Kernel 6.12.25
RPi Kernel to 6.12.25
Ryzenadj to v0.16.0
SDL2 to 2.32.8
Sound Open Firmware to 2025.05
Syncthing to 1.29.3
VKD3D-Proton to 2.14.1
Vulkan stack to v1.4.304
Wine Mono to 9.4.0
Wine-TKG to 10.7
Wireplumber to 0.5.10
Xone to Mar 13, 2025

[Rockman84]

Vista! La aspettavo (quasi) più del Natale.

Più che altro, nel mio caso, per la compatibilità con la Anbernic RG351V che posseggo

[cybermat]

appena uscito e già indietro di circa 4-5 mesi fbneo e 4 release mame... arginabile facendo symlink, ma poco userfriendly

[pucci]

appena uscito e già indietro di circa 4-5 mesi fbneo e 4 release mame... arginabile facendo symlink, ma poco userfriendly

come lo risolvi con i link simbolici?

[cybermat]

appena uscito e già indietro di circa 4-5 mesi fbneo e 4 release mame... arginabile facendo symlink, ma poco userfriendly

come lo risolvi con i link simbolici?

Solitamente io nella folder dove ci sono i libretro, cancello il libretro vecchio e creo un symlink che è indirizzato verso una folder che creo col nome "emuextra". Per rendere permanente la modifica bisogna eseguire il comando batocera-save-overlay.
Faccio un esempio praticissimo, era uscita una versione di core che implementava paprium oppure una di groovymame che fixava una determinata cosa. Senza contare che se ho il set aggiornato e perso quello vecchio, se posso uso il libretro corretto per evitare false partenze.

Fondamentale ? Se ti adatti e sei solito conservare le differenti versioni di fbneo e mame, alla fine serve poco, però se devi subito usare una versione di libretro core che "fixa" qualcosa è fondamentale. Mame2003plus e fbneo sono costantemente aggiornati a delle sottorelease e mi è capitato più volte che certi giochi non partissero. Poi io sono uno di quelli che prova, gioca tanto in diversi periodi, chi non si accorge di tutti sti microcambiamenti è perché tendenzialmente "scarrella" poco quanto ha da offrire in tema arcade Batocera.

[pucci]

appena uscito e già indietro di circa 4-5 mesi fbneo e 4 release mame... arginabile facendo symlink, ma poco userfriendly

Indietro di 4 release vuol dire non avere Model 2 e Hyper Neo-Gro 64 nel MAME

Inviato dal mio LE2113 utilizzando Tapatalk

[cybermat]

appena uscito e già indietro di circa 4-5 mesi fbneo e 4 release mame... arginabile facendo symlink, ma poco userfriendly

Indietro di 4 release vuol dire non avere Model 2 e Hyper Neo-Gro 64 nel MAME

Inviato dal mio LE2113 utilizzando Tapatalk

già, è un periodo che con Batocera sono in standby avendo dovuto traslocare e le tv sono in cantina, altrimenti provavo subito a vedere se si potevano aggiornare i libretro core. Come ben sapete linux ha tutta una serie di dipendenze e non è detto che un libretrocore, vada sulla versione di retroarch, compilata per questo e per quello. Linux enormi vantaggi di pronto al gioco e di poche configurazioni per i novellini, quando poi ti serve qualcosa però piangi.