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ReFix v1.4.1 - Low-Latency Photon Voice & Stable Joins over Steam P2P

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@Coronitaa Coronitaa released this 27 Oct 04:29
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What's New & Fixed in v1.4.1

A focused update for the Photon Cloud emulator (ReFixCloud): smoother voice chat and more reliable joins.

  • Much Lower Voice & Game Latency:

    • The emulator no longer waits up to ~15 ms on every Steam hop. It now wakes up the moment data arrives, which cuts the delay you could hear in Photon Voice chat.
    • Direct Steam P2P routes are now enabled. Players on the same LAN or close to each other talk directly instead of bouncing through a distant Valve relay.
    • Steam's send-rate cap is raised. The host forwards every player's traffic (voice included), and the old default could queue it up and make the lag grow over time.

  • Joins Survive an Unstable Host:

    • Fixes players getting ClientTimeout when joining a host with a shaky connection.
    • Steam's relay network is warmed up at start, and the Steam session to the host opens as soon as the room is found, in parallel with Photon's own connect.
    • Longer Steam session timeouts, so short drops on the host's connection no longer kick everyone out.

  • Better Diagnostics:

    • ReFix.log now shows, for each player, whether the connection is direct or RELAYED, plus ping, connection quality and send-queue time (Steam session lines).

  • New Optional [Photon] Settings in ReFix.ini (the defaults work for most people):

    • DirectConnections (default 1): allow direct P2P routes.
    • SendRateMinKB / SendRateMaxKB (defaults 256 / 4096): Steam send-rate limits.
    • SessionConnectTimeoutMs / SessionTimeoutMs (defaults 20000 / 30000): Steam session timeouts.

  • Digitally Signed Binaries:

    • steam_api64.dll is signed with our Corøna (BlueStar Developers) Authenticode certificate, like every other release DLL.

Tip: if the log shows RELAYED between two nearby PCs, check your firewall and Steam's Settings → In Game → Steam Networking → "Allow direct connections" option.

How to Get Started

  1. Download ReFix_Release_v1.4.1.zip below.
  2. Extract the zip to any folder you like.
  3. Run AutoDeploy.bat, pick your game's executable, choose your mode (Steam Online or Offline LAN), and you're good to go!

Already on v1.4.0? Re-run AutoDeploy.bat from the new folder on every PC so all players get the updated steam_api64.dll.

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