changelog_preview.md

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What's new? - 1.82.14

• [Imp] Optimize Toggling Backdrop Blur effect, by @shatyuka
• [Imp] Enhanced network exception filtering, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] Playtime flyout not opening/closing in certain conditions, by @shatyuka
• [Imp] Optimize language resource loading time, by @shatyuka
• [Imp] Refactor SteamShortcut methods, by @shatyuka
  • Fix types mismatches
  • Support for multi-languages
  • Compatibility with new Steam formats
  • Cache Steam grid images
  • Waiting for asynchronous image downloads
• [Fix] Text formatting for Git commit link in SettingsPage, by @shatyuka
• [Imp] SevenZipExtractor improvements, by @neon-nyan
  • Add async method for extraction
  • Add ability to adjust buffer size per method call
  • Use .NET's built-in COMVariant
  • Fix archive signature-based checking in ArchiveFile(string) method
  • Ability to use locally installed 7z xtra binaries
  • Fix wrong types in IInStream and IOutStream
  • Use sealed class when needed
  • Use faster GetDataRawRef unmanaged method when initializing entry
  • Add proper HResult throw when IInArchive method is failing
  • Set last write time on extracted files
  • Added support for extracting encrypted archives
• [Imp] CodeQA on Main project and ColorThief & Win32 submodules, by @neon-nyan
• [New] Add the ability to disable Zooming behavior for Events panel, by @shatyuka
• [Fix] [SR] Repair method did not properly write reference file, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Fix performance regression in Zenless settings methods, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Update nuggies, by @neon-nyan
• [New] Show download and repair progress in Taskbar, by @shatyuka
• [New] Adding HoYoPlay's HDiffMap implementation for patching files with HDiff, by @neon-nyan
  • This process is going to be used starting on Honkai: Star Rail 3.0 update. Also, this feature is implemented to avoid files being unable to get patched due to changes in HDiff mapping format.
  • The entire reason this version had to be pushed early, tank
• [New] Implement DLSS option for Honkai: Star Rail Game Settings, by @Cryotechnic & @shatyuka
• [Loc] Sync locales, by localizers <3

What's new? - 1.82.13 [Hotfix]

• [Loc] Localization Sync from Transifex, by Localizers <3
• [Fix] [Regression] False "Obsolete Version" detection on Sophon method while the update is actually available, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Crash due to NullReferenceException while ToastCOM's NotificationService is failing to initialize, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp + Fix] UI Improvements, by @shatyuka
  • Update overlay mask on Image Cropping dialog
  • Hide all invisible system buttons
  • Implement Taskbar State/Progress API (will be used in the future)
  • Fix repair status flicker
• [Fix] [Regression] Crash while checking Cache files on Honkai Impact 3rd, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Fix more Issues on Sophon, by @neon-nyan
  • 0 total size on display while falling back from Update to Install mode on Sophon
  • Double logging while falling back from Update to Install mode on Sophon
• [Fix] [ZZZ GSP] Wrong index assigned to the resolution list and width rounding issue, by @neon-nyan
  • If the default resolution exist on the fullscreen resolution list, the index of that resolution will be shifted to the first index. Previously in Collapse, it was manually added to the top while it actually not deleted to the fullscreen list, making it duplicated. Now, it should matches the behaviour
  • Some resolution which have rounding digits might have displayed incorrectly.

What's new? - 1.82.12 [Hotfix]

• [Fix] Failure when installing sophon, by @neon-nyan
  • neon forgor to put the variable into the right line
• [Fix] Disk space recognition when resuming game install with sophon, by @neon-nyan
  • neon forgor to return the right value
• [Fix] Game update with sophon failing if its updating from a version that is too old, by @neon-nyan
• neon too eepy and forgor to check if the manifest exist for those older game version
• if the game is too old then fallback to use install method and replace any assets that is not matching with the target version.
• [Fix] EnumFailedVersion errors when installing games and (super rarely) in early launch, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Use Attachment instead of breadcrumbs for LoadedModules reporting in Sentry, by @bagusnl

What's new? - 1.82.11 [Hotfix]

• [New] Toggle "Playing" Discord RPC status per-region, by @bagusnl
  • You can disable "Playing" status per-region now by going to Quick Settings (bottom right on Homepage) and toggling it off.
  • This is enabled by default (as it always is)
• [Fix] Bloated Sophon pre-download/update size due to duplicate entries, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Match API requests headers, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Cannot copy error message caused by HGlobal buffer misallocation for some users, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] IOSharingViolation due to file/directory handling in some methods, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Repair causing application crashes due to value overflow, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] Game installation error due to invalid VO language selection, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Sentry improvements, by @bagusnl
  • Filter exceptions to be sent
    • Exceptions caused by users' internet situation are filtered
  • Add loaded modules info to breadcrumb
  • Detach inner exception handler method
• [Imp] Sophon Download Improvements, by @neon-nyan
  • Adding disk-space check on Game Installation/Update and Pre-load Download.
  • Ignore if VO's LanguageString is not valid on non-debug build
  • Separate Sophon methods to its own code files
• [Imp] UI/UX Improvements, by @shatyuka @neon-nyan and @bagusnl
  • New fallback background when the background sprite is not yet downloaded

  The official HoYoPlay's default background is used for the fallback background

  • Disable some tab focus within the PostPanel
  • Resize Pivot header in PostPanel
  • Make ScrollViewer receive focus as a whole
  • Enable navigation via arrow keys in ScrollViewer
  • Adjust Audio-related setting's Grid layout on Genshin Game Settings Page
• [Fix] DB sync buttons on App Settings page doesn't get disabled when the toggle is off
• [Loc] Localization Sync from Transifex, by Localizers <3

What's new? - 1.82.10 [Hotfix]

• [Fix] NullReferenceException crash caused by null voice_packs property, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Some migration dialog still provides install choices, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] TimeSpan overflow + Number to Percentage and TimeSpan converter refactor, by @neon-nyan and @bagusnl
• [Fix] Minor Audio Selection UI bug, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] More SharingViolation exceptions on InstallManagerBase, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] DirectoryNotFoundException on HSR's Game Repair -> RemoveHashMarkFile() method, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Relative URL for the Velopack packages getting cut-off, by @neon-nyan

What's new? - 1.82.9 [Hotfix]

• [Fix] Sophon failing to install games, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan
  • Errors such as EnumFailedVersion or InvalidOperationException
  • Caused by Sophon data got modified mid-flight before the finalization
• [Fix] App crashing when minimized to tray on certain system, by @bagusnl
  • This is caused by missing Windows feature causing the method to be missing, please contact your custom ISOs creator if other errors happened caused by similar 'Incorrect function' error
• [Fix] Error when trying to uninstall games that do not have AppData entry, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Installation starts before audio package is selected, by @neon-nyan & @bagusnl
• [Imp] Improved Sophon performance by increasing minimum thread pool available for processing files, by @neon-nyan

What's new? - 1.82.8

• [Fix] Game repair methods failing to check for plugin existence, by @bagusnl
  • This happened because string matching error between / and \
• [Fix] ZZZ Repair failing due to unknown return code, by @bagusnl
  • is this even a fix? idk, I just ignored the return code LMAO
• [Fix] AppUserModelID conflicting between ToastCOM and Velopack, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Performance improvement for 7z extractor method, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Performance improvement for any unmanaged calls by increasing buffer size, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Avoid UI locking when loading Sophon metadata, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Refactored Progress handler, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Game File Cleanup freeze when trying to cleanup >1000 items, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan
  • Use SelectAllSafe and UnselectAll to do as described
    • Improved speed when selecting all items by (from ~140000 ms to ~170ms) when selecting 25000 files.
  • Use .NET's built-in SIMD calculation for summing all the asset sizes
  • Use batching when injecting files to the ListViewTable source
• [Fix] Cannot close the app from taskbar, by @shatyuka
• [Fix] COMException when trying to install game with Sophon, by @bagusnl

What's new? - 1.82.7 Hotfix

• [Fix] Fix redundant Ini save-load mechanism and FileNotFoundException upon loading, by @neon-nyan This caused the launcher to throw FileNotFoundException error in the background and causing the region fail to load.
• [Imp] Improvement on IniValue, by @neon-nyan
  • Always cache IsEmpty property and update it only if the Value property is being set.
  • Add missing casting for Size struct
  • Add Create() static method
  • Add ToGuid() method and cast support
  • Add support for creating IniValue from Enum
• [Fix] Avoid double desktop shortcut by using user's Desktop path, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Fix wrong casting on implicit IniValue operator for Int32, by @neon-nyan

What's new? - 1.82.6

• [Fix] Download corruption due to download chunk size being too small, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Double taskbar entry if console is enabled, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] Repair function for GI/SR/HI3 detected updated plugin as corrupted, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Update 7z dll to 24.09, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Http downloader module improvements, by @neon-nyan
  • Bypass drive write cache
  • Use multi threaded file writer
• [Imp] IniFile parser improvements, by @neon-nyan
  • Improving implicit casting on IniValue to numbers This to allow maintainers to directly assign the IniValue to variable types.
  • Reduce memory allocation on loading and saving IniFile
  • Improving saving performance to file or a stream.
  • More safety bound check to IniSection
  • Reduce overhead on checking Section Keys and Value Keys
  • Add more checks on loading values
  • Splitting class and structs into their own files

What's new? - 1.82.5

• [Fix] Various weird errors that might be caused by Optimization preference, by @neon-nyan & @bagusnl
  • We are noticing quite odd behaviors with some functions, critically Sophon and Http downloader and also SevenZipExtractor modules
  • This error does not seem to be reproducible in Debug environment, but recent development by @neon-nyan found that setting the optimization profile to Speed may cause compiler over optimization in certain areas.
  • This fix set the project's compiler optimization to Size instead (which is the default .NET behaviour).
  • If this fixes those errors that were problematic then good, if not then we have to rethink about those problematic modules...
• [Fix] Exceptions in Carousel methods, by @bagusnl
  • Third time the charm 🤞
• [Fix] DirectoryNotFound exception in HTTP module, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Only recreate shortcut once, by @bagusnl
  • Please, no more re-pinning my shortcut...
• [Fix] App crash when finalizing update, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] Prevent image load fails when waifu2x failes to load / nulled, by @shatyuka
• [Fix] (Attempt to) Fix corruption when extracting packages via SevenZipExtractor, by @neon-nyan

What's changed ? - 1.82.4

• [Fix] (GI/SR/ZZZ Repair) Fixed Quick Repair does not check for file size matching, by @neon-nyan & @bagusnl
• [Fix] Tray icon not appearing in any builds before Windows 11 21H2 (inc W10), by @shatyuka & @bagusnl
• [Imp] Sentry enhancements, by @bagusnl
  • Disable error collection in debug builds
  • Add current loaded game location and CDN preference to breadcrumbs
  • Add a way to enable debug logging via console by adding "DEBUG_SENTRY" env var and setting it to true
• [Imp] Update dependencies, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Save last known working CDN to config, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] ArgumentNull crash on StartCarouselAutoScroll, by @bagusnl

What's changed ? - 1.82.3

IMPORTANT If you are running installed version of Collapse and having issues with updates (either failing to update or Crashing after), please reinstall Collapse. You won't lose any of your data and configs. Also, do note that after installation, the installer won't be able to run Collapse due to not having admin access, fix is in the works by Velopack team.

• [Imp] Exception data improvements, by @bagusnl
  • Add CPU and GPU details to make it easier for us to debug
  • Use AssemblyVersion for Release tag so it's handled in the dashboard nicely
  • Detach Enable/Disable setter so it won't freeze the UI when toggling
• [Fix] Fixed launcher update logic, by @neon-nyan
  • Fixed errors when/after updating via Velopack
  • Users are advised to freshly installed Collapse (will not affect settings) in this update
• [Imp] Updated submodules, by @bagusnl
  • Synced both H.NotifyIcon and DiscordRPC submodules from its main repository
• [Imp] Refactor file asset checking mechanism by matching in-game repair behavior for Genshin Impact, by @neon-nyan
  • Hopefully this would fix unwanted behavior which causes the game repair to fail for some reason.
  • Preferring XXH64 hash to be used for file integrity (if available)
• [Imp] Improved Full Check Speed on HDD, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan
  • Limit thread number for checking to 1 if the mechanism detects HDD. Any errors in the mechanism will fallback to detect as HDD and use multithreaded check.
  • Currently only implemented in Genshin Impact repair.
• [Fix] More IOSharingViolation fixes for multithreaded ForeachAsync, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] AccessDenied error in GameBoost mechanism, by @bagusnl
  • This is probably due to the game not being fully launched yet. The default delay for the mechanism is 10s, slower systems might take longer to load the game.
  • Now game boost mechanism have a retry system that will retry for at least 3 times in the background
• [Fix] Retry mechanism in Database operation StoreKeyValue not correctly defined, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] App crash when logger fails to get console width, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] FileNotFound errors on Hi3 repair mechanisms, by @neon-nyan

What's changed? - 1.82.2

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• [Fix] Remove the use of Stub for launching Collapse, by @bagusnl
  • As we moved to Velopack, the use of stub is no longer needed as the latest version will always be in the "current" folder.
• [New] Automatic Error Data Collection, by @bagusnl & @Cryotechnic
  • Every time either a crash or error happened, upload the error data alongside with the latest log to Sentry server for further analysis by developers.
  • Thanks Sentry for giving us free access to their Business plan <3
• [New] Rewrite Icon generator code to be trim/NativeAOT friendly, by @neon-nyan
• [Imp] Updated .NET to GA (Release) version, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Decouples PInvoke code from Hi3Helper.Core to its own Hi3Helper.Win32 submodule, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Fixed DllNotFoundException when trying to turn on Database Sync feature, by @bagusnl
  • This is caused by missing Microsoft Visual C/C++ Redistributable required for the database handler.
  • Currently, user will be notified about the missing redist and told to download and install them.
• [Fix] SharingViolation Exception and other issues on Sophon submodule, by @neon-nyan
  • Fix wrong URL path for manifestToProtoTaskCallback.
  • Fix non-existence files not getting renamed on update.
  • Fix SharedViolation exception by unassigning ReadOnly attribute.
• [Imp] Improvement on Sophon submodule, by @neon-nyan
  • Reduce overhead on async I/O by removing unnecessary bridging Stream.
  • Directly invoking .GetAsync() on getting HttpResponseMessage.
  • Move to .NET 9's Convert.ToHexStringLower() to convert byte[] or ReadOnlySpan<byte> to Hex string.
  • Always check for file availability on enumerating updates. This to avoid unused files from old version to be written into new version.
  • Reuse code to deserializing Protobuf response and its callbacks.
• [Fix] Fixed IODenied error in Genshin repair, by @bagusnl
  • This is caused by an asset wrongly marked as Persistent while actually being in StreamingAssets
• [Imp] Use local placeholder background while waiting for dispatch background to download, by @bagusnl
  • Also include fixes for IOSharingViolation errors for both background and carousel event images
• [Imp] Let user know that Database sync is processing after manual sync, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Type casting mistakes on Zenless Zone Zero game settings methods, by @neon-nyan

What's New? - 1.82.1

• [Fix] Revert NativeAOT publishing and use regular trimmed builds instead, by @bagusnl
  • This due to several reports about freezing and memory leaks. We will try to evaluate this kind of builds more in the future once .NET 9 is fully released.
• [Imp] Add new settings for Zenless Zone Zero, by @bagusnl
  • The setting in English is called "High-Precision Character Animation" but in Indonesian its roughly translated as "Dynamic Character Resolution". I honestly don't know what they are doing LMAO
• [Fix] Adjusted Star Rail game repair mechanism, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Sophon pre-download showing the wrong size, by @neon-nyan
• [Fix] Plugin update launch errors, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] NullReferenceException when checking for launcher update when it's on the latest, by @bagusnl
• [Imp] Use async when opening folders from buttons, by @bagusnl
  • Reduces time that the launcher UI freezes when Windows Explorer is taking its time to open
• [Imp] Add "Updating" status for Discord RPC that is raised when installing/updating game, by @bagusnl
• [Fix] Disable page caching for Repair, Cache Update, and Game Settings Pages, by @neon-nyan
  • This fixes behaviour where those pages are stuck in certain state and F5 does not work.

Collapse 1.82.0: Natlan

Long time no see! Welcome back to another (quarterly) release of Collapse. This time around, we're bringing many performance & interface improvements to the launcher; this (hopefully) means that you should see a lot less crashes and a much more stable launcher experience (get it? Stable version, stable experience...No? No one? Ok :( )

Releases have been a bit slower recently since most of our core maintainers have had a lot less time to contribute. Nonetheless, this release is packed with a bunch of changes that we hope you'll find useful.

Read on for the complete list of changes!

For (surely) faster releases and more experimental features, consider switching to the Preview branch in the App Settings.

What's New?

Update to .NET 9 and Switching to NativeAOT Releases

This is the biggest changes so far for Collapse, requiring about 14K+ lines of codes brought to the repository due to dependencies that is not updated to follow the new standards required for NativeAOT release. You should feel Collapse being more snappy especially when launching from cold.

So, what is this "NativeAOT" mumbo jumbo?

Usually, a .NET application is executed in Just-In-Time manner and compiled into Intermediate Language (IL) instead of straight into native code. This however, requires a runtime to be installed into the machine or included within the app.

NativeAOT (Ahead-of-Time) compilation in other hand, will compile your app straight into native machine code executable. Due to its nature, the program can run independently without a runtime since the app was compiled straight into native code, resulting much faster start-up time, smaller memory footprint, smaller executable size and slightly better in performance.

While the app should benefit from using NativeAOT compilation, the developer should follow bunch of strict rules and requirements in order to make their program to work properly. Some of them are the limitation on accessing certain reflection-based methods and dynamic-based types since those requires invocations to happen at runtime.

To get rid all of those obstacles, we refactored bunch of codes with source-generated, COM Interface and Marshal-based/PInvoke ones, which one of them even require a call into Win32 API in order to make it work.

While NativeAOT is still a new norm in .NET app development and a very experimental feature, we finally managed to pull it off and make Collapse Launcher to run and compiled straight into native code executable.

New Feature: Bandwidth Limiter

This is by far the (second) biggest change in this release. We've been using the same downloader code since Collapse first released in 2021. While it worked well enough for its time, it quickly became apparent that, as we wanted to add more features, it became increasingly challenging to do so in a timely manner because of the amount of time we'd need to spend fixing the HTTP module of Collapse.

Well, no more! We've rewritten the entire module so that it is not only more efficient in terms of downloading, but also uses far less memory!

Due to this rewrite, we've been able to finally implement a bandwidth limiter for Collapse.

Here's what it can do:

• The user can now set the download speed limit
• Download file pre-allocation: The file no longer needs to be merged before the file can be used
• Increased performance by removing a lot of asynchronous function calls
• Improved redundancy checks

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See for yourself in your App Settings!

New Feature: By-region Custom Background Support

One of our most requested features since we've first allowed users to change backgrounds was the ability to change backgrounds based not only by game but also by region.

What if we told you that now you can do that? And use videos too? Amazing, right?

Here's how you do it: Home Page -> Quick Settings (bottom right) -> Custom Background for Region.

This feature does not require you to enable the Global Custom Background setting.

Background priority as follows: Regional Custom BG -> Global App Custom BG -> API provided BG -> Paimon deadge fallback image.

New Feature: Notification Toast Support for Background Activities

This feature will help users get notified when a background activity is completed. The notification toast includes support for Game Installation, Game Update, Pre-load Download, Game Repair and Cache Update features.

In its current implementation, the notification only supports text-based content.

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New Feature: Playtime Synchronization across devices

Collapse now supports tracking playtime across multiple devices through an online SQLite database.

While we've been using https://turso.tech and have tested for that platform, any provider that provides SQLite online database instances through a URL and a token will work.

Caution

Changing User ID (UID) without taking note of your current User ID will cause the data to be left dangling in the database and not be used anymore. While you can edit the database yourself, it's a bit tedious, so please do NOT lose your User ID.

Collapse staff cannot help you if you misplace your User ID!

Playtime synced to the online database in a many ways:

1. At first region load

When the region is first loaded, playtime stats are first loaded from your local machine, then the system fetches from the online database and compares when playtime was last updated. If the local data is out of date then the database value will be used and saved locally. If the database is out of date, then the local value will be used and saved to the online database.

2. When you first launch your game
3. Every 5 minutes when the game is running
4. When you close your game

New Feature: Game Cleanup & File Ignore

This feature does pretty much what it says: it allows you to delete any unused files that are no longer referenced by the game, but that are still shipped with it as part of an update for some reason.

Complementing that feature is the file ignore functionality, which works as follows:

• Create a file called @IgnoredFiles that you can put in the game's root directory
• You can then edit the file to include any files that you would like Collapse to ignore when you run the Game Cleanup functionality
  • You must have 1 file per line
  • You can use the simple wildcard * in your filename

The Game Cleanup feature is accessible in Quick Settings -> "Files Clean-up".

When deleting, you can also chose between moving them to your Recycle Bin or deleting them permanently from your drive.

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New Feature: Proxy Support

Collapse now supports using a proxy server for the entire app. By default, it will use whatever proxy settings you have configured in Windows.

We currently support the following protocols: HTTP, HTTPS & SOCKS5.

You can find this feature in your App Settings.

New Game Region Support: Genshin Impact - Google Play

Nothing much to say here, we're now able to offer our users the ability to install the Google Play version of Genshin Impact, which allows you to sign in with Google Play, among other things.

New Game Region Support: Zenless Zone Zero - Bilibili

This falls in line with other newer HoYoverse titles. We're happy to be able to support the installation and updating for this region!

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Major Changes

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Note

System.Text.Json update fixes CVE (Security Vulnerability CVE-2024-43485)

Core System Improvements

Aside from all the bugfixes in this release (which you can view in the full changelog), this version improves the following:

• Collapse no longer raises an Exception window when sprites fail to load
• Improved overall log output to console during repair operations
• Migrate icons library from FontAwesome to Segoe Fluent Icons
• The "Game Settings" button has been moved to the bottom of the taskbar, where it now lives with the "App Settings" button
• Added drop shadow to all icons in the navigation menu
• Add social media icon scaling (popout) where necessary
• Adjust UI brightness for light theme users :)
• Parallelize repair I/O & download operations (game & cache)
• Improve file cleanup logic post-update and when uninstalling game
• Add a button to view latest changes (changelog) in App Settings if you want to re-read them
• Collapse will now ensure game configuration correctness to prevent errors when running the game
• Collapse will now notify you when an action has completed (Repair, Preload, Install, etc.)
• Fix issues with acrylic effects not being applied when using a video background

  • To enable, go to App Settings and toggle "Use Acrylic Effect while using Video Background"

    • This feature is single-threaded, so you may experience lag when switching between pages.

    

• Update playtime when game was opened before the launcher

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Updater Improvements

We've (once again) switched updaters for Collapse! As the Squirrel project is in a semi-deprecated state, its users are encouraged to switch over to Velopack. And that's what we did!

Velopack is a drop-in replacement for Squirrel. As a user, you won't even see the difference, though it does offer some notable benefits:

• Smaller delta sizes for apps
• Background updates, though we don't support this yet
• All the other improvements from Squirrel, but better

Your Collapse install will automatically migrate over to Velopack with this release, no action is required on your part.

Sophon Downloader Improvements

• Separate package size and speed from game size and I/O speed

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• Update wording for download panel to help users understand what each element does
• Added help button for the installer modal
• Add ability to specify number of Download Threads
  • By default, this is set to 0, which means that we automatically determine the number based on your system resources.
• Add ability to specify number of Maximum HTTP Connections
  • By default, this is set to 0, which means that we automatically determine the number based on your system resources.

Package Download Improvements

• Add a new "Burst Downloader Mode", which downloads files in parallel, thus making the process faster
  • Not recommended for people with slower Internet speeds

Playtime Statistics Improvements

• Add the ability to hide the button through Quick Settings -> "Show Game Playtime"
• You can now hover over the button element to see:
  • Daily/Weekly/Monthly playtime
  • Last played session

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Various Localization Updates

As always, we want to thank are awesome community for providing an amazing localization for our project. Collapse is now localizable in 17 languages and dialects! <3

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Minor changes

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We would list all the minor changes here, but due to the amount of commits, we've decided against it for this release.

Read the full changelog below!

Full Changelog: https://github.com/CollapseLauncher/Collapse/compare/CL-v1.81.6-pre...CL-v1.82.0-pre

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