v0.3.3: Fixed: on Windows, the last export step failed when the game library was in a protected folder (such as the Xbox games folder), and 16 more fixes

Fixed: on Windows, the last export step failed when the game library was in a protected folder (such as the Xbox games folder). Fixed some games (such as ones using the store service) crashing immediately on launch on iPhone / iPad. Windows: tapping Settings on the welcome page no longer crashes the launcher. iPhone / iPad: on devices without BC texture support (A16 and earlier), the Vulkan graphics layer now decodes such textures instead of crashing. Fixed memory steadily growing during long play sessions in some games until the app crashed. Install to phone: push failures now show the specific cause, a failed streaming transfer retries another way, and old-format resource packs ask you to re-export. Windows: installing to the phone or updating S2Arm on the phone with a developer certificate no longer fails when Apple's timestamp server can't be reached. Fixed some games being unable to save (or getting stuck at saving) because their control data doesn't declare a save size: the account save is now added at export and the host also falls back at launch. Install to phone: when the estimated free space on the phone looks too small, you can now choose to continue anyway — it only stops if the phone actually fills up; free space now counts purgeable space. iPhone / iPad: when S2Arm's game or resource folder can't be written, readable files are migrated and unreadable ones skipped, instead of giving up and leaving the library unusable. Mac: a background helper error during export no longer pops up the "S2Arm quit unexpectedly" system dialog. Clearer extraction errors: a failed data check names the file and part (base / update / DLC); an access-denied error says whether it was S2Arm's own work folder or the game file, and points to Windows Controlled Folder Access or antivirus software. iPhone: new "Play sound in Silent Mode" setting (off by default). The computer no longer goes to sleep while exporting or pushing to the phone. The performance overlay's "GPU busy" reading no longer shows inflated values above 1000 ms/s. iPad / iPhone: fixed flicker in some games caused by textures being rebuilt from zeroed storage after the GPU had written them. iPhone / iPad: diagnostic packages exported from a multi-game package now identify which game was being played.

Upstream release summary · Site editorialv0.3.313 Nov 2026

This is a fix release with 17 fixes; details below.

What changed

Fixed: on Windows, the last export step failed when the game library was in a protected folder (such as the Xbox games folder). Files that can't be deleted are now left in place and the image is still written; error messages also show the real cause. If you hit this, please re-export after updating and tell us in #793 / #796 if it still fails.
Fixed some games (such as ones using the store service) crashing immediately on launch on iPhone / iPad. (#790)
Windows: tapping Settings on the welcome page no longer crashes the launcher.
iPhone / iPad: on devices without BC texture support (A16 and earlier), the Vulkan graphics layer now decodes such textures instead of crashing. (#542)
Fixed memory steadily growing during long play sessions in some games until the app crashed. (#783)
Install to phone: push failures now show the specific cause, a failed streaming transfer retries another way, and old-format resource packs ask you to re-export.
Windows: installing to the phone or updating S2Arm on the phone with a developer certificate no longer fails when Apple's timestamp server can't be reached. (#794)
Fixed some games being unable to save (or getting stuck at saving) because their control data doesn't declare a save size: the account save is now added at export and the host also falls back at launch.
Install to phone: when the estimated free space on the phone looks too small, you can now choose to continue anyway — it only stops if the phone actually fills up; free space now counts purgeable space.
iPhone / iPad: when S2Arm's game or resource folder can't be written, readable files are migrated and unreadable ones skipped, instead of giving up and leaving the library unusable.
Mac: a background helper error during export no longer pops up the "S2Arm quit unexpectedly" system dialog.
Clearer extraction errors: a failed data check names the file and part (base / update / DLC); an access-denied error says whether it was S2Arm's own work folder or the game file, and points to Windows Controlled Folder Access or antivirus software. (#787, #792)
iPhone: new "Play sound in Silent Mode" setting (off by default). (#789)
The computer no longer goes to sleep while exporting or pushing to the phone.
The performance overlay's "GPU busy" reading no longer shows inflated values above 1000 ms/s. (#647)
iPad / iPhone: fixed flicker in some games caused by textures being rebuilt from zeroed storage after the GPU had written them. (#778)
iPhone / iPad: diagnostic packages exported from a multi-game package now identify which game was being played. (#795)

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