Flycast Git Update (February 17, 2026)

Flycast Git (2026/02/17) has been compiled. Flycast serves as a multi-platform emulator for Sega Dreamcast, Naomi, and Atomiswave, derived from Reicast.

Flycast Git changelog:
* Merged the remote-tracking branch ‘origin/dev’
* Vulkan: utilize mailbox present mode if immediate mode is not available
* Input: reset button/axis upon unmapping
* Aica: prevent CA from getting too close to LEA
* SH4 dyna: optimized headers
* Default DCNet enabled
* PVR: reset the YUV converter at start render as per real hardware
* UI: added notification for next/previous state slot
* SH4: improved timer resolution
* Added hotkeys for next/previous save state slot (#2229)
* F355: removed US and EU timeout cheats; added dricas bypass cheat for JP
* Vulkan: throw an error case instead of crashing
* JVS: refactoring done; no functional changes
* Cue: MD5 digest created before track file closure
* Mushi: mapped P2 hit button to P1 button 4 for display on vgamepad
* New translations in flycast.pot (Swedish)
* Maple/JVS: fixed RFID card reader regression (Mushiking, VF4)
* Crowdin translations updated
* Power Smash: utilized symmetric modem speed; removed game patches
* Fixed issues concerning multiple MapleLink devices
* I18n: updated message files
* Maple: created a copy of maple_device shared_ptr to prevent deletion
* Maple: implemented DreamParaPara controller
* GDRom: halted CDDA only at lead out; added CUE loader CDDA support
* Maple: enhanced handling of non-standard messages; some refactoring done
* PVR: corrected exception handling in Process/Render; Vulkan fix applied
* Sent game ID in DreamPicoPort when game starts
* Allowed a MapleLink device to manage GetLastError commands required by actual VMUs
* BSD: installed libusdb and Lua
* Vulkan: set rendContext to null in RenderFramebuffer (fail fast)
* Libretro: added Dreampotato storage support
* PVR: eliminated _pvrrc global; improved exception handling in renderers
* Android: modernized project
* ImGui: ensured CJK-aware text wrapping
* MapleLink: notified user on the first write to a remote VMU
* Maple: individual device reconnection; checked DreamPotato socket state
* Dreampotato: modified timeout values; disconnected on receive error
* MapleLink: disabled save states; altered some default options; bug fix applied
* Switch: build fix
* LR: build fix
* DreamLink refactoring
* Merged the remote-tracking branch ‘origin/master’ into dev
* Modem: resolved compiler warnings and a mod 128 typo
* Deps: avoided installing DreamPicoPort artifacts
* Naomi: additional ROM CRC32s
* INI: prevented saving transient values and empty sections
* Crowdin translations: Japanese, Swedish
* Merged the remote-tracking branch ‘origin/master’ into dev
* MMU: stricter tests prior to enabling on-demand MMU
* INI: transient values will always obscure regular ones, irrespective of order
* Updated ImGui to v1.92.5 (#2180)
* MMU: enabled full MMU when non-SQ mapping is created
* Modem: enforced correct TX speed for dissymmetric connections
* Modem: added support for 56K, V8 bis protocol
* New translations in flycast.pot (Hungarian)
* Crowdin translations: Hungarian and Japanese
* Modem: V42bis compression support
* Crowdin translations: Swedish
* I18n: deleted bogus zh_CH.po; loaded the correct one
* Crowdin translations: Japanese
* Modem: implemented V14 sync-async mode and V42 protocol
* UI: added support for Asian fonts on Linux
* Crowdin translations: Japanese
* I18n: included Japanese translation
* Crowdin translations: Hungarian and Portuguese, Brazilian
* CI: uploaded symbols to Sentry on push only
* UI: merged Asian glyphs into the large font as well
* Crowdin translations (#2162) Hungarian
* I18n: Added hu.po to resources
* Fixed misleading indentation warning
* I18n: set all string streams to classic locale
* UI: utilized ImGui touch support; removed the delay touch hack
* I18n: deleted empty message files; added zh_HK.po
* Libretro: FreeBSD build fix
* CI: Libretro Android build fixes (#2156)
* CI: updated actions (#2155)
* Minor bug fixes for DreamPicoPort
* CI: Libretro Android build fixes (#2151)
* CI: enabled Libretro on BSD systems (#2150)
* DragonFlyBSD: build fixes (#2149)
* Crowdin translations (#2148)
* Haiku: build fixes
* Libretro: NetBSD/OpenBSD build fixes
* Crowdin translations (#2143)
* SH4: avoided crash when FIPR is executed with PR=1
* I18n: localized input device names, buttons, and axes
* Crowdin translations (#2142)
* UI: improved EGL initialization test; displayed message box on graphics initialization error
* crowdin.yml: corrected pt_BR typo
* crowdin.yml: added Android resource
* Android: included localizable strings resource
* Deps: removed core/deps/libusb-cmake
* Sent game ID to VMU Pro/VM2 (#2126)
* Merged the remote-tracking branch ‘origin/master’ into dev [ci skip]
* Test: fneg on an odd register in PR=1 mode
* JVS: return value from RawDma incorrect for MIE firmware upload
* Added zh_CH and zh_TW messages; deleted outdated documents
* PVR: limited framebuffer height to 240 when interlacing disabled
* SH4: fneg independent of FPSCR.PR
* crowdin.yml: added zh_HK mapping [ci skip]
* Crowdin translations (#2136) pt_BR
* I18n: included pt_BR.po [ci skip]
* ImgRead: enhanced checks when loading GDI and CUE files (fail fast)
* Fixed several include paths
* Added CUE and GDI parsing tests; included non-C locale tests
* Crowdin translations (#2134)
* I18n: std::from/to_chars missing on BSD and macOS
* Added pt_BR crowdin mapping [ci skip]
* Updated Crowdin configuration file
* Removed [ci skip] from Crowdin commit messages
* CI: ignored pushes on l10n_* branches
* Fixed GDI and CUE parsing errors in non-English locales
* Crowdin translations (#2133)
* Strprintf utility: localized exception messages; added sv.po (Swedish)
* Crowdin translations (#2132)
* Crowdin translations (#2131)
* UI: improved localization; added support for plural and context; excluded debug localization
* New translations in flycast.pot (French)
* New translations in flycast.pot (French)
* UWP build fix
* UI: updated .pot and .po files
* CI: fixes for BSD, Switch, UWP builds; improved workflow names
* UI: transitioned to tinygettext for i18n
* UI: expanded localization support
* Libretro build fix
* Win: used GetLocaleInfoEx and localtime; Android: build fix
* Android: employed system getifaddrs if available (API 24+)
* Localization support WIP; revamped INI file reader/writer and more.

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