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Xenia Edge Git (2026/08/16) has been released as an experimental fork of the Xenia emulator, focusing on quicker updates and enhancements for the Vulkan backend, particularly on Linux. Windows support remains intact and benefits from these developments. Key updates in the changelog include restoring XENIA_BUILD_MISC targets, defining emulator cvars, initializing logging in console apps, enabling Metal frame capture for MacOS, and improving profiling features. Notably, it instruments the command processor for better GPU monitoring and offers options for CSV and HTML reporting. The release aims to boost performance across platforms.
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Xenia Edge Git (2026/08/16) has been released. Xenia Edge is another experimental variant of the Xenia emulator, primarily derived from Xenia Canary, focusing on faster development cycles and enhancements to the Vulkan backend and the Linux platform specifically. Windows is also fully supported and will benefit from the updates implemented here, particularly regarding its Vulkan backend.
Xenia Edge Changelog:
[Build] Restore the XENIA_BUILD_MISC targets (b5b201e)
[Core] Define the Emulator’s own cvars in xenia-core (a6c8b14)
[Posix/Base] Initialize logging in console applications (68bd11d)
[MacOS/App] Enable Metal frame capture in the bundle (95092ce)
[Profiling/Metal] Instrument the command processor and report GPU busy time (3e31cf6)
[Profiling] Default to dumping CSV and add cvar option for HTML (c731a47)
[Kernel/Base] Assign each guest thread fiber its own profiler log (8237a12)
