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@PashOK7 PashOK7 released this 10 Sep 18:06
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v1.5.0
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HallJoy 1.5.0

Windows x64. This update focuses on configuration reliability, keyboard layouts,
the layout editor, and everyday usability. Download and run
HallJoy.exe.
No archive extraction is needed. Close the previous HallJoy before replacing it.
Keep your existing HallJoy data folder; do not delete it to update.

Only HallJoy.exe is needed to run the app.
Third-party notices
and LICENSE
are accompanying license documents, not additional installation files.
Source code for this release
is available separately.

Highlights

  • A HallJoy Discord community is now available for help, feedback, keyboard
    support requests, and release updates, with direct links inside the app.
  • Brand / Model / conditional ANSI-ISO-JIS selection shared across settings,
    Input Overlay and the layout editor. Exact duplicate model layouts are combined;
    existing saved names still resolve and customized legacy layouts remain separate.
  • 68 manufacturer model/physical-variant entries represented by 55 shared layouts,
    plus two technical presets. Layout additions do not imply new analog protocols.
  • Manufacturer-derived Keychron, Lemokey, DrunkDeer, Aula, Redragon, Razer, NuPhy
    and Wooting layouts, including compound ISO/JIS Enter geometry.
  • Pixel-precise layout editing, larger zoom range, edge resizing, rulers/guides,
    snapping, and Save / Discard / Cancel when leaving an unsaved editor draft.
  • Independent Input Overlay layout, with Same as main layout as the default.
    Select this option under Brand; Model and Variant are hidden while it is selected.
    Compact server controls and an address field with copy feedback.
    Keys present only in the overlay layout (such as a numpad) receive analog input
    independently of the main preview layout.
  • Block Bound Keys user-configurable toggle binding and optional Alt/Tab exclusion
    (enabled by default). A detected elevated-window input limitation recommends
    restarting HallJoy as administrator; the warning remains for the session.
  • Clear pause/resume feedback, missing-keyboard diagnostics and Discord access.
    Pausing releases the keyboard for its web configurator. A softly pulsing card
    over the keyboard preview offers Resume; Global settings keeps its own control.
    Ordinary keyboard presses no longer operate main-window buttons or dropdowns;
    explicit text editing and user-assigned bindings still work.
  • Configuration persistence fixes and quieter diagnostics: normal continuous
    logging is off by default; crash and missing-keyboard reports remain automatic.
  • Mouse settings remains disabled; unfinished keyboard routes remain frozen.

Installation and support

ViGEmBus 1.22.0 is the system driver dependency. Its pinned installer is embedded
in HallJoy, verified before elevation, and offered if the driver is missing.
Do not install a separate UAP or Wooting Analog SDK for HallJoy: its private
runtime is embedded. Close connected keyboard web-driver tabs, which commonly
conflict with HallJoy. Desktop software such as Razer Synapse may coexist and
only needs closing when troubleshooting a suspected conflict.

Use HallJoy Discord and the
support report template. Do not send passwords or typed
text. Open HallJoy folder provides access to the diagnostic log.

Known limitations

  • The 18 newly added Razer/NuPhy/Wooting physical variants require manual layout
    selection; no region is guessed from VID/PID. Prior exact first-run matches remain.
  • Razer layouts added here cover Huntsman V3 Pro Mini ANSI/ISO/JIS. Layouts for
    Huntsman V2 Analog, Mini Analog, V3 Pro and V3 Pro TKL are deferred; their existing
    analog support is not disabled by this limitation.
  • NuPhy Air75 HE's screenshot-macro key has no published UAP HID counterpart and
    is omitted (83 represented positions); Air60 HE is also included.
  • Wooting layouts cover One, Two, Two HE, 60HE, 60HE+ (ANSI/ISO), and 80HE
    (ANSI/ISO/JIS). 60HE v2, split-space variants and UwU are not part of this batch.
  • Keychron HE analog support discussed here uses custom UAP-compatible firmware;
    this is not a promise that every stock firmware exposes analog input.
  • ROG Azoth 96 HE, Aula HERO84 HE, IROK ND75 and Attack Shark X68 HE remain frozen.
  • HallJoy itself is not Authenticode-signed; Windows may show an unknown publisher.
    SHA-256 verifies file integrity, not publisher authentication.

New layout geometry has automated checks, not a claim of physical testing on
every listed keyboard. See supported hardware.

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