RafaelGoulartB/Heronite v1.6.1

Heronite v1.6.1

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Linux: Heronite-x86_64.AppImage runs on any distribution (recommended). Or the package for your system: .deb (Debian, Ubuntu, Mint), .rpm (Fedora, openSUSE), .pkg.tar.zst (Arch, CachyOS).

Windows 10 and 11: Heronite-Setup-x86_64.exe installs Heronite for your user, no administrator rights needed (recommended). Heronite-Portable-x86_64.zip runs from any folder you extract it to and keeps its library and settings in that folder. They are not code-signed yet, so Windows SmartScreen may say "Windows protected your PC": choose More info, then Run anyway.

✨ Highlights

• Metadata sources and extensions: Settings → Metadata is now a list of sources you can turn off, reorder and configure. New sources for emulated games (the LaunchBox Games Database and Libretro box art), and extensions written by the community, installed from a list and run in a sandbox. VNDB for visual novels is the first one
• Safer metadata updates: update several games at once, choosing which fields and sources to use. See what changed in each game, and undo it. Uncertain matches wait for your review instead of being saved
• Mod manager (Linux, experimental): install mods for each game from Nexus Mods, Thunderstore, archives or folders, with FOMOD installers and every dependency. Turn mods on and off and change their order, and the game's own folder is never changed. Not available in the Flatpak
• GOG achievements without GOG Galaxy: GOG games unlock their achievements on Linux and Windows, and new unlocks show over the game while it runs. On by default, with a switch on the GOG page
• HDR with RenoDX: RenoDX HDR mods and ReShade's add-on build, turned on per game from the ReShade card. Not offered for games with anti-cheat
• One place for categories: smart groups are now smart categories. Manual and smart categories share one Categories section in the View menu, each with its game count

🛠 Improvements

• A cover for each shape: tall, square and wide covers can each have their own picture, chosen from SteamGridDB, the web or a file
• With no game selected, the background can be a solid colour, a picture of your own, or a random game's art that changes every 20 seconds
• Remove several games from the Collection at once, from the dock or the right-click menu. Heronite always asks first and never uninstalls them
• Metadata is in a game's right-click menu
• Windows: pick a game's graphics card (power saving or high performance) in its GPU settings
• Windows: Steam games get Steam's launch options line in their Launch settings
• Windows: Heroic Games Launcher's games can be imported from Settings → Other launchers
• Windows: Cloud saves have their own tab for native games, and syncing is in the game's menu
• Games you hid in Steam are imported hidden instead of being left out
• The View menu shows five rows of categories, then "Show all"
• heronite-rs --screenshot takes a screenshot from a key you bind in your desktop's settings, for desktops without global shortcuts
• Performance, stability and compatibility improvements

🐛 Fixes

• Console mode's Power menu suspends, restarts and shuts down on Windows
• Backgrounds are sharp instead of blurry, and Darkening 0% shows the art as it is
• Screenshot, replay and overlay shortcuts work again on Linux desktops other than GNOME, KDE and Hyprland, such as niri and sway
• When another program also holds the controller, the Guide button no longer gets stuck, so plain presses stop taking screenshots or saving replays
• Close works on the cloud saves result
• Smart categories: "Any" with no conditions shows every game, and "days ago" counts by your local day
• The Mac platform is called "Mac" everywhere, with no duplicate "Macintosh" filter

🩹 Fixed in 1.6.1

• Play finds Steam again on Windows

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💜 Thanks

Thanks to @lurebat and @AsafMah for their contributions!

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