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Claude c8220c0c11 Report graphics startup failures instead of aborting
When no backend could create a window and a WebGPU device, aurora hit
an ASSERT and the process aborted with only SDL's last error in the log.
Keep the first adapter, device or window error, return it from
aurora_initialize with a new initializationStatus, and have the runtime
throw it so the existing fatal popup and fatal log record the reason.

ImGui shutdown now skips backends that never initialized, so the
shutdown that follows a failed start does not crash.

From upstream patchzyy/Wiicompiled 6f14bde (#244, KartPad batch).

Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 (1M context) <noreply@anthropic.com>
Claude-Session: https://claude.ai/code/session_01Wg7mB8ogCWmp9GH19Uc82B
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Logo

Aurora is a source-level GameCube & Wii compatibility layer intended for use with game decompilation projects.

Originally developed for use in Metaforce, a Metroid Prime reverse engineering project. It now powers several completed source ports, including Dusklight.

Features

  • Application layer using SDL3
    • Runs on Windows, Linux, macOS, iOS, tvOS, Android
  • GX compatibility layer
    • Graphics API support: D3D12, Vulkan, Metal
    • Highly accurate and performant GX implementation
    • Robust pipeline cache system with "transferable" cache support for releases
    • Dolphin-compatible texture pack support
    • Widescreen & resolution scaling support
    • Custom APIs for offscreen rendering
  • PAD compatibility layer
    • Utilizes SDL_Gamepad for wide controller support, including GameCube controller adapters
    • Automatically saves and loads controller bindings and port mappings
    • Gyro & mouse support
  • DVD compatibility layer
    • Utilizes nod to support all GameCube/Wii disc image types, including RVZ
  • CARD compatibility layer
    • Full compatibility with Dolphin .gci and .raw for game saves
  • Dear ImGui built-in for simple debug UIs

Graphics

The GX compatibility layer is built on top of WebGPU, a cross-platform graphics API abstraction layer. WebGPU allows targeting all major platforms simultaneously with minimal overhead. The WebGPU implementation used is Chromium's Dawn.

Screenshot

Building

See docs/building.md for build instructions, CMake integration, and configuration options.

License

Aurora is licensed under the MIT License.