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  • Document Steam notification compatibility in 0.2.5

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 14, 2026
  • Record the HDMI check on the same monitor

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 9, 2026
  • Keep the 0.2.4 documentation to what was measured Restart as the verified way out, the cable and VRR described by what was observed, HDR advice that matches a restarted session, and the update path for tools before 0.2.2.

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 9, 2026
  • Document the 0.2.4 changes Update source in the diagnostic report, the 4K fix where this project's Gamescope is selected, and why a switch into Game Mode could leave the notification workaround unapplied before 0.2.4.

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 9, 2026
  • Explain manual review of the Gamescope pin

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 6, 2026
  • Document Gamescope selection in 0.2.3

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 6, 2026
  • Document the verified 0.2.2 desktop update

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 4, 2026
  • Clarify update sources and compatibility checks

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 4, 2026
  • Document the published 0.2.2 repository transition

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 3, 2026
  • Document repair of incomplete installer updates Explain the repair already available in 0.2.1, remove the obsolete downgrade detour, and clarify when a second installation can place files skipped by older tools.

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 3, 2026
  • Document the signed update-source transition mechanism

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 3, 2026
  • Document 0.2.1: the mode filter, and only what was measured about the exit crash Before you start now says to choose 3840x2160 rather than 4096x2160, and distinguishes a system running this project's Gamescope build, where the wider mode is no longer offered, from one running the system's own. The crash when leaving Game Mode no longer calls itself harmless, no longer names the Vulkan library as unloaded, and no longer says nothing is lost. It records what was read out of core files and says plainly that the cause and the frequency are not established, that no dialog appears, and that the command for clearing old dumps was wrong. Safe Graphics says which case needs a Game Mode restart instead. Updates and recovery says the update is cancelled if one of this project's parts cannot be restored. How it works describes all four Gamescope corrections and which two are upstream. The build guide documents the build root helper.

    @60plus 60plus committed Oct 3, 2026
  • Audit the whole manual against the code and the issue trackers Every page was read against the code that ships today and against every open and closed issue on the tracker, and each finding was checked by a second reader whose job was to refute it. The largest correction is that the manual did not know releases 0.1.9 and 0.2.0 exist. It still said the cause of the corrupted Game Mode menus was unknown and offered the three workarounds as the remedy, and it said in three places that an update cannot deliver Gamescope. It now describes the fault as fixed in 0.2.0, names the cause, and gives the order a system on 0.1.8 or older has to follow. Three pages sent the reader to release 0.1.7 to get the source. That tag carries two of the three Gamescope patches, so anyone following those instructions built an image without the menu fix. They now point at Releases in general, the same form the README already uses, so they do not go stale again. Complete build also links to the section that gets the repository, which it never did. Troubleshooting is grouped into eight topics with an index at the top. Section titles are unchanged, so links into them still resolve. _Sidebar.md is new, so the pages are no longer listed alphabetically, and Home reads in the order a person actually works, with How it works last. Also corrected, each against the code it describes: the installer no longer hides disks with mounted partitions, the base only build leaves out the corrected Gamescope and cannot be sent it afterwards, tools older than 0.1.8 refuse any release naming a file they do not know, and returning to the SteamOS Gamescope build is a deliberate rule rather than a fault. Three commands this manual tells the reader to run were executed on a test machine before it was written.

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 28, 2026
  • Name both Steam launchers, separate tested drivers, and document the glitching menus The documented way to switch the Remote Play receiver off named the Game Mode launcher alone, so it stopped working on the desktop once the desktop launcher was covered too. It now names both and carries a command that writes both overrides. The encoder and notification sections say which launchers they attach to, and why the desktop has to have LIBVA_DRIVER_NAME removed while Game Mode never sets it. The driver list explains that a version this project tested and a version NVIDIA merely documents for your GPU are different claims, and that the list says so when nothing offered has been tested here. A new entry covers the Game Mode menus drawing with glitches while a game runs and the performance overlay is off, with the two display settings that clear it. It states what is measured and what is not: the same glitching appears with the overlay SteamOS packages and on an older installer integration, the tested mode was DisplayPort at 2560x1440 and 165 Hz with HDR off, and that same mode is recorded as working with HDR on.

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 27, 2026
  • Stop naming one recovery release as required, and point at 0.1.6 Valve publishes one current recovery image and replaces it over time. The build pages said 3.8.14 was required, and the Bazzite page told the reader to stop if Valve offered anything else. The builder now records the release it finds and warns when it is not one this project has validated, so the pages say that instead, and explain that the checksum shown belongs to the 3.8.14 file. How it works describes the Gamescope artifact at the version it is actually built from and says the selection follows the installed package rather than a SteamOS point release, which is what the code has done since 0.1.6. The download pointers move from release 0.1.5 to 0.1.6.

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 26, 2026
  • Document installer 0.1.2 notification fix and upgrade path

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 20, 2026
  • Document complete builds and Windows setup

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 20, 2026
  • Add installation manual and troubleshooting guides

    @60plus 60plus committed Sep 19, 2026