melonDS Android v0.7.0.rc3 Hotfix is now available!
Android Backup ROM Launch Fix
Download:
https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/melonDS-android/releases/tag/0.7.0.rc3.fix
(also updated apk on the previus release)
Important hotfix for RC3:
This hotfix fixes a ROM launch issue caused by Android or Google Backup restoring old app data without restoring the required ROM folder permissions.
On some devices, this could cause games to crash, return to the ROM list, or fail right after the Loading screen.
This version disables Android Auto Backup for the app and adds safer validation around restored ROM folders, cached ROM data, and auto-load savestates.
Important:
If games still fail to start after updating to this hotfix, please uninstall and reinstall the app once.
This version disables Android backup restore, so reinstalling should now correctly clear the stale restored data that caused the issue.
After reinstalling, re-authorize your ROM folder from Settings if needed.
New diagnostics option:
A new System setting was added:
Write app log to ROM folder
When enabled, the app writes this file into your ROM folder:
melonDualLog.log
This log includes app, native, and core logs.
It is intended to help debug rare launch issues, renderer problems, device-specific bugs, and other difficult-to-reproduce cases.
This should make future bug reports much more useful, especially when a problem only happens on certain devices.
Thank you!
Thank you to everyone who reported the ROM launch issue quickly.
This hotfix exists because of your reports and testing.
Please keep testing RC3 so we can make the final 0.7.0 release more stable for everyone.
Thank you for supporting the project and helping improve melonDS Android.
-Sapphire 💙
Comments (8)
Wanted to double check something since I saw the GitHub issue was marked completed, along with similar issues. Regarding the empty achievement list crash, is this expected to be addressed in a future RC or the final release of 0.7.0? I'm encountering this issue on RC3HF but may have forgotten to note that.
Yup, I will release a new HF in some hours with the things that got fixed!
Using this build on the Ayn Thor, I seem to be incapable of accessing games from or adding games to the DSi NAND. Attempting to boot into the DS or DSi home screens crashes the emulator as well.
Yup, there's a bug that's being solved! I will make a new release with more bugs fixed soon. Please wait a bit more!
Is there an option to enable DLDI with this version? it's needed to play homebrew like ZXDS. in the standard melonds it's found under emu settings. It would be great to get this feature, so we can finally play ZX Spectrum games on MelonDS
it will be available today !!!!, with rc3 hotfix2!!
Sorry to pester you about such a specific issue, but do you know why certain games might not be showing up in the game list? I've had this issue for a while across a few versions of MelonDS, and I was hoping some of the recent changes might fix it, but no luck. I posted an issue on the repo here: https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/melonDS-android/issues/97
Thanks I will check this!