Hey #TeamShadow,
Welcome to the last week of August! Here is a new release to feed your hunger for improvements while getting your summer tan on
TLDR: A fix for the 2 GPU Quick Menu issue on Windows, adding support for Xbox Controller Elite V2 on macOS, Metal renderer now available on macOS and iOS to improve performance, and the Quick Menu finally live on Linux.
Here are all the nitty-gritty details for this week:
Shadow Official
Desktop - Launcher v4.16.5
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Shadow Renderer v3.3.15
All Platforms
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Display management: Redesign of the custom resolution pop up
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USB peripherals (Win, macOS): USB unforwarding should now work properly when you close Shadow
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Quick Menu: Statistic time range setting is now saved between sessions
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Audio: Less impact on CPU performance
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Nvidia driver setting is now saved at an account level. It will now be consistent whatever the app you are using to access your Shadow
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Cursor: Fix early lock mode that was blocking the cursor even before the Shadow stream starts
Windows
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Fixing Quick Menu issues for computers with 2 GPUs. (ex: iGPU + discrete GPU)
macOS
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Controllers: Update game controller compatibility list including Xbox Controller Elite V2
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New pop up to request mouse inputs access (Catalina first start issue)
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New Apple Metal renderer! Improved performance on modern mac. Fallback on a AVF rendering solution when Metal is not available on the device
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Fixing CMD sticky key when performing CMD+TAB
Linux Desktop
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Quick Menu support review before release in prod for the first time! (Please let us know if you encounter a pink screen and need to deactivate the Quick Menu.)
iOS / iPadOS / tvOS
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New Apple Metal renderer! Improved performance on A11+ chip devices
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Adding the “PS4 controller extended compatibility” setting
Android
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Adding a new feature to send logs from the last sessions
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Nvidia Shield remote controller is now correctly forwarded to your Shadow