arielj
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1 month ago The problem with this is that is has happened in the past that a new version of gogdl or legendary actually needs changes in heroic itself to make it work so it could potentially create issues for users if it's a button to update it.
I do agree that having links in that page to open the releases page of those projects in github (or maybe point to a wiki page with instructions?) would be really useful
Problem description
Sometimes Heroic lags behind features or bugfixes in external binaries, causing annoying albeit fixable issues via manual updates to the built-in binaries. A recent example with Nile: #4005
Current Heroic release at the time of writing:
2.15.1(2024-08-11)Feature description
A feature to automate such updates would be a nice quality improvement, either via a button to manually check for update + download new version in the advanced settings, or an automatic check on application start with possibly a download/skip dialog box.
At the very least a link to the project pages or latest version download links would be beneficial.
Alternatives
Currently you would typically have to manually open a web browser and find the project pages and downloads yourself, grab the correct file, put the download in a suitable location, open Heroic and select the new file. For a Steam Deck user, this is a bit of a pain in the âŝŝ and possibly a deterrent for more casual users who just want to play games without tinkering.
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