Retro Replay Retro Replay gaming reviews, news, emulation, geek stuff and more!
Xenia Edge Git (2026/08/14) has been released as an experimental fork of the Xenia emulator, focusing on enhancements to the Vulkan backend and Linux support, while also maintaining Windows compatibility. Key updates include improvements to texture handling and rendering processes, such as applying gradient exponent bias during fetches, implementing vertex kill in the Vulkan translator, and enabling support for 1D textures. The changelog details various fixes and optimizations, such as disabling anisotropy for incompatible formats and improving texture sampling accuracy. Overall, Xenia Edge aims for quicker iterations and substantial performance improvements.
(HEY YOU!! We hope you enjoy! We try not to run ads. So basically, this is a very expensive hobby running this site. Please consider joining us for updates, forums, and more. Network w/ us to make some cash or friends while retro gaming, and you can win some free retro games for posting. Okay, carry on 👍)
Xenia Edge Git (2026/08/14) has been released. Xenia Edge is another experimental branch of the Xenia emulator, primarily derived from Xenia Canary, focusing on faster iterations and enhancements for the Vulkan backend, especially on the Linux platform. Windows support is fully maintained and will also benefit from the updates made in this version.
Xenia Edge Changelog:
Merge commit ‘0f2980de442341788c07b282d6fbd6dc689166de’ into edge (c38a672)
[GPU] Implement gradient exponent bias during fetch per-axis (0f2980d)
[Vulkan] Add vertex kill (oPts.z) support in the translator (090cecd)
[Vulkan] Sample cube fetches with automatic LOD + bias (3254ac2)
[Vulkan] Disable anisotropy for incompatible texture formats (658cdbb)
[Vulkan] Manage consecutive uploads to the same image (1fdbe56)
[GPU] Adjust host RT polygon offset for Z-fighting decals (cde5d85)
[Vulkan] Support for depth_float24_convert_in_pixel_shader (2a6e9f4)
[GPU] Add support for wide 1D textures (947075f)
[GPU] Honor force_bc_w_to_max: ensure sampler border color alpha is 1.0 (d0dd989)
[Vulkan] Utilize VK_EXT_custom_border_color for YCbCr texture borders (084f14e)
[GPU] Correct 20e4 bit span in Depth20e4To32 comments (ac42250)
[Vulkan] Fix inter-layer lerp base for stacked textures in SampleTexture (e519d59)
[GPU] Correct mantissa placement in CPU Float7e3To32 (f3e4260)
