Avalonia 86 1.3.7-Alpha

Fix for instance check on Linux. (Issue #32)

Known issue:

• Confusing error message when the database can not be written to.

Avalonia 86 v1.3.6

What's new

• Show description on statistics tab. Issue #28.
• Can now filter the list of machines.

What's fixed

• Sets the correct archive path when archiving old 86Box version.
• MS SQLite wrapped does not support nested transactions, caused an error when starting a newly created machine.

Avalonia 86 v1.3.6-Beta

What's new

• Show description on statistics tab. Issue #28

Avalonia 86 v1.3.5

What's new

• Can now remove multiple exe files in one go. Issue #26
• Can show description and comment in the main UI. Issue #28
• Edit window now remembers size & position
• Uses .Net 8.0 instead of .Net 9.0 to improve compatibility with old versions of Windows.
  • Win7 version continues to use .Net 6.0
  • Turns out .Net 8.0 AppImages are broken on Linux, so Linux uses .Net 9.0

What is fixed

• Ignores bat and cmd files on Windows. Issue #27

What is not fixed

• Better error diagnostic by logging to a textfile during startup
• Better handling of non-AppImage 86Box, currently just sets a version number and pretends everything is fine
• Bug: If 86Box fails to start on Linux, the network resource isn't freed

Avalonia 86 v1.3.5 - Release Candidate 2

What's new

• Can now remove multiple exe files in one go. Issue #26
• Ignores bat and cmd files on Windows. Issue #27

Avalonia 86 v1.3.4

What's fixed

• Can now start non-AppImage 86Box
• Custom ROM path is now correctly included when opening 86Box settings
• Fixed JSON parsing error caused by not handling when a null value is in place of a date (Issue #24)

What is not fixed

• Better error diagnostic by logging to a textfile during startup
• Better handling of non-AppImage 86Box, currently just sets a version number and pretends everything is fine
• Bug: If 86Box fails to start on Linux, the network resource isn't freed
• Downgrade the application to use .Net 8.0 for better compatibility with old versions of Windows 10

Avalonia 86 v1.3.4 - Release Candidate

What's fixed

• Can start non-AppImage 86Box
• Didn't include custom rom path when opening 86Box settings

Avalonia 86 v1.3.3

What's fixed

• Can update 86Box even when Github does not work
• Better at opening the database when the app is stored on a network share
• Better at selecting Artifact when updating

Useful to know

• x64 builds now uses the same database layer as the ARM builds.
• For Windows 7 build, download from the v1.3.2 release

Avalonia 86 v1.3.3 - Release Candidate

What's fixed

• Can update 86Box even when Github does not work
• Better at opening the database when the app is stored on a network share

Useful to know

• x64 builds uses the same database layer as the ARM builds. To compile, select the "MSDB" release.

Avalonia 86 v1.3.2

What's new

• More descriptive error message when 86Box exe is missing.
• Creates default VM and 86Box folders in the same folder as the Avalonia86 executable if you don't set them in settings.
• Red background on missing 86Box executables in the Exe Manager.

What's fixed

• Avalonia86 gives a nullpointer error if it fails to retrieve version information when starting 86Box.
• Slight tweak to executable selection function on Linux.

What's not in this release

• Experimental Mac build.
• On Linux, the icon is encapsulated inside the AppImage. Should have some way of creating .desktop links with icon.

Known issues

• Does not handle a corrupt VM database well.
• On Linux, if an AppImage is not set executable, Avalonia 86 won't see it at all. Should alert the user instead.
• On Linux, does not detect if a VM is paused. 86Box does not send pause messages on Linux.

Useful to know

• The Windows ARM build is entirely untested. I do not have access to an ARM machine running Windows.
• Windows 7 build requires .NET 6.0.