GhostDeck v1.24.0

[1.24.0] - 2026-07-28

Added

• Crosshair 16 HX AI D2XW (15P4EMS1) promoted to Tested, fan curve verified
  (#43, #44, thanks @Harsh3456D) - a clean per-scenario
  EC capture confirmed the shipped register map (shift 0xD2 C2/C1/C4, super-battery 0xEB),
  the wizard located the owner's test curve at exactly 0x72/0x8A, and all three hardware
  checks passed.
• Releases are digitally signed - starting with this version, the GhostDeck.exe
  published on GitHub carries an Authenticode signature ("WYGODA DAWID FENIX INSPIRE", Azure
  Artifact Signing, RFC 3161 timestamp). Check it under file Properties → Digital Signatures;
  the release pipeline refuses to publish an unsigned or wrongly-signed file. This also means
  SmartScreen "unknown publisher" warnings will gradually disappear as reputation builds.
• Settings reorganized into sub-tabs - the one long two-column page is now split into six
  groups (General / Power / Notifications / Gaming / Hotkeys / System) behind an icon strip
  like the Status tab, plus a Start page with a tile per group for quick orientation.
  GhostDeck remembers which sub-tab you were on and reopens Settings right there, even
  after an app restart. Display settings (refresh-rate switching) got their own card next to
  Power.
• The Settings Start page is a dashboard - every tile carries a live third line with the
  group's current values (charge limit and refresh rates, alert threshold, overlay state and
  metric count, enabled hotkeys, autostart and update check) plus an on/off dot; the Gaming
  and Notifications tiles get a quick master switch right on the tile; a status header
  shows the laptop model, support tier, firmware and app version, and turns into a clickable
  "new version available" chip when the daily check finds a release; a "What's new in
  vX" link opens Updates with the current version's notes already expanded.
• Release notes readable inside the app - clicking a release in Updates → Release history
  expands its full formatted notes inline (section headers, bullets, bold; click again to
  collapse), the old "Details" link is now a proper button that opens the release on GitHub,
  each entry shows its download count, and the list covers the last 20 releases
  (was 5 with two-line previews only).

Fixed

• The top bar always shows where you are - pages opened from icon-only buttons (Report,
  Updates, or any tab collapsed to an icon via Settings → Interface) left nothing highlighted
  in the strip; the active icon now gets an accent frame and accent glyph.
• Updates tab recovers after connection loss - a failed fetch used to show the error once
  and never load again, even after the internet came back. The tab now retries when you open
  it again, the error message has a "Try again" button, and a background re-check runs every
  30 s while the tab stays open.
• Settings always show the current state - switching the language from the tray menu or
  the theme from the header button left the Settings page showing the old values; the page now
  syncs itself whenever it is shown or the app state changes.
• A failed hardware read no longer crashes the app - the gaming overlay refreshed the EC
  every second with no error handling, so one refused WMI call (provider restart, sleep/resume,
  shutdown) was enough to raise a .NET "unhandled exception" box. The overlay now keeps the last
  reading and tries again on the next refresh, and a last-chance handler catches anything else
  and writes it to %AppData%\GhostDeck\errors.log instead of showing a dialog.
• A switched-off overlay no longer reads the hardware - turning the gaming overlay off only
  hides its window, and the 1 s sampling timer kept running with it, so the EC was polled every
  second for the rest of the session. The timer now follows the window's visibility.

Full Changelog: v1.23.1...v1.24.0