Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 13

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Attempt to fix a crash that could sometimes happen when transitioning back to neutral Stadium
  • Reminder if you and your opponent are both using vanilla ISOs and you experience crashes, please let us know in the Discord
• Fix bug where half the time the Ranks would be swapped on the game setup screen
  • Whenever you were on the right side, the ranks would have been swapped
• Fix an issue where some Grandmasters were not showing as such

Other changes 🛠

• Turn on FD transitions by default. The code to disable them has been moved to optional if you'd like to turn them off again
  • Added logic that should prevent RNG desyncs when players have different configurations

Known Issues 🔍

• Many ISOs and mods are currently not working. This includes many mex based ISOs, Diet Melee, and I'm sure many more. Please reach out to the creators of these mods to try and support the new Slippi version. In the meantime, please use a vanilla ISO and disable your mods

Contributors

@JLaferri
@sadkellz

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 12

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

New Features ✨

• Pokemon Stadium can now be played unfrozen (#37)
  • To conform with most major tournaments, PS will always be unfrozen in both Ranked and Unranked
  • In Direct and Teams, there is new UI to toggle between frozen and unfrozen. Press the Z button when hovering
  • Pokemon Stadium is now a counterpick stage in Ranked. Final Destination takes its place as a neutral stage
• Ranks and ratings now show up in game
  • You will find your rank on the Ranked character select screen. It will animate with rank and rating changes after wins and losses
  • You and your opponent's ranks will show up on the game setup screen
  • There are separate toggle options to disable your rank display as well as your opponent's ranks on the Slippi tab of Dolphin's settings
• Enhanced match status updates (#41)
  • Should fix an issue where you could very rarely get flagged for an abandon loss despite never having entered the lobby with the opponent
  • Opens up the option to better handle games whose reports are somewhat fragmented
• Added random button to the Ranked character counterpicking UI (project-slippi/slippi-ssbm-c#6)
• Sheik / Zelda toggle UI has been greatly improved (#46)

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix issue with standard controllers causing low FPS, while maintaining the same input latency (#47)
• Autofill and scroll UI on the name entry screen will now display correctly
• Fix bug where Ok / Redo buttons could linger after opponent had disconnected on the game setup screen
• Fix bug where holding Z on a non-active controller would disconnect from the opponent on the CSS
• Fix issue where unavailable colors could show up when switching characters in Ranked
• Prevent out of bounds costumes in Ranked

Other changes 🛠

• Update to Dolphin 2506 (#47)

Known Issues

• Grand Master rank is not reflected in game
• Rank Icons aren't shown on the correct sides, your rank icon will always be on the left side

Contributors

@walz0
@sadkellz
@JLaferri
@ryanmcgrath
@NikhilNarayana

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 11

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix the soft lock issue by excluding VI/XFB memory locations from savestates
  • Thank you to KELLZ and Fizzi for getting this fixed!

Known Issues

• R̶o̶l̶l̶b̶a̶c̶k̶s̶ c̶a̶n̶ c̶a̶u̶s̶e̶ a̶ s̶o̶f̶t̶ l̶o̶c̶k̶, i̶t̶ i̶s̶ n̶o̶t̶ r̶e̶c̶o̶m̶m̶e̶n̶d̶e̶d̶ t̶o̶ p̶l̶a̶y̶ r̶a̶n̶k̶e̶d̶ o̶n̶ t̶h̶i̶s̶ b̶u̶i̶l̶d̶. (🙏)
• Standard Controllers can cause the FPS to drop until they're not used.

Contributors

@sadkellz
@JLaferri

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 10

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixes certain VFX showing as white squares. Most common example was Nana despawning. (project-slippi/slippi-ssbm-asm#131)

Known Issues

• Rollbacks can cause a soft lock, it is not recommended to play ranked on this build.
• Standard Controllers can cause the FPS to drop until they're not used.

Contributors

@sadkellz

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 9

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix bug where the latest Windows version failed to contact Slippi servers

Other changes 🛠

• Bump up base Dolphin version to 2409.

Known Issues

• Rollbacks can cause a soft lock, it is not recommended to play ranked on this build.
• Standard Controllers can cause the FPS to drop until they're not used.

Contributors

@ryanmcgrath
@JLaferri
@NikhilNarayana

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 8

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixes bug where playing DL, FoD, or PS in training mode could corrupt memory causing the game to crash some time after
• Fixes minor issue with inconsistent event sending behavior on DL and PS
• Correctly increments slp version number

Contributors

@JLaferri

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 7

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord

Changes

New Features ✨

• Allows predictive bots (Phillip) to play humans at high ping with good performance
  • This is primarily to support the amazing work done by @vladfi1
  • Check out https://www.twitch.tv/x_pilot to try playing against the bot yourself
• Extract stage information into slp file project-slippi/slippi-ssbm-asm#125
  • Includes FoD platform heights, Wispy blow direction, and PS transformation details

Contributors

@NickCondron
@vladfi1

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 6

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fixes minor bugs with match reporting

Contributors

@JLaferri

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 5

Please remember that matchmaking will take a bit longer as users need to update before they can play.

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

New Features ✨

• Ledge Grab Limit of 45 now applies during timeouts
  • If the game goes to time and exactly one player has exceeded 45 ledge grabs, the player over the limit loses and is shown a FAILURE game end screen. The winning player will see a SUCCESS game end screen.
  • If both or neither player exceed the ledge grab limit, normal timeout rules will apply and both players will see TIME game end screen.
  • This screen will display in Ranked, Unranked, and Direct. If you are using Direct to play a tournament that doesn't use LGL or uses a different value, simply ignore the game end screen and/or check ledge grabs in the launcher replay stats.

Contributors

@JLaferri

Version 4.0.0 - Mainline Beta 4

Troubleshooting

Head over to our discord for more help: https://slippi.gg/discord in the #dolphin-beta-support channel

Changes

New Features ✨

The following changes are not our own but rather from upstream Dolphin (#16). You can read more at the excellent Dolphin Blog Posts: Aug, Sept, Oct 2023 and Nov, Dec 2023, and Jan 2024

• Dark Mode on Windows
• Custom Aspect Ratios
• SDL Controller API support on Linux

Bug Fixes 🐛

• Fix launching AppImage on non-Ubuntu 22.04 distros (#16)
• Hopefully that one bug for standard controllers nope

Notices

• As mentioned in the latest Dolphin Blog, NVIDIA users may want to avoid the Direct3D 11 video backend when using the latest drivers.
• I forgot about a little reordering in the Dolphin Aspect Ratio settings. you will need to revert that setting to 73:60 manually. sorry

Contributors

The Dolphin Dev Team <3
@NikhilNarayana
@ryanmcgrath
@vladfi1