CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

v20.11.0

• Add flatpak launcher (by @failboat78 #2207)
• Fix Linux/Nvenc error popups (by @failboat78 #2338)
• Add debug groups (by @zarik5 #2332)
• Fix black screen on Focus 3 (by @zarik5 #2346)
• Fix launcher installation popup (by @zarik5 #2356)
• Fix crash on invalid haptics (by @zarik5 #2355)
• Rework logging (by @zarik5 #2351)
• Disable "Adapt to framerate" by default (by @zarik5)
• Show body skeleton in lobby (by @zarik5 #2366)
• Add multimodal input (by @zarik5 #2367)
• Fix high CPU usage on Linux (by @The-personified-devil #2372 #2375)
• Fix stream being half width resolution (by @zarik5 #2378)

v20.10.0

• Internal refactors of the client graphics (wgpu) and server code architecture (by @zarik5)
• Fix Quest 3 not supporting 120Hz (by @The-personified-devil)
• Tracking timing jitter (by @zarik5 #2285)
• Support VRChat hand tracking (by @ReinaS-64892 @AdalynBlack @zarik5 #2295, @zarik5 #2313 #2323)
• Fix crash with some games (by @szneqz #2309)
• Fix crash when shutting down launcher (by @zarik5 #2320)
• Fix crash with vibration on Focus 3 (by @zarik5 #2324)

v20.9.1 (2024-07-06)

• Fix performance issues on lobby room.

v20.9.0 (2024-07-06)

• Display license inside the dashboard (by @zarik5 #2117)
• Add GPU checks for Linux (by @Meister1593 #2110)
• Reorder settings (by @zarik5 #2119)
• Shallow rename "client" -> "device" (by @zarik5 #2120)
• Update manifest for AppLab (by @zarik5 #2146)
• Allow recentering in the lobby (by @zarik5 #2155)
• Tweak graph labels and colors (by @zarik5 #2176)
• Fix controller detection on Pico Neo 3 Link (by @HoLo85 #2192)
• Loosen restrictions on device selection with VoiceMeeter (by @xuan25 #2209)
• Fix HEVC black screen on Linux/VAAPI (by @Nibor62 #2203)
• Show hands and controllers in the lobby (by @zarik5 #2218)
• Add PipeWire support on Linux (by @Meister1593 #1973)

v20.8.1 (2024-05-08)

• Fix crash on Linux (by @SniperJoe #2108)

v20.8.0 (2024-05-04)

• Bring back settings tabs (by @Meister1593 #2076)
• Make FFE shader much lighter (by @yoyobuae #2083)
• Improve firewall rules on Linux (by @Meister1593 #2078)
• Fix error message not displaying correctly on Linux sometimes (by @SniperJoe #2088)
• Fix Nvidia encoder on some Linux systems (by @Xaphiosis @nowrep #2074)
• Fix client warmstart crash (by @ShootingKing-AM #2084)
• Fix segfault on Linux (by @SniperJoe #2090)
• Fix protocol break in v20.7.0 (by @zarik5 2098)

v20.7.1 (2024-04-11)

• Fix colors on Pico (by @shinyquagsire23 and @zarik5)
• Fix joystick gesture offset on right hand (by @jarettmillard #2065)

v20.7.0 (2024-04-06)

• Add AV1 support on Windows/AMD (by @barnabwhy #1967)
• Add AV1 support on Linux/Nvidia (by @wsippel #1975, @Vixea #1994)
• Add HDR support on Windows (by @shinyquagsire23 #2030)
• Add full range encoding support (by @shinyquagsire23 #2011, @Vixea #1971)
• Fix VAAPI encoder on Intel GPUs (by @nowrep #1981)
• Add Pre-Analysis support on Windows/AMD (by @barnabwhy #1985)
• Add linux hardware encoding checks (by @Meister1593 #2042 #2055)
• Add full body tracking support on Quest (by @barnabwhy #1979, @galister #1984)
• Fix aux-bones in SteamVR (by @shinyquagsire23 #2009)
• Make USB connection work when WiFi is disabled (by @Meister1593 #1962)
• Add mDNS discovery on the server (by @zarik5 #1978)
• Fix audio when disconnecting headphones in headset (by @Okabintaro #2025 #2040)
• Add compatibility layer for surround audio devices (by @barnabwhy #2026)
• Fix black screen on Vive Focus 3, XR Elite (by @zarik5)
• Fix stuttering on Linux after recentering (by @galister #2017)
• Fixes for Flatpak (by @jkcdarunday #1980, @Meister1593 #2039 #2044)
• Change colors of lobby room (by @barnabwhy #1968)
• Remove WIX installer (by @zarik5)
• Remove AppImage (by @Meister1593 #2056)

v20.6.1 (2024-01-26)

• Add AV1 support, only for Linux/VAAPI, with 10bits support (by @wsippel #1955 #1964)
• Fix image corruption on h264/VAAPI (by @galister / @nowrep #1956)

v20.6.0 (2024-01-10)

• Add tongue tracking for Quest Pro (by @zarik5)
  • This is a breaking change in the protocol, but only affects Quest Pro users.
  • Only VRCFT ALVR module v1.2.0 and up is supported
• Add Quest 3 emulation mode + icons for SteamVR HUD (by @Goodguy140 #1926)
• Add Type of Service (ToS) socket settings, tested only on Linux (by @Vixea #1946)
• Add software decoding option and fallback (by @20kdc #1933)
• Add Baseline encoding option for h264 (by @20kdc #1932)
• Fix ADB connection (by @The-personified-devil #1942)
• Fix rare bug preventing reconnections on wifi (by @zarik5)

v20.5.0 (2023-12-05)

• Fix Vulkan layer GPU loading (by @nairaner #1847)
• Fix dynamic bitrate for VAAPI (by @nowrep #1863)
• Add notification tips (by @zarik5 #1865)
• Fix hand tracking for Lynx R1 (by @technobaboo #1874)
• Various wiki updates
• Fix battery update during streming (by @zarik5)
• Fix playspace recentering delay (by @zarik5)
• Support eye tracking for Pico 4 Pro (by @zarik5 @Meister1593 #1897)
• Add desktop file for Flatpak (by @Vixea #1906)
• Install audio dependencies from the setup wizard (by @Meister1593 #1893, @zarik5)
• Significantly reduce latency with NVENC on Linux (by @nowrep @Xaphiosis #1911)
• Fix SteamVR hanging when restarting on Linux (by @Vixea @zarik5)
• Other dashboard updates

v20.4.3 (2023-10-06)

• Fix dashboard crash on Windows
• Fix settings reset bug when upgrading (session extrapolation failed)

v20.4.2 (2023-09-22)

• Fix YVR crash because of invalid controller bindings

v20.4.1 (2023-09-19)

• Fix inverted Enable skeleton switch
• Add Only touch gestures option

v20.4.0 (2023-09-15)

• Full hand tracking gestures support, with joystick (by @barnabwhy #1794)
• Fully remappable controller buttons (by @zarik5 #1817)
• Custom controller profile (by @zarik5)
• Fix Nvidia support on Linux (by @Killrmemz #1830)

v20.3.1 (2023-09-11)

• Fix some controller buttons not working
• Fix changing controller emulation profile not triggering a SteamVR restart
• Add back Rift S controller emulation profile

v20.3.0 (2023-09-08)

• Add Lynx R1 headset support (by @zarik5 #1823)
  • Currently there is an issue with hand tracking which is being investigated
• Make settings sections collapsible (by @zarik5)
• Other UI tweaks (by @zarik5)
• Actually fix controller freeze (by @zarik5)
• Fix Pico controller buttons (by @zarik5 @galister @Meister1593 #1820)
• Fix bitrate hikes when "Adapt to framerate" is enabled (by @zarik5)
• Fix Nvenc encoder on Linux (by @Killrmemz #1824)
• Timeout connection if lingering (by @zarik5)
• Fix warmstart crash on client (by @ShootingKing-AM #1813)

v20.2.1 (2023-08-27)

• Fix VRCFaceTracking mode panicing.
• (Potential) Fix for dashboard crash on Wayland.

v20.2.0 (2023-08-26)

• Add Flatpak build (by @CharlieQLe #1683 #1724 #1735 #1742, @Meister1593 #1769)
• Finish VRCFaceTracking support (by @zarik5)
  • You can download the ALVR Module from the VRCFaceTracking app itself.
  • Only supports the Quest Pro at the moment.
• New more performant sockets implementation (by @zarik5)
  • Zero copy + zero allocations, and provides better packet prioritization.
• Avoid controller freezing during high latency (by @zarik5)
• Add message popups on Linux (disabled on the appimage build) (by @zarik5 #1711)
• Show backtrace on unhandled exceptions (Windows only) (by @zarik5)
  • Previously these would make SteamVR hard crash without any useful log
• Optionally show full backtraces for logs (by @zarik5)
• Add option to select client log level (by zarik5)
• Make Log tab stick to bottom (by @zarik5)
• Encoder fixes on Linux (by @nowrep #1751 #1753 #1767 #1768 #1796, @Vixea #1805)
• Use Constant bitrate mode by default
• Support rolling video recording (by @zarik5)
• Fix OpenGL crash on the client (by @ShootingKing-AM #1801)
• Fix white dashboard bug on Linux (by @zarik5)

v20.1.0 (2023-06-20)

• Fix firewall rules on Windows (by @zarik5)
• Fix firewall rules on linux for the tar.gz (by @Vixea #1675)
• Add bitrate graph (by @zarik5 #1689)
• Add encoder latency limiter (by @zarik5 #1678)
• Fix network latency limiter (by @zarik5)
• Fix image corruption on AMD (by @zarik5 #1681)
• Fix dashboard audio dropdowns on Linux (by @zarik5)
• Add connection status for clients (by @zarik5 #1688)
• Fix HMD plugged status (by @zarik5)
• Fix crash on some Unreal Engine 5 games (by @deiteris #1685)
• Add option to disable game render optimization (by @zarik5)
• Add separate history size for bitrate (by @zarik5)

v20.0.0 (2023-06-02)

• New OpenXR-based client, add support for Vive Focus 3/XR Elite, Pico 4/Neo 3 and YVR 1/2. Worked on by:
  • @zarik5 #1321
  • @galister #1321, #1442
  • @deiteris #1434, #1439, #1445
• New egui (OpenGL) dashboard
  • The launcher is replaced by the new dashboard executable.
  • by @Kirottu #1247 #1274, @zarik5, @m00nwtchr #1292, @TheComputerNerd88 #1574 #1575 #1576 1582
• Add position and rotation recentering modes (by @zarik5 #1321)
  • Defaults to local floor and local yaw.
• Add support for eye and face tracking (by @zarik5 #1577)
  • Currently supporting VRChat Eye OSC, VRCFaceTracking support coming soon
• Reduce game rendering latency (by @zarik5)
• Apply some settings in real-time (by @zarik5 #1635)
• New more consistent controller prediction algorithm (by @zarik5 #1561)
• Controller input fixes (by @zarik5 #1560)
• Soft-toggle controllers at runtime (by @galister #1600)
• New wiki hosted in the main git tree (by @m00nwtchr #1309)
• Send client log to streamer (by @zarik5)
• Encoder improvements (by @nowrep #1562 #1565 #1568, @deiteris #1403 #1422 #1400 #1402, @zarik5 #1564)
• Remove Forward Error Correction (by @zarik5: #1384, #1389; @deiteris: #1386, #1387, #1390)
• Unified code for NAL parsing (by @deiteris #1403, #1422, #1400, #1402)
• Some tweaks for alvr_client_core compatibility (by @ShootingKing-AM #1580 #1578 #1586 #1624 #1621)
• Fix server build with clang (by @nowrep)

v19.1.1 (2023-03-03)

• Relax discovery protocol for future ALVR versions

v19.1.0 (2023-02-14)

• Encoder improvements and new Linux server compositor:
  • @deiteris #1227, #1252, #1281, #1287, #1302, #1304, #1318, #1331, #1336, #1368, #1393, #1367, #1397
  • @Vixea #1227, #1254, #1412
  • @nowrep #1251, #1261, #1253, #1267, #1264, #1266, #1273, #1272, #1277, #1280, #1279, #1278, #1282, #1265, #1294, #1295, #1312, #1314, #1316, #1325, #1328, #1326, #1330, #1334, #1338, #1329, #1346, #1350, #1357, #1352, #1348, #1365, #1349, #1361, #1370, #1372, #1393
  • @m00nwtchr #1347
  • @galister #1428, #1429
• Controller fixes (by @Timocop #1236 #1241)
• Vulkan layer fixes (by @nowrep #1291, #1293, #1324, #1339, #1376)
• Show client IP in the headset and dashboard (by @zarik5)
• Disable Wi-Fi scans (by @zarik5)
• Reduce lag after loading screens (by @zarik5)
• Fix server debug builds (by @nowrep #1288)
• Add trigger/grip threshold (by @sctanf)
• Don't spam stdout on Linux (by @nowrep #1317)
• Fix recentering on Linux (by @nowrep #1353)