6.15 - Double vacc'd!

• added automatic download for OpenVR-FSR
• using newly introduced libraryfolders.vdf now to find additional SteamLibrary directories (fixes #287)
• no longer wait for proton to finish when using Proton GE or TKG, but directly for the wineserver it started
• major rewrite of checking, separating and configuring the start mode
• added option to automatically Fix outdated Symlinks (fixes #289)
• added option to automatically Unsymlink Proton files (fixes #290)
• updated the function and the wiki of the Proton Kill-Switch
• skip OneTime Proton for the current session, if Proton version updated
• removed usage of an external program for Appinfo, by using an own implementation now (fixes #292)

v6.13 - Good day!

Changes in 6.13 - Good day!:

• Removed wmp10 support
• Added IGCSInjector support (fixes #264)
• Added UniversalUE4Unlocker dll support (fixes #265)
• **Added option to 'inject' (starting delayed) any Custom Program after the game exe was started, including optional waitingtime'
• fixed resolution detection for virtual displays (fixes #258)
• improved resolution detection by no longer depending on the mode names (suggested in #258)
• Added 1 for the start- and 0 for the stop script as argument 1 in the Start-Stop-Scripts (fixes #267)
• Added per game option to Block Internet (fixes #257)
• Updated polish translation by Faalagorn (merged #262)
• Added initial very basic Steam Deck support ("some Steam Deck (1280x800) resolution templates added") :)
• Added silent execution of 'reaper' commands recently introduced by steam (see #269)
• Improved and stabilized Steam First Time Setup and its package creation
• Vortex installation uses own Steam First Time Setup set now (fixes #273)
• Rewrote all functions using the steam iscriptevaluator.exe as its syntax changed (fixes #270)
• Added initial VR injection support for compatible UE4 games - might expand depending on feedback(#266)
• vkBasalt support reduced to its own enable variable
• Added more gamescope Frame Limiter options (closes #220)
• Added initial ProtonGE/Wine FidelityFX SuperResolution (FSR) support (#275)
• Added initial OpenVR-FSR FidelityFX SuperResolution (FSR) support (#275)
• Added Configuration Difference - a menu which shows only the differences between the current game and default config (fixes #274)
• several fixes

v6.10 - Break break

Changes since 6.10 - Break break:

• Finding installed games is now based on found appmanifest files instead of "installed" steam category
• Fixed several Game-Launcher problems, mostly caused by using the "installed" steam category
• Fixed a recently introduced possible yad misconfiguration reported in #239
• Removed option "recommend proton"
• Added a One Time Proton function in the Main Menu
• Minimalistic re-implemenation of Tweaks support
• Every occurrence of 'compdata' was replaced with 'compatdata' - make sure to update your VORTEXCOMPDATA accordingly if you already installed Vortex
• Added option to disable the Virtual Desktop mode again, when it was enabled before via stl
• The default resolution for windows without a configured resolution is now 75% of the current screen resolution (untested, feel free to submit test results, improvements, suggestions)
• Added Compatdata Redirect which allows to map the compdata dir to the used Proton version either per game or globally
• Added Wiki F1-Hotkey function for almost every stl window
• Added option to open the Wiki via Command Line and Extra Button
• Added tempfile auto-cleanup on version change
• Updated 32bit d3dcompiler_47.dll url
• Change ReShade WINEDLLOVERRIDES to add to variable
• Improved Shader Repositories and added a configuration gui
• Added option to use a custom fallback picture, including option to download a github avatar - see Game Pictures
• Added initial support for extracting data from Appinfo
• Added support for finding/managing/converting Game Icons
• Added support for *(auto-)*creating Game-Desktop-Files
• Added initial option to Symlink SteamUser directory per game or globally
• Added initially multiple options to restore the SteamUser directory from the Backup Support
• Added options to symlink or restore the steamuser directory
  when redirecting the compatdata dir

v6.8 - Blood

Changes in 6.8 - Blood:

• Thanks to @podiki for initially migrating the Steam Tinker Launch ReadMe into a Wiki (fixes 176)
• removed yad 9.0 hotfix, fix was shipped with 9.1 (fixes #196)
• Added CheatEngine md5sum check and notifier for those who can't read logs or create useful bugreports - DL url still 404 - see #200
• Added option to automatically create a GameTitle symlink from a Proton WINEPREFIX for easier finding (fixes #201)
• Added inital support for the 32bit container Conty (fixes #202)
• Added Auto-Update for Conty and improved its download function
• Added Playtime counter in seconds - might be used for further functions later
• Added optional Playtime Logging per game
• Last Played info in Main and Settings window
• Window sizes are now saved per game by default - using gui.conf as template (fixes #204)
• Custom scripts with bat suffix are started with proton now
• Added option to directly restart the game with different settings when the playtime was too short (CrashGuess)
• removed DOS:2 tweak (fixed in Proton 6.3)
• Systemwide Yad installation no longer mandatory - Added easy to use option to use AppImage or Conty instead
• Added initial advanced Steam First Time Setup Integration (fixes #209)
• The SteamGameID and the Game Title can be found by command line with the counterpart as argument
• Fixed Launch of Origin Urls (#fixes #211)
• Added Setup support for installers from the gamedir - f.e. Origin (see #210)
• The compdata and the Game Dir can be found by command line providing either SteamGameID or Game Title
• Added option to just open a wineconsole instead of the game - option also as Steam Category
• Restructured configs for the Gui Resolutions - see Gui Window Size (fixes #213)
• Removed the dotnet warn requester for the recently closed winehq bug 49897
• fixed SteamGridDB Download before starting the game and start the download in the background
• Removed self-maintaining function
• Added some editable gamescope options as dropdown menu
• The Crash Guess Requester now has the option to open a customizable Help-Url in the browser
• the CrashGuess Requester is skipped now, when stl started a game outside Steam (caused fork based false triggers)
• Re-Create Compdata and Wineprefix (including First Time Setup) for the game on the fly easily
• The original 'First Time Setup' can be replaced by an own custom or complemented by an own additional one
• Custom 'First Time Setup' scripts can be created with a few clicks (as replacement or as addition installfile) and installed immediately
• Automatically change the Game Screen Resolution before game starts and switch back to the previous resolution when it ends
• fix regression for SteamAppID being '0' from Steam (non-steam games)
• return back to previous menu when creating a First Run Setup file from extra buttons menu
• Execute startscript before custom command
• Disabled CheatEngine 7.2 download (404) and added Cheat Engine upstream Info in the wiki (closes #200)
• fixed saving the question and wget requester resolution
• Added Helper-Url for Editor Dialog, CrashGuess (fixes #215)
• The default path for the custom exe file requester is now the gamedir if custom exe is empty
• Added complete Polish translation and English fixes thanks to @Faalagorn
• Opened discussion board on the project page
• Replaced submenus with buttons directly in the main menu (part of #217, #222)
• Added ReShade Steam Category
• Moved all bundled tweaks into the separate steamtinkerlaunch-tweaks repo (part of #217)
• Removed Lutris and Protonfixes tweak import and added autoimported tweaks to steamtinkerlaunch-tweaks (part of #217)
• Added option to Pause-Unpause steamwebhelper processes on game start and continue when game exists (fixes #219)
• Help-Url selection can be also opened via button and commandline
• Added CRT Royale ReShade Shader-Management support
• Wine Debug Options can now be configured in a Gui (fixes #223)
• Favorites selection menu is sorted alphabetically now (part of #217)
• major rewrite of window resolution handling (per resolution: global template, local template, per game, per window) (part of #217)
• Category sort order for all menus can now be changed via drag&drop menu (part of #217)
• Winetricks packages for silent install can now easily be selected from a builtin menu (part of #217)
• improved Vortex installation and its wine/proton handling
• Steam First Run Setup packages can now be installed directly on the fly
• One Time Run - Option to run a custom program (with selected proton) 'once' directly (fixes #221)
• Added GameScope Settings Gui (fixes #220)
• Added ProtonDB-Rating - Short form (Rating Trend) in Wait Requester and Main Menu, additional info (Confidence, Score, Total Votes, Rating Trend, Best Rating) is a tooltip on the Help-Url Extra Button (fixes #224)
• Added option to select a specific proton version for direct on the fly package installation using Winetricks (fixes #226 and helps dotnet install problem f.e. in #216)
• Added extra Vortex Settings Gui and extra Vortex Install Gui
• removed line-based column calculation (-> 'bc' no longer required) in favor of customizable Gui-Columns
• removed Global Menu split
• Added support for downloading custom tar.xz Proton Archives and added a tarbomb check to support newer proton_tkg packages
• Fixed Side by Side VR for Custom Programs (Trine 1-3 tweaks do work again as expected in Stereo3D)
• Huge Rewrite of the current Wiki
• Added support for Custom Wine packages by Kron4ek
• Removed support for custom lutris wine packages (might be re-added later)
• multiple fixes and improvements (part of #217)
• outsourced the Kill Switch function to a /dev/shm/stl/KillSwitch script which can be called from anywhere (yay, a StreamDeck Proton-Kill-Switch)
• fixed a Vortex stages bug
• Standalone-Proton: easily start any exe using a custom proton in its own compdata and WINEPREFIX without steam
• Download-Custom-Proton Command Line now has an option to download the latest custom Proton version:
  The command line stl dcp l will download and extract the lastest available custom Proton and integrate it into the list of available proton version in Steam Tinker Launch
• Screen resolution is detected now for the 2nd monitor on a dual-head setup, when the mouse position is there

v6.8-rc2 - Blood

Changes in 6.8-rc2 - Blood:

• outsourced the Kill Switch function to a "/dev/shm/stl/KillSwitch" script which can be called from anywhere (yay, a StreamDeck Proton-Kill-Switch)
• fixed a Vortex stages bug
• Standalone-Proton: easily start any exe using a custom proton in its own compdata and WINEPREFIX without steam

Changes in 6.8-rc1 - Blood:
#177 (comment)

v6.8-rc1 - Blood

Release Candidate 1 for v6.8 - Blood

For the full huge Changelog please see here: #177 (comment)

v4.0 - Four Play

Changes in v4.0 - Four Play:

• Changed the default Editor-URL to PCGW
• Fixed Steam Cloud compatibility with SteamTinkerLaunch used as Steam Compatibility Tool (#185)
• Added automatic x64dbg debugger support (#186)
• Added automatic change into the custom program directory and back
• Added optional Download Requester with Progressbar/Wget Gui (currently) used for Downloading
  • Custom Proton
  • Cheat Engine
  • Vortex Mod Manager
  • Wine Support
  • X64dbg
• Replaced multiple basenames with the bash expansion counterpart
• Two new options in the Editor Dialog:
  • Open the directory with the first selected file in the system file manager (using xdg-open)
  • Delete the selected files (with confirmation requester)
• Removed WMP10 url and download and other Giana related changes (#187)
• Added dxvk log path configuration
• Removed 'found logfile' text from all requesters
• Improved refactored Side-by-Side-VR initialization
• Added Option to also use the 'Winedebug Settings' field for Proton Logs
• Added Option to automatically clean the '/pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser/Temp/' on game exit
• Added Option to automatically create or remove a 'steam_appid.txt' file in the game directory (#184)
• Added support for AstrayFX shaders
• Added Option to Add Non-Steam Games to Steam via command line and gui (#190)
• Multiple Vortex improvements:
  • Replaced fix version in config with a function which automatically uses the latest version
  • Above function can also be configured to use the latest pre-release instead of the latest stable release (#191)
  • tested several games with the pre-release v1.4.2 succesfully
  • Writing NexusID into the generic game meta-data now
  • Improved symlinks of relevant directories from game WINEPREFIX into Vortex WINEPREFIX
  • Added minimal basic support for Vortex beta extensions
  • Added Vortex Gui, where Vortex can be en-/disabled for every installed and supported game with one click
  • Added a Vortex Gui showing all Symlinks in the Vortex WINEPREFIX
  • The ask Vortex Dialog now also has the option to only start Vortex without starting the game
  • removed the "quickstart" Vortex mode
• r/SteamTinkerLaunch and Discord are back
• Gamemode and GameScope can now be enabled together (#188, #171)
• Added SteamGridDB support with multiple configuration options
• Added workaround for yad-9.0 bug (#196)

v3.9 - Hard Boiled

• Added parsing of global and per-game exclude files for the Backup
  (both also available in the Editor Dialog)
• Search game config files under pfx/drive_c/users/steamuser and offer them for editing
  including separate message in the guis (fixes #179)
• List of available Proton versions is also created on a dry standalone launch now
• Added Proton and stl logs to the Editor Dialog
• Added option to generate/update basic game metadata for all games via command line via 'meta' or 'menu' argument
• Added a basic Settings Selection Menu - might expand later (#181)
• Updated Depth3D to match name change
• Game window name autodetection with storing into metadata for further use
• Refactor determining the game window with major overhaul of the whole SBS-VR initialization (#183)
• Reimplemented game window name picking via Tray Icon function
• Selected Files in the Editor Dialog can now be hidden from the Editor Dialog
• Removed helpers creating tweak headers
• Game metadata is shown in the Settings menu now
• Sponsoring was added to the project

v3.8 - 10k

• Creating symlinks using the game name to the game id logs now, makes finding the log much easier
• Improved Vortex installation by avoiding a possible install loop
• Clearing logs of previous launches can now be configured
• Cleaner logging initialization
• Vortex version bump to 1.3.22
• Cleaned up PATH no longer hardcoded, but trimming 'steam-runtime' parts instead
• Added a requester for starting Vortex. On timeout (default 2 seconds) Vortex is cancelled.
  (especially useful for VR games with enabled Vortex, as you only want to start Vortex when you can see it).
  When the timeout is set to 0 the requester is skipped and Vortex is started as usual.
• Creating symlinks using the game name to the game id game configs now, makes finding the game config file much easier
• Added automatic rsync backup of steamuser files (so mostly savegames and configs) when proton games was closed
• Added storing of game metadata, divided into (sharable) generic and custom configs
• Added commandline function for backing the steamuser files for one or all installed proton games
• 10k lines of code :)

v3.6 - Endlich

minor changes - see commits