- Retro Rewind's SNES Ghost Valley 2 at render_scale 1.0, GPU-bound at about 40 FPS: merging the
eye passes lifts it from 38.9 to 41.5 FPS (app GPU 23.3 to 21.7 ms), and no foveation level
raises the frame rate further.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Luigi Circuit Grand Prix start on a Quest 3, same-session A/B through the debug properties:
one render pass per eye saves 12% of eye GPU time at render_scale 0.8 and 8% at 1.3.
- Foveation is neutral at 0.8 (eyes are geometry and full-resolution tile-store bound) and saves
8/14/22% at Low/Medium/High at 1.3, so it stays off by default.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Eyes render under a VK_EXT_fragment_density_map: full rate around each eye's forward direction,
2x2 then 4x4 pixel blocks towards the edges ([vr] foveation = off|low|medium|high, default off).
XR_FB_foveation cannot help here: the runtime's maps only shape passes drawing into its
swapchain, and the eyes reach it through a copy.
- aurora-main/patches/dawn/aurora_fdm.inc: Dawn enables the extension only on request and for
dynamic rendering, flags every render pipeline, and chains an immutable RG8 map into any pass
whose first color attachment is a view bound to one (ABI: include/aurora/dawn_fdm_abi.h).
- android/Build-QuestDawn.ps1 builds the pinned Dawn revision with those patches for arm64
(dawn-build CI flags, protobuf off) into a cached package; Build-Quest.ps1 links it
(-StockDawn opts out) and AuroraDawnProvider.cmake enables the ABI from its manifest.
- lib/gfx/foveation.hpp generates the maps (32 px per texel, densities 255/127/63); an eye is
foveated only when single_pass_eyes draws it in one render pass. Menus never are.
- Live level from the headset panel's VR tab and the launcher; the launch decides whether the
device has maps. debug.wiicompiled.foveation and debug.wiicompiled.fdm for A/B.
- Tests: Foveation cases in gx_fifo_tests, mkw_vr_config_tests. Docs: OPENXR.md, quest-port.md.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added eye_pass_plan.hpp: an eye keeps drawing in the render pass it has open across the frame's
GX copies (only the mono render performs them), skips passes a later clear of the whole color and
depth erases, and splits only for a clear of color alone or depth alone.
- render_stereo_eye follows that plan; the cockpit fallback is drawn inside the last pass instead of
a render pass of its own that loaded the eye back.
- The stencil is now cleared where the eye actually starts, so a cockpit mask drawn in an erased pass
can no longer punch holes in the HUD.
- [vr] single_pass_eyes (default on, live from F10) and debug.wiicompiled.eye_passes 0/1 on the Quest
switch back to one render pass per recorded pass for A/B timing.
- Each new plan shape is logged once ("Eye replay plan: ...").
- Tests: EyePassPlan cases in gx_fifo_tests; stereo_multiplayer_smoke and stereo_frame_worker_smoke
pass on D3D12.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Added `ic_question_tip.xml` and `ic_success_tip.xml` vector drawables for UI icons.
- Created layout files for friend-related dialogs: `dialog_add_friend.xml` and `dialog_friend_code.xml`.
- Implemented `item_friend.xml` for displaying individual friend cards in the friends list.
- Developed `page_friends.xml` for the main friends page layout, including empty state handling.
- Added unit tests in `RksysFriendsTest.kt` to validate friend management logic and interactions.
- Introduced `SidebarStatusTest.kt` to ensure proper status reading and SVG path parsing.
- Added PlayerRow.kt to bind player data for leaderboard and rooms.
- Introduced PodiumCard.kt for podium animations and display of player rankings.
- Created drawable resources for podium backgrounds, badges, and particles.
- Developed layout files for leaderboard header and podium cards.
- Implemented LeaderboardTest to validate leaderboard functionality and player ranking logic.
- Created dialog_player_profile.xml for displaying player profiles with loading and error states.
- Added item_player.xml for individual player items in lists, showing Mii, name, friend code, and VR.
- Introduced item_room.xml for room items, displaying game mode, ID, and player count.
- Developed page_room_details.xml for detailed room information, including player actions.
- Implemented page_rooms.xml for the main rooms page layout, featuring search functionality and room listings.
- Added view_vr_history.xml for visualizing player's VR history over time.
- Created LiveRoomsTest.kt to validate room and player functionalities, including leaderboard integration and search capabilities.
- Introduced PlayerMii class to encapsulate Mii data and image.
- Added parseMiiData function to decode Mii data from JSON.
- Updated miiImage function to playerMii for better clarity and functionality.
- Enhanced RksysProfiles to include Mii ID and updated parsing logic.
- Modified SidebarProfileCard to accommodate new Mii handling.
- Redesigned layout for activity_launcher.xml to improve Mii display.
- Adjusted item_mii.xml and page_profiles.xml for better Mii image sizing.
- Updated strings.xml for clarity on Mii parts and bodies.
- Added tests for Mii database and rendering to ensure functionality.
- Created MiiBodies class to handle upper body rendering for Miis.
- Implemented MiiBodiesTest to validate body model parsing and rendering.
- Introduced new layout files for Mii items, Mii editor, and My Miis page.
- Implemented MiiData serialization and deserialization tests to ensure data integrity.
- Created MiiDatabase tests to validate database creation, modification, and error handling.
- Added MiiIds tests to verify ID generation and MAC address derivation.
- Developed MiiRenderer tests to confirm rendering functionality for Mii parts.
- Added vector drawable icons: ic_chart, ic_code, ic_copy, ic_star, ic_translation, ic_user_circle.
- Created layout file for the profiles page, including UI elements for displaying user profiles, history, and statistics.
- Implemented unit tests for Retro WFC functionality, ensuring correct parsing of history, online friend codes, badges, and Mii images.
- Developed tests for Rksys profiles, validating friend code generation, license parsing, and handling of ratings.
- Introduced new drawable resources for user and warning icons.
- Created layout files for mod browser items, loading indicators, and the main mod browser page.
- Implemented IDs for resource referencing in the layout.
- Added unit tests for GameBanana API interactions, ensuring proper parsing of mod data and error handling.
- Developed Rust module for handling mod archives, supporting extraction of 7z and RAR formats with error checking.
The rule and its cost are not obvious from the code: the substitution is per
draw, so the merge test is too, and getting that wrong is worth 6 ms of GPU time
a frame in a race.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The Quest launcher's Settings > VR gains a Seat choice (cockpit or
custom, first_person_seat) and a Hand steering switch (hand_steering, off
by default like the runtime), which is only enabled in the first-person
cockpit because the wheel belongs to that seat. About credits heurazy for
the turning steering wheel and hand steering. The runtime side was already
shared with the Quest build.
OPENXR.md records what one Quest 3 race showed: the kart's own wheel
animated (228 draws a frame) with the race camera's view matching the
scene's exactly, but the driver's eye was never calibrated and the
fallback put the wheel centre about 13 cm above eye level. The Quest
declares no hand-tracking permission, so hands are the procedural gloves.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The panel was drawn into the eye images, so below a 1.00x OpenXR
resolution its 1440x1080 canvas was minified into a small eye region and
the text became hard to read. It is now submitted as a quad layer of its
own over the scene's projection or menu quad, which the compositor samples
directly at any render scale.
Each backend (D3D12, Windows Vulkan, Quest) makes the panel's swapchain
pair (plus two shared buffers on the Quest) the first time the panel
opens. While it is open, the frame hands Aurora one more stereo target
after the eyes, which the bridge fills with the panel texture or a
transparent image. The panel image follows the eyes' displayed/retained
pairing, so a cancelled frame never shows an unwritten panel. The quad
hangs where the pointer's hits are tested. Aurora leaves the panel out of
the eyes in layer mode, and a backend that cannot make the layer falls
back to drawing it into the eyes.
On the Quest, debug.wiicompiled.panel_layer 0 selects the old path at
run time. Measured there at a race start (render_scale 0.8), the layer
costs nothing while the panel is closed; while it is open, app GPU time is
10.5 ms against 9.7 ms drawn into the eyes, with unchanged frame rates.
The replay tests cover lazy creation, cancelled frames, closed and
unplaced panels, and render-first pacing on D3D12 and Windows Vulkan.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
The native-registration scan only knew PPC_NATIVE_OVERRIDE, so every
GX_DEFERRED_OVERRIDE_VOID was missing from the index; the deferred form
registers `symbol` and posts the hand-written `symbol_gx`.
A Retro Rewind kit built from a translation without the Retro-WFC payload now
refuses to package instead of crashing on entering WFC, and on Android ImGui
keeps off SDL's cursor, which ART aborts on from a guest fiber's stack.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
- Introduced a new GX thread to handle the rendering pipeline, allowing the game thread to post commands without blocking.
- Added `gx_thread.h` and `gx_thread.cpp` to manage the command ring buffer and thread synchronization.
- Updated `vi.cpp` to utilize the GX thread for rendering tasks, improving frame pacing and responsiveness.
- Modified `main.cpp` to configure and start the GX thread, ensuring it integrates with the existing rendering workflow.
- Enhanced `openxr_integration.cpp` to register the GX thread with OpenXR for better performance in VR scenarios.
- Refactored `settings_overlay.cpp` to remove unnecessary waits for the frame worker, as the overlay now draws directly into the game thread's ImGui frame.
- Improved error handling and logging in the GX thread to capture exceptions during command execution.
- Created InstallReset.kt to handle the removal of game files, built games, and mod packs while preserving user data.
- Implemented unit tests for InstallReset to ensure correct functionality and file handling.
- Updated RetroRewindPackTest to include new test cases for update and deletion order.
- Enhanced Vulkan interop and OpenXR integration to support new thread scheduling hints for Android.
- Improved error handling and logging for GPU submission failures in Vulkan backend.
Brings in the keyboard/mouse rebinding overhaul (#162), the Kamek
skip-return hook fixes (#182, #218), the exit button and controller LED
fix (#221), the autohide-cursor and mute hotkey fix (#211), the Linux
--sysroot plumbing (#224) and the switch to the theofficialgman
dawn-build fork (#215).
Conflicts resolved to keep the VR integration intact:
- settings_overlay.cpp/.h: kept both new declarations. The controller
rebinding UI takes upstream's click-to-rebind widgets wholesale - our
only edit there was wrapping the combo width in Scaled(), and
upstream's bindingWidth is already font-relative, so the headset
panel still scales. Kept our DrawResolutionMenu() extraction (the VR
panel reuses it) while adopting upstream's DrawExitPrompt() and its
new DrawTopBar() prologue; kept our Diagnostics menu alongside
upstream's exit-button width math. HandleEvents merges both keyboard
paths, with the VR recenter hotkey now guarded by !g_rebind.active so
it cannot fire while a binding is being captured.
- AuroraDawnProvider.cmake: dropped our now-dead Android hash block.
Upstream restructured the pins into an if/elseif chain that already
covers android/aarch64, with the digest for the new dawn-build fork;
our leftover block was unreachable and carried the old encounter
digest.
- Version plumbing (Build-Installer.ps1, Setup.Windows Program.cs and
csproj): kept this fork's own line, which is 0.2.39 and centralised in
Launcher/Directory.Build.props, rather than regressing to upstream's
hardcoded 0.2.32.
Verified: translator 654/654; runtime ctest 14/14 including every VR
test; WiiCompiled and RetroRewind link; aurora gx_fifo_tests 262/263,
the one failure being the TevRegisterLiveness case already documented as
pre-existing on this branch.
Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5 <noreply@anthropic.com>
translate-recursive now starts at 0x800060A4 (__start) to match recomp.yml and system_bridge.h. The payload curl uses rwfc.net/api/wfc/payload like the rest of the guide, since nas.play.rwfc.net does not answer over https.
Co-authored-by: devangpratap <devangpratap@proton.me>
