HAVC installer v2.0.1

HAVC installer v2.0.1 — GUI settings seeded from the project file.

The GUI settings file (gui_cmnet2_settings.json) is now seeded from the project's curated settings — the same file kept in GUI/ of the repository — instead of a minimal built-in seed: the curated values (prompts, thresholds, encoder preferences, window size) come installed, with the machine-specific paths rewritten for the install folder (base_dir/fixv_base_dir = <install>\gui\samples; default model from the RAM-based selection). On updates and repairs the manager offers to re-align an installed settings file that differs from the packaged defaults: Update GUI settings (Yes = replace, the previous file is kept as .bak; No = keep). Without confirmation the file is never overwritten.

Start here:

• HAVC-Setup-2.0.1.exe — HAVC Manager installer wizard (single-file, self-contained: no .NET runtime needed). Windows SmartScreen may warn (Windows protected your PC → More info → Run anyway); the exe is not code-signed yet. sha256: 2ea258633ada12493b36ae3361fcf166280c179196461f42fca65981cbe188a6
• havc-2.0.1-py3-none-any.whl — HAVC server stack wheel: the content the manager installs (its version follows the installer). sha256: 5249180179794e4a3deb6e2d0279b13a5c7eedb9bab5e899aed4e0317dd17d7f
• release.json — the release manifest read by the installer/manager (sha256 for every artifact). The pinned packages and the ComfyUI runtime live in the stable asset release HAVC Assets v1.0.0; vscmnet2 comes from its own project release dan64/vs-cmnet2 v1.2.1.

Requirements: Windows 10/11, NVIDIA RTX 30/40/50, CUDA 13.0+. Model weights (tens of GB for the largest configs) are downloaded on first use and preserved across updates.

Notes: installer releases (and their wheel) stay on the 2.x.x line; the 1.x.x tags are reserved for asset buckets. Existing 2.0.0 installs update in place; the settings file is only replaced if you accept the Update GUI settings prompt.