Playerr v0.4.8

Playerr v0.4.8

• New Feature: Support for Flood as a dedicated download client.
• Improved: rTorrent compatibility fix (XML-RPC commands).
• Improved: Scanner logic for Scene releases and better title cleaning.
• Improved: Torrent search result persistence (no more losing results when going back).
• New Feature: Version selector for games with multiple installers.
• UI: Dedicated "Clients" tab in Settings.

Playerr v0.4.7

Playerr v0.4.7

• New Feature: Custom IP/Port Configuration (Settings -> Advanced).
• New Feature: Allow Remote Access (Bind to 0.0.0.0).
• New Feature: Windows System Tray support (Minimize to Tray).
• UI: Added "Advanced" settings tab.
• Refactor: Re-architected translation system for stability (Special thanks to Gabi for the architecture advice). ;P

Playerr v0.4.6

Playerr v0.4.6

Added support for Transmission.

Playerr v0.4.5b Fix

Fix of the v0.4.5

Playerr v0.4.5

Playerr v0.4.5 - The Connected Update

This release introduces advanced hardware connectivity features and expands platform support. DBI backend

Advanced USB Protocol

• Direct Hardware Transfer: Implemented a robust USB transfer system allowing direct installation to connected devices.
• Smart Permissions: Improved USB handling on macOS to gracefully handle permission denied errors without requiring root access.
• Credits: Implementation based on the excellent work by rashevskyv/dbi.
• **Use DBIbackend mode

Improvements

• Platform Detection: Refined logic for hiding irrelevant actions (Play/Install) on specific platforms.

Playerr v0.4.4

Playerr v0.4.4 - The Cleanup & Scanner Update

This release focuses on scanning accuracy, Wine/Whisky integration, and security improvements for Linux.

Scanner Intelligence

• Smart Parent Lookup: Fixed false positives (e.g., "Alien Planet") where generic folders like x64, bin, or gog were mistaken for game titles. The scanner now intelligently looks up to the parent folder.
• Linux Magic Bytes: Added binary verification (ELF/Shebang) for extensionless files on Linux to prevent text files (LICENSE, README) from being detected as games.
• Offline Fallback (PC): PC games are now added to the library even if metadata lookup fails, preventing valid games from being skipped.
• Z-Drive Protection: Blacklisted Wine z: and d: drives to prevent scanning host system files or empty mounts inside bottles.

Wine / Whisky Integration

• Dedicated Scan Button: Added a specific "Scan" button in Settings next to the Wine Prefix path for targeted scanning.
• Junk Filtering: Auto-blacklisted common junk like "Windows Media Player" and "MD5" checkers found in bottles.

Fixes & Improvements

• White Screen Fix: Resolved frontend build issues causing white screens on startup by ensuring clean webpack builds.
• Streets of Rage 4 Fix: Specific regression fix ensuring this title is correctly identified despite GOG folder structures.

Playerr v0.4.3

Playerr v0.4.3 - The Universal Update

This release marks a major milestone in scanner reliability, metadata accuracy, and system stability.

Smart Detection & Universal Metadata

• Universal Detector (v0.4.3): Robust game identification that handles complex versioned folders and messy release titles by stripping metadata and version junk before processing.
• Sequel & Roman Numeral Protection: Improved heuristics to distinguish between version numbers and actual sequels (e.g. games with digits or Roman numerals in the title).
• Metadata Reliability: Added fallback search mechanisms to ensure games are added even when primary metadata sources are incomplete.

High-Performance Scanner

• Fast Hierarchical Discovery: Replaced flat enumeration with a smart, branch-skipping system (up to 10x faster).
• Winner-Takes-All Clustering: Groups executables by folder and picks the best candidate, preventing duplicates.
• Global Smart Blacklist: Automatically filters junk branches (shadercache, compatdata) and system subfolders.
• Linux Support Improvements: Added support for AppRun and extensionless executables.

Disk & System Stability

• Disk Safe Protection: Implemented log rotation (capped at 10MB) and automatic post-import cleanup to prevent Docker containers from exhausting disk space.
• Windows Stability Fix: Resolved the AccessViolationException crash during library scans.
• Improved Threading: Enforced synchronous startup to ensure Photino stays on the main thread (fixes launch issues on Mac).
• Real Alive-Check: The window now waits for the backend to be fully responsive before showing the UI.
• Failsafe Logging: New playerr_startup.log in TEMP directory to help diagnose early crashes.

Playerr v0.4.1

Playerr v0.4.1 - Windows Stability Fix

• AccessViolationException Fix: Resolved the "Fatal error" crash on Windows during library scans.
• Improved Threading: Enforced synchronous startup to ensure Photino stays on the main thread (fixes launch issues on Mac).
• Real Alive-Check: The window now waits for the backend to be fully responsive before showing the UI.
• Failsafe Logging: New playerr_startup.log in TEMP directory to help diagnose early crashes.

Playerr v0.4.0

Playerr v0.4.0 - Important Update!

• Steam Launch Support: You can now launch your Steam games directly from the app (local machine)!
• Installed Games: Initial implementation of the execution system for all your already installed games (Early stage).
• Wine/Whisky Integration: You can now specify the path where Wine/Whisky games are installed to run them conveniently from the application. (Early Stage)

Playerr v0.3.13

Playerr v0.3.13: UI Refinement & Stability

• UI/UX Polishing:
  • Visual Consistency: Standardized checkboxes and action buttons across Settings.
  • Media Folder: Restored the missing "Scan Now" button and improved layout.
• Stability:
  • Persistent Modals: implemented custom, persistent delete confirmation modals for the Status and Library pages, replacing flaky browser alerts.
  • Bug Fixes: Fixed JSX syntax errors and added missing translation keys to ensure reliable builds.