Release candidate 1 is here. It will become final if no major error is found in the next few weeks. So please don't hesitate to raise an issue if you encounter anything suspicious.
Breaking changes
- Windows XP support was dropped. Please upgrade if you're still using this ancient system.
- Option
ForceChangeFontwas removed. Please use regular fontsubsitution instead. - Registry mode was removed in the wizard. However, a detailed guide will be provided in the wiki to let you set it up manually if you still wish to use it.
New option
A new option under experimental section was introduced: ArmBreaker
It allows mactype to mildly compromise part of the system mitigation policy to make mactype work with some finicky programs like Chrome...
Changes and fixes introduced in RC1
- Compatible with shadow stack (introduced with new CPUs), system apps on Windows 10+new CPU no longer crash because of that.
- Bump FreeType to the latest git version (freetype/freetype@79ed536).
- No longer intercept application environments.
- Fixed a bug where an application could crash on mactype unloading because of some improper memory writes and assumptions.
- Fixed a bug where in service mode, some applications occasionally couldn't be rendered.
- Fixed a bug where an application may crash if a bitmap font is used (Windows10 only)
- Fixed a bug where texts could be garbled when fontsubsitutes are used. (e.g. with Telegram)
- A folder and its subfolders can now be included/excluded, it just needs to be ended with a ""
- Fixed a bug where light+lcd didn't work as intended.
- Localization adjustment.
Contributions are appreciated
All contributions are extremely appreciated. For now, some threads have been created to aggregate certain types of contributions.
- #742 for localizations.
- #557 for screenshot and profile tweaks
- #553 for tech discussions
Any help on the currently struggling problems like UWP apps, DirectWrite, and system-enhanced scaling will be fantastic.
Have a nice one. Enjoy.