JustArchiNET/ArchiSteamFarm 5.2.0.9

ArchiSteamFarm V5.2.0.9

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Compatibility notice

We've squashed all the bugs except one - #2457. If by any chance you're using linux-arm on your Raspberry Pi and get a Bus Error with this release, please let us know, as we might be able to add a workaround with your help.

Windows 7 users may face additional issues with this release due to missing core OS dependencies, e.g. missing api-ms-win-core-winrt-l1-1-0.dll . Visit our thread where we're evaluating the issue and whether or not Windows 7 is still supported by ASF. Regardless of that, I strongly suggest an update to supported Windows version, or even better, to supported Linux version 🙂.

Changelog

Changes since V5.1.5.3:

• [!] ASF V5.2 opens a new major milestone due to significant .NET 6.0 runtime upgrade. .NET runtime upgrade brings a lot of under-the-hood changes, compatibility enhancements, performance improvements, features and bugfixes (@JustArchi @Abrynos #2388).
• Breaking: renamed commands bl, ib and iq (with add and rm) to tb, fb and fq, accordingly. This further helps unifying the terms used across ASF (@JustArchi #2368).
• Breaking: functions previously marked as obsolete exposed to third-party plugins have been removed from ASF as a part of B release cycle (@JustArchi).
• Breaking: ASF will now refuse to run as root user by default. See wiki entry for more details (@JustArchi).
• Breaking: removed password command, use encrypt instead (@JustArchi).
• ASF's internal codebase has changed dramatically in regards to various .NET 6.0 improvements that we've implemented. While those changes should not cause regressions in regards to previous usage, the scope of them is huge enough to warrant a note in the changelog, as it's far more than just "usual amount of core improvements", please let us know if you spot any kind of regressions or other issues that you didn't face with V5.1 versions, and you suspect that they could be related to new runtime (@JustArchi #2446).
• ASF will now validate build checksum against independent remote server prior to automatically updating from GitHub, this improves overall security in case of malicious GitHub takeover (@JustArchi #2452).
• .NET 6.0 allows further performance tweaking, we've updated high-performance-setup on the wiki to reflect that (@JustArchi).
• Added two additional crypto methods for SteamPassword: EnvironmentVariable and File, check out security section for more details (@JustArchi).
• Added osx-arm64 variant of ASF for 64-bit ARM-based (Apple silicon) OS X OSes (@JustArchi).
• It's now possible to use SOCKS proxies as a WebProxy setting in ASF. Simply use socks5:// (or likewise) protocol (NET 6.0 enhancement).
• Added evaluation of ~ character mapped to user's home directory when used in --path. This allows you to use non-evaluated ~ character in --path and ASF_PATH environment variable, also on Windows (@JustArchi).
• Fixed ASF unnecessarily trying to create www directory in its binary location if it didn't exist yet, and crashing when not being able to do so (@JustArchi).
• Latest ASF-ui with new features, improvements and bugfixes (@MrBurrBurr).
• Updated localization provided by our community (@JustArchi-ArchiBot).
• Usual amount of other core improvements, optimizations and bugfixes (@JustArchi).

This release took enormous amount of development time and effort, I'd like to say big thanks to all ASF contributors, translators, sponsors and patrons for helping me making it happen 🥳.

Support

ASF is available for free, this release was made possible thanks to the people that decided to support the project. If you're grateful for what we're doing, please consider a donation. Developing ASF requires massive amount of time and knowledge, especially when it comes to Steam (and its problems). Even $1 is highly appreciated and shows that you care. Thank you!