Patch released - Minor Improvements and Bug Fixes (Build 1.4.172)

Hey everyone, today we are releasing a small update to fix some issues and add a few minor improvements to the app.

User Interface Improvements

As part of this update, we have made various small changes around the user interface to make it more approachable. One thing we are doing is to highlight the Approved tag a little more by moving it to the top of the filters sidebar. On the Installed tab, you will now also find a new My Favorites button to find your installed favorite wallpapers more quickly:

The top of the Wallpaper Engine user interface will now also show the currently installed version and will inform users if they are using the beta. This serves as an easy reminder if you have enabled the beta in the past and forgotten about it and make it easier for verify the currently running version of the app.

In the Steam Workshop search, whenever you type multiple words, a new option for exact phrase matching will appear. Valve has made some changes to the Steam Workshop search in the past and it returns much more relevant results than it used to, but in rare cases it might still be useful if you want to look for something very specific and want to get rid of unrelated wallpapers that might show up in your search.

We have also added a new Brightness option to the LED plugin for Razer Chroma and Corsair iCUE so that you can lower the brightness of your LED hardware if you find it a little bit too bright for you.

Other Fixes

This update also fixes a few issues that were reported to us in the last few weeks, including a crash issue introduced with the last update that could occur when running multiple playlists across multiple screens.

You can read the entire changelog below for the full list of addition, improvements and fixes:

Full changelog

Additions / Changes

• Moved approved filter to the top of the filter sidebar.
• Added "My favorites" filter to the top of the filter sidebar in the "Installed" tab.
• Added LED brightness option.
• Extended winter seasonal theme and discover tab recommendations to the end of January.
• Added parallax options to 3D models in 2D scenes.
• Added version info to window title.
• Added "exact match" option to search field when multiple words are typed into the Workshop search.
• Added "Playlist" prefix for playlists in recent list.
• Added automatic scheme coloring for static wallpapers.
• Added ability to log SceneScript debug code into file by setting the log level to "Verbose".
• Added shake/flow map painting brush to paint in a fixed direction.
• Added new design for navigation header in the editor.
• Added links for "audio disabled in display settings" warning text to make it easier to find the unmute button.
• Update Steamworks API to 1.50.

Bug Fixes

• Fixed rare crash when multiple scene wallpapers are in multiple playlists across multiple screens 🤯.
• Fixed mouse event click collision for layers with parallax.
• Fixed recent wallpaper list showing deleted wallpapers.
• Fixed sprite sheet time going beyond next frame duration.
• More workarounds for Monaco code editor freezing the entire application.
• Fixed Steam Workshop error when searching for a single quotation mark.
• Fixed download percentage of pending wallpapers being wrong when subscribing from Steam.
• Removed DirectX 2010 SDK files.
• Fixed HDR bloom when a timeline animation or SceneScript is attached to its properties.

Hotfix 1.4.173 Changelog

• Fixed occasional crashes when static wallpapers are in a playlist.