Nostlan Updates

1.22.x / 29-07-2021

Nostlan

Accuracy

Performance

Features

Nostlan (formally Bottlenose) is a high quality front-end launcher for gaming emulators which supports Windows, Linux and MacOs. It's currently capable of launching more mainstream emulators with nice features and its future looks quite bright!

Current Features

unified UI for mouse/gamepad interaction
designed for UHD displays and projectors
checks multiple database sites for the highest quality box art
nostalgic UI themes for each supported console
fancy scroll direction alternation effect on rows in cover view mode
most controllers connect to Bottlenose automatically, no setup required including Xbox One, PS4 Dualshock, and Switch Pro controllers
gamecube controller adapter supported with gca-js
advanced customization: edit launch commands and change game art

Os: 64-bit Only

Linux: Users must install libvips (a fast image processing library)

Most Recent Changes

--1.22.x Better M1 chip Mac support--

better support for Apple M1 chip Macs
skeuomorphic plastic menu redesign

--1.21.x BIG update--

This is a BIG update to Nostlan with two shiny new features!

Built-in Image Browser

In the event Nostlan doesn't automatically find high quality images of one of your game's cover/box, users can now download image assets right within Nostlan using an in-app web browser. This is possible because Nostlan is an Electron app meaning it's built on top of Chromium, a web browser. All it takes is three steps: click on an image, click the download button, select the type of image (front cover, back cover, etc.) and Nostlan will do the rest!

Nostlan will download the image file right into game's image folder and renames the file to the type of image you specified. For now the image must be actually clicked on for Nostlan to work its magic, not selected using arrow keys. I will work on making that possible in the future.

Label Maker

Before using the image browser to download images, users should first try manually identifying any mis-identified or unidentified games by selecting the game and going to the edit menu. The user will then be able to edit handwritten labels on the game. The labels have autocomplete suggestions from Nostlan's game databases. (BETA testers: I will make a sticker to indicate which games are unidentified before the release of this update. For now assume all games without cover images are unidentified.)

Open Box Menus Finished!

This update adds open box menus I made for the Nintendo 3DS and PS3. Now every supported system in Nostlan now has an open box menu!

the open box menu is now preloaded during the game library loading sequence, so there is way less loading delay when opening game boxes
support for changes made to MAME and Xenia
the default emulator for switch is now Ryujinx
the default emulator for ds is now melonDS
app builds now available for new Apple ARM chip Macs (not tested)
consolidation of the user preferences files

--1.20.x Ryujinx save backup/syncing--

Added support for Ryujinx LDN (multiplayer build)
Added support for backup/sync of Ryujinx save files [Patreon supporter feature]
Created an alternate game library viewing mode, which is now the default, it's a single direction scrolling page of games, though it maintains the reel based design. The old alternating scroll layout can be enabled in the appearance settings.
fixes v1.19.x issues where Nostlan would crash if a controller disconnected
major update to contro-ui v3, my UI framework I made for Nostlan
[v1.20.5] updated the switch database 2/13/2021, includes Super Mario 3D World + Bowser's Fury
[v1.20.7] fixed macOS build, properly codesigned, reverted sharp to v0.26.2
[v1.20.15] fixed bug that made using other languages not work
[v1.20.16] improved auto-install on linux and fixes

--v1.19.x--

fixes a bug in v1.18.x that could prevent Nostlan from starting on windows, my bad :(

1.18.x New App Icon (macOS 11 styling)

adds support for using multiple controllers with Nostlan simultaneously
hot swapping between controllers of different types like gamecube and xbox was previously impossible, not anymore!
fixes issues with preferences files not being updated properly
fixed Citra and Yuzu install on windows

1.17.x Enhanced Error Reporting

Displays emulator app error log in the error window. MAME is now (properly) supported on Linux!
unexpected errors that crash Nostlan no longer cause it to freeze, they're caught and shown to the user in the UI error window

--1.16.x em-fceux support!--