v0.0.19 Alpha

Please note that our version increases are landmarks and not stable builds
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Note: These are NOT stable builds. RPCS3 is a rolling release software without stable builds. These are random tags we do from time to time. Do NOT use the branch from these tags to package RPCS3.

What's Changed

• BUILD: Refactor wolfssl submodule by @p01arst0rm in #10780
• Patches/PPU: Extend and improve patching capabilities (code allocations, jumps to any address) by @elad335 in #10779
• Hotfix for #10779 by @Nekotekina in #10805
• Fixup No.2 for #10779 by @Nekotekina in #10808
• Silence some warnings by @Megamouse in #10814
• Qt: patch creator by @Megamouse in #10816
• cellCamera/sys_net: Anti-Log spam enhancement by @elad335 in #10817
• Fix pad profiles by @Megamouse in #10820
• remove deprecated avcodec_register_all by @Megamouse in #10824
• rsx: Implement accurate ZCULL stats by @kd-11 in #10823
• Enable PPU java mode handling by default by @Megamouse in #10825
• Debugger/Disasm: Name SPU Syscalls by @elad335 in #10827
• Log emulation pause/unpause events by @elad335 in #10830
• Fix wording of some tooltips by @Talkashie in #10832
• Input: pad_thread optimizations by @Megamouse in #10836
• Qt: release more memory when possible by @Megamouse in #10839
• Remove some deprecated stuff by @Megamouse in #10840
• Do not allow to unpause after fatal error occured in emulation by @elad335 in #10833
• Improve config selection options for game startup by @elad335 in #10841
• Fixup for code allocation patches, Implement 32-bit jump-link patch type by @elad335 in #10810
• Add support for sc vtrm crypto by @Megamouse in #10616
• BUILD: a couple of cmake msvc compile fixes by @cjj19970505 in #10799
• Fix vm::try_alloc regression by @elad335 in #10857
• Fixup default config-path by @elad335 in #10863
• vm: Fix vm::unmap by @elad335 in #10855
• Fix user_interface::alloc_thread_bit() usage by @elad335 in #10846
• sys_prx: Fix old firmware by @elad335 in #10873
• Qt: Pad settings dialog fixes by @Megamouse in #10866
• Qt: add changelog to updater by @Megamouse in #10844
• RSX fixes by @xddxd in #10877
• BUILD: cmake corrections by @p01arst0rm in #10782
• sys_prx: Implement sys_prx_get_module_id_by_address by @elad335 in #10874
• Fix BDVD path setting by @elad335 in #10868
• overlays: Show feedback while stopping ppu compilation by @Megamouse in #10822
• cellSearch: more stubs and implementations by @Megamouse in #10578
• Fully implement sceNpDrmVerifyUpgradeLicense by @NicknineTheEagle in #10581
• [Testers Needed] SPU LLVM Improvements by @Nekotekina in #10809
• SPU MFC: Implement MFC commands execution shuffling by @elad335 in #8514
• CPUThread: Prevent recursive check_state calls (fixup after #8514) by @elad335 in #10883
• rsx: Fix stupid overflow by @kd-11 in #10885
• Disc games handling fixes, PKG SDATA Decryption, PARAM.SFO Formatter, Other System.cpp fixes by @elad335 in #10849
• System: skip unnecessary fxo initializations by @Megamouse in #10838
• RSX: wait when emulation is paused (reduces CPU usage) by @Megamouse in #10837
• Windows/CLI: add "high-res-timer" argument (defaults to 1) by @Megamouse in #10889
• SPU/GUI: Add MFC Delay Command checkbox to GUI, Add one more MFC Shuffle setting by @elad335 in #10884
• unpkg/edat: Extract and check for edat on the correct directory by @AniLeo in #10891
• Fix position of centered performance overlay by @Megamouse in #10893
• Fix keyboard_pad_handler pressure sensitivity by @Megamouse in #10899
• cellAudioPortOpen/Timestamp fix by @elad335 in #10763
• Fix memory leak in cellOskDialog by @elad335 in #10895
• rsx/vk: Fix some spec violations by @kd-11 in #10900
• Improve cellOskDialog. Partially fixes some more games that use it (mostly online games) by @Megamouse in #10896
• Fix initial perf overlay graph positions when the detail level is set to none by @Megamouse in #10905
• sys_fs: SDATA/EDATA fixes and more by @elad335 in #10903
• vk: Fix scanning for upload heap types. by @kd-11 in #10912
• ci: Switch QT mirror by @AniLeo in #10918
• Debugger: Implement editing instruction for entire SPU group by @elad335 in #10916
• Fix VFS regression by @Megamouse in #10914
• settings: Refactor a few CPU tab settings by @AniLeo in #10928
• Qt: Fix SnapSlider in settings by @Megamouse in #10933
• Patches/PPU: Implement HLE/LLE/With-TOC function call patches by @elad335 in #10859
• Remove some lwmutex log spam by @Megamouse in #10930
• Debugger/Disasm: Name PPU Syscalls by @elad335 in #10939
• rsx/vk: Optimizations by @kd-11 in #10938
• vk: Clean up around vkQueueSubmit handling by @kd-11 in #10942
• vk: Use a dynamic number of descriptor allocations by @kd-11 in #10943
• Qt: Add "Restore Defaults" Button to Settings Dialog by @Megamouse in #10944
• Taskbar progressbar fixes for Windows and Linux (Unity Launcher) by @Megamouse in #10929
• SPU LLVM: Use VDBPSADBW in SUMB by @Whatcookie in #10937
• SPU LLVM Fixup for VDBPSADBW by @Nekotekina in #10948
• PKG: Simplify files management by @elad335 in #10935
• Fixup for multi-file PKG by @elad335 in #10949
• Suggest tweaking the setting "Stub PPU Traps" after PPU trap by @elad335 in #10921
• Set up VS environment before calling cmake in glslang and spirv by @CookiePLMonster in #10952
• Fix clang-format for new ugly lambda indentations by @Megamouse in #10945
• GUI Utilities: Implement PS3 SDAT/EDAT decryption by @elad335 in #10934
• Overlays: fix small performance overlay font sizes by @Megamouse in #10957
• Input: increase mouse acceleration maximum by @Megamouse in #10958
• Update yaml-cpp to version 0.7 by @Megamouse in #10961
• cellKb: implement key repeat mode by @Megamouse in #10965
• Add edat install support by @RipleyTom in #10966
• rsx: Restructure texture instruction dispatch a bit by @kd-11 in #10964
• Make pad and patches config saving atomic by @elad335 in #10974
• Qt: write version changes to update_history.log by @Megamouse in #10972
• DS4: add Zeroplus Brook Mars controller by @Megamouse in #10038
• rsx: Minor fixes by @kd-11 in #10975
• PPU DisAsm: Fix CMPLI disassembly by @elad335 in #10986
• [WIP] RPCN 0.4: The Friend Update by @RipleyTom in #10981
• sceNpDrmIsAvailable: add param checks by @Megamouse in #10987
• vm_native: fix overcommit on FreeBSD by @jbeich in #10989
• rsx: Fix some texture decode instructions by @kd-11 in #10993
• Fix rpcn create/login not returning proper error by @RipleyTom in #10990
• rpcn: wait for signal before connect by @RipleyTom in #10995
• GUI Utilities: Implement instruction searching in PS3 memory, PPU/SPU disassemblers improved by @elad335 in #10968
• Add I/O setting to toggle emulated DJ Hero turntable controller by @shockdude in #10992
• Defaults to 127.0.0.1 when failing to discover IP by @RipleyTom in #10997
• PPU/SPU LLVM: Emulate VPERM2B with a 256 bit wide VPERMB (AVX512 optimization) by @Whatcookie in #10959
• RPCN: Enables resend token button by @RipleyTom in #11002
• RPCN:Set error state on empty login/password by @RipleyTom in #11005
• sceNpDrmIsAvailable: fix error check by @Megamouse in #11007
• DS4: log hardware and firmware versions by @Megamouse in #11008
• PPUDisAsm: Fixup SC printing (#10968), support LV1 syscalls by @elad335 in #11017
• sys_net: redirects 0.0.0.0 packets on windows by @RipleyTom in #11011
• PPUDisAsm: Fix MFSPR/MTSPR disassembly by @elad335 in #11019
• SPU/PPU DisAsm: Implement more constant formation patterns by @elad335 in #11020
• vm_native.cpp: Fix DeviceIoControl usage by @elad335 in #11029
• Qt: remove pad settings size constraint by @Megamouse in #11028
• Linux: add org.mate.ScreenSaver as fallback by @Megamouse in #11034
• vk: Fully allow CB change in emit_geometry by @kd-11 in #11031
• SPU: Implement interrupts handling for remaining events by @elad335 in #10917
• 3rdparty: Update dependencies by @AniLeo in #11044
• Fix possible fs::create_path recursion overflow by @elad335 in #11041
• fix: cleanup basic handler in np term by @RipleyTom in #11046
• [Win32] Allow renaming uppercase RAP/EDAT to lowercase with drag-and-drop from /exdata by @elad335 in #11048
• Add I/O setting to toggle emulated Guitar Hero Live guitar controller by @shockdude in #11049
• Screenshot: sort folders by Title IDs by @illusion0001 in #11054
• Qt: fix richtext_item_delegate palette by @Megamouse in #11053
• Allow booting any ELF inside disc directory, not just ones at 'PS3_GAME/USRDIR/' by @elad335 in #11015
• Add Qt camera handler by @Megamouse in #11016
• Screenshot: add Title ID to filename by @illusion0001 in #11056
• PS Move: Show live camera stream by @Megamouse in #11058
• Qt: Add sound-effect to screenshots by @Megamouse in #11057
• Decrease IO log spam by @Megamouse in #11064
• cellAudio: Fix audio channel order by @capriots in #11066
• rsx/gl: Fixes by @kd-11 in #11062
• Qt: Use svg instead of insignia by @Megamouse in #11068
• Qt: fix QSvg deployment by @Megamouse in #11075
• SPU DisAsm: Print SPU floats by @elad335 in #11077
• Emu: Move VFS mount to Init by @Megamouse in #11040
• Improve trophy pop-up by @Megamouse in #11078
• PS3 String Searcher: Implement instruction searching in embedded SPU images (as well as SPU floats) by @elad335 in #11082
• Trophy manager improvements by @Megamouse in #11084
• Add more logging for Emulator Stop events by @Megamouse in #11087
• Performance overlay position fixes by @Megamouse in #11088
• rsx: Fix sampling in X when 0 pitch is given by @kd-11 in #11080
• GUI: Always show thread name for fatal log messages by @elad335 in #11090
• rpcs3_version: Bump to 0.0.19 by @AniLeo in #11095

Full Changelog: v0.0.18...v0.0.19