AnyPlay Launcher 0.3.7

AnyPlay Launcher 0.3.7

Party voice without echo, the console flow on a controller from start to finish, and Clips on Linux.

Party voice

• No more echo on speakers. Your microphone no longer sends your friends' voices back to them when you play without a headset.
• Echo Cancellation in the voice settings, under Reduce Background Noise, is on by default. If your own voice sounds cut off while others talk, for example with a headset, turn it off.

A console from start to finish

• Sign in and update with a controller. Every step of signing in and updating works with a pad alone, and the hint bar always shows how to go back.
• While you sign in in the browser, the launcher says that the controller works again once you return, and it comes back to the front by itself when the sign-in ends.
• Settings > Connected Apps now shows, for your system, how to start AnyPlay as your console home: Console Mode, Steam Big Picture, and Steam's Gaming Mode on Linux.

Clips on Linux

• Clips now work on Linux. The desktop asks for the game's window when a game starts, and the launcher says so.
• If no window is chosen, Clips stay off for that game and the launcher tells you why.
• Linux has no clip key yet. Press Create on your controller to save a clip.

Unlocking games

• Pause and resume an unlock, with a separate Cancel that asks before it throws the progress away.
• Closing the launcher during an unlock asks first, and Pause and Quit picks it up again later. Thanks to Lenny (@Lenny4250gh).

Online

• Messages say when they are loading or when you are offline, with Try Again, instead of showing an empty list.
• A conversation that fails to load can be loaded again.
• A profile that no longer exists says so.
• A sign-in that you stop in the browser now shows a notice.
• A voice connection that fails reads Not working instead of Off.
• Text that is cut short can be read in full under the pointer or the focus.
• The account pages on the web open in your language when you come from the launcher.

Looks

• Trophy grade labels are easy to read on every look.
• The focus ring, profile and activity cards are clearer on Daylight.

Mac

• The online area on the Mac now runs the online service inside the app, with party voice through your Mac's microphone and speakers.

More

• The phone controller can't be turned off while a phone is paired. Thanks to fogydes (@fogydes).
• On Linux, sharing no longer locks up on PCs where two video encoders start at once. Shared game sound no longer clicks after lost packets. Thanks to fma-rc (@fma-rc).

Flatpak

The Flatpak's app ID is now com.anyplaynet.Launcher, ready for Flathub. Bundles up to 0.3.5 used net.anyplay.Launcher. To keep your settings, remove the old one and move its folder before the first start of the new one:

flatpak uninstall --user net.anyplay.Launcher
mv ~/.var/app/net.anyplay.Launcher ~/.var/app/com.anyplaynet.Launcher

Downloads

• Windows: AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-Setup.exe (installer, no administrator rights needed) or AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-x64.exe (one file).
• Linux: AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-x86_64.AppImage, AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-linux-x86_64.tar.gz or AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-x86_64.flatpak.
• macOS (Apple silicon, macOS 11 or newer): AnyPlay-Launcher-0.3.7-macos-arm64.zip. If macOS says the developer cannot be verified, open System Settings > Privacy & Security and choose Open Anyway.
• The launcher you have offers this update by itself, on Windows, Linux and the Mac. It is signed like every update since 0.2.0.

News and help: the AnyPlay Discord, linked in the README.

What's Changed

• 0.3.7: echo cancellation, pad-only console flow, Clips on Linux, Mac online, unlock pause by @AlxcBTW in #250
• feat: embed the macOS net service with native voice devices by @kyon-eth in #137
• Flatpak app ID com.anyplaynet.Launcher, ready for Flathub by @fma-rc in #218
• Clips on Linux: window dialog explained, cancel handled, no clip key note by @AlxcBTW in #222
• docs(install): document log files, locations, and sharing safety (#127) by @fogydes in #226
• docs(context): define Recommended setting and Community layout (#129) by @fogydes in #227
• feat(settings): prevent turning off phone controller while paired (#197) by @fogydes in #228
• Pause and resume for unlocks, a separate Cancel button, and a confirmation before closing the window by @Lenny4250gh in #243
• Voice settings: Echo Cancellation toggle by @AlxcBTW in #245
• Open the cloud's web pages in the launcher's language (lang=) by @AlxcBTW in #246
• Pad-only sign-in and updates, and steps to use AnyPlay as the console home by @AlxcBTW in #247
• Online screens, second pass: states, retry and names (core included) by @AlxcBTW in #248
• Daylight follow-up: online-audit palette items, dark grade labels to 4.5:1 by @AlxcBTW in #249

Full Changelog: v0.3.6...v0.3.7