Simple Launcher est une interface pour émulateur qui facilite la lecture de jeux rétro.
Les changements sont les suivants:
1. Game Scanning Refactoring & Expansion
The monolithic GameScannerService was broken down into modular, platform-specific classes:
– ScanSteamGames
– ScanEpicGames
– ScanGogGames
– ScanMicrosoftStoreGames
– ScanAmazonGames
– ScanBattleNetGames
– ScanHumbleGames
– ScanItchioGames
– ScanRockstarGames
– ScanUplayGames
This adds support for new platforms and improves existing scanning logic with:
– Better filtering
– DLC detection
– Executable identification
– Icon extraction heuristics
2. API-based Artwork Download
– A new API integration (GameImageClient) was added to download game artwork for Microsoft Windows Games, with robust fallback mechanisms to local icon extraction if the API fails.
3. Enhanced Error Handling & Robustness
– Long path support: Implemented \\?\ prefix for reliable file and directory operations across services
– Download and extraction error handling: Including retry logic, disk space checks, user cancellation management, and a new ShowExtractionFailedMessageBoxAsync for manual intervention
– Game launching error handling: Refined in GameLauncher, adding .URL validation, protocol checks, and a new ShowCustomMessageBox for detailed notifications
– UIPI exceptions: Gracefully handled in GamePadController with refined error logging
4. UI/UX Improvements
– Introduced a new global RetroAchievementsWindow for user profiles and unlocks
– Automated first-run game scanning for Microsoft Windows games
– Updated menu structures, replacing dynamic headers with static strings for consistency
– Added a new SupportOptionWindow for AI-based troubleshooting and developer contact
5. Binary & Dependency Updates
Updated various external tools:
– RetroGameCoverDownloader
– GameCoverScraper
– BatchConvertToCHD
6. Code Cleanup & Localization
– Cleaned up unused code
– Updated localization strings across all supported languages
