v2.3.8 (Hotfix #8)

HI!

A new hotfix for Heroic stable while we are working on new features for the next Beta.

What's Changed

• Fix toggle switch ids in install dialog by @arielj in #1448
• Fix Disable controller on boot setting by @arielj in #1438
• Fix detection of search bar focus to open virtual keyboard by @arielj in #1450
• Fix installation of game with selective downloads by @CommandMC in #1443
• Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #1435

Full Changelog: v2.3.7...v2.3.8

2.3.7 Fix Progress + Fuzzy Search and more

This is another small release that have a few fixes and improvements.

The first improvement is that now the Search in the library will find the title even if you write it wrong or forget any special character that the title had. Before, the title needed to be exact, otherwise Heroic would not find it.
It also fixes the missing progress when installing and updating and also shows a message on Linux in case ZSTD is not available in the system.

What's Changed

• [Fix] Missing Percent on download + fuzzy search by @flavioislima in #1426

Full Changelog: v2.3.6...v2.3.7

2.3.6 (Hotfix #6)

Hi!

This is another small release with more fixes to achieve more stability for Heroic 2.3. It alsos update Legendary to latest version (0.20.26), that have several fixes as well.

Bugfixes

• Install dialog crashing when continuing download
• Fix download progress starting from zero instead of continuing.
• [Linux] Fix Run EXE not working when having spaces on the path.
• Translations updates

2.3.5 A few more fixes

Hi!

After 2.3.4 some people were having issues with the library after login and also a few dialogs about corrupted configs.
This release should fix that;

What's Changed

• Disable most verbosity since several dialogs with false positives were being shown.
• Fix corrupted config message on Windows.
• Fix Library is not showing after log in with epic games.
• Disabled auto-update on macOS

Full Changelog: v2.3.4...v2.3.5

v2.3.4 Stability improvements

Hi!

In this new release, we worked on fixing small issues, especially on the SteamDeck/Flatpak and macOS, but also introduces some small and nice features:

Highlights

• Added a CLI parameter --no-gui that opens Heroic with no user interface. Might get in handy to create some scripts or add a Heroic game on other launchers. Basically, you just need to call heroic --no-gui heroic://launch/{appName}.
• Added more feedback on errors and fixed some error messages that were not exactly clear.
• Now it's possible to pass any wrappers on the Environmental Variable sections. Might be good to some advanced users.
• [Linux] Heroic now will search for Proton versions and Runtimes outside the main library, so in any other drive or partition.

Fixes

• [Linux/SteamDeck] Several fixes related to the Steam runtime and Proton.
• [General] Fixes Force Download and Force Upload of Cloud saves not working properly.
• [Linux/SteamDeck] Fix Winetricks on Flatpak/SteamDeck for good now.
• [General] Fix GOG games not running the setup correctly;
• [Linux/Mac] Fix the Windows version of a native GOG game not working properly
• [macOS] Heroic will check if the crossover bottle exists before launching now.
• [macOS] Fix Installing games on the folder with spaces.
• [General] Library Refresh now will refresh only that specific library, making it more responsive.
• [General] Fixes some styling issues across the settings.

Full Changelog

• Run GOG setup again + don't skip Wineboot for Proton by @CommandMC in #1352
• Change Steam Runtime search path by @CommandMC in #1359
• Add a new --no-gui parameter by @CommandMC in #1362
• Allow specifying wrappers in the env var section again by @CommandMC in #1358
• Allow for separate library refreshes by @connercsbn in #1356
• Set Steam App ID variables when using the Runtime on Proton + fixup setting user-defined env vars on native games by @CommandMC in #1355
• [Linux] Search for Proton on all steam libraries by @flavioislima in #1369
• Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #1341
• [UI/UX] Improve error handling on BE and FE by @flavioislima in #1363
• [Linux - Fix] Winetricks on Flatpak by @flavioislima in #1385
• [Fix] Proper Check if a game is native or not by @flavioislima in #1387
• Fixup verifyWinePrefix for Proton... again by @CommandMC in #1388
• Try to fix macOS not launching CX by @CommandMC in #1392
• Always update Winetricks if we are online by @CommandMC in #1386
• [UX] Use better paths on open dialog by @flavioislima in #1389
• [macOS] Check for CX bottle existence before launching a game by @CommandMC in #1399
• [Fix] Styling and error Dialogs by @flavioislima in #1394
• Fixes relating to Proton & the Steam Runtime by @CommandMC in #1384
• [Fix] Sync saves not working on different languages than english by @flavioislima in #1402
• Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #1403

Full Changelog: v2.3.3...v2.3.4

v2.3.3 Use Steam Runtime with Proton and other improvements

Hi!

This is a small release but with a few good additions and fixes, especially for Linux users:

Changed

• [Linux] Added an option to use Steam Runtime with Proton (Soldier if available or Scout), it is enabled by default since this will increase compatibility with some games.

Fixes

• [Linux] Fix Proton Prefixes not being created - introduced on 2.3.2
• [Linux] Fix Winetricks with Proton when using proton from wine manager
• [General] Enable install button even for invalid paths, in case of false positive. This will still make the install fail if the path is not writable.

ChangeLog

• [Fix] Several fixes for 2.3.2
• [Linux] Use Steam Runtime with Proton by @flavioislima in #1296

Full Changelog: v2.3.2...v2.3.3

v2.3.2 - Improvements and fixes

Hello!
This is the second release for version 2.3.
This one brings some improvements over some features we added on latest two version like:

Summary

• When installing, Heroic now will show more details about the selected folder and will show some error messages depending on the situation. It will show the space left after installing the game, it will show an error message if the folder is not writable and if there is no space left on the device when installing the game. The space is based on the Install size, not the Download size since this one is normally lower than the install size.
• There is a new option in the Accessibility screen to show all game cards in colors instead of black and white when uninstalled.
• Heroic now will check for updates before launching the game and show a warning about it, it is now able to play without updating a game (if the game allows it) again, since this feature was broken for quite some time now.
• After finishing downloading the files, while the files are being processed, Heroic will change the installing message to show this information instead of being stuck at 100% until it finishes.
• [Linux] Fixed a bug introduced on v2.3.0 where if the path to wine or proton has quotes around it was making the launch to fail.
• Other UI fixes and reactors.

Full List of changes:

• Fixes typos, markdown by @nikoandpiko in #1314
• A lot of rendering refactors related to libraries (and a few extras) by @arielj in #1267
• Update README.md by @denzilferreira in #1278
• [UI] Add accessibility option to show all game tiles in color by @connercsbn in #1311
• [Fix] Check for game updates before launch by @flavioislima in #1335
• [UX] Open main window on tray double click by @arielj in #1324 [only MacOS and Windows]
• Refactor: Form elements by @arielj in #1315
• [UI] Show if there is enough space available on Install by @flavioislima in #1336
• [UI] Show processing files message after download finished by @flavioislima in #1337
• Translations update from Hosted Weblate by @weblate in #1317

New Contributors

• @nikoandpiko made their first contribution in #1314
• @denzilferreira made their first contribution in #1278
• @connercsbn made their first contribution in #1311

Full Changelog: v2.3.1...v2.3.2

v2.3.1 Brook (Hotfix #1)

Hello!

This is the first Hotfix for the latest release.
This Addresses 2 Issues we found after releasing 2.3.0

• Glitches during Login that were making it impossible to login on any platform #1308
• Some UI issues with a few inputs and missing styling on the Wine Manager and Context menu

v2.3.0 Brook

If you got here following a link, don't download this version 2.3.0, check version 2.3.1 with a hotfix for some login and style issues here: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/releases/tag/v2.3.1

Hello!
After more than two months Heroic reaches version 2.3.0 Brook, the new Stable version for all platforms.
And this is one of our biggest releases ever, bringing several new features, improvements and, of course, fixes and more stability.

Whats New?!

Themes

One of the most requested features since Heroic started is now live and Heroic now comes with 5 built-in themes and some of them with other variations. Ofc the Infamous Dracula Theme is available :D

Video:
https://user-images.githubusercontent.com/26871415/168445132-4d92b3ff-9311-4d78-a500-d1be0b3bd79f.mp4

Platform Install Selection (Linux and macOS)

Another feature that was requested long ago, was the ability to install Windows versions of a native game since some of them runs better under Wine/Proton then the native one, that sometimes requires some outdated libs.
This feature is available for Epic Games and GOG on macOS and for GOG on Linux, since there is no native games for Linux on Epic games as of now.

Auto Update

From now on, if you are using Heroic on Windows (installed) or AppImage on Linux, when a new stable version is released, Heroic will tell you that there is a new version and will download it in the background. After restarting Herioc it will be on latest version :)

Favorite or Hide your Games

Now it is possible to organize your libraries by adding favorites or even hide games that you have already finished or don't want to play at all.
A new setting was also added for you to choose what to show on the highlight row on the library. Now you can choose to show Favorites, recent played games or even don't show anything if you would like.

Accessibility Screen

Since version 2.0 we have focused on make Heroic easy to use for people with visual impairments and on version 2.3 we are adding a screen with a few options to help even more with that and bring Heroic and gaming to even more people.
It is possible to Zoom the interface and select alternative fonts for now. New high contrast themes will be added soon as well.

Quality of life improvements

Besides the features above, other UI/UX improvements were added, for example:
- It is now possible to order the game list alphabetically or by installed status

- When installing, Heroic will show how much space left there is on the device that you selected to install the game

UI

Several other improvements were made on the UI of Heroic to make it more consistent

Tech stuff

Behind the scenes a lot of things happened on Heroic as well. A lot of refactoring tech stack updates, etc.

• The Launch command was basically redone from scratch to bring more scalability options and more stability across platforms.
• Several bugs were fixed on GOGDL, adding support for more games and completely fixing it on Windows.
• The way we get and show the game status also got some pretty good refactoring.

Bugfixes

There were dozens of bugs fixed since 2.2.6. Would be hard to sumarize them all but lets try to put some of them here:

[macOS]: Fixed Progress bar not working
[General]: Fixed an issue where sometimes the recently played games were showing duplicates.
[Linux]: Fix and issue where Heroic was becoming blank after navigating out of the Wine Manager.
[macOS]: Fixed an issue where Heroic was failing without a message when there was no space left on the device.
[General]: Filter was being reset after getting out of the library or refreshing it.
Several others fixes...

And that's it!
Great thanks as always to all our contributors being code or translations, especially @arielj, @imLinguin, @Nocccer, and @CommandMC.

Special Thanks to all our supporters on Patreon, Ko-fi, and Github sponsors! :D

Full Changelog: v2.2.6...v2.3.0

New Contributors

• @dawidgarus made their first contribution in #1109
• @Pl1y made their first contribution in #1178
• @JakobDev made their first contribution in #1172
• @Aikufurr made their first contribution in #1196

2.3.0 Beta 3

Hi!
This is a small release to fix the issue with the Settings and some wrong colors on the Old School Theme.
Stable should come next :D