New Features

• Add window position command line arguments by @Chadnaut in 17bff4c
• Add info-type user config by @Chadnaut in 372001c
• Change Yes/No fields to pill icons by @oomek in 8b01c3f
• Add Check for Updates function by @oomek in b3995f7

Fixes

• Change default data folder location by @substring in 7da7c34
• Rewrite .deb packaging by @substring in 410bf1b
• Workaround for no audio after sleep/hibernate cycle by @oomek in e66c0c3 and 4ce4b9e
• Fix invalid filter_size lookup by @Chadnaut in 93d4c05
• Add internal flag to disable romlist cache by @Chadnaut in 14c4b1f
• Change FeImage pinch and skew properties to floats by @Chadnaut in cca2b50
• Fix build warnings by @Chadnaut in 53d16a5
• Update mouse movement handling by @Chadnaut in 23e2edf
• Fix segfault on window close before input by @Chadnaut in 943f9ea
• Fix mouse movement handling by @Chadnaut in d37f5d5
• Update markdown formatting by @Chadnaut in 8de694f
• Add Squirrel Extended Regex by @Chadnaut in 8b5c8a4
• Fix insert entry menu by @Chadnaut in 567f8f9
• Fix Exit to Desktop by @Chadnaut in 5ee250b
• Fix window position saving by @Chadnaut in 9f34a29
• Fix Filter Size Value by @Chadnaut in b197480
• CI: fix MacOS by @substring in 7de67c3
• Fix Filter Size Value When No Filters by @Chadnaut in e75ce3c
• SFML: bump to 3.0.1 and reverse commit e512771 by @substring in 5356cf7
• Fix FeImage::set_preserve_aspect_ratio() not calling scale() by @oomek in c52c887
• Fix Video Texture Width by @Chadnaut in 7340c57
• Fix NV Storage Special Chars by @Chadnaut in 479a456
• Update Window Commandline To Accept Negative Values by @Chadnaut in 58d1d9f
• Fix Duplicate Init Calls by @Chadnaut in c303acb
• Update BarlowCJK.ttf by @oomek in 72b4c2f
• Update macOS scripts by @zpaolo11x in c7aa8eb
• Fix crashes when video width is not a multiple of 16 by @oomek in 8c1d3c0

Changelog:

• Add 4 extra custom button options
• Add footer message argument in fe.overlay.splash_message()
• Add mouse wheel input position
• Add UI theme colour options
• Add Reload key as configurable input
• Add rounded corners properties to fe.Rectangle
• Add surface init position as fe.add_surface( x, y, w, h )
• Add menu toggle option
• Add UserConfig settings for alternate Layouts. Identically named settings will be common between alternate Layouts
• Add general option Layout Preview, which reloads the current layout when a Layout Option is changed
• Add master and filter list cache ( Reduces loading time when switching displays and filters )
• Add function to check file's modified time fe.get_file_mtime()
• Add fe.Music
• Add volume property to fe.Image and fe.Sound
• Update SFML version to 3.0.0
• Update the Settings UI
• Mouse pointer will always be visible in windowed modes, regardless of fe.layout.mouse_pointer state

Fixes:

• Fix handling of UTF-8 artwork filenames. Fixes issue #70
• Fix segfault on linux when generating small romlists. Fixes issue #71
• Fix v-sync issues in borderless window
• Prevent fe.get_input_state() processing when fe.overlay is on. Fixes issue #60
• Fix default image artwork not used if video exists. Fixes issue #59
• Fix navigation in Settings ( double back from Display, Emulator and Plug-In edit dialog )
• Optimize romlist reading speed
• Fix "Yes/No" translation conflict in "Generate Collection/Rom List"
• Fix layout double loading with custom displays menu set
• Fix fullscreen stuttering on Windows
• Fix current display index reset in default Displays Menu after restarting AM
• Fix Displays Menu not showing when exiting the intro
• Reset the screen saver timer while the overlay is up
• Fix crashes when loaded image is larger than the image cache size
• Replace static sleep with interruptible sleep in media.cpp ( boosts media switching performance )
• Optimize speed of clearing video texture
• Fix crashes on Linux on exiting AM+ when framerate dips below 60
• Fix crashes on changing settings with no displays configured
• Fix images not refreshing when bg_load = true
• Fix crashes caused by double window close in Linux DRM builds
• Fix images not loading when image cache size is set larger than 100MB
• Deprecate fe.Sound.file_name property. For large, or switchable sounds use fe.Music
• Fix video timer. fe.Image.video_time should return 0 during the first few empty frames
• Bump FFMPEG to 7.1.1 and GCC to 14.2.0 in Windows build
• Fix audio related crashes when playing videos
• Fix refresh rate detection in Linux
• Update MacOS build scripts

Special thanks in alphabetical order to:

• Chadnaut (Programming)
• estefan3112 (MacOS port)
• Substring (CI, Makefile)
• Yaron (testing and inspiration)
• zpaolo11x (MacOS port)

Changelog:

• Add fe.log() function, an alternative to print() It automatically adds a new line character and refreshes the console immediately
• Update FFMPEG to v7.0.2

Fixes:

• Fix fe.Text char_size returning wrong value when the msg is empty
• Fix fe.Text char_size returning wrong value when the layout size is overridden
• Improve mouse navigation in overlay menus
• Fix double signal callbacks on key repeat
• Fix Transition.EndNavigation not triggering in some scenarios
• Fix fe.layout.clones_list returning false when fe.list.index = 0

Fixes:

• Fix Anti-Aliasing on Nvidia by disabling forced Anti-Aliasing Gamma Correction in the driver
• Fix navigation issues and crashes when a display has 0 filters defined
• Fix the execution order of signal callbacks
• Fix disappearing event sound mappings when Sound Volume is set to 0
• Fix deleting a display. Deleting a display was causing copying properties of just deleted display into a next display and saving it to attract.cfg

Changelog:

• Added anti-aliasing to Configure / General
• Added anisotropic filtering to Configure / General

Fixes:

• fe.path_test() returning false on some systems
• Disappearing artwork in the begining of playing a video
• Translations in Configure / Controls
• z-order sorting

Changelog:

• Add lines property to fe.Text
• Add lines_total property to fe.Text
• Add line_height property to fe.Text

Fixes:

• Fix fe.Text msg_wrapped UTF8 conversion
• Fix fe.Text first_line_hint not working when text has magic tokens
• Fix fe.Text first_line_hint maximum limit
• Fix fe.Text word_wrap = true not working when set before setting msg property
• Fix surfaces not redrawing on fe.layout.redraw()

Changelog:

• Add anchor_x and anchor_y properties to fe.Image and fe.Rectangle
• Add rotation_origin_x and rotation_origin_y to fe.Image and fe.Rectangle
• Rename origin property to rotation_origin
• Rename set_origin() function to set_rotation_origin()

Fixes:

• Fix black screen on first run
• Fix missing artwork showing as black rectangles
• Fix Fe.Text word_wrap when text.style = Style.Bold
• Fix shader code when image.blend_mode = BlendMode.Premultiplied

Fixes:

• Fix scaling on Apple Silicon
• Fix default font loading on macOS