Release day: https://usebottles.com/blog/release-2022.1.28/
Note: Flathub releases take ~3 hours
News
- Each runner change will re-initialize the installed components (DXVK, VKD3D, DXVK-Nvapi ..) to avoid breackage
- New WINE backend ensures stable and faster operations
- New WINE registry WineProgram, allows to write multiple keys in a single call, reducing waiting times
- New net WineProgram allows Bottles to manage bottle services
- New wineserver WineProgram checks the bottle status to prevent commands from being executed when the server is down
- New start/msiexec/cmd WineProgram(s) for handling .lnk shortcuts, .msi/.batch files
- New executor manager handle all executables launched in Bottles, automatically redirecting the call to the correct WineProgram based on the extension
- Choose a shell script to be executed after a program
- Bottles handle 2 types of commands: minimal and full, allowing to run commands on lighter environments when needed (no gamescope, gamemode..)
- Changing Windows/DXVK/VKD3D/DXVK-Nvapi/Runner version displays visual feedback
- Support for Futex2 sync (need kernel 5.16 or patched)
- Iinstallers can edit config files (json, ini, yaml) using the update_config action
- Bottles shows in the console which WineProgram(s) are running
- Manifests are now shown in a source view
- Bottle detail page icon changed
- Installers view now shows the pretty title and compatibility grade
- Search in installers view
- Hide and show items in the programs list
- Rename auto-detected programs
Bug fixes
- Fixed Health Check crash in some distributions
- Fixed Wayland support
- Fixed unwanted program start ups when Bottles asks for the process list
- Fixed 3D controller GPU detection
- Fixed backup import feature
- Fixed programs list, was disappearing after renaming a program
- Fixed 64-bit dependencies installation, some actions was not able to place the DLLs in the correct folder
- Fixed Windows version switch, some keys was missing causing some dependencies to fail to install (like .NET 3.5)
- Fixed installers, was not interrupting the installation process when a dependency failed to install
- Fixed bottle creation, was allowing some special characters in the name
- Fixed Desktop entires, was setting the wrong path to the executable
- Fixed the Download manager, was unable to reach some resources (e.g. physx) due to lack of User-Agent
- Fixed dependencies installation during bottle creation, was breaking the bottle if a dependency is unreadable
- Fixed a recursion in gamescope settings
Translations
- Portuguese translations thanks to @hugok79, @laralem
- Bulgarian translations thanks to @kostadin04
- Italian translations thanks to @albanobattistella, @phaerrax
- Portuguese (Brazil) translations thanks to @davipatricio, @andrelomba86, @farribeiro
- Sweedish translations thanks to @Lemonmeth, @eson57
- Basque translations thanks to Sergio Varela
- Greek translations thanks to @dim20
- Croatian translations thanks to @milotype
- Danish translations thanks to @emiltang, @ettmetal
- Dutch translations thanks to @MichelN86
- Polish translations thanks to Krzysztof Marcinek
- French translations thanks to @julroy67
- German translations thanks to Lasse Palm
- Spanish translations thanks to @Lvaskz, @d33vliter
- Norwegian Bokmål translations thanks to @comradekingu
- Indonesian translations thanks to @rezaalmanda
- Turkish translations thanks to @ersen0
- Russian translations thanks to @mclvren
- Esperanto translations thanks to phlostically
- Chinese (Simplified) translations thanks to Eric, @lumingzh
- Finnish translations thanks to Jiri Grönroos
- Japanese translations thanks to @shuriken1812
- Czech translations thanks to @panmourovaty
- Hungarian translations thanks to @ovari
- Chinese (Traditional) translations thanks to @XiaoPanPanKevinPan
- Vietnamese translations thanks to Giai Ngo