gro-ove/actools v0.8.1478.29589

Discord integration, new control bindings and more

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0.8.1478.29589

It’s a pretty big update, so there might be a lot of bugs. If so, please, report them to me and roll back to the more tested build. 🙂

• New UI for downloads and installations to remove sudden jumps;
  • Pause and resume downloads;
  • Plus, weather installation fixed;
  • Support for Reshade;
  • Support for new crew brand and crew helmets textures;
  • Track skins installation fixed;
• Windows’ location and size saving reworked;
  • Proper multi-screen and multi-DPI support;
  • Now, CM more strict in keeping windows within screen;
  • New option to force app to stay on the same screen, enabled by default;
  • New option for forced maximized mode;
• Custom Showroom:
  • Tyres shader fixed;
  • Car paint flakes fixed;
    You might want to raise brightness now. That was a major bug, causing speculars to be much bigger than they should be.
  • New option for semi-transparent tools windows;
  • Proper tabs in tools;
  • Trail value in suspension params;
  • Proper wireframe (optionally, colored) mode;
  • AO algorithms don’t consider higher pixel density now, to save FPS;
  • Debug mode for meshes now affects showroom as well;
  • Paint Shop overlay blending fixed;
  • In free camera mode, hold Ctrl and use mouse wheel to adjust FOV;
  • Reflected light (without showroom and blurred mirror) now saved and works properly;
  • View object flags in object dialog;
  • Option to ignore default emissive values in debug mesh mode;
• Discord Rich Presence integration;
  • Share your state;
  • Invite people to join you;
    “Ask to join” thing is not ready yet, I still need to record a video and get an approval from Discord devs.
• Controls:
  • New hardware steering lock option:
    • Logitech G25 and G27;
    • Logitech G29;
    • Logitech Driving Force GT;
    • Thrustmaster T300RS and T500RS, thanks to @Tsuka;
      It’s still WIP and quite experimental. Please, contact me if you want to see your steering wheel to be supported, maybe something could be done.
  • New system bindings section;
    • Redefine keys for shortcuts like Ctrl+H, Ctrl+R or Ctrl+Q;
    • Bind joystick keys or POV inputs there as well;
    • Extra bindings for session state, thanks to @Tsuka;
  • Named buttons and axes;
  • Tool to specify names for your devices, if CM can’t find definitions for it automatically;
  • Quickly open device settings;
  • Compatibility with PCs with broken drivers is improved:
    • Separate device scanning thread, so no more freezes;
    • Re-scans are delayed if slow;
    • Option to scan devices from the start, turns on automatically if scanning is slow;
  • Slider for steering scale;
    Although, you might want to set to 1 for hardware lock. There is an extra option for CM to automatically decrease scale when needed.
  • Typo fixed;
• Quick Drive:
  • Dropdown lists with car type, track layout, car and track skins (optionable);
  • Manual wind with real conditions;
  • Weather preview on dropdown list;
  • Weather fallbacks reworked (if weather for real conditions is missing), now into a nice tree;
  • Race grid generation fixed (if failed, you’ll see a error message rather than previous grid);
  • Weathers by type fixed (now, considering time and temperature);
• Track skins:
  • Management available in the Lite version as well;
    Use tracks’ context menu for that.
  • New tool to quickly override track textures;
  • Stability fixes;
• Lap times:
  • Sidekick and RaceEssential integration fixed;
  • New tool to quickly fix broken records (very sorry about that bug);
• Apps management:
  • New app icons editor;
  • New option type for keybindings;
    Updated documentation is here.
  • Updated icons detection for apps;
    If CM failed to determine window names for your app, add comments like “# App window: WINDOW NAME”
  • Specify app version, authorship, description and tags;
  • Apps configs moved to Settings section;
  • Changes in configs are saved automatically;
• New options for online servers management:
  • Plugin;
  • FTP upload;
• New context menu for that green button for app update, allowing to ignore update, disable auto-updates or view changelog before installing;
• Freshly bought DLC cars and tracks are now marked as new;
• Option for blurred background behind image viewer (works on Windows 7 and Windows 10);
• Immediate race start feature improved;
• Cars, skins, etc. packing fixed, again;
• Fonts icons improved, default icon symbol is changed to “5”;
• Now, CM will check if .NET 4.5.2 is available while launched, and would offer to install it if not;
• Car skins: name from ID guessing improved;
• Ordering for the most used tracks list fixed;
• Keyboard listener (working during the race, for extra bindings, optional) is fixed;
• No more title case in buttons and menus;
• More small UI fixes and stability improvements.