Launchbuddy Version 4.1.2 Release
Added 2023-12-02 01:00:02 +0000 UTCVersion 4.1.2 is here with a big focus on game window management!
Next update 4.2 will focus on general gamelaunch improvements and retraining the computer vision for special login states (looking at you SMS reminder).
- Added an option to exclude accounts from automated login file updates. This setting is available under account settings → advanced settings. (Wished my patron @Defrost)
- New Grid Align feature for game clients. The game instance manager now has a new feature that automatically aligns all active windowed accounts in a grid. This alignment works on a per-monitor basis. Just move each client to the desired monitor, then press the align button, and the game clients will be resized and positioned accordingly.
- The Game Instance Manager now has a new game client preview feature. Hovering over an active client shows a preview of the said client without activating its window. Minimized windows will also be shown and reverted to their minimized state when the preview is canceled.
- Added a new feature to lock game client windows into place. This feature disables the window borders so game client windows cannot accidentally be moved. (Wished my patron @Robin. Sorry that you had to wait for 2 patches for this)
- Running game clients now have modified window captions. These now refer to the account nickname.
- Fixed an issue where a visual trigger would not register the game login startup state correctly. This issue was only present when a DPI value of 125% and 175% was used.
- Fixed a crash when the CEF cleanup was triggered on application close.
Comments
Sorry for your bad experience with the new features so far. Next release will have the new options toggle able in the settings so you can revert back to the old functionality. In the upcoming release I will also likely group the new settings in a small drop down menu so they can't be clicked accidently. To shine some more light in the invalid login data bug: LB actually checks if the email field is empty. I added a debug session for the upcoming release to see what is happening here. (likely some retraining of computer vision needed) BTW do you experience the same issues if you set your DPI to 100%?
The Cheatsrichter
2023-12-04 10:13:12 +0000 UTCHow can I disable the new preview on hover feature? It's not working well at all. I'm now having to click an account in the running clients list two or even three times to focus it and bring it to the front. Additionally, moving over the clients list is very irritating as each fullscreen window flashes into view, even if minimized. This is more of an issue to me than it would have been in the past, since I now run each instance in a fullscreen window to play enough to get all my Wizard's Vault dailies. Prior to the introduction of the Vault I only partied alt accounts with my main to gather a full home instance, so running them all in a grid of windows was the norm for me. The normal Launchbuddy client list is all I really need now, since the change of the daily system. If I did use a preview system, one like Window's Alt+Tab style would work much better for my purposes. For me, the way things were is all I really need, and I'd like an option to return to that system without having to stay stuck on an old version. It's not a feature I'm likely to use, but I'll also note that the new grid function isn't working properly for me at all. I've not tested it extensively, but it seems to always leave my main account (which uses higher graphics settings) window out of the grid, leaving it a different size. So far I've had this issue with up to 5 accounts open (I don't usually run more than that at once). If I minimize a window or otherwise manipulate them, they will somehow end up varying, tall, narrow sizes (less than 100px), all stacked to the left of my main screen. I have two monitors. The main monitor is a horizontal ultrawide, and the other is vertical mounted to the left of the main. I always have all game clients completely on the ultrawide. Again, this is not a feature I expect to utilize, but I'm reporting my experience in the event I'm not the only one. Honestly, I'd like the option to disable/hide that button since if I were to accidentally click it I'd have to manipulate every window to get them back to what I want. Also, a problem I think I reported a long time ago is happening more frequently now. Sometimes, for no reason I can determine, an account will successfully launch and be playable, but the "Detected invalid logindata" error will popup. As long as I don't click "Ok" on the error window I can still use that instance of the game, but if I click "Ok", the game window is closed. Either way, if this happens it seems the odds of GW2 Launchbuddy eventually crashing completely is significantly increased. Leaving the error window open prevents switching accounts using the Launchbuddy UI, so more often than not I just finish using the open game windows and restart LB to access my remaining accounts. For what it's worth, I think adding new features is great, as long as they work as intended AND they can be toggled off.
Bart
2023-12-03 04:34:43 +0000 UTCI am not seeing a multiplication of unwanted CEF files any more.
Eric Larson
2023-12-02 23:45:33 +0000 UTC
