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@MidgetBrony MidgetBrony released this 30 Jun 21:24
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BOXROOM Studio v1.2.0

A major update focused on reliability, usability, metadata management, and automatic updates.

✨ Highlights

  • Improved metadata recovery and loading reliability
  • Linux launch fixes and documentation
  • Better Steam library filtering
  • Numerous UI improvements and bug fixes

🚀 Added

  • New Avalonia-based BOXROOM Studio Updater
  • External updater launcher replacing the previous update system
  • Automatic update support
  • Option to show or hide Steam games in the editor
  • Custom Only filter for displaying only custom games
  • Empty-state UI for the Game Editor
  • Project metadata support
  • GitHub link for Boxroom-Plus

🔄 Changed

  • Updated project version to 1.2.0
  • Refactored custom App ID generation
  • Improved game loading logic
  • Improved metadata loading process
  • Excluded updater and release directories from build output
  • Documented Linux launch issues and solutions
  • General code cleanup and internal refactoring

🛠 Fixed

  • Added automatic recovery and backup handling for corrupted or missing meta.json files
  • Fixed race conditions during metadata loading
  • Improved refresh list stability
  • Multiple reliability improvements throughout the application

📦 Metadata Improvements

This release significantly improves how metadata is handled.

  • Automatic recovery when metadata becomes corrupted
  • Backup handling for meta.json
  • More robust loading logic
  • Better support for custom games

⚙️ Updating

If you're upgrading from v1.1.x, the new updater will be installed automatically after this release. Future updates will use the new external update launcher for a smoother and more reliable update experience.