RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.2.0

New

• Added system apps category.
• System apps added to the jump-to-category menu (DPad Up when viewing games).

Notes on the System apps

• Enabled by default but can be turned off in category settings.
• After installation, you may need to select your startup category again.
• Some apps will open but not automatically start, the launch commands for these apps are unknown.
• System apps will not appear in the 'All games' or 'Recently played' categories, it didn't make sense to show them there.

Improvements

• N64 and SNES box spacing improved for one of the category views.
• PSP homebrew is now listed in the PSP category rather than PSX.
• Improved method for detecting whether a game is a PSP, PSP Homebrew or PSX game, using SFO category field rather than using title ID's.

Bug fixes

• Fixed PSP / PSX bubbles showing in the homebrew category when bubbles were created using a newer version of Adrenaline Bubble Manager.
• Fixed error 'global cached_table_xxx nil error'.
• Fixed error when removing the last game from a custom collection, the empty collection is now removed.
• Fixed single cover download for neo geo pocket color when CRC is turned off.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

Nightly build

• See the nightly build for a preview of new features and bug fixes

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.1.0

New

• New option to customise the order of games in collections.
  To change the order, go to 'Other settings > Edit collections > Customise game order'.
  Any new games added to a collection with custom sorting will be added at the end of the list. You can reset to alphabetical (Default) order using the triangle button.

Improvements

• Launch preflight added. Checks added for missing emulators and games, a message will appear if the required emulator is not installed, or if a game is missing and a rescan is needed.
• Fixed cover aspect ratio for Japanese GB, GBC and GBA games.
  If you have already downloaded squashed artwork, delete the covers, rescan, then download covers again.
• For Japanese, Korean and Chinese languages the pagination string order has been changed from 'x of y' to 'y of x'.

Bug fixes

• Fixed error when trying to read corrupt sfo files. Games with corrupt sfo files are skipped and not added.
• Fixed error 'pspdb global = nil" caused by corrupt locally cached title files.
• Fixed issue where background images for some games would not be found if the filename contained certain special characters.
• Fixed issue with the edit collections menu: Button inputs are now blocked when no collections are available.
• Fixed issue when renaming a game to just "-".

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

Nightly build

• See the nightly build for a preview of new features and bug fixes

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.0.4

Bug fixes

• Fixed an error when changing the startup category. If no custom collections were created it would cause an error.
• Thanks to BlackSheepBoy69 for the fix.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

Nightly build

• See the nightly build for a preview of new features and bug fixes

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.0.3

Bug fixes

• CRC artwork downloads - Better error handling.
• CRC artwork downloads - Hopefully better memory management for large files to prevent running out of memory.
• Better method for identifying Adrenaline bubbles, some homebrew were previously incorrectly being filtered out.
• Bug fix for homebrew/vita apps missing the short title.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.0.2

Improvements

• Tidier game titles: Square brackets such as "[!]" are now removed from game names.

Bug fixes

• Artwork download: Fixed artwork scraping for disc-based systems. (Rescan your games for this fix to take effect).

• Artwork download: Excluded 7z from the CRC checks as 7z cannot be checked. Previously it was being read into memory causing errors.

• When renaming a game or collection, menu inputs are now blocked whilst the keyboard is active.

• Fixed error message when renaming or hiding a game when 'Show homebrew' was set to off.

• Better error handling when importing cached files, added validation before loading.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.0.1 (hotfix)

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue with Adrenaline games, the generated 'boot.bin' was malformed. This would cause a crash when accessing the boot settings while the game was running, also possible performance issues in-game.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 7.0.0

Overview

The release notes are long, so here's a brief summary.

• Better artwork scraping for retro games.
  File CRC checks have been added to help identify more games, it's not available for all systems, but most non-CD-based systems have been added.

• Easier installation and setup when using Adrenaline.
  Adrenaline bubble booter and the RetroFlow Adrenaline Launcher vpk are installed automatically if you are using Adrenaline. This is performed on the first setup and also checked when scanning games.

New

• Better game identification for retro game artwork downloads.
  CRC file checks have been added for better artwork matching for most non-CD-based systems. Zip and rar are supported but not recommended as the app needs to extract them to check the CRC. 7z is not supported. For more information on CRC support see here. CRC was made possible by using code from 'Adrenaline bubble manager' by Team ONElua.

• New artwork downloader.
  A new artwork downloader has been designed to work with the new game CRC checks. The downloader will try to download artwork based on the game filename first and then try to identify the game using its CRC checksum if nothing is found. Downloaded artwork is now displayed on the progress screen. There is also better power management, the Vita is prevented from going to sleep (which would pause the downloads), the display will turn off after some time and come back on once the artwork download is complete.

• Option to use the old artwork downloader.
  You can use the old downloader by changing the setting "Artwork > Download using CRC" to off but it may find less artwork. The option to download artwork on a system-by-system basis has been removed to simplify the user experience and code.

• Automatic install of RetroFlow Adrenaline Launcher.
  The VPK will be installed automatically when scanning games (provided you have Adrenaline installed).

• Automatic install of Adrenaline bubble booter.
  The app will now check if Adrenaline bubble booter is installed (needed to launch Adrenaline games), if not installed or the CRC for the files is different, then Adrenaline bubble booter will be installed and you will be prompted to restart the vita. This should simplify the setup process. This was made possible by using code from 'Adrenaline bubble manager' by Team ONElua, 'Adrenaline bubble booter.' by Leecherman.

• More Adrenaline game options added for PSP games.
  Extra settings were added for Plugins, CPU speed, High memory, NoDRM engine, and Suspend threads. All options in ABM are now available here too.

• Amiga WHD filename support added.
  The app will look up the game titles based on the common WHD filenames.

• 12 hour format clock.
  Added option to use a 12 hour format clock. Go to 'Other settings > Time' to change.

Improvements

• Artwork - Extract PSP backgrounds - The artwork is now displayed on screen during the process.

• Polish translations updated thanks to SK00RUPA.

• Tidied up icons positioning at the top of the screen when the Wi-Fi icon is not shown.

Bug fixes

• Fixed custom PS1 covers not showing for some Retroarch PS1 games.

• Extract vita icons and backgrounds - I have used copyicons by cy33hc for stability. My version had extra features but came with bugs.

• ScummVM description removed as may cause lua error.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 6.1.1

New

• Setting to turn off 2D views. Available in theme settings.
• Setting to turn off changing views (locking the current view). Available in theme settings.

Improvements

• Updated French translations thanks to chronoss09.

Bug fixes

• Fixed issue where custom covers were not showing for PSM games.
• Fixed issue when startup scan on: Adrenaline, Retroarch PS1 and ScummVM games weren't being updated.
• Some settings were not being read properly.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 6.1.0

New

• Added two new game views: a 'List view' and a 'Side-scrolling view', both are 2D views using scaled images instead of 3D models. Screenshots here.
• When using List view, press DPad right to jump to the recently played / favourites category, or filter categories to only show collections.
• More wallpaper background images added, credit to Tech & ALL.

Improvements

• Default colours and background changed to neutral greys.
• Analogue scrolling added to menus.
• CHD extension support added for RetroArch PS1 core.
• Background image sizing improved, thanks to Axce.
• Background image position fixed for one of the game views, thanks to Axce.
• Polish translations improved, thanks to SK00RUPA.

Bug fixes

• Fixed an issue where homebrew was imported when using the favourites feature.
• Fixed an issue where some PS1 RetroArch games were imported twice, with the second appearing as 'Eboot' in the game list.

Note

• This may be the last / one of the last releases. It's been fun working on the app, but its journey is ending.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page before posting an issue.

RetroFlow-Launcher Version 6.0.0

New

• Custom categories (Collections): Added support for custom categories, create a collection by pressing the triangle button on a game, press triangle again to bring up the mini menu. Collections can be renamed/deleted by going to the main settings menu 'Other settings > Edit collections'.

• New systems: ScummVM, PICO-8 and PlayStation Mobile added.

• New languages: Portuguese (Brazilian) and Hungarian.

• Smooth scrolling: Game cover transitions are smooth when browsing games. Can be turned off by going to the theme settings.

• Adrenaline: Option to include games from all available partitions. (This is now the default setting).

• D-Pad Up: Jump to the recently played / favourites category, or filter categories to only show collections.

• Hide missing covers: Setting to hide games with missing covers. Go to the main settings menu 'Other settings > Show missing covers'. The first time you do this it may rescan.

• N64 and SNES: Support added for portrait Japanese N64 and SNES boxes (delete your old N64 and SNES covers and download again).

• Vita: Option to extract background images. Achieved by integrating a modified version of copyicons by cy33hc. The normal functions of copyicons are also performed.

• PICO-8: Option to extract PICO-8 background images (uses the image in the centre of the game cart).

Improvements

• Better launch method: Removed dependency on repatch plugin and launch bin files.

• Box art sizes: New approach, the image size is checked and the closest box size is assigned (adding your own covers should give better results).

• Box art cassette tapes: Boxes now appear larger in their own categories (C64, MSX, MSX2, Spectrum).

• Box art reflections: Improved game reflections, small gap removed.

• PSTV: Battery icon and percentage removed.

• PSP: Image extraction now only gets missing images, speeding up the process. Images are no longer shown whilst extracting to prevent a drain on resources.

• Improved translations: Polish and French.

• Languages: Sorted alphabetically.

Bug fixes

• File settings error: Fixed error saving when pressing buttons repeatedly very quickly.

• PSP and PS1: Fixed error with bad game titles which contained double quotes. (PES C19 fix).

• PSP: PSP background extraction, fixed C2-12828-1, images are no longer displayed when extracting.

• Hidden games: Hidden games were showing when rescanning, the overall approach was revised.

• Lots of minor fixes not worth mentioning, see the nightly build for more.

Know issues

• PSP background extraction: May need to be run more than once, after around 150 games it skips the rest.

Installation

• Please read and follow the installation and setup guide.

Help and FAQ's

• Please see the FAQ's page before posting an issue.

Thanks and credits

Many thanks to everyone that contributed to this release:

• BlackSheepBoy69 - General support.
• Axce - Code for smooth scrolling. French translations.
• dagadtwok - Hungarian translations.
• SK00RUPA - Updated Polish translations.
• dariofflima - Portuguese (Brazilian) transaltions.
• Rinnegatamante - Supporting with updates to Lua Player Plus Vita.
• cy33hc - Code for extracting Vita backgrounds based on copyicons.