Wallpaper Engine v2.8.42

SECURITY UPDATE

• Removed EXE-based application wallpapers entirely from Steam Workshop support
• This follows a malware incident where a malicious executable was distributed
  through the Workshop as a "wallpaper application"
• Steam Workshop does not allow locking items from future updates, so application
  wallpapers were removed as a precaution
• Standard image, video, and web wallpapers are NOT affected and remain fully safe

NEW FEATURES

• Added HDR10+ support for compatible displays
• New audio visualizer presets: circular spectrum, waveform, bass-reactive rings
• Multi-monitor wallpaper sync: apply a single panoramic wallpaper across all screens
• Added Android 15 and iOS 18 companion app sync support
• New built-in wallpaper editor timeline: keyframe animation, layer compositing

IMPROVEMENTS

• GPU usage reduced by 15% during video wallpaper playback (DXVA2 hardware decoding)
• Workshop download speed improved with parallel chunked downloading
• Memory usage reduced by 80MB during idle wallpaper state
• Razer Chroma SDK updated to v4.0 for better lighting sync
• Philips Hue bridge discovery now supports Hue Bridge v2 (Matter)
• Corsair iCUE integration updated for iCUE 5.x

FIXES

• Fixed wallpaper disappearing after Windows 11 24H2 update
• Fixed black screen on NVIDIA GPUs with driver version 556.x+ (DXGI swapchain fix)
• Fixed memory leak when rapidly switching between video wallpapers
• Fixed audio visualizer not detecting system audio on some Windows configurations
• Fixed multi-monitor wallpaper offset on mixed-DPI setups
• Fixed crash when loading corrupted Workshop wallpaper metadata

COMPATIBILITY

• Windows 10 (build 19045+), Windows 11 (all builds)
• Steam client optional (standalone mode supported)
• macOS Sonoma and Sequoia via Steam
• Linux via Steam Play/Proton

Full Changelog: https://github.com/CasperX-VersusXIII/Wallpaper-Engine-Steam/commits/v2.8.42