Version 2.6.0

New Features ✨

• OBS Websocket 5.0 support (#335)
  • OBS Websocket 5.0 comes with OBS 28+ by default.
  • Older versions of OBS Websocket are no longer supported.
• Soft Reset Dolphin (#341)
  • Reinstalls dolphin without clearing your settings; this replaces Clear Cache.

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix occasional user.json parsing issue (1a5a23d)

Other changes 🛠

• Sign Windows exe (#342)
  • hopefully fewer antivirus complaints in the future.

Contributors

@NikhilNarayana
@vinceau

Version 2.5.6

New Features ✨

• Add help/info dialog for mirroring (#333)

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Clear Cache and Sys folders on Dolphin install (9aa2c9f, 936c9ff)
• Fix update issues on Windows (#338)

Other changes 🛠

• Update Electron to 19.0.10 (#330)
• Write to the new user.json location for Slippi Dolphin (#334)

Contributors

@vinceau
@NikhilNarayana

Version 2.5.4

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix Slippi protocol not registering when installing for current user (#328)

Other changes 🛠

• Websites and apps can now use the Slippi protocol to trigger replay downloads (#321)
  • Note to devs, your sites/apps should use slippi://<https uri>.

Contributors

@vinceau
@willthornton

Version 2.5.3

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix dolphin install failure on macOS (b03aa31).
• Fix unzip failure by using a different library (66449db).

Contributors

@vinceau
@NikhilNarayana

Version 2.5.2

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix copying logs on Linux (d0a2ec9).
• Fix not being allowed to launch dolphin if offline (#314).
• Fix Dolphin version check issue on some Linux systems (#317).
• Fix starting a broadcast during some situations (#292).

Other changes 🛠

• Dolphin's window title will now include the broadcaster's name (#320)
  • this will make it easier to identify and consistently capture Dolphin in OBS.
  • only applies for console mirroring and spectating.

Version 2.5.1

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix Dolphin download issues (d6de258 through 7829537).
  • if your launcher is stuck saying Updating instead of Play, head to Settings > Advanced, select Clear Temp Files and restart the launcher.

Version 2.5.0

You (probably):

That's a big version jump

Yep! We've been hard at work on a lot of developer side improvements that will make it easier for us to work on some big features we're really excited about.

New Features ✨

• Dolphin updates occur in the background (#311)
  • this means less waiting for the app to start up!

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Stop broadcast if connection fails (54ef401).
• Ensure display name and connect code show up in the replay browser (5590733).
• Fix startup issue on some Linux distros.
  • should no longer need to use --no-sandbox.

Other changes 🛠

• General performance improvements.
  • M1 macOS users get a proper native version of the app now, Launcher only.
• Improved security.
• No longer require admin privileges to install on Windows.

Version 2.1.15

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix error when refreshing folders in replay browser (7c2bf63).

Version 2.1.14

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix "ISO is invalid" notification triggering incorrectly (#281).

Other changes 🛠

• Handle Slippi servers being inaccessible gracefully (#275).
• Overwrite user.json when necessary (#282).
• Provide guidance for more Dolphin error codes (#283).

Version 2.1.13

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix dolphin updates sometimes failing on macOS (579f26f).

Other changes 🛠

• Use our own backend to find dolphin updates (#271).
• Show folder size in replay browser (#269).