WatermelonDS 0.7.0 is now available!
This is a very special release because the project has now officially moved from the old melonDualDS name to its new identity:
WatermelonDS!!!!!
This is the first final release with the new name, new icon, refreshed visuals, and a much improved interface.
Download: https://github.com/SapphireRhodonite/WatermelonDS/releases/tag/0.7.0
Highlights
This release includes some big changes:
The project is now officially WatermelonDS
New app name and visual identity
New launcher icon and splash screen
Major UI refresh
Improved ROM list presentation
Better RetroAchievements presentation
RetroArch shader presets across all renderers
New experimental Vulkan FastPath
The full detailed changelog is available in the GitHub release notes.
What comes next
After this release, my main focus will be bug fixing.
I want to improve both the normal rendering path and FastPath, with the long-term goal of making them converge into one stable, fast, and reliable rendering experience.
Feedback will be very important for this.
If you test FastPath, please mention clearly that FastPath was enabled when reporting an issue.
Thank you
Thank you to everyone who tested the 0.7.0 release candidates, reported issues, tested RetroAchievements, tried Vulkan builds, and supported the project during the melonDualDS phase.
This release marks the start of the next stage.
WatermelonDS is finally here.
- Sapphire 💙
Comments (23)
How is it going? I have the Retroid Pocket Nova, and I'm using their Retroid screen add-on. I've noticed every time I exit out of a game and go back in, it never detects the dual screen unless I disconnect and reconnect the cable.At first I thought it was the device itself, but when I use Azahar or Citra for the 3DS, it always detects the second screen. Am I doing something wrong within the watermelon da settings?
Ummm this is a bug I will fix it!, I am doing a release pretty soon
Playing on the 12GB ram ayn thor and I get constant split second freezes that I don't get on the regular melon ds and I'm not really sure whats causing it.
Does this run well on low end devices like RG DS with GammaOS?
Not that great it's better to use SeedlessDS
👋 Hi, where do I go for questions and tech support?
Here or as an issue on GitHub!
Will there be optimisations for midrange chips that are more powerful than the RK3568 on the RG DS but not on the level of say the Snapdragon 865? Currently trying to run this app on the MagicX One 35 (uses the MediaTek Helio G85) and I'm struggling to upscale at all when a shader is applied. Or is SeedlessDS intended for these midrange chips as well?
My main objective is to only use WatermelonDS, but in the meantime, we have SeedlessDS!
In the last couple versions, including this one, roms seem to show up on the main screen veryyyyyyyyy slowly. It takes about 30 seconds for a game to show after refreshing the rom list. Is there any way to speed it up?
Okay so you broke my obtanium and broke the original release. Thanks bro
Hahaha, it should work just fine in Obtanium, it should redirect just fine. Which errors did you get? I'll fix them! Thanks for telling me.
Yay! Thank you for all the hard work you’ve been doing on these!
Thank you
Just trying to clarify, is this the same as MelonDS? I see you mention melondualDS, just wondering if they are the same and if I should upgrade to this haha.
Hahaha it's the evolution of melonDS and melonDualDS, so yup!, it has a plenty of new options!!!
Is there any talk about RTC? would love to be able to change the time on my Pokémon and animal crossing games. Drastic had this as well as the Melonds ds retroarch core. Would love it on here as well.
When editing the top and bottom screens in the layout, could you make it possible to rotate them 360 degrees? It would be really helpful when playing on a monitor, so I’d appreciate it if you could implement this. I’m using a translation app, so I apologize if my message is a bit hard to understand.
Thanks so much for this update! By any chance, are you planning to add support for a frame generator (LSFG) to the new Vulkan renderer, similar to what the Drastic Switch build did?
Thanks! Are you in touch with the Retro Achievements developers? It would be great if your emulators appeared on the official list as well! https://retroachievements.org/downloads
It already is! https://retroachievements.org/downloads?system=18 Its MelonDualDS we will change the name to WatermelonDS
WoW this So Good, very Proffesional looking. Thank You!
truly legendary