Replaced the old sideload/OBB operations with our newer async, progress-aware flows to enable real-time progress feedback in the UI for non-blocking drag and drop operations. Also cleaned up a bit code and made minor logging adjustments. Updated "No Trailer found" message to disappear after 5 seconds
Changed button texts for clarity: 'BACKUP WITH ADB' to 'BACKUP GAMESAVE WITH ADB', 'BACKUP GAMESAVES' to 'BACKUP ALL GAMESAVES'. Updated dialog and message box titles to match. Added explanatory notes to the bulk backup summary, guiding users to use ADB backup for games requiring special permissions
Updated the sideloading status label and download button to provide clearer feedback when no device is connected or sideloading is disabled. The download button now shows "DOWNLOAD AND INSTALL" only when sideloading is enabled and a device is connected, otherwise it shows "DOWNLOAD". Meanwhile the sideloading status label now shows "Sideloading: No Device Connected" in orange while no device is connected. Also added missing </Setting> tag in Settings.settings
Increased the version to 3.0.1. New changelog reflects fixes for popularity ranking, favorites updating, improved YouTube trailer matching, automatic public config creation, and new grouped tile logic in Gallery View
Refactored the logic to strip parentheses from all version names before selecting the shortest, instead of selecting the shortest name first and then stripping
In gallery view, when a game version of a grouped tile is unfavorited in favorites-view, it is now
automatically removed from the display. Added RemoveVersionFromDisplay
method to handle item removal, tile updates and layout
recalculation. The grouped-view is automatically closed
when only one version remains after unfavoriting
Updated the version name logic in gallery view to display the actual game name instead of the simplified base name when only one version of a grouped game is present in favorites
Fixed favorites not refreshing when removing entries while in favorites view. Previously, removed items would only disappear after switching to regular view and back. The favorites list now updates immediately upon removal
Improved the trailer selection algorithm by requiring all game name words (normalized by removing apostrophes) to be present in the video title. Increased the number of processed matches from 5 to 10 and refined scoring bonuses and penalties, enhancing the accuracy for selecting the most relevant clip
Removed the user prompt for creating the public config file when missing. The file is now created automatically when AutoUpdateConfig is enabled, streamlining the process similar to how Rookie handles other required files
Implemented grouping of gallery tiles by package with a cleaned base name and an overlay UI for selection among multiple versions. Added new rendering logic, sorting and interaction for grouped tiles, including badges, a scrollable overlay, favorite context-menu support and release-notes updates on hover. Refactored a bit of code in GalleryView.
Replaced all direct double.TryParse calls with new StringUtilities.TryParseDouble helper method to ensure consistent, culture-invariant parsing of numeric values
Improved YouTube trailer search accuracy, added TryDeleteDirectory utility for all directory deletions, moved WebView2 cache from hardcoded path to app directory, replaced dated folder dialogs with modern FolderSelectDialog, improved backup/restore logic
Centralized backup directory logic via SettingsManager.GetEffectiveBackupDir(), replacing repeated path construction throughout the codebase. Fixed backup and restore logic aborting on error, streamlined backup/restore workflows for both individual apps and bulk operations, improved UI text for clarity, improved error handling and improved progress feedback. Removed redundant code and ensured consistent backup directory usage in MainForm, Sideloader, and SettingsForm
Updated download and backup directory selection to use modern FolderSelectDialog for better folder browsing with initial directories based on user settings, improving UX
Changed the WebView2 cache directory from system root path "C:\RSL" to the application's current directory for improved portability and reliability. Ensured the cache directory is created before initializing the WebView2 environment
Replaced all direct Directory.Delete calls by our new custom FileSystemUtilities.TryDeleteDirectory class and method for safer and more robust directory deletion throughout the codebase with automatic retries (3x 150ms), recursive deletion, handling of read-only attributes, rename-then-delete fallback, and better error handling. Also moved the WebView cleanup to happen earlier on initialization, before creation of the WebView environment
Improved YouTube trailer search algorithm by cleaning game names, having 2 search strategies for higher hit accuracy, and adding a scoring system that selects the most relevant clip (trailer) based on title similarity and result position (respecting YouTube's sort order)
Feat: Rookie now flashes in taskbar when FlexibleMessageBox is thrown and window is inactive, Fix: FlexibleMessageBox positioning for inactive/minimized window
Added taskbar flashing to notify users when a task is complete or requires user input (= when FlexibleMessageBox is thrown) while the application is inactive or minimized. Enhanced FlexibleMessageBox to better handle when the application is minimized by centering the dialog on the screen and repositioning it when the form is restored.
Fixed broken shortcuts (CTRL+P behavior was already broken on 2.34.1), updated to use FlexibleMessageBox and changed CTRL+P logic to immediately copy the selected game's package name without confirmation, supporting both list and gallery views, with a neater notification
Implemented disk and device space validation for the download/install queue with per-game and total queue size checks. The UI displays total queue size and updates available device space after each install. Improved error handling and user prompts for insufficient space.
When adding an entry to the queue, we check:
- Free disk space in the current download directory
- Device free space (if sideloading is enabled)
- Whether the download is already queued
- Total queue size against download directory and device free space to prevent over-queuing
When a download starts (e.g., when resuming downloads after a restart), we recheck disk and device space for that download and allow the user to skip it or clear the queue if not.
Space checks are intentionally lenient. We only block downloads when we're confident the download won't fit. If space is close, users will proceed since they'll receive an error during the actual installation when it fails anyway.
Removed DragDropLbl label and its related logic, consolidating drag-and-drop tips into the notesRichTextBox with improved styling. Added UpdateReleaseNotes method to handle dynamic notes display and placeholer styling
Simplified and unified tile and thumbnail drawing, reduced gallery image filter quality (interpolation) for better performance with negligible visual quality loss while maintaining the best filter quality (HighQualityBicubic) for the currently hovered tile, and adjusted hover and animation constants. Tile borders are now drawn after the image. Removed no longer used FormatSize method
Implemented automatic saving and loading of the download queue, allowing users to resume unfinished downloads after restarting the application. Added methods to persist the queue state, prompting users to ask if they want to resume queued downloads on startup, and updated queue management logic to support resumed downloads
Added functionality to automatically save and restore the main window's position, size, (maximized) state, and sort order for list and gallery views between sessions. Introduced new properties in SettingsManager for window and sort state persistence. Updated MainForm to load and save these settings on startup, close, and sort changes, and added default/fallback behavior. Modified ModernListView to suppress header drawing and interaction during initialization
Introduced ModernQueuePanel as a modern control for the download queue, supporting
drag-and-drop reordering, auto-scroll, and entry removal via close buttons (replaced
double-click) in a modernized look. Removed legacy ListBox event handlers and updated
MainForm to use the new panel, synchronizing it with the queue's binding list and
refactored UI logic for queue management and download cancellation
Moved increment of newerThanListCount and setting of item.ForeColor outside the blacklist check. Now, only the prompt for upload is skipped for blacklisted packages, while the UI still reflects that a newer version is installed
Introduced shared sorting state logic to maintain consistent sorting order when switching between gallery and list views (game name, last updated, size, popularity, asc and desc)
Updated GalleryView selection logic to consistently use unique release name (SubItems[ReleaseNameIndex]) instead of non-unique package name, which fixes incorrect item selections in gallery view for entries with duplicate package names
Enhanced RunAdbCommandToString to use a 5-second timeout for connect commands, preventing prolonged blocking during startup/initialization when an ADB wireless config exists but fails to connect to the device. Also added a suppressLogging parameter to control 'devices' command output logging, which is used for our quick 'devices' check command that runs every second while no devices are connected
Refactored DnsHelper for maintainability and added automatic DNS testing for the public config hostname after creation/update of vrp-public.json to automatically enable fallback DNS and proxy if system DNS fails for that
