Official release notes for Onion V4.3.0
This release includes new systems, such as Nintendo DS and PICO-8, a lot of new and updated apps such as the Battery Monitor and the Blue light filter, support for the v4 Miyoo Mini's 560p screen as well as lots of other new features and fixes.
Overview
- Features
- Core Onion features & apps
- Miyoo Mini v4 560p support
- Screen recorder
- VNC server
- Blue light filter
- PWM frequency adjustment
- Battery Monitor
- M3U playlist generator
- App list sorting tool
- Automatic selection of emulators in Package Manager
- Mute background music option
- Disable automatic time restore
- Updated Filebrowser to 2.26
- Profile-specific Themes, Favorites and Recent lists
- Startup and checkoff scripts
- Emulators and cores
- Nintendo DS / DraStic (new standalone emulator)
- Pico-8 Wrapper (new standalone emulator)
- GnGeo (new standalone emulator)
- ScummVM 2.9.0 Standalone (updated version of ScummVM project)
- DuckStation Xtreme Amped by KMFD (new core)
- Super Bros War / Super Cat Wars core (new core)
- LowRes NX (new core)
- PuzzleScript (new core)
- PUAE Xtreme Amped (New core)
- Caprice32 (new core)
- Gong / Pong (new core)
- Frodo (new core)
- Beetle PCE (new core)
- Fix vice x64 loading time
- Update CrocoDS core (f1b4b91) (+keyboard fix)
- Update chailove core (69000df)
- Update Lutro core (09a134e)
- Core Onion features & apps
- Fixes and minor improvements
- Updated/added languages
Features
Core Onion features & apps
Miyoo Mini v4 560p support
by @tGecko
Support for the Miyoo Mini v4 with its 560p screen has been added.
The resolution is now automatically and 560p is the default resolution for RetroArch and NDS/Drastic on the Miyoo Mini v4.
A system to allow ports to use the new resolution is also in place, but has to be added to the ports manually.
Battery Monitor
by @Sichroteph
Onion Battery Tool enables to track and monitor historical battery charge while also providing an estimate of the remaining gaming time.
M3U playlist generator
by @schmurtzm
This Tweaks app tool will generate automatically the m3u playlist files for multi-disc games.
Profile-specific Themes, Favorites and Recent lists
by @Sichroteph
Themes favorites and rencent lists are now associated to the current profile only (This was already the case for saves only). It allows to have your own configuration between your main profile and the guest profile.
Startup and checkoff scripts
An easy way to run scripts at Onion's startup and just before powering off.
Emulators and cores
Nintendo DS / DraStic (new standalone emulator)
by Steward-Fu, integration by @Sichroteph and @schmurtzm
A very awaited emulator, integrated in Onion with attention : we made it compatible with Game Switcher, auto save states, auto resume at boot ...
GnGeo (new standalone emulator)
By bankbank , @schmurtzm
GnGeo is an Neo-Geo MVS and Neo-Geo AES standalone emulator. It supports GNO files and has the particularity of starting very quickly with great performances.
ScummVM 2.9.0 Standalone (updated version of ScummVM project)
by @XK9274 and @schmurtzm
This version of ScummVM 2.9.0 standalone offers awesome performances compared to the RetroArch core performances.
DuckStation Xtreme Amped by KMFD (new core)
by @schmurtzm
Duckstation is slower than PCSX, however it allows to run some games like Fromage. Could be interesting on rhythm games too.
Super Bros War / Super Cat Wars core (new core)
by @schmurtzm
Super Mario War / Super Cat Wars is a fan-made multiplayer Super Mario Bros.
PuzzleScript (new core)
by @schmurtzm
A great core to run many retro puzzles games. Many puzzles available from the PuzzleScript community !
PUAE Xtreme Amped (New core)
by @schmurtzm
A new alternative PUAE core made by KMFD. This Commodore core is Available in Expert section of Package Manager.
Caprice32 (new core)
by @schmurtzm
Captice32 is a core for Amstrad CPC, note that it offers better performances and compatibility than crocods core. Available in Expert section of Package Manager.
Gong / Pong (new core)
by @schmurtzm
Gong is a port of Pong game to libretro. This core is included in Ports section of Onion and doesn't require any bios or any additional rom to work.
Beetle PCE (new core)
by @schmurtzm
"Beetle PCE" is a PC Engine core slower than "Beetle PCE Fast" but more accurate.
Fix vice x64 loading time
by @schmurtzm
If vice x64 was long to load, this fix could help. Note that using .crt files is also recommanded for fast boot.
Update CrocoDS core (f1b4b91) (+keyboard fix)
by @schmurtzm
This CPC core has two modifications for Onion :
Update chailove core (69000df)
by @schmurtzm
Chailove is a game engine emulator inspired by LÖVE engine. This update improve game compatibility.
Update Lutro core (09a134e)
by @schmurtzm
Lutro is a game engine emulator . This update fix the compatibility with Tetris.
Fixes and minor improvements
- Fix MainUI's sighandler - by @tGecko
- Fix network check - by @codeudan
- Fix hint no screenshoot images after back from first image - by @codeudan
- OTA: format release date and size info of new version zip - by @codeudan
- Fixed low battery warning overlapping other battery icons - by @schmurtzm
- Fix lockups entering apps or games - by @XK9274
Updated/added languages
Added
- Magyar (Hungarian) - credit: @dszollosinagy
- Norsk (Norwegian) - credit: @kasperlosa and @jakobkg
- Română (Romanian) - credit: @rcarausu
Updated
- 한국어 (Korean) - credit: @DDinghoya
- Português (Portuguese) - credit: @BlueKore
- Français (French) - credit: @schmurtzm
- Español (Spanish) - credit: @svera