Dear Linux Gamers,

Goverlay 1.9.0 is out and this release is a very special one. It brings old requested features, modernizations, translations and fixes. Hope you all like it the same way i love doing it.

Changelog (1.9.0)

UI, theme and Branding

• Modernized Brand Identity and Slate Navy theme
  • Redesigned application logo and icon
  • Polish the Slate Navy theme across interface elements

• Auto-Save Engine:
  • Changes are auto saved now, no need to click the SAVE button every time.
• Floating Action Dock:
  • Introduced a sleek bottom floating pill dock across the interface.
  • Features the Finish configuration walkthrough button ([ ✓ Finish ]), quick 3D preview launcher ([ 👁 Preview ]),
  • Hamburger menu can open raw config files in every tab
• Minimalist Boot Splash:
  • Re-architected startup boot splash with a clean progress bar, live log capture details window, and non-blocking asynchronous asset pre-download.

Upscalers & Frame Generation

• Lossless Scaling (lsfg-vk) Integration:
• DLSS Enabler Support:
  • (Stable and Bleeding-edge/Trunk)
• OptiScaler Enhancements:
  • Added FG Input and FG Output comboboxes, as well as automatic Menu scale detection.

🕹️ PasCube (3D Preview & Vulkan 1.3 Benchmark)

• **Updated to Vulkan 1.3
• Benchmark Protection from lsfg Frame Generation:
• Engine Cleanup & Sandboxing:
  • Sanitized unnecessary files from the embedded pasvulkan framework, significantly reducing repository size.
  • Ensured XDG-compliant benchmark history storage at ~/.config/goverlay/benchmark_results.json for Flatpak and NixOS compatibility.

⚙️ System Tweaks & Persistence

• New Proton Tweaks:
  • Added support for PROTON_LOCAL_SHADER_CACHE and PROTON_DISCORD_BRIDGE.
• vkSumi & MangoHud Tweaks:
  • Decoupled vkSumi post-processing flags
  • Adjusted default MangoHud background alpha to 0.6.

🌐 Internationalization (i18n)

• LCL Translation Architecture:
  • Migrated UI strings and message dialogs to standard resourcestrings.
  • Added complete Russian (ru) translation catalogue. (./goverlay --lang=ru)

Very special Thanks to @wehrwolfmann for all the help creating the Translation Architecture. You rock man !

Full Changelog: 1.8.10...1.9.0