Preview 1.80.0 Release

[bagusnl]

Welcome to Collapse Preview Release Branch! This is an early look at the next version of Collapse. This preview is shipped "AS-IS" and we encourage you to report any issues on Discord or by submitting an issue on Github. This changelog is subject to change, with or without notice.

[!NOTE]

Welcome to Collapse v1.80.0 - Codename: TBA

We have decided to skip a few major version number due to the number of changes that happened since the last update being released. If you have the time, please send us a feedback on how you feel about the new UI look (and/or new features or improvements) in this GitHub Discussion thread or in #issues-and-suggestion Discord channel

What's New - 1.80.0

• [Imp] UI Adjustments and Use UIElementExtension to create UI elements in-code, by @neon-nyan @shatyuka @gablm

  • This improves the code readability and ease of maintenance.
  • Fixes some buttons not responding to user input.
  • Fixes incorrect theme and button style on OOBE.
  • It also contains various UI fixes and improvements that might not be included in the changelog, for those the curious can check the Full Pull Request here. spoiler alert: it contains 100+ commits and 9k+ lines of code changes

  UI Changes Preview

  Main Page

  Notification and Navigation Panel

  Page Background Acrylic

  Auto-close After Clearing All Notifications

  01. Auto-close Clear All Notification.webm

• [New] Video Background support, by @neon-nyan

  • Added support to use videos as background. Currently supported formats are .mp4, .mov, .mkv, .webm, .avi, .gif
  • This feature relies on Microsoft Media Foundation engine, if you can't use certain videos, you can try to install the dependencies manually here.

  Video Background Feature Preview

  03. Video Background Support.webm

• [Imp] Improved background image loader and caching mechanism, by @shatyuka & @neon-nyan

  • Fixed cache miss errors when loading background images.
  • Fixed crash when ColorPallette cache is missing/not generated.
  • Also adjust Collapse window to always use 16:9 ratio.

[!IMPORTANT]
Due to the massive changes in the image handler, you will need to manually clear the image cache on Collapse. This can be done by going into Settings, then press "Clear Image Files" button.

• [New] Instantly Change Region on Selection, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan

  • You can now instantly change game/region by selecting them, removing the need to press "Change" button.

  Instant Region Change Feature Preview

  Preview.mp4

[!NOTE]
To enable this feature, you can go to Settings then disable "Show Region Change Warning", a new toggle for "Instantly Change Region on Selection" should appear and it will be enabled by default.

• [Fix] Crashes when using URL protocol, by @gablm

  • Fix crash when using URL protocol to load a region for the first time.
  • Fix crash when changing region too fast related to BG dim/undim.

• [New] Migrate Collapse metadata using MetadataV3 format, by @neon-nyan

  • Removing the need to update Collapse entirely on Honkai: Star Rail updates.
  • Metadata can be updated on-the-fly (does not require Collapse restart).
  • Separate all game region metadata so it can be updated individually.

• [Fix] Hide Window Border for Windows 10 users, by @shatyuka

• [Fix] Instance count not showing the correct number, by @bagusnl @shatyuka @cry0 @neon-nyan

• [Imp] Update .NET to 8.0.4, by @bagusnl

[!NOTE]
.NET update includes CVE (Security Vulnerability CVE-2024-21409) fix

• [New] Allow Collapse maintainers to ship a forced update, by @neon-nyan

  • This is needed for us to ship an important update whether because of a breaking change(s), or a vulnerability fixes.

• [Doc] Added contributors to the list on README.md, by @bagusnl

  • You can see all contributors that has helped Collapse in here

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