OverwatchRPC v2.0.0-beta.5

OverwatchRPC 2.0.0-beta.5

A native Windows tray companion for Overwatch and Discord Rich Presence.
This beta improves English/Russian recognition, scoreboard geometry and match transitions.
Thank you to Tominous and maxicc for the original OWRPC code and inspiration.

• Activity dashboard with a Discord preview, compact rounded controls, nine
  interface languages and expandable settings under Additional.
• Local Windows OCR for English and Russian game interfaces. No Tesseract
  installation, WebView, cloud OCR, game-memory reads or in-game overlay.
• A foreground-only, bounded Tab capture burst lets OCR finish after releasing
  the scoreboard. Two matching readable observations still confirm changes.
• Menu, queue, map voting, winning-map loading, hero selection and match-result
  states. New-map confirmation recovers a match boundary when menu frames were missed.
• Optional E/A/D from your nickname row. The last confirmed values remain until
  the next successful read or match exit; unreadable values are never invented.
• Party count remembered from menus through search and gameplay, including the
  reviewed five-player compact header layout.
• Choose a large map with a small hero, or a large hero with a small map.
  White/orange Overwatch artwork and the original OWRPC application icon.
• Wheel scrolling over embedded controls, preserved position when collapsing
  sections and a narrow scrollbar with native hover feedback.
• Background release checks and validated daily hero/map reference updates, with
  a local cache. No automatic EXE replacement or live-statistics database.
• 54 bundled heroes and 59 map entries, with reviewed Russian aliases.
• Tab portrait templates for all 54 catalog heroes, with ambiguous matches rejected.
• Scoreboard geometry and wider nickname crops improve E/A/D recognition,
  including initial 0/0/0 rows and English practice scoreboards.
• Separate numeric timer recognition reads previously missed 0:29 and 0:42
  clocks. Capture-time confirmation and process-age checks reject implausible
  readings. Window borders and pillarboxed headers receive separate handling.
• Mode icons supplement text for Control, Escort, Hybrid and Push, while
  Mystery Madness remains a distinct playlist.
• English Grímsvötn headers match Watchpoint: Grimsvotn, including partially
  omitted accents. A confirmed exit from Practice clears its retained map even
  when the next map name is unreadable.
• Captured Tab frames can finish after switching to the application, with
  bounded queues and stale-work rejection. Logs include recognition-stage timing.

Validation: 118 unit tests, lint, native UI smoke checks in nine languages and
the frozen Windows OCR/dependency self-test passed on the maintainer's PC.
Real Windows OCR on 41 supplied English/Russian 16:9 and 21:9 frames matched the declared
expectations, including documented unavailable fields. Live short-Tab checks and
an actual Discord activity capture were also performed. Documentation activity
values are illustrative, not recognition benchmarks. Some clock fixtures are
calibration data, rather than independent accuracy measurements.

Recognition remains experimental. Every hero/skin, every layout and controlled
app-off/tray/open-window FPS comparisons
are still pending. Desktop latency measurements do not prove zero FPS impact.

Download OverwatchRPC.exe for the standalone application, or
OverwatchRPC-Windows.zip for the recommended portable folder. The standalone
EXE extracts its runtime to a temporary directory at launch, so startup can take
longer. No screenshots are attached to this release.

For the ZIP download, extract the entire folder. Keep
OverwatchRPC.exe and _internal together; Python is not required. Open the
desktop Discord client, enable activity sharing, and select the game's OCR
language under Additional. This is an unsigned Windows beta.

Settings and rotating logs are stored in %APPDATA%\OWRPC. See the README and
Windows acceptance checklist for setup and bug-report details.

OverwatchRPC v2.0.0-beta.4

OverwatchRPC 2.0.0-beta.4

A native Windows tray companion for Overwatch and Discord Rich Presence.
This beta improves local recognition, desktop responsiveness and activity artwork.
Thank you to Tominous and maxicc for the original OWRPC code and inspiration.

• Activity dashboard with a Discord preview, compact rounded controls, nine
  interface languages and expandable settings under Additional.
• Local Windows OCR for English and Russian game interfaces. No Tesseract
  installation, WebView, cloud OCR, game-memory reads or in-game overlay.
• A foreground-only, bounded Tab capture burst lets OCR finish after releasing
  the scoreboard. Two matching readable observations still confirm changes.
• Menu, queue, map voting, winning-map loading, hero selection and match-result
  states. New-map confirmation recovers a match boundary when menu frames were missed.
• Optional E/A/D from your nickname row. The last confirmed values remain until
  the next successful read or match exit; unreadable values are never invented.
• Party count remembered from menus through search and gameplay, including the
  reviewed five-player compact header layout.
• Choose a large map with a small hero, or a large hero with a small map.
  White/orange Overwatch artwork and the original OWRPC application icon.
• Wheel scrolling over embedded controls, preserved position when collapsing
  sections and a narrow scrollbar with native hover feedback.
• Background release checks and validated daily hero/map reference updates, with
  a local cache. No automatic EXE replacement or live-statistics database.
• 54 bundled heroes and 59 map entries, with reviewed Russian aliases.
• English README with the new cover and one native application screenshot.

Validation: 101 unit tests, lint, native UI smoke checks in nine languages and
the frozen Windows OCR/dependency self-test passed on the maintainer's PC.
Real Windows OCR on 25 supplied 3440×1440 screenshots matched the declared
expectations, including documented unavailable fields. Live short-Tab checks and
an actual Discord activity capture were also performed. Documentation activity
values are illustrative, not recognition benchmarks.

Recognition remains experimental. Every hero/skin, 16:9, live rechecks of the
latest transition changes and controlled app-off/tray/open-window FPS comparisons
are still pending. Desktop latency measurements do not prove zero FPS impact.

Download OverwatchRPC-Windows.zip and extract the entire folder. Keep
OverwatchRPC.exe and _internal together; Python is not required. Open the
desktop Discord client, enable activity sharing, and select the game's OCR
language under Additional. This is an unsigned Windows beta.

Settings and rotating logs are stored in %APPDATA%\OWRPC. See the README and
Windows acceptance checklist for setup and bug-report details.

OverwatchRPC v2.0.0-beta.3

Desktop refresh · beta 3

The seven-year-old console companion is now a Windows tray application with
English UI, settings and documentation. Thank you to Tominous and maxicc for
the original OWRPC code and inspiration.

• Tkinter window, tray controls, optional Windows startup and single-instance guard.
• Manual phase/map/hero controls, hero gallery, local preview and match timer.
• 54 official Blizzard hero portraits and a 59-entry map catalog, checked against
  available sources for October 6, 2026. Includes Doctrine and legacy/Arcade/Stadium
  maps; seasonal duplicates and ranked rotations are not a separate catalog.
• Current pypresence 4.6.2: HTTPS images, clickable hero artwork, optional profile
  button, status display selection, background reconnect and update throttling.
• Optional calibrated Tesseract OCR, foreground-only capture and conservative
  matching. This is experimental; it cannot infer match state or read hidden text.
• Local atomic settings, rotating logs, Windows portable ZIP and build checks.
• Window size adapts to screen height; settings remain reachable through scrolling.

The transparent official fallback logo replaces the old white-square Discord
asset; existing settings using the legacy image key migrate automatically.

Extract the entire ZIP. Launch OverwatchRPC.exe; Python is not needed. Tesseract
is needed only for optional OCR. The build is unsigned.

Beta.2 ran in Windows 11 ARM64 under x64 emulation and published real Discord menu
and match activity with Doctrine's portrait and a timer. Real Overwatch/OCR and
the full tray/startup lifecycle still require testing. See the included
WINDOWS-TESTING.md before treating the beta as stable.

OverwatchRPC v2.0.0-beta.2

Desktop refresh · beta 2

The seven-year-old console companion is now a Windows tray application with
English UI, settings and documentation. Thank you to Tominous and maxicc for
the original OWRPC code and inspiration.

• Tkinter window, tray controls, optional Windows startup and single-instance guard.
• Manual phase/map/hero controls, hero gallery, local preview and match timer.
• 54 official Blizzard hero portraits and a 59-entry map catalog, checked against
  available sources for October 6, 2026. Includes Doctrine and legacy/Arcade/Stadium
  maps; seasonal duplicates and ranked rotations are not a separate catalog.
• Current pypresence 4.6.2: HTTPS images, clickable hero artwork, optional profile
  button, status display selection, background reconnect and update throttling.
• Optional calibrated Tesseract OCR, foreground-only capture and conservative
  matching. This is experimental; it cannot infer match state or read hidden text.
• Local atomic settings, rotating logs, Windows portable ZIP and build checks.
• Window size adapts to screen height; settings remain reachable through scrolling.

Extract the entire ZIP. Launch OverwatchRPC.exe; Python is not needed. Tesseract
is needed only for optional OCR. The build is unsigned.

Real Windows tray/Discord/game runtime testing is still required. See the included
WINDOWS-TESTING.md before treating this beta as stable. Automated tests and the
frozen dependency smoke check do not prove authenticated Discord or game flows.

OverwatchRPC v2.0.0-beta.1

Desktop refresh · beta 1

The seven-year-old console companion is now a Windows tray application with
English UI, settings and documentation. Thank you to Tominous and maxicc for
the original OWRPC code and inspiration.

• Tkinter window, tray controls, optional Windows startup and single-instance guard.
• Manual phase/map/hero controls, hero gallery, local preview and match timer.
• 54 official Blizzard hero portraits and a 59-entry map catalog, checked against
  available sources for October 6, 2026. Includes Doctrine and legacy/Arcade/Stadium
  maps; seasonal duplicates and ranked rotations are not a separate catalog.
• Current pypresence 4.6.2: HTTPS images, clickable hero artwork, optional profile
  button, status display selection, background reconnect and update throttling.
• Optional calibrated Tesseract OCR, foreground-only capture and conservative
  matching. This is experimental; it cannot infer match state or read hidden text.
• Local atomic settings, rotating logs, Windows portable ZIP and build checks.

Extract the entire ZIP. Launch OverwatchRPC.exe; Python is not needed. Tesseract
is needed only for optional OCR. The build is unsigned.

Real Windows tray/Discord/game runtime testing is still required. See the included
WINDOWS-TESTING.md before treating this beta as stable. Automated tests and the
frozen dependency smoke check do not prove authenticated Discord or game flows.