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@lah7 lah7 released this 04 Dec 16:56
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v0.8.0
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lah7 Luke Horwell
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What's New

Controller

New DPI stage editor: Including the ability to sync to hardware DPI buttons (if supported by mouse).

Screenshot of DPI stages window

If you previously saved your own DPI stages via Preferences, you'll need to re-enter them, as they are now saved per-device.

OpenRazer

  • Add scroll options for Razer Basilisk V3.
    • Scroll Mode (tactile, free spin)
    • Scroll Acceleration
    • Smart Reel
  • Add device map for Razer Cynosa V2 (Nordic).
  • Add device map for Base Station V2 Chroma.
  • Overhauled implementation with OpenRazer's Python library.
  • Some devices may now show options for configuring sleep time and low power mode.

Changes

  • Rework application architecture ("refactor").
  • Improve "Apply to All" by showing all capable options for connected devices.
  • Improve error handling.
  • Controller: Show button to open input-remapper if installed.
    • Messages hinting that Polychromatic may implement its own key mapping have been removed.
  • Controller: Removed "Backends" tab in Preferences.
    • This is now under Tools → OpenRazer via the menu bar.
  • Controller: Move "Download device images" check box to main preferences.
  • Controller: Update configuration preferences for OpenRazer.
    • Add option to set battery notifications [introduced in 3.3.0]
  • Tray applet: Show a dialog box when actions fail.
  • CLI: Add current battery status (under -k --list-options)
  • New 🇵🇱 Polish translation and update for 🇫🇷 French.

Command Line Parameters Changed

If you use polychromatic-cli, the parameters have changed to only accept numeric parameters in some cases.

Example of Old Becomes
-o wave -p left -o wave -p 2
-o wave -p right -o wave -p 1
-o reactive -p vslow -o reactive -p 1
-o reactive -p slow -o reactive -p 2
-o reactive -p medium -o reactive -p 3
-o reactive -p fast -o reactive -p 4

Use polychromatic-cli --list-options to see all available options.

Fixes

  • Fix a problem with poll rates that affected Razer Huntsman V2.
  • Fix default DPI stages for Viper Mini.
  • Fix VID:PID showing in reverse in Device Info.
  • Fix opening of razer.log when home folder isn't at /home
  • Fix crash when running a development version of the application from an "untrusted" Git repository location, like a network share.
  • Fix translations for system-wide installations.
  • Fix a typo in man page.
  • Fix an erroneous "failed" troubleshoot when device has multiple PIDs.

PPA Testers

If you were using ppa:polychromatic/testing or the ppa:polychromatic/edge on Ubuntu (or Debian), these have been deprecated and replaced by ppa:polychromatic/preview to simplify choice. Please go to Software & Updates → Other Software and update this to preview.

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