[multi] BizHawk 2.1.0

• New Cores:
  • 32X (using PicoDrive)
  • PC-FX (using Mednafen)
  • Uzebox (using Uzem)

• SGB
  • Improved support

• Atari 2600
  • Paddle support

• Saturn
  • Multi-disc support
  • Better error message when user tries to load a .bin file directly

• SNES
  • bsnes - Ignore the "crop SGB frame" setting if SGB is not active
  • Fix some games that require extra bios files by routing them to the bsnes core, fixes Megaman X2 & X3

• Lua
  • Convert to NLua, fix memory leaks and corruption
  • Allow LuaInterface as an option (Customize -> Advanced) and revert its behavior to what 1.12.2 had
  • Add support for Lua scripts via the command line
  • implement forms.pictureBox()
  • Lua canvas
    • add setLocation()
    • implement getMouseX & Y functions
    • createcanvas now takes additional parameters that specify where the window should be created

• EmuHawk
  • TraceLogger - Turn off trace logging when closing the tool, fixes #911
  • Fix crash in SNES virtualpad when mouse is used
  • Capture Game Gear flag in movies (fixes tasvideos submisison parser detection)

• GB
  • Make DualGB run again (been broken since GB bios files were added)
  • Fix pocket monsters

• New Core melonDS!
• Linux
  • Lua support!
• Fix Basic Bot
• SGB
  • Sameboy is removed; Gambatte is the new default SGB core
• Gambatte
  • fix Cart Bus Pullup setting
  • update gambatte upstream
• GBHawk
  • Set bk2 movie CGB flag properly
  • Fix GBHawk settings dialog not appearing
• NesHawk
  • Increase IRQ delay in mapper 48 to fix graphics glitch in Jetsons
  • Fix Zelda SaveRAM (#1623)
  • Give Jump II initial SRAM of 0xFF
  • Fix Tsuri Kichi Blue Marlin Hen
• Atari7800Hawk
  • Fix nondeterminism issues (reported for Choplifter)
• Atari2600Hawk
  • game db updates
• SMS
  • Balance audio better (#2814)
  • Add SRAM to Terminator (#2966)
  • fix pop breaker
• PCEHawk
  • Improve memory domains
• PSX
  • Update octoshock to Mednafen 1.27.1 (#2989)
• Bsnes-v115
  • Fix snes graphics debugger getting permanently hidden (til app is restarted) (#2950)
• EmuHawk
  • Group SGB in with GB/C in PathConfig (#2992)
  • Encode screenshot as JPEG when it has the extension (#2982)
  • TAStudio
    • Fix TAStudio not loading saved branches (#2640)
    • Add confirmation modal when launching TAStudio during casual play
    • Do not seek when needing to load greenzone on paint
    • Fix Frame Number Hover (#2811)
  • Lua
    • implement client.get_approx_framerate()
    • implement save_image_to_disk() to Lua canvas (#2744)
• Discohawk
  • Fix HAWK Commandline option (#2947)
  • Fix freezing when extracting music (#2952)
  • Multi-thread audio extracting
• ApiHawk
  • Implement client api GetApproxFramerate()

• Updated nyma cores to Mednafen 1.27.1

• TurboNyma
  • fixed #2873 - Mnemonic display for PCECD shows ! instead of the II, III, IV and VI buttons as well as the mode "buttons"

• BSNES
  • Fixed #2856 - SNES Super Scope gives an exeption error
  • Added sa1_iram memory domain for new bsnes
  • Fixed #2942 - Adaptating the bsnes gamma ramp shader

• Mupen64Plus
  • Added haptic feedback passthrough (with rumble pak enabled in controller settings, look in keybinds after analog)
  • Fixed #2808 - Support null (any) address for N64 breakpoints
  • Updated GLideN64
  • Added new GLideN64 settings: BackgroundsMode, txEnhancedTextureFileStorage, and txHiresTextureFileStorage
  • fixed #2864 - N64 PAL roms in .n64 format are treated as NTSC

• Octoshock
  • Fix fast forwarding

• NESHawk
  • Fix mapper 88 mirroring. Closes #2847
  • Improve power on state accuracy

• mGBA
  • Fixed #2805 - memory hooks (event.onmemorywrite) not being removed properly
  • Fixed #1112 and #1870 - Add Game Overrides as a Sync Setting (including rtcEnabled)

• ZXHawk
  • Overhaul datacorder and cassette loading code. This should now be more accurate and fixes a number of loading isues with particular games and loading schemes. Fixes #1446

• Gambatte
  • BizHawk changes mainlined into upstream gambatte-core, which is now split from gambatte-speedrun
  • Linux support added
  • full HLE SGB mode implemented in Gambatte, better than SameBoy
  • no BIOS accuracy improvements and HLE of CGB-DMG colors (restoring to original Gambatte behavior of hacking in the post BIOS state)
  • Expose isCgbDmg + add isCGBDMGMode instead of isCGBMode to movie headers if active
  • Tracelogger fixes #2710 #2701 #2902
  • Open Bus Emulation
  • Use dumped uninitalized AGB WRAM for AGB instead of CGB initial RAM layout
  • fix rare crash when changing window when the LCD is disabled and an hdma was requested within that lcd disabled period, #2919
  • initialize controller once on core construction and require core reboot to change it, #2921
  • automatically create missing BIOS files by patching files you already have (GBC<->GBA, DMG<->MGB, and SGB2<->SGB1)
  • various other improvements to accuracy, savestate consistency, and stability

• VirtualBoyee
  • Update to Mednafen 1.27.1
  • Added options for virtualboy to only show left or right screen

• ColecoHawk
  • fixed Virtual Pad schemata

• Libretro
  • Add to Linux port

• EmuHawk
  • Fixed #2747 and #2077 - improper handling of file paths
  • fixed #2787 - unable to open roms in EmuHawk via File Explorer on Windows
  • fixed #2759 - strange behaviour of minimised windows on Windows
  • fixed #2435 - tab labyrinth in `Config` > `Paths...`
  • fixed #2643 - include frame numbers when copying rows in TAStudio
  • fixed #2784 - xbone or gamepads pretending to be xbone are detected as two gamepads
  • prevent crashing when unplugging gamepads using DirectInput+XInput method
  • rewrote most of the OpenTK gamepad code and some of the DirectInput+XInput gamepad code, probably fixing obscure bugs
  • respect system chosen for file ext. (i.e. `Config` > `File Extensions...`) when loading an archive containing a single file
  • Fixed Basic Bot
  • RAM Watch
    • Added HandleWatchSizeSelected() to allow user-initiated watch size changes to be ignored if they reset the setting to the same value. fixes #2857
  • Rewinder
    • fixed #2463 - config option for rewinds every fixed number of frames
    • Fixed #2826 - bad interaction between rewind+movie+savestates when using delta state rewinder
    • Fixed #2877 - rewinds sometimes drifting 1 frame forward when loaded
  • Lua
    • allow loaded ext. tools to be queried via client Lua library / IToolApi
    • Make sorting optional for forms.setdropdownitems
    • fixed #2844 - new lua functions for memory and mainmemory: read_bytes_as_array / write_bytes_as_array / read_bytes_as_dict / write_bytes_as_dict
    • added event.onconsoleclose to Lua API
    • allow most of the mmf Lua library to be used without passing --mmf on the command-line, and add some helper functions to it
    • fixed #2940 - made client.openrom behave like client.reboot_core
  • Debugger
    • fixed #2760 - prevent crashes when minimizing and other cases

• Set all cores to update Frame counter post-emulation. NOTE: This is a sync breaking change for MGBA movies using RTC, as the time sent to the core was the pre-incremented time.
• mGBA
  • update to 0.9.1
• Gambatte
  • Fix RTC on Hard Reset
  • MBC3 Fixes
  • Support setting inital RTC state during a movie recording
  • Fix layer masking
  • Move layer masking to sync settings (these settings affect sync)
  • Block toggle layer hotkeys when movie recording
  • Update GBA modeswitch timing and testROM accuracy
  • Fix autodetection of console mode
  • Add wisdom tree mapper suport
  • clarify sync settings (#2688)
• GBHawk
  • Fix OAM DMA Bus Conflict emulation (#2709)
  • #2715, still needs vram open bus fix but that's seperate
• NesHawk
  • Add missing mapper variable to state for some pirate games
• O2Hawk
  • Fix PAL time calculation (#2684)
• PCE
  • Fix default PCE gamepad bindings (fixes #2720)
  • Fix crashes in PCE debugger
• N64
  • Add N64 plugin categories (#2729)
  • Fix memory.read to allow addresses 0x80000000..0xFFFFFFFF (#1734)
• GPGX
  • Add missing menacer keys (#2718)
• Intellivision
  • Fix aspect ratio (#2670)
• SMS
  • Fix system Id (#2650)
• C64
  • Implement memory hooks (#2726)
• EmuHawk
  • Fix FormatException on startup on certain locales (#2716)
  • Fix GB Layers not toggling (#2491)
  • Add utvideo to ffmpeg dumper
  • Movies - respect LogKey of loaded movie
  • Firmware Config - don't treat known-but-bad as good (#2224)
  • Rewinder
    • Fix bug where nothing happens on the first press when frame interval is 1 (#2667)
    • Add delta compression option (Good size reduction for some cores, less useful for others)
  • Ram Watch - fix autoload
  • Hex Editor - .tbl file loading - clear table before loading a new one, ignore empty lines in file
  • Debugger - Add rgbds syntax for GB/C disassembly (#2706)
  • CDL - Fix SNES core crash on load (#2662)
  • Fix Log Window (#2694)
  • Lua
    • Accept all 4 colour formats in all Lua functions (#2602)
    • Support swapping input using joypad.set() and joypad.get()
    • client.seekframe - Prevent hangs from trying to go backwards
    • lua socket fixes (#2194, #2671)
    • MovieClock.lua - use cycle based time for Gambatte/SubGBHawk (#2708)
  • TAStudio
    • Fix auto-restore bug where auto-restore position was not set correctly the first time using it after auto-restore usage earlier in the movie
    • Fix broken tastudio when selecting "New from the File" menu item and saving changes when asked
    • Fix autoload
    • Fix Converting to bk2 resulting in unsaved changes never asterisk appearing (#2583)
    • Branches
      • Fix branch loading (#2640)
      • Fix hotkeys
      • Fix right-clicking a branch when the contextmenu was already open would throw an exception
      • Branch view will now scroll to the updated branch when using hotkeys to update a branch
      • Fix exception, scroll to branch on updating branch and fix #2645
      • Make load branch hotkey deselect all but one branch
    • Add initial marker in frame 0 when loading older tasprojs (#2693)

• Linux
  • Fix trying to use DIrectInput (2607)
• EmuHawk
  • Fix single instance mode (#2577)
  • Update default hotkey bindings to use new names (#2576)
  • Limit attempts to dearchive to files with extension .zip, .7z, .rar. (#2587)
  • Rename and clarify Alternate Sync (#1398)
  • Fix clock throttle being 60fps for all systems (#2580)
  • Fix multi-disk bundler
  • Fix resizing controller config dialog
  • Tastudio
    • Fix savestate corruption bug introduced in 2.6. This bug causes desync issues on most cores!
    • Refresh view when pausing with middle-click
  • Lua
    • Fix client.reboot_core()
    • Fix drawing during onframeend() event handler (#2595)
• VectrexHawk
  • Report 50fps in the Play Movie dialog
• GPGX
  • Fix VDP Viewer screenshot feature (#2596)
• NesHawk
  • Fix Wagyan Land 2 Graphical Bugs
  • FIx mapper 90

• New Core! Odyssey2 core is offically released
• Update nyma cores to Mednafen 1.26.1
  • See Mednafen release notes for full changes. (Mostly just Sega Saturn)
• Saturnus
  • Fix cart detection (#2513)
  • Fix independence Day soft lock (Fixes #2162)
  • Fix .xml loading Fixes #2557.
• mGBA
  • Update to 0.9
• Gambatte
  • Update libgambatte to r729+
  • Support GB layer toggling
  • Add GB object viewer
  • Various updates from gambatte-speedrun
• PSX
  • Add System Bus memory domain
  • Fix debugger window crashes when adding a breakpoint
  • Use Octoshock's built-in disassembler
  • Support memory execute callbacks
  • Have memcbs include actual values
  • Fix can't accept PSX rom converted from DiscoHawk (#2478)
• GBHawk
  • Accuracy improvements
  • HDMA fixes
  • Implement reads for GBC visualizer
  • Change initial ram state
  • Double Speed mode fixes
  • Properly fade to white in GBC mode
  • Mode 1 overhaul, fixes several bugs
  • Update bad SRAM access emulation
  • Open bus behaviour on locked SRAM
  • Multi-cart check for bomberman selection
  • Window timing bug fixes
  • Sprite timing bug fix
  • Add Game DB entry for Litti's Summer Sports
  • Fix debugger disassembler
  • Implement LCDC write glitch for gbc-acid-hell
• SubGBHawk
  • Save audio cycles in SubGBHawk where it's needed, fixes state integrity checker in TAStudio
• bsnes
  • Make ROM memory domain writeable (Use at your own risk)
  • add CARTROM-DB and CARTROM-D blocks to CDL
  • Fix PAL detection (#2503)
• NESHawk
  • Change NES framerates (#2460)
• GPGX
  • Allow writing to rom memory domains
• EmuHawk
  • Linux
    • Fix Xbox one controller stops working, (#2429)
    • Fix overlapping/duplicate controls in FirmwaresConfig's menu
    • Fix crash when clicking on column headers in FirmwaresConfig
  • Support Oem102 keyboards
  • Fix alt-keyboard-layout mode crashes
  • Add an option to capture the Lua without capturing the full OSD, when AV recording
  • Don't clear input when changing ROM (#2453)
  • Fix GBA Game Shark code conversion (#2545)
  • Cheats - Fix Changing selected row with arrow keys doesn't update side pane (#2550)
  • GB GPU Viewer - Bounds check tile drawing for OBJ window, seems to resolve random crashing
  • Fix SyncSettings type cast error during Rom load
  • Ram Search - fix crash when deleting addresses
  • Lua
    • Implement joypad.getwithmovie()
    • Deprecate emu.getluacore in favour of new func client.get_lua_engine
    • Fix reverting current directory
    • Fix client.reboot_core() (#2571)
    • Fix MovieClock.lua ui, also use current frame count instead of movie length
  • TAStudio
    • Support drive states
    • Fix state gap when frame advancing and painting input
    • StateManager fixes
    • Do not attempt to report >100% seek progress (This could happen if the user starts a seek which results in loading a savestate past the frame previously being seeked)
    • Fix scrollbar behavior
    • Cell selection fixes
    • Fix opening TAStudio after starting a .tasproj
    • Undo history fixes
  • Debugger: Fix scrolling in disassembly view
  • Virtual Pad analog stick: Fix changing x axis name (#2467)
  • Movies
    • Pass SRAM to emulator before state is made
    • Fix playing a movie when core is not specified and core is not one we support switching of (#2466)
  • CDL
    • Fix crash on GPGX
    • Gambatte - fix 1st opcode byte. (#2551)
    • GBHawk - Fix domain names (#2552)

• Breaking Changes
  • Gambatte sync settings (for GBC in GBA)
• Faust
  • Fix loading
• GBHawk
  • Fix missing variables in savestates (desync fixes)
  • Fix color displayed when BG is off
  • Rework interrupt and scroll/sprite handling to pass more tests related to Gensan 2
• SGB
  • Fix Core Picker (#2422)
• mGBA
  • Fix Debugger on Linux
  • Fixes to disassembly output
• Dual GB
  • Fix XML generation and core preference selection
• NESHawk
  • Initialize with a single controller instead of two (for consistency with other cores)
• PSX
  • Initialize with a single controller + memcard instead of two (to be consistent with other cores)
  • Refine savestates to hopefully address desync issues
• EmuHawk
  • Fix OBS Dialog Detection (#1996)
  • Fix ffmpeg
  • Change default input method on Windows to DirectInput
  • Minor GB/C and PCFX firmware detection revisions (#2430)
  • Profiles - Tas Profile - default to bsnes for SNES, turn off GBC in GBA setting
  • Add advanced config option that will remove the "mixed" key priority when clicking the statubar icon or pressing the hotkey
  • Remove default joypad bindings for fast-forward/rewind. (#2297)
  • Re-add M3U capabilities for optical disks (#2390)
  • TAStudio
    • Fix loading of .bk2 files
    • Fix drag-drop of .tasproj files onto main window while TAStudio is open (#2386)
    • Fix slowdown when there are many savestates in history (#2433)
    • Fix multi-select of branches and markers (#2409)
    • Fix Emulation doesn't pause when clicking menus (#2281)
    • Fix .tasproj backup files getting saved with savestates (#2416)
    • StateManager - Fix ArgumentOutOfRangeException when buffer is full requested (#2392)
    • Markers - scroll to newly added marker instead of assuming it is the last in the list and scrolling to bottom (#2350)
  • Lua
    • Re-enable multi-select (#2401)
    • Fix session saving saving the session filename instead of the script filename, (#2400)
    • Fix "Can't have lua running in two host threads at a time" when using certain TAStudio Lua methods
    • Fix event.onexit()
  • Macro tool
    • fix NRE on File -> Load Macro (#2375)
  • Ram Search
    • Persist Use Undo History setting, and turn on by default (#2413)

Tentative release notes:

• EmuHawk
  • Linux
    • Disable "Stay on Top" tool setting
    • Fix trying to load VB.NET assembly
  • Ram Watch
    • Fix crash when using Ram Watch with waterbox cores
    • Fix slowdown when using on screen watches when Turboing (shift+tab) (#2365)
  • TAStudio
    • Fix runaway sync issues when painting during auto-restore
    • Fix loading of .tasproj movie headers on non-american PCs (#2377)
    • Fix crashes when drawing selected row
  • Lua
    • Fix joypad.setanalog setting analog indefinitely (#2310)
• TurboNyma
  • Fix No sound unless frame 0 is emulated (#2365)
• ZX Spectrum
  • Fix NRE when attempting to load a game
• NGP
  • Fix Language selection
• Faust
  • Change from experimental to release (an oversight in previous release)
• GBHawk
  • Improve documentation of Use Existing SaveRAM sync setting
  • Fix start up screen color

• Tentative release notes:
• Installation notes / Breaking changes
  • Upgraded to .net 4.8, and c++ runtime deps have changed
    • Run the new prereqs installer
  • config.ini files from previous versions will no longer work
  • .tasproj format updated, previous versions no longer work (export/import .bk2 to convert)
  • Default savestate naming convention now always puts core name into states, will mean old slots won't show up on cores that did not already have core name
  • Gambatte BIOS sync setting change results in older .bk2 movies being broken (sync settings can be hand edited to import)
  • GPGX sync settings have changed, results in older .bk2 movies being broken (sync settings can be hand edited to import)
  • For cores that have a "Use Sram" settings, set to false bay default (true is what end users would expect most of the time, false is only for advanced use cases)
    • Affected cores: GBHawk, GBHawkLink, GGHawkLink

• New Cores!
  • TurboNyma - the ported PCE core from Mednafen, more accurate than PCEHawk
  • HyperNuma - the less accurate but more performant core ported from Mednafen
  • Faust - SNES core ported from mednafen, faster than bsnes, more accurate than snes9x

• General
  • New Rewinder, much faster and more performant
  • Don't package ffmpeg, add a downloader to A/V dialog instead, significant reduction in release download size
  • add Cyorter's Input display lua script, that gives a graphic based (FCEUX style) input display for most non-analog peripherals

• mGBA
  • update mgba to 0.9
  • Fix SRAM-anchored movie forgetting its savegame on loadstate (#1593)
  • Fix exception when viewing an empty SRAM memory domain (#1620)
  • Support TotalExecutedCycles
  • Allow poking of ROM memory domain
  • Always show SaveRAM domain and set to max size the domain can be

• bsnes
  • Add Randomized Initial State option (Bizhawk vs lsnes style startup) (#1701, #1285)
  • Fix layout of CPU Registers (#2040)
  • Reverse Mouse

• gambatte
  • Ports from Upstream GSR for Babs' Big Break and Robopon (#2091)
  • Support playing without official BIOS
  • Support loading more accurate official BIOSes through the firmware utility
  • Fix VRAM end of line testROM in single/doublespeed modes and a desync in GB Wario Land II

• GBHawk
  • Numerous accuracy and performance improvements
  • Update Kirby tilt n- tumble controls
  • Double speed mode timing fix
  • Fix mickey's chase damage audio
  • Window bug fix, fixes Zen

• GPGX
  • Migrate to latest GPGX MD Cart mapper support
  • Support Cart + CD Games via MultidiskBundler (Pier Solar)
  • Support independently setting the two controller ports #1750
  • Fix Madden NFL and NHL 98 (#1041)
  • Fix Streets of Rage (5 in 1) (#1390)

• WonderSwan
  • Update Cygne with upstream fixes

• PCFX
  • Fix rom loading (#2022)
  • Update with upstream fixes

• NGP
  • Update with upstream fixes

• Uzebox
  • Fix rom loading (#2022)
  • Add uzebox path entries (#2043)

• PSX
  • change PSX framerates to follow mednafen instead of nocash (#2138)

• Atari 2600
  • Fix Quadrun (#2127)

• Atari 7800
  • Support Serpentine
  • Fix pokey 0x450 detection

• NesHawk
  • Make game genie compare cheats work

• ZX Spectrum
  • Fix lag detection on kemston joystick. (#1993)

• Vectrex
  • Fix controls for Hyperchase

• Snes9x
  • Fix special chip games

1. 32x

• • Fix crash on kolibri (#1826)

• EmuHawk
  • Threaded DB loading (fixes #2113)
  • Fix RW/FF Volume Config (fixes #2061)
  • Fix GIF recording (#1962)
  • Fix ffmpeg (#2101)
  • Sync controls when loading a config file, (#1965)
  • Fix hq2x shaders (#2196, #2160)
  • Message config - support setting LastInputColor
  • Catch and retry when DirectSound crashes (#1212)
  • Fix "use 1:1 pixel size" aspect ratio (#2159)
  • Add Reset Speed hotkey (#2154)
  • Fix crash when GL retroshaders failed compiling
  • Fix FCEUX font (#2313)
  • Add command-line switch --open-ext-tool-dll

• • Movies
    • Subtitle Editor - add a color picker for subtitle color (#1554)
  • Fix GameName and SHA1 not being saved in movies (#1966)
  • Input display: At movie end, show both last movie inputs and current inputs (#2295)
  • .fm2 Importer - Warn about ignoring the famicom port, instead of a full error, movies such as http://tasvideos.org/6739S.html can still be successful (#1989)
  • Play Movie dialog
    • Greatly improve scanning performance
    • Properly show tooltips for detail values, also show expected vs actual (only works on the key column though, because winforms is poo), fixes #1888

• • Tastudio
    • Fix crash when attempting to load a .tas proj from a different core
    • Fix crash when clicking Reboot core on the main menu
    • Standardize new filename creation behavior to avoid .bk2.tasproj.bk2.tasproj
    • Don't disable lua scripts while seeking
    • Don't show inaccurate core nag, if a movie is already loaded
    • Allow multiple marker and branch selection (#2212)
    • Rewrite TasStateManager (Improves memory usage and performance) (#2274)
    • Ability to Clone input X number of times times (#2242)
    • Fix PageUp/Down behavior (#2074)
    • Gracefully fallback to a new tasproj when attempting to load a .tasproj from another core
    • Fix loading a different ROM while tastudio is open
    • Fix RebootCore when TAStudio is open (#2201)
    • Allow insertion of multiple frames at end of movie (#2169)
    • Don't jump to greenzone on single mouse click of analog cell
    • Ensure that Tastudio is fully updated when doing cut/paste operations (#1956)
    • Improve frame insertion/deletion efficiency, particularly for undos (#2017)
    • Properly resume playback after painting (#2340)
    • On .bk2 import: ask before saving the bk2
    • Only save cycle count at movie end; (#2203)
    • Rework the movie end cycle count warning.

• • Lua
    • Fix several memory leak issues when using events (#1920, #1983)
    • Registered Lua Functions dialog - fix updating in several scenarios
    • Implement tastudio.submitclearframes(), #2170
    • Improve performance of console logging, fix max log count, and warn when maximum calls have been reached
    • Add client.addcheat() and client.removecheat() that match the functionality of the gameshark tool.
      • Deprecate the nes.addgamegenie() and nes.removegamegenie() methods in favor of these
    • Fix Lua forms button click exception (#1957)

• • Hex Editor - Fix multi-byte reads (#2012)
  • Cheats - When a cheat is auto-removed, also remove it from the recent cheats list
  • Tracelogger - Fix NRE of Trace Logger close, if the Trace Logger was not used before closing

• • Virtualpads
    • Flip the read-only flag when a movie changes from read-only to another mode
    • C64 - fix a few keyboard buttons that were not mapped to a key
    • GBA - adjust size so light sensor shows

• • Ram Watch
    • Allow duplicate identical watches
    • Fix binary display on 32 bit watches
    • Fix exception when changing a watch's size to one with an incompatible display type(e.g. 32 bit float -> 8 bit unsigned)

• • Ram Search
    • Fix loading of .wch files

• • CDL
  • Fix CDL that was broken on a number of systems

• ApiHawk
  • ClientApi.SetSoundOn(false) causes sound looping from external tool (#1817)
  • Fix crashing when SGB is loaded

• Dropped feature support (these were considered legacy features)
  • Multitrack movie record (TAStudio accomplishes this much better)
  • Movie - Poke input hotkey (TAStudio accomplishes this much better)
  • Movie - Scrub input hotkey (TAStudio accomplishes this much better)
  • Infinite movie feature (it was a gimmick that has run its course)
  • Vba-Next (mGBA is more accurate and has feature parity)
  • Ram Watch Pause button, it was only a hack for when ram watch was too slow, it's plenty fast now

• Fix custom AR/size (#1975)
• Basic Bot - fix not restoring previous InvisibleEmulation and DisplayMessages settings
• Virtual Pad support for GBLink 3x/4x
• NesHawk - Fix poking WRAM
• mGBA - fix register setting (#1982)
• GPGX - improve rewind and tastudio savestate performance
• ApiHawk - fix crash on SetExtraPadding calls
• Lua
  • fix bizstring.split() (#2004)
  • fix client.getavailabletools() (#1977)
  • fix client library being null when no rom is loaded

• New Core: VectrexHawk
  • GCE Vectrex emulator, ready for TASing.

• NESHawk
  • Scanline timing and audio fix
  • Change '&amp;' to '&' in gamedb_goodnes.txt. Fixes #1667.
  • MMC3: Mapper test indicates IRQ was happening one ppu tick too late.
  • Fix dendy mode

• SubNesHawk
  • Support settings dialog, and VS menu items
  • Dump subframe length into movies
  • Fix get and set regiesters
  • Fix memorydomain callbacks i think

• Atari2600Hawk
  • Bug fixes and Improvements
  • Fix audio in commando raid
  • Fix haunted house
  • Fix princess resuce.
  • Fix audio bug in Space Jockey
  • Add HMCLR delay
  • Update ball emulation
  • Mapper FA - Fix ram buffer
  • Fix Journey Escape #1614

• A7800Hawk
  • Only use proper bios
  • Update m6532 to match 2600

• Game Gear
  • Fix Pro yakyuu, needed EEPROM
  • Fix World Derby

• mGBA
  • Update to mGBA 0.8

• Gambatte
  • Dump cycle count into movies

• GBHawk
  • 2 and 3 player link support!
  • Fix spirou scrolling
  • Minor bug fixes
  • Color regs writable
  • Add RTC offset setting

• AppleIIHawk
  • Make savestates smaller

• N64
  • Reduce "pause lag" on Paper Mario (#558) by using CopyColorToRDRAM = 1
  • Improve audio throttle behaviorN64
  • Memory domains need to be byteswapped, not only rdram/rom
  • Added SRAM and FlashRAM memory domain support
  • Implement remaining R4300 trap instructions

• SNES
  • Fix exception when loading SNES MSU-1 XML file
  • Fix TM and TS checkboxes for OBJ in SNES Graphics Debugger
  • Fix an issue that caused the TM and TS checkboxes for the OBJ layer to always be the opposite of what is correct.

• C64
  • Various emulation improvements/fixes
  • D64 fixes
  • Implement soft and hard reset

• EmuHawk
  • Note: Breaking changes to config file backwards compatibility
  • Convert various Tools to use InputRoll from Tastudio instead of standard ListView, huge speed ups in these dilaogs (Ram Watch, Ram Search, Trace Logger, Debugger, etc)
  • Drop native .bkm support, .bkm must be imported via Movie Import
  • Trace Logger - Fix exception when scrolling
  • Fix DPI scaling
  • Fix prerequisites dialog
  • Option to accept background input only from controller #1396
  • Fix tool icon showing on top of EmuHawk in taskbar when autoloading tools (#334)
  • Improve logging in shader compilation (#1748)
  • Allow getting the version from the command line
  • allow suppressing more OSD savestate reports from lua
  • Hotkey/controller config: Fix issue where input events get queued and processed by the main form after the dialog is closed
  • Option to handle alternate keyboard layouts (e.g. Dvorak) (#1584)
  • Hotkey Config: Fix when binding key combination if the modifier is released first (e.g. Ctrl+C with Ctrl released first)
  • Fix FFmpeg crash, #1714
  • Fix Cheat saving, #1696
  • Add 32x to the platform picker (resolves #1507)
  • Fix decoding of special characters in game names (#1698)
  • BasicBot
    • Added Help MenuItem
    • Copy Best Input to Clipboard
  • Lua
    • Default to using luainterface over nlua, memory leaks are resolved and luainterface is faster
    • CamHack script for Sonic Advance
    • New functions
      • tastudio.loadbranch()
      • client.invisibleemulation()
      • client.seekframe()
      • event.availableScopes()
      • onmemoryexecuteany()
    • Allow disabling frame skip from Lua (#1655)
    • Improve docs (#1649, #1675)
    • movie.save() - fix optional filename parameter not being used
    • implement controller number parameter for joypad.getimmediate() and movie.getinput()
    • memorycallbacks - rename domain param to scope to avoid confusion, otherwise it looks like any memory domain will do, log error if a scope is passed in that is not available
    • fix memory callback functions on cores with no system bus such as PSX
    • joypad.getimmediate() now returns float controls as well as bools
    • emu.setrenderplanes() add support for bsnes and gpgx
  • Lua Console
    • don't throw exception when opening a .lua file if the user has not associated a .lua file with an application. Fixes #1683
    • Remember column widths
    • fix bugs when using separators
    • change Refresh toolbar icon tooltip from "Reload script" to "Refresh" to match the menu item (they do the same action but with different names)
    • When turning on lua scripts, first clear registered functions for that scripts (they would still exist if the script exited on its own),
    • Don't close the registered functions dialog when a script is toggled and no registered functions are left
    • Better detection of script when removing registered functions
    • Add Clear all registered function context
    • fix crash when toggling scripts while the registered fucntions list dialog is open
    • prevent removing of script when a script is highlighted and press delete is pressed the auto-complete box
    • Fix reloading a script if it is not enabled
    • Fix "reload scripts on load" flag not being check in some scenarios
    • Lua functions list - fix copy to clipboard
    • Put a cap on number of messages that can hit the console window in a given pass through lua scripts, fixes #376
  • Tastudio
    • Note: breaking changes in .tasproj compatibility due to converting some files to .json format, a .tasproj file will load but will lose lag history and silently fallback to default settings
    • Huge performance improvements (2-3x speed increase)!
    • Don't draw on turbo (shift+Tab), huge speedup
    • New feature - Horizontal Orientation, allows sideways drawing
    • Remove out option to do autorestore on mouse up vs down, make it on up only, and fix autorestore logic errors
    • Add a font picker option, fixes #952
    • Improve control alignment and fix branches/markers not showing due to DPI scaling. Fixes #1151.
    • Fix inflated rerecord count bug
    • Allow customizing of many more built in hotkeys
    • Show binded hotkey for various menu items instead of the original default value
    • Integrate branches with the statusbar slot icons
    • Better handling of tastudio interaction with select slot, previous slot, and next slot functions
    • Consolidate the two restore defaults menu items. Restore splitter positions when restoring defaults
    • Don't nag about inaccurate cores if autoloading a file
    • Fix NRE when running a .tasproj through the normal movie system, making changes, then opening tastudio
    • Markers - auto-expand column to fix user text
    • Branches - fix width calculation when expanding to fix user text
    • don't allow resizing columns to a negative width
    • Implement shift+up/down to highlight rows
    • Don't autosave if default project name, #1599
    • Smarter invalidate log on cut/copy/paste type methods
    • Fix crash when ctrl+clicking with no previous row selected
    • disable [Ctrl+]Home/End hotkeys that are very destructive and easy to click on accident #1600
  • Hex Editor
    • Slight speed improvements
    • Fix Delete hotkey not unfreezing secondary highlighted addresses,
    • Restore funcionality to show typing in progress
    • Fix crash when typing values into the hex editor with no address highlighted
  • Ram Watch
    • Fix column sorting when list has separators Fixes #1713
    • Flag changes when doing column sort
    • Fix some situations where adding ram watches would ask to save changes
    • Deselect watches when removing them with the delete key
  • Movie importers
    • Fix .pjm, .pxm importers (#1723)
    • Import the core header key on systems that we check for core when loading the movie
    • .mmv - properly import game gear flag
    • .smv - convert to using bsnes instead of snes9x
    • fix .ymv importer
    • .mc2 - properly import pcecd flag, and number of controller ports

• ApiHawk
  • Fix bug in GB/GBC detection
  • Fix typo: TotalExecutedycles -> TotalExecutedCycles (note: this is a breaking api change)