Draft release notes 2026.6.0

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Intended to be released on Jun 3, 2026. If anything needs to be reworded, or I missed some issue entirely, comment on here (please leave off the preceding # so that only things actually released are "mentioned" on other issues.

Also, repository activity might be reduced in June, but will pick back up in July.

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🚨 Breaking changes

• Round scores to multiples of 1 instead of 10. Highscore plugin website owners might need to adjust input validation round scores to whole numbers, but not multiples of 10 #1268

📈 Enhancements

• Do not create extra SongDir paths if they don't exist Do not create missing config SongDir paths #1260
• Improve image scaling use swscale with Lanczos for higher quality image scaling #1300
• Use a fixed range for editor MIDI Normalize octave in editor when detecting MIDI pitch values #1282
• Allow larger textures if the system supports it Improve picture quality #1165
• Do not ask to uninstall when reinstalling or updating, allow to keep avatars, and fix some checkboxes in the uninstaller Bugfix: don't suggest uninstall on reinstall and don't delete avatars unless user wants it #1183
• Allow playlists to be used in all party modes allow playlist restriction for all party modes #1208

🪲 Bug Fixes

• Fix crash when going to the webcam screen after changing languages Fix webcam flip setting load after language changes #1275
• Do not save scores times the number of screens Prevent duplicate score saves on the Top 5 screen #1248
• Allow disabling buttons in themes allow disabling buttons in theme #1215
• Fix Alt+Letter search when categories are enabled Bugfix: fix Alt+Key shortcut if folders are used and sorting is also by folder #1196
• Fix missing note textures in the Editor in some cases Fix missing editor note textures when opening editor first #1303
• Fix color of rap notes and selected rap notes Improve rap note contrast in the editor #1302
• Fix incorrect microphone names Bugfix: do not call UnifyDeviceName() more than once #1309
• Fix some note splitting regressions Improve editor note splitting #1299
• Do not automagically 'correct' where spaces are do not automagically 'correct' or 'adjust' where spaces are #1313
• Add some missing MIDI guards fix editor save error dialog: fix scaling, allow saving anyways, go to error, and fix interaction with Alt+V on macOS #1211
• Do correct where spaces are when splitting/joining sentences Correct lyric spacing for sentence splitting and joining #1314
• Fix various playlist bugs Fix playlist selection, scrolling, and non-fixed start behavior #1241
• Fix circular reference in USkins fix for circular referencing #1315
• Use the correct difficulty when submitting highscores through plugins Fix highscore plugin player level #1321
• Detect if there is singing across the entire buffer instead of only the oldest quarter Check pitch threshold across full buffer #1283
• Prevent Windows from taking screenshots Bugfix: prevent Windows from making a screenshot while we make a screenshot #1194

Other Changes

• Various refactorings and cleanup of unused code SungPaused is always false, so remove it entirely #1278 remove unnecessary round #1279 Various refactors #1280 Cleanup: Remove unreferenced vendored library units [-11700 lines] #1235 Cleanup: Remove obsolete Delphi Windows project files [-500 lines] #1233 Extract editor save code into SaveSongToFile #1311
• Drop support for ProjectM 0.x Drop pre-1.0 projectM support [-500 lines] #1239
• Remove in-game console Remove in-game console/log overlay #1271
• Deduplicate player-related theme assets Refactor Players 1/12: Deduplicate player theme assets #1284
• Build AppImage with Debian Jessie Build AppImage with Debian Jessie instead of CentOS 7 and drop 32-bit support #1272
• Remove support for old OpenCV versions Remove legacy OpenCV bindings [-5500 lines] #1238 Make OpenCV webcam support optional again #1301
• AppImage dependency updates Appimage Updates #1304
• Add support for #VOCALS Add VOCALS tag support #1297
• Local checking for trailing whitespace Improvement: check whitespace issues locally within the Makefile #1188
• Update Windows DLLs Use new Windows DLLs #1307

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Discord release notes:

**UltraStar Deluxe v2026.6.0 has been released!**

Highlights for users:
* Scores are now more precise
* Improve image quality
* Playlists can be used in all party modes

Get it here: https://github.com/UltraStar-Deluxe/USDX/releases/tag/v2026.6.0

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(accidentally had linked 1286 instead of 1268. 1286 is NOT part of this release)

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Released!