v0.0.29 Alpha

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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.

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What's Changed

• sys_timer: Hotfix for stability improvements by @elad335 in #13945
• CI: upgrade FreeBSD and switch to /quarterly by @jbeich in #13949
• sys_fs, sys_ss, and sys_usbd: LV2 syscalls enhancements by @brian218 in #13840
• debugger: Bugfixes by @elad335 in #13948
• [Hotfix] Fixed #13954 for macOS builds by @brian218 in #13955
• [Hotfix] sys_fs: fix map entry removal in destructor by @Megamouse in #13961
• input: fix pad profile override with existing custom pad configs by @Megamouse in #13965
• Fix bugs related to lingering spu/ppu thread copies by @elad335 in #13964
• PPU: Sleep after returning from thread entry function by @elad335 in #13966
• vk: Fix broken rendering on apple M-series GPUs by @kd-11 in #13969
• input: add pressure intensity toggle mode by @Megamouse in #13959
• [Hotfix] Fixed a bug that normal games couldn't boot properly after VSH booted by @brian218 in #13980
• Random fixes by @Megamouse in #13963
• Qt: add ability to style richtext href links by @Megamouse in #13931
• cellMsgDialog: Fix segfault when closing non-blocking Qt dialogs by @Megamouse in #13986
• PPU: Fix thread entry detection false positives by @elad335 in #13975
• rsx: Vertex cache improvements by @kd-11 in #13985
• vk: Improved OOM handling by @kd-11 in #13967
• overlays: update progress dialog workaround by @Megamouse in #13992
• CI: use more recent FreeBSD packages again by @jbeich in #13993
• [Hotfix] System.cpp: Updated the definition of user-space LV2 CoreOS SELFs by @brian218 in #13995
• Qt: Improve PS3 Binaries Decryption tool by @elad335 in #13990
• Fix consecutive connect on the same socket on windows by @RipleyTom in #13987
• fs/linux: fix potential copy_file issue by @Megamouse in #13984
• input: Add DualSense Edge to DualSense pad handler by @Megamouse in #14008
• input: add controller index to SDL controllers by @Megamouse in #13999
• Log Frame: Make clear act clear pending messages by @elad335 in #14004
• Loader: remove dead code by @Megamouse in #13983
• np_handler: fix warning: check socket in discover_ip_address by @Megamouse in #14009
• vk: Handle VK_ERROR_FRAGMENTATION when allocating descriptor pools by @kd-11 in #14012
• PPUAnalyser: fix std::move misuse by @Megamouse in #14011
• UX: Rework some settings, Implement 'Show PPU compilation hint' by @AniLeo in #14005
• Optimize some trace log messages by @Megamouse in #14010
• [TESTERS NEEDED] Input: allow multi-button assignment by @Megamouse in #14018
• progress dialog fix by @Megamouse in #14030
• vk: Batch query copy requests to reduce number of vulkan commands used by @kd-11 in #14032
• Windows: silence uncritical performance counter error by @Megamouse in #14035
• Move connect workaround to connect interface by @RipleyTom in #14006
• jit: fix assertion in GDBJITRegistrationListener by @oltolm in #13864
• Fix Create PPU Cache by @elad335 in #14034
• Fix PPU debug setting with PPU interpreter by @elad335 in #14050
• Memory Viewer Improvements by @elad335 in #14051
• vk: Use synchronization2 extension for events by @kd-11 in #14065
• Workaround for old compilers by @kd-11 in #14070
• File.cpp: revert get_parent_dir change by @elad335 in #14086
• sys_fs: Updated some fs-related code following up #14086 by @brian218 in #14088
• RPCS3 Setup QoL Improvements by @elad335 in #14081
• Make stopping emulation not pause or crash UI by @elad335 in #14038
• Fix Welcome Dialog regression by @Megamouse in #14096
• vk: Synchronization2 followup by @kd-11 in #14101
• input/overlays: add option to lock overlay input to player one by @Megamouse in #14100
• RB3MidiGuitar.cpp: Support the regular guitar mode. by @DarkRTA in #14099
• Fix Create PPU Cache, Implement SELF precompilation, Savestate fix 1 out of 3 by @elad335 in #14090
• Hotfix after #14090 by @elad335 in #14112
• Qt: Save UI settings and geometry safely on closeEvent by @elad335 in #14060
• vk: Use pipeline barriers for proper event sync by @kd-11 in #14107
• Input: Fix multibutton input for mouse interaction by @Megamouse in #14109
• Update dependencies by @Megamouse in #14116
• cellSpurs: Implement ShutdownTaskset and WorkloadFlagReceiver2 by @elad335 in #13916
• rsx: Virtual subimage views by @kd-11 in #14104
• vm_native.cpp: Workaround for rpcs3_vm_sparse.tmp crashes by @elad335 in #14118
• rsx: Wrap MSAA coordinates before texelFetch by @kd-11 in #14130
• CI: Ignore FAudio submodule in windows builds by @Megamouse in #14128
• rsx: Clamp MSAA sampling weights to avoid clipping by @kd-11 in #14131
• sys_usbd: Implement support for Santroller devices by @sanjay900 in #14129
• ci: Improve build time for macOS by @DarthMDev in #14126
• rsx: Subimage view fixups by @kd-11 in #14140
• PPU LLVM/RawSPU: Implement MMIO violation elimination pass by @elad335 in #14137
• [simd.hpp] Fix gv_fmafs by @Nekotekina in #14145
• UX: Option to pause emulation when RPCS3 is not focused by @elad335 in #14146
• Implement PPU LV2 debug by @elad335 in #14125
• Only silence logging during gameplay by @Megamouse in #14143
• SPU: Fix static interpreter requirement with interrupts by @elad335 in #14148
• build-mac: Enable Discord Rich Presence for Mac Users by @DarthMDev in #14144
• Home menu: settings improvements by @Megamouse in #14152
• Qt: Use detailed text for changelog in install message box by @Megamouse in #14154
• Misc debug fixes by @elad335 in #14160
• rsx: Reimplement projected texturing to play nice with the subimage views by @kd-11 in #14149
• Write config.yml if it was empty on boot by @Megamouse in #14153
• sys_fs: Fix log levels by @elad335 in #14174
• SPU/PPU Debugger: Add decimal mode to registers panel by @elad335 in #14178
• [HOTFIX] rsx: Fix AMD shader codegen by @kd-11 in #14179
• Force inherit BDVD/PS3_GAME across game updates by @elad335 in #14159
• rsx: Preserve the texcoord transform around destructive modifications by @kd-11 in #14181
• macOS CI: add Homebrew and Qt caches by @nastys in #14167
• Make compile with msvc, clang and gcc on Windows by @oltolm in #14114
• vk: Don't load depth-stencil textures on the transfer queue by @kd-11 in #14185
• Qt: ignore Qt::Key_unknown when parsing key sequences by @Megamouse in #14187
• PPU/Debugger: View the currently used CR field content in register panel by @elad335 in #14188
• Patches: Fix potential RPCS3 crashes due to invalid patches by @elad335 in #14190
• Qt/Patches: Improve patch validation and patch creator by @Megamouse in #14172
• PPU LLVM: Improve precompilation time by @elad335 in #14197
• Optimize ecdsa by @Megamouse in #14162
• Qt: Restrict file types for drag-and-drop by @elad335 in #14206
• Qt: Cache drag-and-drop result when moving it by @elad335 in #14207
• Qt: Minor fixup after #14207 by @elad335 in #14208
• Implement PPU usleep control setting hack by @elad335 in #12605
• Implement fs::file::get_id() by @elad335 in #10904
• Fix default renderer when creating a brand new config by @Megamouse in #14209
• Qt: Exit And Save Log - toolbar action by @elad335 in #14212
• SPU LLVM: Handle SHUFB special cases with a lookup table by @Whatcookie in #11257
• Create New Paths for Dev_USB and mms by @Darkhost1999 in #14221
• sys_fs: use path instead of u8path by @Megamouse in #14230
• Qt: Fix saved log filename by @elad335 in #14239
• USIO: Fixed BACKUP MEMORY ERROR for some games by @brian218 in #14248
• Game List: Add Remove HDD1 Cache option by @elad335 in #14250
• Savestates Fixes (part 2 out of 3) by @elad335 in #14240
• USIO: Added support for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 and Dragon Ball: Zenkai Battle by @brian218 in #14253
• opengl: fix Qt warnings by @oltolm in #14249
• USIO: Added support for Tekken Tag Tournament 2 Live Monitor edition by @brian218 in #14256
• Fixup SONIC patches by @elad335 in #14258
• Fixed Emu.Restart(graceful=false) no longer worked after #14038 by @brian218 in #14362
• Loader: Fix config path in Emu.Restart by @Megamouse in #14363
• rename fs::stat to fs::get_stat by @oltolm in #14364
• sceNpTrophy: Initial commSign checking of CreateContext by @elad335 in #14367
• sceNpTrophy: Check if a trophy configuration file exists before starting the install process by @Megamouse in #14040
• sys_fs: Fixed up sys_fs_fcntl(0xc0000007, 0xc0000015, and 0xc000001c) according to real hardware testing by @brian218 in #14368
• Ouput TTY of the emulation session to log when stopping emulation by @elad335 in #9563
• SPU/Non-TSX: Implement concurrent reservations optimization by @elad335 in #12598
• Include spu.log inside RPCS3.log when SPU Debug is enabled by @elad335 in #14378
• Utils: Add initial AVX10 support by @Whatcookie in #14379
• SPU LLVM: Optimize common ROTQMBY pattern by @Whatcookie in #14381
• Fix typos, improve consistency by @Talkashie in #14382
• SPU LLVM: AVX-512 optimization for CFLTU by @Whatcookie in #14384
• Qt: fix data type of find_dialog text edits by @Megamouse in #14394
• Qt: Minor improvements by @elad335 in #14395
• Optimize RSX Debugger by @elad335 in #14397
• cellMsgDialogAbort: do not return CELL_MSGDIALOG_ERROR_DIALOG_NOT_OPENED by @Megamouse in #14393
• Qt6 port by @Megamouse in #12471

Full Changelog: v0.0.28...v0.0.29