Hi everyone!
Meet the new Pause menu: your saves, achievements and quick settings, all beside your game. Home, Library and Settings also get a refreshed look, with console filters, artwork transitions and smoother controller navigation.
More from the Pause menu
Pausing now brings your game and its progress together. Your paused screen sits beside your session time, save history and achievements, with quick access to the things you need before jumping back in.
- Choose your next achievement. Browse your progress and pin an unfinished goal to keep it visible in Pause. If you have not pinned one, upcoming goals rotate to help you find something to aim for.
- Adjust settings without leaving your game. Change volume, mute, picture size, fast forward speed and the FPS counter directly inside Pause.
- Try a different look. Browse shader presets beside the paused game and see how they change the picture. The paused preview also keeps your selected shader where supported.
- Check your saves before leaving. Restart and Exit show your last recorded game save and latest save state. Cancel is selected by default, giving you a chance to check before confirming.
A refreshed look throughout Playback OS
Home, Library and Settings share a clearer navigation bar, game artwork carries between views, and backgrounds take their colors from your covers. Filtering reveals games row by row, while sorting keeps one cover highlighted to help you follow the change. Home also has layouts for an empty Library and your first game, with consistent spacing as your collection grows.
- More natural controller navigation. Shoulder button navigation wraps in the direction you press, and the button hints stay relevant to the panel you are using.
- Steadier movement between screens. Transitions between details, achievements, shaders and gameplay are smoother, with fewer flashes and sudden layout shifts.
- Smoother messages and dialogs. Save messages and USB warnings no longer jolt the layout. Dialogs and the virtual keyboard also open and close more smoothly.
- Less motion when you want it. Enable Reduce motion in Quick settings for short fades in place of large cover movements. It also stops automatic achievement rotation and remembers your preference.
Find your next game more easily
- Browse by console. Filter your Library to GB, GBC, GBA or SNES games, then choose recent games or alphabetical order. Your filter stays selected when you leave and return.
- Move through your collection smoothly. Hold a direction to scroll continuously through your Library, with a clear selection as you move between games.
- Follow your cartridge as it loads. The game cover stays alongside the Operator, current loading stage and read progress, so you can see what is happening before play begins.
See where you left off before you play
You can now browse a game's save states from its details without launching it. Screenshots and timestamps help you recognize the moment you want to return to before starting a session.
To load, overwrite or delete a state, start that game and open its save states while paused. A compatible emulator core is still required, and RetroAchievements Hardcore restrictions still apply.
Fewer interruptions
- More responsive menus. Reduced the work done when playtime and save history update, helping menus stay responsive during play and pause.
- More stable audio. Fixed unnecessary audio restarts when the output device has not changed.
- Better information when something goes wrong. Improved crash and freeze reports to help us investigate problems, while keeping intensive diagnostic work out of normal play.
Help us improve
We are still keeping an eye out for audio problems and display stalls. If you encounter one, please include your operating system, BuildID, game and the steps that led to the problem. For audio issues, a short recording with sound helps.
Thanks for continuing to test Playback OS with us. Your reports help us decide what to improve next. Grab your favorite controller, and enjoy!
— The Epilogue Team