Amiga Forever 7 (2017)

[Crashdisk]

Small additional information by Cloanto:
All general keyboard shortcuts (escape, pause, turbo, screen capture, etc.) are now grouped in the General section, under Tools/Options/Input, where they can be customized. This includes Left amiga, Right Amiga, Commodore, Print Screen, F12 and other emulation shortcuts

[Crashdisk]

Amiga Forever soon available for MacOS
https://www.amigaforever.com/mac/

[Jope]

If only that also meant there would be a WinUAE equivalent for Mac/Linux.. :-)

[Crashdisk]

Amiga Forever and C64 Forever 7 "R2" Update

Existing version 7 users can get the new release via Help/About/Updates in Amiga Forever and C64 Forever, or by re-downloading the full package from the ecommerce system (e.g. via the links in the original confirmation email).
The "R2" build is the result of eight months of work since the previous major release, and takes into account user feedback, operating system enhancements and some features that had been on the back burner for a while.
The following is a list of most notable changes since the initial version 7 release.
High-DPI and Variable-DPI Systems

Windows 10 Fall Creators Update introduced new features to better support multiple-monitor and high-DPI scenarios (4K and traditional monitor combinations, etc.) The latest iterations of Amiga Forever and C64 Forever take full advantage of these improvements, while also adding refinements for less frequent scenarios, like 15-bit and 16-bit desktops.
Runtime monitor DPI setting changes are now fully supported without requiring a logoff. Dialogs in general, and details like icons and balloons look better than ever even after on-the-fly display or system magnification changes.
The initial magnification level ("1X", 2X", etc.) better takes into account user preferences while reducing "jumpy" emulation startups. The handling of individual screen boundaries was also improved.

Authoring and Content Curation Features

• Title editor: by holding down Shift when selecting a different computer model, applicable previous settings are retained (the system configuration is not reset).
• Added the "Unused Files" group to the listview in the Extras tab, and to the disks/media listview (Media tab for Amiga platform, Configuration tab for CBM platform).
• Create Blank Hard Disk dialog: increased the preset RDB size to support more complex file systems.
• Fast memory limit raised to 64 MB in supported scenarios.
• Z3 memory limit extended to 1792 MB for 64-bit plugins and 960 MB for 32-bit plugins.
• Added remote control Play/Pause, Stop, Forward and Rewind key codes to CDTV virtual button definition options.
• When making changes to the guest keyboard layout during an emulation session, the title layout information can be updated at the end of the session (no need to Edit the title).
• RP9 Toolbox: the Rescan action may repair manifests of user-edited RP9 files (without altering the configuration) even when the "Protect user-edited content" option is set.
• The Convert to RP9 action no longer stops when an empty or corrupt ZIP file is processed (such files are still reported in the action log).

Player Interface and Options

• More player user interface elements can now be drag-and-drop action targets. For example, media files (e.g. floppy disk images), screenshots, audio files, and documentation files can be added to a title by dragging them over a title in the list.
• Folders referenced via "My Folders" entries can now be renamed or moved using Windows Explorer even when the player is open.
• File menu: added "Open/Screenshots Folder" command.
• Tools/Restore System Files can now restore plugin configurations (INI files).
• Tools/Options: added "Reset All" buttons in General, Emulation and Content tabs.
• Tools/Options/Emulation: added "Never" setting for the "Fullscreen from Player" and "Fullscreen from File Explorer" options.
• Tools/Options/Emulation: added "Audio API" option (e.g. WASAPI/DirectSound for WinUAE plugin).

Playback Window and Emulation

• Reduced joystick and keyboard input lag.
• In multi-monitor systems, when switching an emulation session to fullscreen the current display is used as the fullscreen target if the Fullscreen/Display option is set to Automatic.
• In multi-monitor systems and with Automatic settings, an emulation session is started in fullscreen if the previous session was closed in fullscreen (the last display used for fullscreen is used).
• Improved handling of qualifier keys (Shift, Control, Alt) during emulation sessions. Shortcuts like Ctrl-X are now correctly sent to the emulated system.
• Added separate 32-bit and 64-bit "Play With" commands to the title context menu.
• Added a "keyboard as a game controller" reminder when detecting actuation of input profile keys during normal keyboard typing.
• Playback window: added context menu and information tooltip for the Hard Disk icon.
• Added "Help" command to the Keyboard menu (Amiga systems).
• Added "Katakana On/Off" command to the Keyboard menu (Japanese systems).
• Improved security sandbox.
• Plugin and emulation code updates, as per latest versions of WinUAE, WinFellow and VICE. Special thanks to all developers and testers involved.

Developer Features

• New "Help/Developer" menu (includes logging options which used to be in Tools/Options/Emulation).
• Host/Guest Messages dialog: added "Hide Floppy Auto-Seek" option.

Bug Fixes

• Tools/Build Image: fixed a bug that generated ISO images with inaccessible directories when they contained file or directory names with special characters.
• Fixed printer selection in EpsonQ and PostScript modes.
• Addressed incorrect medium insertion prompt at shutdown affecting RP9 titles with .prg content.
• Fixed a bug that could cause the Crash Reporter to open multiple report windows.
• Fixed a Windows version detection issue which could cause an incorrect "Amiga Forever requires Windows XP SP3..." message.
• Title editor: Show Changes is no longer triggered only by authoring version differences.
• Fixed "Guest startup error 105" and "Guest startup error 111" scenarios (did only affect beta builds).
• Fixed a bug that allowed the runtime selection of conflicting input profiles in different input ports.
• Solved an initialization issue with the C128 system.
• Fixed selection of listview items on startup.
• Fixed a bug whereby shared shortcuts could stop working after using the Escape shortcut to exit fullscreen mode.
• Input device options can now be edited and correctly saved for port 1 of CDTV systems.
• Virtual buttons can now be added in "merge with port" mode on port 1 of CDTV systems.

Work in Progress

Our plans for 2018 include not only a long list of application development goals, but also some infrastructure improvements. Among these, we aim to have better mechanism in place to document version changes, and to publish them online and as part of the software update notifications.
If you would like to be among the first to access new features as they are released, consider enabling "[x] Include beta versions" under Updates in the Help/About dialog.
Here is a list of changes which are part of the current beta build (7.2.6.0):

• [enhancement] Added Direct3D 11 support for plugins (e.g. if WinUAE 3.6.1 or later is installed).
• [fix] Saving more than one snapshot in the same emulation session could cause the emulation to freeze with some plugins.
• [fix] Keyboard focus could be lost after saving a snapshot.
• [fix] In some cases, radio button or checkbox images were not refreshed properly when a change modified another setting.

[Sinphaltimus]

Does this get updated via software director? SD says I'm up to date but nothing says R2.

EDIT: yes, it looks like Software Director does in fact update to R2.

Looking at the website:

"Amiga Forever 7 "R2" Released
04 Mar 2018 15:07:02 UT
Amiga Forever 7 "R2" (7.2.5.0) released, consolidating eight months of development work and beta updates."

And checking AF7 Help/About - my installed version is the same 7.2.5.0 - so I'm up to date already