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Just a tiny maintenance update that took around ~12h of work over the weekend.
My health hasn't been the best lately- because I haven't been taking good care of myself.
So this is all I can give for now in some spare time.

1.30.3: Startup Freeze Fix, Network Hammering Fix & Steam DRM Docs

Fix Launcher Freezing on Startup by @drewmcelhany

Some users reported the launcher hanging on startup; never quite making it to
the main window.

The cause was the mod update check. After updates were found, but before
showing the update dialog, the launcher fetched extra details for each one;
asking the download source for the file size, and pulling the changelog text.
It did this on the thread responsible for drawing the UI. A slow network or
unresponsive download source froze the whole launcher.

The fetch now happens in the background; the dialog only opens once the
data is ready.

Also hardened the surrounding code while at it:

• Don't crash when the update list is somehow empty
• Don't crash when a download source can't report file sizes
• A failing changelog download no longer aborts the whole update check
• Background work no longer accidentally hops back onto the UI thread

Fixes #910.

(Note: The actual cause is my NuGet server being slow as of late; while gobbling
up gigabytes of RAM. I've been investigating why.)

Fix Server Slowdown / Self-Inflicted DDoS by @Sewer56

Found the cause of the slow server mentioned above.

It was me; to be more exact; a multitude of different issues all piling up:

• Launcher started full file downloads just to get their size
• Launcher didn't send a User-Agent header
• Server wrote to the database on every download
• Server re-ran search queries that rarely change
• Server let clients request unbounded result sets

Launcher Downloading Files to Get Their Size

When checking for mod updates; the launcher needs the file size of each
available update.

To get it, the launcher sent a full GET request; which started downloading the file,
and then immediately threw it away. Every user, on every launch, for every
available update.

Multiply that by enough users at once; and we've basically DDoS'd ourselves.
Hence the slowdown, and the RAM gobbling.

Things got worse when I added HTTPS support via a Caddy reverse proxy late last
year; since abandoned downloads now kept a TLS connection open longer per
request.

The size check now issues a HEAD request; which gets the file size from headers
alone- no body download.

Launcher Not Sending a User-Agent

The launcher wasn't sending a User-Agent header on any of its HTTP requests.

It now does; so I can distinguish scrapers more easily.

The rest of the issues were server-side. The server itself
was also not built for the kind of traffic Reloaded gets; so I fixed that too.
Original BaGet was mostly for smaller deployments.

Batch Download Counts

Every package download ran a database write before returning the file.

These writes fought over the same database lock; queuing everything up.

Download counts (which BaGet doesn't even properly track in the first place) are
now buffered in memory and flushed every 5 seconds.

In local testing this pushed throughput from ~1,100 to ~4,700 req/s; and cut
worst-case latency from 640ms down to 37ms.

Cache Search and Autocomplete

Search and autocomplete hit the database fresh on every request.
These are now cached in memory.

In local testing this pushed throughput from ~1,470 to ~4,640 req/s; and cut
worst-case latency from 51ms down to 19ms. Results may be stale for up to 2
minutes; but package listings don't change often enough to notice.

Cap Search Page Size & Fix Total Hit Count

The search endpoint accepted any amount of user requested results; so a request
like take=100000 would pull a massive result set.

The page size is now capped at 1000; well above what any legitimate client uses.

Also fixed; the totalHits field was reporting the page size instead of the
actual total number of matching packages.

Document Steam DRM Debugging Issues by @Nenkai & @Sewer56

Games with Steam's Stub DRM may ignore breakpoints or crash when a debugger
attaches.

Reloaded already warned in the console when it detected the DRM's .bind
section; that warning now links to a new
Troubleshooting entry
with the workaround (unpack the exe with Steamless,
then point Reloaded at the unpacked executable).

The 'New Mod Project' docs also warn about this upfront; so mod authors don't
lose an afternoon wondering why their breakpoints are dead.

Improved Dependency Loop Error Message by @TheBestAstroNOT

The 'dependency loop' error shown when resolving mod dependencies now mentions
another common cause: hitting the download API rate limit. If you see it,
waiting an hour and trying again may just fix it.

Updated UltimateASILoader to v9.7.2

The bundled Ultimate ASI Loader used for ASI support has been updated to
v9.7.2; pulling in the upstream fixes and improvements since the last bump.

1.30.2: Cloud Storage & Wine Improvements

Fix Broken File Detection in OneDrive Folders

The directory scanner (file search) skipped symlinks for 'offline' (non-local) files.

The file is offline. The data of the file is not immediately available.
FileAttributes.Offline

A younger me, half a decade ago misunderstood this to mean as
'this file cannot be accessed' or 'on a server, but you're offline'.

This was not correct- what it rather means is, if you try to read the data; it will
fetch it from the cloud rather than local storage. This means that if a file is
on cloud, but not on local storage; we would not recognise it.

Opst34 reported a mod that
could not be configured due to the OneDrive sync feature.

Over the years, this may also have caused the infamous endless update loop some
users saw inside OneDrive.

The scanner no longer ignores these files. Just in case, infinite recursion is also handled,
by a hard recursion-depth cap (256). So if you got cyclic symlinks like
C:\Reloaded-II\Mods\Loop\Loop\Loop\..., it will stop after 256 iterations rather
than hanging.

Detection of cloud storage also updated; since users who have installed Windows
without OneDrive enabled, and then opted into it later would not be caught. This
however wasn't well tested; but should not cause regression in worse case.

Only Write steamappid.txt File When Correct ID Is Obtained by @datasone0

Reloaded previously wrote the steamappid.txt file unconditionally, even when the
obtained ID was invalid or defaulted. It now only writes the file when a correct
Steam AppID is retrieved, avoiding incorrect overrides.

1.30.1: Fixes for French Text and Publishing

Fix ModConfig.json Regex Inclusion Duplicate Check by @Nenkai

ModConfig.json is required for all mods, but .json files are otherwise excluded when packaging. Reloaded-II ensures
it's included by checking your "Include Regexes" list.

The duplicate check was broken, causing ModConfig\.json to appear twice in the list if you already had it configured.

This happened because the check used a StringWrapper type that didn't implement Equals, so it compared object
references instead of the actual string values.

Add French Strings for "Yes/No" Dialog by @dysfunctionalriot

Adds French localization strings for the mod compatibility warning dialog buttons introduced in 1.30.0.

1.30.0: Sliders and Supported Games

Added TickFrequencyDouble to SliderControlParamsAttribute

The TickFrequency property on SliderControlParamsAttribute was previously an int, which prevented
using non-integer tick frequencies for sliders (e.g., 0.5).

A new TickFrequencyDouble property has been added. When set, it takes precedence over the old TickFrequency
property.

// Old way (integer only, now obsolete)
[SliderControlParams(minimum: 0, maximum: 1, tickFrequency: 1)]

// New way (supports non-integer values)
[SliderControlParams(minimum: 0, maximum: 1, TickFrequencyDouble = 0.1)]

Alongside the addition of textFieldFormat from @monkeyman192 which (somehow) sat unreleased for 2 years, due to
missing Reloaded.Mod.Interfaces release, you can now have sliders with nice fractions in configs, without crazy
behaviour.

A real example where this could be useful could look like this:

Making the HUD arbitrarily wide on widescreen displays.

The old TickFrequency property has been marked as [Obsolete] but remains functional for backwards compatibility.

Warn When Installing Mods Without Supported Games

When installing mods via drag-and-drop, download, or the r2: protocol, Reloaded-II now checks if the mod
has any supported applications configured. If none are found, a dialog will prompt you to select which
game(s) the mod should be enabled for.

• Selecting Yes opens the mod edit dialog to configure supported applications
• Selecting No keeps the mod installed without changes (you can configure it later)

This helps prevent the occasional issue where a mod author forgot to mark a mod as compatible with any game.
Without an associated game, the mod wouldn't appear in any game's mod list, which could leave users confused.

Fixes #751.
Contributed by @TheBestAstroNOT (thanks!) , with extra quick cleanup done before merging.

Complete Changes (Autogenerated)

1.30.3 - 2026-07-26

Merged

• docs: add drm alert before debugging a newly created mod project #895
• Fixed: Launcher freezing on startup when fetching mod update metadata #919
• Update dependency loop message #836

Commits

• Apply CodeRabbit's suggestion 5c92ce3
• docs: alert user on drms when attempting to attach a debugger to a newly created mod project f9956b8
• Fixed: Launcher freezing on startup when fetching mod update metadata (#910) 1829b0e
• Removed: Legacy unneeded blocking constructor. 7214a9f
• Fixed: Guard update-size cast and NuGet changelog fallback in ModUpdateSummary.GetUpdateInfoAsync f119075
• Fixed: Guard ModUpdateDialogViewModel constructor against empty updateInfo array 872e9c0
• Changed: Add ConfigureAwait(false) to all awaits in GetUpdateInfoAsync e5f22c3
• Added: troubleshooting section for Steam Stub DRM debugging issues d6cae6c
• Updated: UltimateASILoader to v9.7.2 5763c9a
• Changed: Bump version to 1.30.3 and update changelog 1c74f6c
• Changed: Update Sewer56.Update with More Efficient File Size Check & User-Agent fix. ba2e470

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Available Downloads

(Below this text, on GitHub)

Setup.exe: This is a 1 click installer for Windows.
Setup-Linux.exe: This is a version of Setup.exe for easier use in WINE / Proton. Use Linux Setup
Guide.
Release.zip: For people who prefer to install manually without an installer.
Tools.zip: Tools for mod authors and developers.

Other files are related to updates, you can ignore them.