PPSSPP 1.14 has arrived!

(NOTE: 1.14.1, released on December 20, fixes a black screen bug on older Android devices, plus some other odds and ends)

(Additionally, 1.14.2-4 fix some additional bugs and hangs.)

This is no ordinary release - a lot of work has gone into fixing up long-standing rendering issues, such as the water in Outrun or characters clipping through the background in Kurohyou 2, smoke showing through walls in Ratchet & Clank, there are new VR builds for Quest and PICO, and many other things! A quick overview of changes:

• Graphics fixes in Burnout Dominator, Kurohyou, Ratchet & Clank, Outrun, Ridge Racer, Spongebob: Yellow Avenger, Cars: Race-o-Rama, Hunter x Hunter, many others
• Performance improvements: Killzone now runs at playable speed, Juiced 2 performance fixed, lighting ubershader optimization
• Many software renderer improvements, both performance and accuracy.
• Brand new VR builds for stand-alone devices: Quest & Pico thanks to the work of Lubos!
• Some input handling fixes, IR interpreter fixes, and so much more.
• There will be a couple of blog posts with a lot more detail about some of the changes early next year when the new website rolls out. Anyway, enjoy!

NOTE: As usual, the Android version will be rolled out gradually, you'll see it in the Play Store within the next few days.

1.14.4

• Multiple shader compatibility fixes for older devices/drivers: (#16710, #16709, #16708)
• A few other minor fixes: (#16703, #16706)

1.14.3

• Several crash/hang fixes (#16690, #16689, #16683, #16685, #16680, #16697, #16681, more)
• Minor UI fixes (#16698, #16684, #16674, #16677)
• Fix confirm/cancel button reversal (#16692)

1.14.2

• Fix Toca/DTM and others (culling) on Mali again (#16645)
• Fix line rendering bugs in the homebrew Tempest clone Webfest (#16656)
• Assorted cleanup and bugfixes (#16673, #16662, #16655, #16644, #16636, #16639 etc)

1.14.1

• Fix black screen in Vulkan on some older Android devices (Android version 7) (#16599)
• Fix error message in Medal of Honor (#16614)
• Various minor bugfixes (#16617, #16609, #16608, #16615, #16619)
• Add an option to turn off the new transparent menu background (#16595)

1.14 - PPSSPP 1.14 has arrived!

• Massive number of rendering fixes
  • Water in Outrun 2006 and DiRT 2 now renders correctly (logic op fixes) (#15960, #16208, #16032, #16024, #15967)
  • Split/Second now renders all effects correctly
  • Multiple fixes workarounds for clipping/culling, both through clip planes and geometry shaders, fixing graphical issues in many, many games and getting rid of hacks (#16142, #16504, #16442, #16383, #16165, #16162, #16049, others)
  • Killzone color effect now renders efficiently and correctly (in-game only, not title screen) (#15934)
  • Ridge Racer speedometers and lens flares fixed (#16084, #16188, #16115)
  • Lens flare effect fixed in Burnout Dominator, Ridge Racer, Colin McRae, several others (#16014, #16081, #16076, #16073)
  • Shadows in Colin McRae are no longer flickering (side effect of other fixes)
  • Spongebob: Yellow Avenger renders correctly (previously very broken) (#15907, #15903)
  • Cars: Race-o-Rama, and MX vs ATV Reflex render correctly (at 1x resolution only) (#15898, #15907)
  • Asphalt 2 depth occlusion problems fixed (#15854, #15853)
  • Fix performance regression in Juiced 2 while also fixing the graphics (#15888)
  • Silent Hill games are less broken (#16127)
  • Depth occlusion and other problems fixed in Kurohyou (both games) and Ratchet & Clank (#16454, #15772, #15728, #15859)
  • Misshitsu no Sacrifice intro animation and Macross water rendering fixed (3D texture) (#15727)
  • Tekken 6 Nancy laser beam fixed, plus line rendering fixes in rRootage and other games (#16067)
  • Tiger & Bunny, Yu-Gi-Oh, GEB, and PlayView games - JPEG image display issues (#16179, #16184, #15924)
  • Many, many others like Hunter x Hunter, Crash: Mind over Mutant, Boundless Trails, etc. (#16265, #16043, #16379, #15822, #16358)
• Software renderer performance and accuracy improvements
  • Better performance (#15998, #16001, #16011, #16039, #16054, #16080, #16085, #16094, #16102, #16387, #16486, #16502, #16518)
  • Improved accuracy, clipping (#15999, #16005, #16042, #16086, #16117, #16231, #16241, #16265, #16274, #16469, #16470, #16478, #16480, #16485)
• New features
  • Initial VR support added (Quest and PICO only for now, PC in the future) (#15659, #15901, #16246, #16262, #16273)
  • MSAA antialiasing added to the Vulkan backend (desktop only) (#16458)
  • New API for plugins to access aspect ratio, scaling and fast-forward (#16441), other new APIs & improvements (#15748, #16121, #16187, #16198, #16389)
  • Read texture replacement packs directly from ZIP files (#16304)
• UI improvements
  • New interactive Display Layout & Effects screen, replacing the old Display Layout Editor (#16409, #16415, #16417, #16445)
  • Add default shader for LCD persistence simulation (#16531)
  • Game being played can now be seen as a background in most menus (#16404, more)
  • Reorganize speed hack settings (#16346, #16347, #16348, #16432)
• Stability fixes
  • Workaround for hangs on older Adreno GPUs (#16422)
  • Input handling fixes for deadzones and touch controls (#16419, #16450)
  • Avoid game bugs in Twinbee Portable (#16388) and Shining Ark (#16449)
  • Fixes to D3D9 backend issues (#15723, #15815, #15926, #16100, #16232, #16550)
• IR interpreter (iOS, etc.) bug fixes
  • Metal Gear Solid - Peace Walker no longer bugged out (#16396)
  • VFPU fixes for Dissidia, others (#16302, #16305, #16306)
• Performance improvements
  • Vulkan bandwidth and synchronization optimizations (#16434, #16099, #16090, #16072, #16061, #16060, #16035, #15917)
  • Lighting "ubershader" optimization to prevent hitches (#16104, #16111)
  • Assorted minor other improvements (#15589, #15843, #16190)
  • Improve texture replacement memory usage (#15884, #16304, #16314)
  • Texture upscaling speedup and fixes (#15803, #16125)
• Other
  • HLE/CPU accuracy improvements helping Brooktown High, Frontier Gate, Madoka Magicka, some language patches (#16413, #16070, #16052, #15952, #15957, more)
  • Many GE debugger improvements (#15839, #15851, #15894, #15925, #15974, #16007, #16047, #16096, #16201)
  • Optional memory alignment validation in IR mode (#15879, #15880)
  • Fix netplay assertion in Cars (#16089)