## Description of change
Detect and log troubleshooter messages for:
* (early) hook DLL load failure
* data_mods folder without ifs_hook.dll
* spice version (print out current version and add a link to github
download)
## Testing
## Description of change
Finally figured out where the deadlock was coming from - it's because
the `dump_to_logger` was writing `SuperstepSound: Audio device is not
available` to the logger which calls back into the log hook, and then
emits another deferred message, trying to acquire the lock again on the
same stack.
## Testing
Tested the superstep sound failure case again.
## Description of change
Various fixes to deferred logger -
* Rename to "auto troubleshooter"
* Fix potential deadlock
* Reword the error messages to fit in a narrower column
## Testing
tested all the error cases
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#388
## Description of change
Instead of setting flags in `signal` and logging when we crash, create a
class for logging deferred semi-fatal messages, and dump them to the log
immediately before crashing or shutting down.
## Testing
Tested each failure case by injection.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
Show a block of warning text if the game crashes after CreateDevice(Ex)
fails.
## Testing
Tested by injecting invalid resolution into spicecfg.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
Add a little warning message that shows when well-known exception codes
are encountered & caught by signal hooks.
## Testing
Tested by injecting bad instructions into the DLL.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Recently distributed iidx data has this enabled in ea3-config.xml by
default, exposing people's PCBID in the logs.
Find the node in the XML and remove it on boot, unless user overrides it
with a new option.
## Testing
Tested using asphyxia.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
When the directory specified in the mounttable (in avs-config.xml) lead
to bad path, remember this and show a warning message block before the
game crashes.
## Testing
Tested with simulated bad mounttable set up.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
If we see SuperstepSound failure during boot, remember it, and when the
game eventually crashes, log a series of warning messages to surface why
the game likely failed to launch.
## Testing
Tested both iidx and sdvx with an audio device set to not allow
exclusive mode.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Add a new option that allows absolute position analog input, such as
SDVX controller knobs and IIDX turntables, to be bound as input for
Polaris Chord faders.
In practice this means turning a knob counter-clockwise results in fader
being held left (relative to velocity), and vice versa.
## Testing
Tested using FauceTwo and a mouse.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
If `-exec` is specified, log a giant warning.
Also, fix some compiler warnings in MFG.
## Testing
Confirmed message being logged in log.txt.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Adds support for Polaris Chord
## Testing
Tested with XIF:J:A:A:2024122300. IO/ICCA works, game successfully
connects to server and is playable.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
In an attempt to make the Options tab smaller, move out more options to
advanced / development tabs.
## Testing
n/a
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
On launch of spice.exe / spice64.exe, call `regsvr32` on known codecs in
the `com` directory.
Add an option to skip this (`-ddrnocodec`) as a chicken bit.
## Testing
Tested 32 and 64 bit DDR.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
Simplify camera hook in SDVX5/6. Camera hook will always be installed
and return 0 cameras.
Deprecate `-sdvxdisablecams` option as it is no longer needed as a
result of this change.
## Testing
Tested SDVX5 final, SDVX6 year 1, and a recent SDVX6 build.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#345
## Description of change
On launch of spice/spice64, dump bindings in Buttons and Analog tab
## Testing
Tested on 32 bit and 64 bit
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
N/A
## Description of change
Minor fix for a warning in the log. Moves the check for IFS LayeredFS
_after_ loading hooks. Also checks for the module with `GetModuleHandle`
instead, which should cover all paths as long as `ifs_hook.dll` hasn't
been renamed. 😅
## Testing
Before:
```
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] W:launcher: data_mods directory was found, but ifs_hook.dll is not present; your mods will not load
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] W:launcher: to fix this, download ifs_layeredfs and add it as a DLL hook (-k)
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] W:launcher: https://github.com/mon/ifs_layeredfs
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] I:launcher: msvcrt!__argc value before: 0
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] I:launcher: msvcrt!__argc value after: 57
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] I:launcher: loading hook DLL C:\Users\Emma\AppData\Local\Programs\SpiceTools\hooks\64\ifs_hook.dll
[2025/07/19 15:59:56] I:libraryhook: LibraryHook Attach
```
After changes - no warning observed:
```
[2025/07/19 15:59:08] I:launcher: msvcrt!__argc value before: 0
[2025/07/19 15:59:08] I:launcher: msvcrt!__argc value after: 57
[2025/07/19 15:59:08] I:launcher: loading hook DLL C:\Users\Emma\AppData\Local\Programs\SpiceTools\hooks\64\ifs_hook.dll
[2025/07/19 15:59:08] I:libraryhook: LibraryHook Attach
```
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
When an exception is caught during ACIO hook init, print a special
message to suggest the user to disable RTSS and MSI Afterburner, since
they are known to cause issues.
## Testing
Tried with RTSS enabled with High detection and with it disabled. Also
tried to crash the game a different way and check that the message is
not printed and the callstack is shown propeerly.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Complain if nvcuda.dll, nvcuvid.dll, or nvEncodeAPI64.dll are found in
modules or in root directory. This would complain for spice-provided
stubs as well.
## Testing
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#190
## Description of change
When `-cmdoverride` is specified, any command line arguments are taken
first before merging with what is in the config file.
## Testing
Still testing...
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#316
(this does not fix the issue!)
## Description of change
Add an option to omit `-noCamera` option. Doing so allows the game to
boot and search for a compatible camera using KS API, but will likely
fail since we don't know what cameras are compatible. You end up with a
camera error during boot, which can be ignored by flipping a switch in
the test menu to disable the camera.
No hooks are currently done to make the camera work!
## Testing
Tested to see that turning this on triggers the camera error. No known
camera at the moment.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#139
## Description of change
Add an option for detecting window focus when accepting input.
The new default will be to have the following:
* naive bindings will check for window focus
* rawinput binds are not affected, will continue to be accepted
regardless of focus
Other options (always / never choices) can be picked by the user to
tweak the behavior if needed.
Clean up usage of `0xff` constant to represent invalid naive vkey.
## Testing
Still in progress, especially in regards to performance.
On a i7-9700 system, 10000 calls to `superexit::has_focus()` takes
250-350 microseconds, so this should not be a big deal at all.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Allow the server to override client's quality options for screen
mirroring.
On Windows / Android versions (flutter-based) clients, this is already
in the options of those apps. However, the iOS version lacks the quality
options.
## Testing
Tested with iOS and Windows clients.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Mark the option as "sensitive" which censors the option value (adapter's
IP address)
Remove the log entry from spice
This isn't perfect because most of the games like to log the IP address
and subnet anyway, but at least spice itself will stop doing it.
## Testing
Tested 64 bit LDJ with parameter set.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Log a message if d3d9.dll (and friends) are found in the game root or
the modules directory.
This is to help with troubleshooting in cases where the user is unaware
that d3d9 is being used to inject other DLLs (e.g., ifs_layeredfs), or
when DX9 reimplementation is causing issues / crashes (e.g., dxvk).
## Testing
Observed the new messages being logged in both modules / root directory.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#307
## Description of change
Add an option for making TDJ/UFC subscreen window borderless in windowed
mode
Add another option for keeping the subscreen "always on top".
Add size / position arguments to SDVX windowed subscreen, exactly the
same as what is allowed for IIDX.
## Testing
Seems to work....
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
#304
## Description of change
Complain loudly about DLL conflicts. Show warnings for each DLL that
exists in both modules directory and the root.
This is not based on LoadLibrary hooks, just enumerating DLLs via
filesystem access.
Deliberately not using `log_fatal` since these are not necessarily going
to crash the game. Some people just love to have messy installs and if
the game booted fine before, it should continue to boot.
## Testing
Tested with/without `-modules`, with/without duplicate DLLs.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
For JSON config files of the following features:
* patch manager
* screen resize
* IIDX camera hook
* card manager
when saving a new file, store them in %appdata%\spice2x instead of
%appdata%.
On load:
1. If the JSON file exists in %appdata%\spice2x, use that (new path)
1. If the JSON file exists in %appdata%, continue to use that (legacy
path)
It's common for people to have mixed versions of spicetools/spice2x so
we'll continue to read from the %appdata% root if the files are there,
but with a preference for the new path. We will not forcibly move files.
spicetools.xml will continue to live in the %appdata% root. Moving this
will confuse a lot of people, so I'm avoiding this.
Also, this fixes `-patchcfgpath` and `-resizecfgpath` to create
directories as needed (previously the parent directory must have existed
first)
## Testing
Tested -
* existing config files are continued to be read from %appdata%
* new files get created in %appdata%\spice2x\... (both in spicecfg and
in overlay)
* can provide custom path for `-patchcfgpath` `-resizecfgpath` and
observe directories + file created in custom path, try absolute or local
relative paths
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#280
## Description of change
Introduce a variant of 32bit spice.exe that is large address aware.
## Compiling
👍
## Testing
Minimal testing has been done to see if the LAA variant can boot
existing 32 bit games.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#277
## Description of change
To avoid confusion, temporarily remove `-sdvxlandscape` because of the
issue described in the bug above.
`forceresswap` is still kept, so there is still a way to do exactly what
`-sdvxlandscape` used to do, if someone really wants it.
## Testing
Checked that `-sdvxlandscape` is ignored, and that `-sdvxlandscape`
continues to be honored.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Change the usage pattern for Card Manager UI.
### Previous behavior
Previously, it was a list of cards that you select, and click a button
to insert as P1 or P2.
This is fine, but users got confused when they pressed `Insert Card`
overlay key and got a different card inserted, or when auto-insert
didn't work as expected.
Additionally, if you play a game without continue (IIDX/DDR for
example), then it's cumbersome to bring up the overlay and click on
insert card every time.
### New behavior
Insert Card overlay now lets you pick a card and *slot* it into P1 or P2
side.
From that point on, the slotted card number is used as the override,
replacing what was previously passed to `-card0` or `-card1`. This means
that `Insert Card` button and auto-insert will pick up the new card and
use that instead.
## Compiling
👍
## Testing
Tested 1p-only game (popn) and 2p games (DDR, IIDX).
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Update tooltip for `-monitor` option. Move to `Graphics (Full Screen)`
to reduce clutter.
## Compilin
👍
## Testing
n/a
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#120
## Description of change
Don't call `is_touch_available` in launcher before RawInput stack is
initialized. This causes us to incorrectly fall back to the Win7/Win8
touch handler.
The desired behavior is to use rawinput touch by default for all games,
unless overridden by the user via `-wintouch`.
Add a bunch of logging so we can spot who's calling
`is_touch_available`.
As a side effect, a handful of games that previously used Win7/8 touch
will now use RawInput touch instead. If this causes any issues, they can
turn `-wintouch` on to force Win7/8 touch logic again.
## Compiling
👍
## Testing
Test:
* RB
* -wintouch
* TDJ, UFC subscreen and native touch
* overlay, especially in multi-mon
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
Fixes#276
## Description of change
Note: this change is not compatible with previous screen resize config;
i.e., if you had the zoom setting dialed into a certain view, after this
change it won't be the same area, so you'll have to set up a scene
again. I think this is a worthwhile cost since the old logic is just
broken in weird ways, and preserving old settings is really tedious math
(for a feature that not many people use). Besides, this change will only
use the new Scenes values from the JSON.
Rewrite the DX9 image scaler logic.
* Previously, the rendering surface was fixed at `4096*4096 px`. Now,
this is relative to the backbuffer dimensions, which depends on the game
& respects user provided `-forceres`.
* Remove "center" option, make it the default.
Above two changes fix the aspect ratio issue (scaling in portrait games
not respecting screen ratio) and things breaking at higher res (1080p
when zoomed out far enough, or when forced to run at 4k resolution for
example)
* Use `scenes` leaf of screen resize JSON config for Scene 1 as well,
completely removing ourselves from being compatible with older spice2x
versions for these values.
* Add additional bounds check before calling `StretchRect` to avoid
users getting stuck with a bad layout, which can kill performance.
## Compiling
🦾
## Testing
Tested 32 bit (popn / ddr), 64 bit (ldj), portrait and landscape modes
(kfc)
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Add `SDVX Landscape Mode` option, allowing you to play SDVX in landscape
monitor orientation, with black borders on left and right - similar to
how EAC does it. This is meant to be an alternative to what people do
today, which is launching in windowed mode.
By default, with just `-sdvxlandscape` enabled, EG will launch at
1920x1080 (transposed from the original 1080x1920 resolution).
It is possible to combine with `-forceres` to launch at higher
resolutions. At some point though, when rendering at large resolutions
past 1440p, at some point scaling may break due to #276.
Disabled on 32-bit SDVX since dx9 `CreateDeviceEx` call is required;
`CreateDevice` won't work. For the same reason this isn't being made a
generic option for museca/rb/etc. In theory you can supply
`-sdvxlandscape` to games like IIDX and play landscape games in portrait
mode, although again, scaling my break due to #276.
Also, add new options (bottomleft/right) for subscreen overlay position
so that they don't overlap with the main screen in landscape mode.
## Compiling
🙂
## Testing
Tested a couple versions of VW and EG.
## Link to GitHub Issue, if one exists
n/a
## Description of change
Adds a new option to forcibly set the full screen resolution.
Same idea as -windowscale.
## Compiling
🔺
## Testing
Seems to be showing similar results as -windowscale:
* Works GREAT for IIDX/SDVX
* popn launches at correct resolution but only draws a small image (at
native res) - can be scaled with F11 menu
* nostalgia is broken in weird ways, image is drawn correctly but bottom
`credits` text draws at wrong offset, game's wintouch logic broken
(perhaps expectedly)
## Other notes
In theory this could enable "play sdvx in landscape mode" option but the
image scaling doesn't quite work with extreme values.
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