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Lakka Changelog

What's new in Lakka 2.1

Nov 30, 2017
  • Merged LibreELEC 8.2 stable
  • Kernel updates for PC, RPi and more
  • New wifi drivers and fixes
  • Samba 4
  • RPi firmware updates
  • Switch back to OpenSSL
  • RetroArch updated to 1.6.9
  • Updated cores to latest upstream versions
  • Updated shaders (clearly improved compability on some graphic cards)
  • Completely new game engine by Rob Loach: ChaiLove
  • Kiosk mode: Enabling the kiosk mode will prevent users to access the settings. You can setup a password to disable the kiosk mode. This work is provided by Brunnis.
  • Updated game database and metadata
  • Updated joypad autoconfigs
  • More beautiful animated background, we are now using additive blending to make the ribbon shine
  • Icon sets more complete
  • Font selection fix, useful to set a font that supports simplified Chinese
  • Record config selection fix, it will make it easier to use recording and streaming from the interface
  • Simplified netplay menu, we removed the old netplay menu from the main menu
  • Updated translations
  • Scanner fixes, scanning for Gamecube CDs
  • Favorites ROMs tab
  • Parallel-N64 (Nintendo 64) with multithreaded Angrylion
  • Completely new cores:
  • Citra - Nintendo 3DS (only PC 64-bit image)
  • Dolphin - Nintendo GameCube / Wii (all images)
  • OpenLara - Tomb Raider (all images
  • Redream - Sega Dreamcast (all images)
  • MeowPC98 - PC98 (all images)
  • MelonDS - Nintendo DS (all images)
  • SameBoy - Nintendo Game Boy/Game Boy Color (all images)
  • MAME2003-Midway (all images)
  • px68k - Portable SHARP X68000 (all images)
  • Support for S812 Amlogic TV Boxes (thanks to Ntemis)
  • Fix for the boot arguments of Odroid-XU3/4 (thanks to gouchi)
  • HDMI audio fixes on WeTek Play 2
  • Ability to use the Raspberry Pi as a Wi-Fi access point (thanks to duduke)
  • Audio support for the RGB-Pi SCART adapter (thanks to the Recalbox team for the donation of this adapter, and to vik for the donation of a CRT screen)
  • Support for twin joypads like the Xin Mo
  • New Rockchip based boards: ASUS TinkerBoard, MiQi, ROCK64
  • Allwinner images: We now have completely new builds for Allwinner boards, based on the mainline kernel and u-boot. With this new project, we can support many new boards with very little efforts. Being based on a recent kernel increase compatibility with newer joypads and dongles. These new images will replace the a10, a20, H3 and Bananapi images.
  • OdroidXU4 update: A kernel and u-boot update fixes the eMMC boot, improves TV detection and adds more resolutions. Special thanks to Hardkernel for gifting an XU4 device and the new eMMC modules.
  • U-boot on Rockchip and Allwinner updated to 2017.11 stable
  • Netcat packaged, useful to use network commands in RetroArch
  • Sixpair packaged
  • Kernel highlights:
  • Rockchip images: 4.4.99 LTS
  • Allwinner images: 4.14 LTS
  • More gamepad modules enabled
  • Real time kernel for PC and RPi, should reduce input lag
  • Performance governor for PC and RPi, should stabilize framerate

New in Lakka 2.0 (Apr 30, 2017)

  • Important changes:
  • LibreELEC 8.0 stable rebase
  • RetroArch 1.5.0:
  • Simplified menu
  • Intuitive netplay: you create or join netplay rooms directly from the menu.
  • Ability to change the icon set on the fly
  • Revamped virtual keyboard
  • Korean language support
  • New server for downloads and updates
  • Almost all libretro cores are now enabled on every image
  • Important bugfixes:
  • Important Vsync Bug fixed on Orange Pi
  • White background bug fix for WeTek
  • Resolution bug fix for WeTek
  • Fixed physical keyboard typing in the menu
  • New supported hardware:
  • Raspberry Pi Zero W
  • Odroid C2
  • WeTek Play 2
  • WeTek Core
  • WeTek Hub
  • S805 TV Boxes
  • S802 TV Boxes
  • S905 TV Boxes
  • Note that we continue supporting the boards that already work with Lakka 1.0: Odroid, Orange Pi, UDOO, etc.
  • New cores (emulators and game engines):
  • In this new version, almost all of the libretro cores on every platform are now enabled. This is to increase netplay compatibility across different versions of Lakka.
  • EasyRPG, a new core, allows to run RPG Maker 2000/2003 games
  • UAE4ARM, an ARM optimized Amiga emulator
  • PUAE, another Amiga Emulator
  • CrocoDS, an Amstrad CPC emulator
  • VICE, a Commodore 64 emulator
  • PocketCDG, a Karaoke player
  • XRick, Rick Dangerous game engine
  • Frodo, a Commodore 64 emulator (work in progress)
  • Mr.BOOM, a bomberman clone
  • bSNES packaged for the PC images
  • Updated cores:
  • Atari800
  • Hatari
  • Snes9x
  • Beetle PCE Fast
  • FCEUMM
  • Beetle PC-FX
  • Genesis Plus GX
  • Picodrive
  • Beetle Saturn
  • Nestopia
  • Beetle PSX
  • FB Alpha
  • Handy
  • MAME 2003
  • Mupen64plus
  • ScummVM
  • PCSX ReARMed
  • Tyrquake
  • PCSX Rearmed
  • Parallel-n64
  • bSNES Mercury
  • Beetle PSX
  • Beetle Saturn
  • Dinothawr
  • Beetle PCE
  • mGBA
  • Lynx
  • Snes9x2002
  • Snes9x2005
  • The core updates include support for netplay and cheats, and also new renderers for PSX and N64 emulators.
  • Updated controller support:
  • The joypad profiles has been updated. The following joy pads required specific changes to work properly (and now do): * XBox One S * Wii U GameCube Adapter * OUYA controller * NVidia Shield Controller * Gen Game S3 Controller