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Please do note, this version has some breaking changes if you have installed and used any of the previous versions

In this one there are no big or drastic changes - so he said right after a "breaking change" disclaimer.

I have changed the default settings/wad/mod location, since the previous one was referencing the app's old name mrdoom. So if you have settings from previous versions, you will need to either copy the contents of ~/.config/mrdoom to ~/.config/uac - or simply point to the existing directories in the apps settings.

And that's almost like a segway to the rest of the change log. Because the settings modal/dialogue box has gotten itself a minor overhaul, as well as an additional tab. (and still has the inactive Advanced settings tab too, no worries!).

Because the app now detects new wads in the directory set as your wad-directory, and automatically adds them to the UI, making them able to be selected as a new "Doom Version" when installing a new game instance, and the app notifies you with a notification when it has detected a new wad.

The app currently has 9 default wads, where an icon and a "pretty name" is shown in the UI, if they are present when opening the app.

But new ones can be managed in the Wad Config tab of the Settings, where you will be able to set these yourself, or change up the default ones, if you so please. If you don't care, there is a default fallback too.

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The Paths tab now has a tiny explainer for each input, and are generally just a bit more tidy, and the app has gotten all leftover color values removed from the code itself, and is completely variable driven instead.

This gives the opportunity to give the overall feel an overhaul at a point in the future, as I personally have grown tired of the "steam blue" colors already, but theming isn't really a priority at the moment, but for testing while developing, it did lead to the app now also having a light theme, for those few degenerates that are out there wanting a bright white doom launcher.

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And of course - The Dr. Doom icon was too a leftover, from the applications previous form "MRDOOM" - now it's representing the mighty Union Aerospace Corporation - something I think the application will lean more into going forward. But these has mostly been technical behind the scenes changes, so that will be a possibility before the application grows any bigger - the focus is getting the actual use of the app to feel less homebrewed, and optimize it in that direction, before the actual design is the focus.

Well, I think that was mostly it - oh - and the app now stores the screenshots from when installing a game instance/modded game locally, so it isn't reliant on you being online, or the source image getting taken down.

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Still to come:

  • Add to steam button
  • Shareable game instances
  • Removing my personal gamertag from the player profile at the top
  • Figure out what to add in the sidebar/behind the hamburger menu

All ideas or suggestions are of course still welcome, as well as all issues you might stumble upon.