github Faugus/faugus-launcher 2.5.4
Faugus 2.5.4

2 hours ago

Added/Changed

  • Added an option to auto-hide widgets on the main screen
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  • Added a progress bar to the splash window
  • Updated the splash window strings
  • Added tooltips to most options in the Settings window
  • Most settings can now be changed in real time without restarting the app
    Settings that still require a restart are marked with an asterisk (*) after their names
  • The gamecontrollerdb is now updated weekly
  • Categories in the Overview panel are now sorted alphabetically
  • Implemented smooth scrolling
  • Kept Proton runners read-only during extraction. Thanks @vsharha
  • Long game titles are now truncated in List mode to prevent the window from stretching
  • The absolute path is now set for PROTONPATH to prevent issues
  • Improved carousel animations

Fixed

  • Fixed some inconsistencies in interface customization
  • Fixed an issue where scrolling would stop before reaching the end when navigating through games using the keyboard or gamepad
  • Fixed an issue where the post-launch script would be killed when closing the game

Performance Improvements

  • Covers and banners are now loaded on demand
  • Images are resized to match their display scale
  • Image memory is now freed when scrolling
  • Banners are now loaded in a separate thread
  • Removed and modified visual effects to reduce rendering overhead
  • These changes reduced resource usage and improved scrolling smoothness.
    In a small library, these changes should go unnoticed. However, in a large library, especially in Covers mode, the difference is huge.
    This synthetic test was performed in Covers mode, scrolling through a library of 1,000 games on a display with 100% scaling.
    The increase in CPU usage during scroll is expected, as the 1,000 images are now loaded on demand instead of all at once during startup.
Preview
Phase Metric Stat 2.4.4 2.5.4 Δ%
Idle, 30s after boot CPU MIN 0.00% 0.00% -
Idle, 30s after boot CPU MAX 0.06% 0.06% -
Idle, 30s after boot RAM (RSS) MIN 274.4 MB 237.4 MB -13.5%
Idle, 30s after boot RAM (RSS) MAX 278.4 MB 237.5 MB -14.7%
Idle, 30s after boot GPU MIN 0% 0% -
Idle, 30s after boot GPU MAX 0% 0% -
During scroll CPU MIN 0.81% 1.56% +92.4%
During scroll CPU MAX 1.12% 3.99% +255.5%
During scroll RAM (RSS) MIN 448.0 MB 300.6 MB -32.9%
During scroll RAM (RSS) MAX 3914.7 MB 582.9 MB -85.1%
During scroll GPU MIN 0% 0% -
During scroll GPU MAX 79% 24% -69.6%
During scroll Frame pacing Median 6.94 ms 6.94 ms -
During scroll Frame pacing P99 13.84 ms 6.99 ms -49.5%
During scroll Frame pacing Max 34.90 ms 13.90 ms -60.2%
During scroll Frame pacing Slow frames 138 1 -99.3%
During scroll Frame pacing Slow % 3.5% 0.0% -100.0%
Idle, 30s after scroll CPU MIN 0.00% 0.00% -
Idle, 30s after scroll CPU MAX 0.12% 0.12% -
Idle, 30s after scroll RAM (RSS) MIN 1449.8 MB 233.7 MB -83.9%
Idle, 30s after scroll RAM (RSS) MAX 1459.1 MB 235.7 MB -83.8%
Idle, 30s after scroll GPU MIN 0% 0% -
Idle, 30s after scroll GPU MAX 0% 0% -

Updated translations

  • Bulgarian. Thanks @Любомир Василев
  • Chinese (Simplified). Thanks @EyKettle
  • Chinese (Traditional). Thanks @orange-seele
  • French. Thanks @loïc
  • German. Thanks @HosteD Weblate user 158752
  • Italian. Thanks @CAS9 @nixxo
  • Polish. Thanks @adam
  • Portuguese (Brazil).
  • Spanish. Thanks @grego9
  • Ukrainian. Thanks @Михайло Щетінін

The following dependencies are required for the AppImage, as they cannot be bundled with it.

pygobject gtk4 libadwaita libmanette

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