the-honkers-railway-launcher/CHANGELOG.md

1.0.0

• added new wine versions
• changed preferences icon, updated main window's menu
• removed open launcher folder button from settings
• added fix for dxvk applying with spaces to the runners folder path
• updated default patch repo's mirror
• updated core library; added support for Chinese version
• added default game edition prediction based on system locale
• added ability to run the game when all patch servers are down
• used std::process::Output on DXVK applying instead of String this fixes errors related to UTF-8 decoding since different systems may have different default encodings
• added "borderless" and "virtual desktop" options to settings; added separate FSR option to gamescope settings
• dxvk now uses wine64 to update prefix before applying patches
• added setting of -window-mode exclusive args to the wine when using wine FSR
• WinePrefix::update and so now use wine64 binary instead of wineboot
• renamed files.wine to files.wine64 in wine.json
• Config::try_get_wine_executable function now return wine64 binary
• added errors toasting for initial setup window

1.0.0-rc2

• updated core library; this fixes getting available space on systems with lots of disks
• added patch folder selection during initial setup
• fixed error panicking when you're closing folder selection dialogue during initial setup
• disabled mangohud if gamescope is enabled

Reworked work with config file

• now missing fields will be automatically filled; excess fields - removed. thanks to new code structure I can easily create new fields or rename old ones
• improved WineLang enum; now launcher loads languages list dynamically from this enum so I can easily add support for new languages

Initial setup changes

• renamed "page_*" to some actual pages names
• added voice packages selection page
• made "Advanced" button working. It shows default paths selection page

1.0.0-rc1

(nothing changed)

Beta 0.7.1

• updated core library; new version caches patch fetching results
• added Nvidia Image Scaling option to gamescope
• added dxvk-async-1.10.3

Beta 0.7.0

• added gamescope support
• now gamemode option will not be clickabke if gamemode is not installed
• reworked enhancements page's events
• changed winesync env variables
• added lib::is_available function to check packages availability

Beta 0.6.3

• updated core library; added lib::consts::TELEMETRY_CHECK_TIMEOUT and PATCH_FETCHING_TIMEOUT to specify new core-required timeouts
• fixed error message toasting when failed to run the game
• added telemetry servers acessibility checking before running the game
• fixed setting game command default value in environment settings
• use patch.root = false by default in flatpak

Beta 0.6.2

• updated core library; now launcher will check available free space before downloading anything
• added dxvk 1.10.3
• added WINEARCH=win64 to some places
• added devel style to FirstRunApp if it's debug mode
• changed app's id
• added xdelta3 requirement during initial setup
• added wine & dxvk version selection during initial setup
• added "Open launcher folder" button to settings
• removed glib::Downgrade trait from all the Apps' Values
• removed tasks mod; removed tokio dependency; rewritten OpenPreferencesPage to work with threads instead of futures
• added opt-level = 3 to release profile
• upscaled logo to 512x512; added source link
• bundled all the UI files into gtk resources

Beta 0.6.1

• added ability to edit game running command

Beta 0.6.0

• made working environment variables manager
• renamed ToastError trait to Toast; renamed its toast_error method to toast; now toast method will not display button if toast's message is empty
• updated game::run function, now it prints running command and supports gamemoderun
• added automatic DXVK_ASYNC=1 setting for dxvk-async

Beta 0.5.3

• added "Repair game" button
• added repairer field to settings file
• updated core library
• made preparations for environment settings
• now launcher hides when you launch the game
• now Config::try_get_wine_executable can return Some("wine")
• removed old wine and dxvk versions; added new Wine-GE-Proton and GE-Proton builds

Beta 0.5.2

• updated core library
• now general settings page displays patch version with orange color if patch is not applied
• added working patch applying mechanism
• added patch.root config, and you can apply patch without using root privilegies

Beta 0.5.1

• updated core library; now you can delete voice packages from settings

Beta 0.5.0

• removed "Settings" main menu item because I said so
• made VoiceoverRow component; added dynamic voiceovers loading Now you can download new voiceovers, but can't delete them (WIP)
• probably fixed startup gtk errors

Beta 0.4.0

• added "Settings" option for main window menu
• added working default paths selection in first run window
• added subfolders support for blueprint compiler; moved first_run and preferences pages to subfolders
• added 2 first run pages:
  • when you don't have some required components
  • to select default folders paths

Beta 0.3.1

• added automatic downloading if you already clicked "download" button so e.g. you don't need to press "download" button two times to download the game and then download its voiceover
• reduced amount of action calls
• added "WIP" tooltips for progress pause buttons

Beta 0.3.0

• added usage of config's temp path to all the installers
• added processing of WineNotInstalled and PrefixNotExists actions
• added (forgotten) launcher states updating
• fixed app title
• removed excess use statements to hide warning messages

Beta 0.2.1

• removed excess code
• tested and fixed game downloading
• small first run UI changes, marked some wine version as not recommended

Beta 0.2.0

• updated core library to 0.1.3
• added soda wine version
• added default patch servers for config file
• with core modifications now first run window finally works
• added new wine versions
• added automatic default folder creation
• added latest methods for DXVK/Wine versions
• added wine_prefix mod with WinePrefix struct to manage what do you think what
• spent lots of time trying to make the launcher download default wine version, create prefix and apply DXVK but it just pauses actions flow after ~400 KB of downloaded wine version progress

Beta 0.1.1

• added more system data in about dialog
• updated core library

(0.1.0 considered as alpha and not listed here)