Collapse Launcher Changelog

What's new in Collapse Launcher 1.80.4 Preview

May 9, 2024

[Fix] Properly fix TimeSpan overflow, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Corruption on Game Migration with >8 CPU threads, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Region loading related crashes, by @gablm
Fixes crash when cancelling
Fixes Instant Region Change not working if the the first region load is cancelled
[New] Coding CDN for Mainland China users, by @shatyuka
[Fix] Exception on high download thread count, by @neon-nyan
[Doc] Deprecate Bitbucket mirror, by @bagusnl
This due to the not so good GC implementation on Bitbucket causing CDN downtime whenever repo size touches 4GB
All users currently using this CDN is advised to change to other CDN option. For Mainland China users you can try Coding or Cloudflare mirror.
[Loc] Localization sync from Transifex, by localizers <3

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.3 Preview (May 8, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.2 Preview (Apr 29, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.1 Preview (Apr 29, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.0 Preview (Apr 12, 2024)

[Imp] UI Adjustments and Use UIElementExtension to create UI elements in-code, by @neon-nyan @shatyuka @gablm:
This improves the code readability and ease of maintenance.
Fixes some buttons not responding to user input.
Fixes incorrect theme and button style on OOBE.
It also contains various UI fixes and improvements that might not be included in the changelog, for those the curious can check the Full Pull Request here. spoiler alert: it contains 100+ commits and 9k+ lines of code changes
[New] Video Background support, by @neon-nyan:
Added support to use videos as background. Currently supported formats are .mp4, .mov, .mkv, .webm, .avi, .gif
This feature relies on Microsoft Media Foundation engine, if you can't use certain videos, you can try to install the dependencies manually here.
[Imp] Improved background image loader and caching mechanism, by @shatyuka & @neon-nyan:
Fixed cache miss errors when loading background images.
Fixed crash when ColorPallette cache is missing/not generated.
Also adjust Collapse window to always use 16:9 ratio.
[New] Instantly Change Region on Selection, by @bagusnl & @neon-nyan:
You can now instantly change game/region by selecting them, removing the need to press "Change" button.
[Fix] Crashes when using URL protocol, by @gablm:
Fix crash when using URL protocol to load a region for the first time.
Fix crash when changing region too fast related to BG dim/undim.
[New] Migrate Collapse metadata using MetadataV3 format, by @neon-nyan:
Removing the need to update Collapse entirely on Honkai: Star Rail updates.
Metadata can be updated on-the-fly (does not require Collapse restart).
Separate all game region metadata so it can be updated individually.
[Fix] Hide Window Border for Windows 10 users, by @shatyuka
[Fix] Instance count not showing the correct number, by @bagusnl @shatyuka @cry0 @neon-nyan
[New] Allow Collapse maintainers to ship a forced update, by @neon-nyan:
This is needed for us to ship an important update whether because of a breaking change(s), or a vulnerability fixes.
[Doc] Added contributors to the list on README.md, by @bagusnl:
You can see all contributors that has helped Collapse in here
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Also read our Third Party Notices for license used by third party libraries that we use.
[Imp] Update .NET to 8.0.4, by @bagusnl

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.8 (Mar 27, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.7 (Mar 21, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.6 (Mar 14, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.5 (Mar 10, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.4 (Mar 1, 2024)

Announcement: Build Signing (Thanks SignPath!, by @neon-nyan, @bagusnl, @Cryotechnic ):
First off, before we announce anything, a massive thank you to SignPath Foundation for providing us with the necessary infrastructure to sign Collapse builds. This is a huge milestone for the team, and we've been working on bringing this for our users for a while.
Now, what does this mean for you, our users? Well, if you already have Collapse installed, nothing, really. It means that any build following 1.73.1 will now contain a valid Application Signature, which validates that we're the ones publishing Collapse. This, in turn, while not fully eliminating it, vastly reduces Windows SmartScreen prompts for our new users.
Please do note that you may still see Windows SmartScreen prompts until Microsoft begins trusting Collapse when running it for the first time.
Improvement: New Out-of-Box Experience (OOBE, by @neon-nyan ):
When first launching Collapse, most users are prompted with a clean, simple and intuitive interface to prepare the launcher for use. However, as time went on, and more features got added, it became increasingly difficult for us to maintain that UI consistency and flow without breaking something further down the setup process. To address this, we've completely revamped the UI experience for this part of the launcher, and will continue to improve the launcher experience for our users.
New Feature: Image Cropper for Custom Background Image:
This is a long requested feature. We've finally added support for cropping images to only have what you want to see, be in the background of all your Collapse-supported games.
While we know that many users wanted per-region images and video support, we couldn't get them ready in time due to the complexity of the tasks and the changes required to our current image processing pipeline. While we make no promises, we hope to be able to ship something to you guys on that end in the not-too-distant future.
New Feature: URL Protocol Support (Thanks @gablm !):
This is a feature that is mostly useful to our tinkerers in the community and allows for launching Collapse using various arguments under the collapse://[argument] moniker.
For example, you might want to have Collapse open in tray, to which the command to do so would be collapse://tray. Note that you can replicate the same behavior to start Collapse in "open mode" (collapse://open).
Users updating from another version must start the launcher at least once prior to using this feature.
New Feature: Command Arguments (Thanks @gablm !):
Expanding upon the previous feature, the command arguments functionality adds the ability to launch Collapse into a specified game and region. Users do not need to close Collapse if it is already running as it will simply redirect the output to the main process for execution.
New Feature: Add to Steam (Thanks @gablm !):
This has been a long requested feature, but you now have the ability to add the game to Steam, albeit with a few limitations. Because it is not technically the Steam version, you won't get access to achievements and your settings will not sync with Steam Cloud. You also won't be able to update the game with Steam, as it is not the native version.
Note that this also allows you to add a Desktop icon!
New Feature: Resizeable Game Window (Thanks @neon-nyan !):
Another new feature coming in 1.73 is the ability to resize the game window to any resolution of your choosing after the game has launched. This feature will only work if the game is set to run in Windowed mode, and does not work in Borderless Windowed or Fullscreen modes.
Another thing to keep in mind is the fact that, upon every subsequent re-launch, the game will attempt to pick the nearest logical aspect ratioin order to prevent graphical issues, unless you have the "Custom Resolution" option enabled as well.
Major Changes:
Migrate to use discord-rpc-sharp for Discord RPC integration (thanks @shatyuka ! ):
This library is based on Lachee's works that is adapted to work better with Collapse
With this, a new new feature has also been implemented to disable RPC during idle state
For Custom Discord Client users, the current arRPC client that is used to get the RPC information for clients such as Vesktop, ArmCord, etc. has a bug pertaining to the update rate of the status, which can in turn cause the Discord status to appear "stuck" and not update. Please wait for the fix to be merged to the main repository. For custom client developers, please refer to this pull request.
Re-Enablement of Move Game Feature:
After being broken for many months, we've finally gotten around to fixing this. You can now move any game to a diffrent folder and Collapse will automagically adjust its settings so that you don't have to locate your game again.
This feature is available under Quick Settings > Game Installation.
Delta Patch Support for Honkai: Star Rail:
Starting in the last stable version of Collapse (1.72.18), we've introduced the ability for users to use the Delta Patch functionality for Honkai: Star Rail.
This feature also shipped in Collapse Preview 1.73.3.
We initially planned to release this earlier, but due to the complexity of the changes required, it took us a little longer to get it ready for our users. This works the same way as patching Honkai Impact 3rd using the Delta Patch feature.
New Community Tools: Enka Network...

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.3 Pre-release (Feb 12, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.18 (Feb 11, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.2 Pre-release (Feb 1, 2024)

[New] Re-added Move Game to Different Location feature by, @neon-nyan
With this feature, you can move your game to different location/folder and automatically adjust Collapse setting into it so you don't have to locate your game again
This has been a long-time broken feature before the complete UI rehaul.
[New] Add to Steam feature, by @gablm
Now you can add shortcut to the game region to Steam straight using Collapse! You can access this feature in the "Quick Settings" menu inside the home page.
You can also add the shortcut to your desktop!
Note that adding the shortcut to steam will add an entry for the region you choose to all Steam user profile that has logged in.
[New] Resizable Game Window, by @neon-nyan
With this feature enabled, you can resize the game window to your liking after the game is launched.
Note that this feature only work if the game is set to run in Windowed mode (does not work on Borderless).
Also the game might launch in weird resolution on the next run due to the in-game logic trying to pick the nearest "logical" ratio unless you're using "Custom Resolution" option.
More details and showcase are available on the GitHub PR Ticket
[New] [Loc] New Ukrainian (uk_UA) localization, by @vitalitk
[Fix] Fixed Discord RPC error when rapidly changing pages, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Fixed "Change Release" and "Force Update" causing wrong branch to be installed, by @gablm
[Fix] Fixed error when repairing fresh installation of Genshin Impact, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Fixed crash when copying exception message, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Fixed Honkai: Star Rail showing A/B test warning on region load, by @Cryotechnic
This message is now only shown when opening HSR Game Settings page
[Fix] Fixed rare crash when LauncherFrame's backStack has no element, by @neon-nyan
[Fix] Fixed crashing issue with SevenZipExtractor submodule, by @neon-nyan
[Imp] Add HTTP/3 support for Windows 11, by @neon-nyan
[Imp] Implement Borderless Settings for Genshin Impact, by @bagusnl
Note: Collapse Borderless settings will have priority over GI's implementation.
[Loc] Localization sync from Transifex, by Localizers <3

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.1 Pre-release (Jan 17, 2024)

[New] Open Collapse straight to specified region using command argument:
Now you can launch Collapse straight to your specified region (optionally also launch the game) directly using command line arguments!
Note: You don't need to close your current Collapse process and it will redirect the command to already running instance! (Assuming you did not enable Multi instance in the settings)
Usage :
CollapseLauncher open [options]
Options:
-g, --game (REQUIRED) Game number/name | e.g. 0 or "Honkai Impact 3rd"
-r, --region Region number/name | e.g. For Genshin Impact, 0 or "Global" would load the Global region for the game
-p, --play Start Game after loading the Game/Region
[New] URL Protocol support:
This is the extension of the command argument feature. With this, you can open Collapse and use either open or tray argument using collapse://[argument] either in Windows Run, Browser, or as an icon.
Usage example collapse://tray to open Collapse straight to tray menu
To use this feature, you have to run Collapse at least once after the update!
These 2 new features is an extension from WIP feature to add the games icon to Steam and Desktop using Collapse! Hopefully this feature will come in near future~
[Imp] Builds now signed by:
Thank you SignPath Foundation for providing us with Authenticode signing for Collapse!
Collapse build are now signed with EV certificate issued by SignPath Foundation. This is our step forward to make user more comfortable using our launcher as you can trust that we only publish the program that you can see all the source code that we made!
Disclaimer: user might still see the Windows SmartScreen warning when they run the app for the first time as it will take time for Microsoft build trust for Collapse.
[Imp] Community Tools for different zone:
Community Tools section is now separated by regions!
Global and Mainland China (including Bilibili) will now have different setlist of available tools to choose. This also fixes the Official Tools link which are different for the CN regions.
[Fix] Fixed Genshin Game Settings causing Collapse to crash:
This usually happens when the config is not found in the registry, either due to a new install or user wiped the configuration manually.
With this, default value is loaded whenever Collapse cannot retrieve the config from registry.
[Imp] Documentations improvements:
We now have our Privacy Policy which you can read here: https://github.com/CollapseLauncher/Collapse/blob/main/PRIVACY.md
We will be fully committed to not collect any data from the user and respect everyone's privacy by using our program. Although currently there is no feasible way to fully avoid that with 3rd party services that we need to use to make Collapse work. All of those are listed there and users are encouraged to read it!
[Imp] Backends chores:
NuGet and submodule updates

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.0 Pre-release (Jan 11, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.15 (Jan 10, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.14 (Dec 31, 2023)

What's New:
New Feature:
Keyboard Shortcuts (Thanks @gablm !):
This is something we've wanted to include for about 3 releases now, but were never able to due to issues encountered in
the styling and implementation phase of this feature. We're glad to say that, after many months in testing, we're confident
that this feature is ready for prime time for you guys!
In its current iteration, this feature is enabled by default. If you would like to disable it, simply head over to the
App Settings page and toggle the "Keyboard Shorcuts" to "Disabled". No restart is required.
You can also access this menu by using the default key combination of "CTRL + Tab".
You can also rebind most of the keys, and swap modifiers should you want.
New Addition:
Bilibili Region:
Shipping with Collapse 1.72.14 is the inclusion of a brand new region for miHoYo / Cognosphere games: China Bilibili.
Thank you to everyone involved in the integration of the SDK and for our community for providing us with the access to add region support!
Starting from this release, the Bilibili region will exit "Preview" and will be considered stable for general use.
We introduced this change as part of the feedback we've gotten from you guys. Please keep sharing your thoughts regarding this and future features, as it helps us improve the experience for all Collapse users!
New Addition:
Full Repair for Honkai: Star Rail:
Honkai: Star Rail finally gets full repair support across most regions! This feature works exactly as for all the other regions.
Please let us know if something doesn't feel right or needs to be changed!
New Feature:
System Tray:
Collapse can now be minimized to tray when launching a game. Collapse also has the capability to start minimized to your
system tray when first booting it up. More screen real estate!
New Feature:
Launch on Boot:
Alongside the tray improvements, Collapse can also start itself automatically when you first boot up your computer. By
default, we've disabled the feature, but you can toggle it on by simply going to your App Settings page and enabling
"Automatically start Collapse when your computer boots up".
Major Changes:
Add support for HDR for Genshin Impact
The Game Settings page now properly supports HDR screens and will display the correct calibration images. Please note that
your monitor must support HDR to enable the feature in Genshin Impact.
New Community Tools - Honkai: Star Rail: KQM:
KQM now has guides for Honkai: Star Rail, so we've decided to include them in our launcher, with their blessing. Thanks!
New Localization: Thai & French (Thanks @KinoDev, @armzyaec1234 @Hasukay, @zeide, @Cryotechnic):
New locales always help in making Collapse accessible to more people. Thanks everyone for their numerous contributions!
Note: Full French language support is coming in the next minor build of Collapse.
Metered Connection Mode:
Collapse is now metered connection-aware. This means that if you are on a limited bandwidth, Collapse will ask you if you
would like to proceed before checking updates for Collapse and Game updates.
Minor changes:
Normally we would list all the minor changes here, but due to the amount of commits, we've decided against it for this release.

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.14 Preview (Dec 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.12 Preview (Dec 24, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.11 Preview (Dec 18, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.10 Preview (Dec 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.9 Preview (Dec 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.8 Preview (Nov 29, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.7 Preview (Nov 28, 2023)

Upgrade to .NET 8.0, which hit General Availability on November 14th 2023
Remove unused define in Hi3Helper.Core
Begin applying Mica to window
Adjust workflow and publish to use net 8
Update Drawing.Common package to use net8
Update Windows SDK to version 22621
Add RuntimeIdentifier
Update Json nuget to 8.0.0
Adjust Trimmer
Remove unused Style Setter
Change Mica to DesktopAcrylic
Dump graphicsData and globalPerfData separately
Add "never show again" to HI3 MediaPack check
Adjust EncTool submodule changes
Make JSONSerializerHelper trimming friendly
Adjust SharpHDiffPatch submodule changes
Remove all ILTrim enforcer for dependencies
Rebase FileDialogNative
Dispose _logStream while disposing LoggerBase
Use Dialog for Unhandled Exception/Error
Load Genshin graphics settings from globalPerfData (thanks @shatyuka !)
Promote and update .NET dependencies
Run callbacks on Dispose for DiscordRPC
Improvements on Game Repair and Install detection
Adding early Delta Patch implementation for Honkai: Star Rail
Fixed Delta Patch doesn't always get detected
Adding Generic Game Files repair for Honkai: Star Rail
Use JsonStringEnumConverter<T> for enum <-> string convert
Use .NET 8 COM Wrappers for FileDialogNative
Use .NET 8 COM Wrappers for SevenZipExtractor
Rearrange MainPage.cs
Partially update to .NET8 CommunityToolkit
DataGrid & its primitives are not updated
ImageEx & LinkClickedEventArgs are not updated
Change CsWinRT provider
Force Color to use Windows.UI refs
Fix duplicate MaxItemsWrapGrid
Remove unused XAML ref
Apply VS Code Analysis
Update GeneralData Props for 4.2.0
Add Constant to Bypass GSP Game Running Check
Fix random crash while navigating back to HomePage
Fix Carousel restarting on LoPrio after Hover
Replace ImageEx package from WinUI.UI.Control
Fix exception on published package
Fix PropertyPath went missing on Popup type
Submodule migration and Coderef cleanup
Shrink ArrayPool size to 1 MB and use MemoryStream from 0
Use buffering on cover enumeration if size is allowed
Fix Compile Error on InstallManagerBase
Use VarInt as direct methods rather than extension
Fix DiscordRPC persistence issue when switching games
Move GenshinHDREnforcer before process starts
Add setting to control app behavior on game launch
Disable QuickJit Compilation
Move reference of SevenZipExtractor from Core to App
Initial implementation for "game patch through launcher" detection
Cache HomePage and SettingsPage navigation
Fix transparent background while back to:
AppSettings
HomePage
Fix crash while navigating through cached HomePage
Fix HSR Delta-patching not working on moving files
Rearrange LauncherConfig.cs
Bring source generated CoCreateInstance into App project
Remove redundant methods in FileDialogNative
Change Task<T> to ValueTask<T> on FileDialogNative
Remove unnecessary SystemBackdrop define
Make TrayIcon methods usable publicly
Add "Minimize to Tray" option
Add action details to TrayIcon popup
Allow minimizing Collapse window from Taskbar (thanks @shatyuka)
Always update TrayIcon's context menu (thanks @shatyuka)
Synced translations from Transifex
Disable trimming on PInvoke class
(wysi)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.166 Preview (Nov 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.6 Preview (Nov 15, 2023)

Upgrade to .NET 8.0, which hit General Availability on November 14th 2023.
Remove unused define in Hi3Helper.Core
Begin applying Mica to window
Adjust workflow and publish to use net 8
Update Drawing.Common package to use net8
Update Windows SDK to version 22621
Add RuntimeIdentifier
Update Json nuget to 8.0.0
Adjust Trimmer
Remove unused Style Setter
Change Mica to DesktopAcrylic
Dump graphicsData and globalPerfData separately
Add "never show again" to HI3 MediaPack check
Adjust EncTool submodule changes
Make JSONSerializerHelper trimming friendly
Adjust SharpHDiffPatch submodule changes
Remove all ILTrim enforcer for dependencies
Rebase FileDialogNative
Dispose _logStream while disposing LoggerBase
Use Dialog for Unhandled Exception/Error
Load Genshin graphics settings from globalPerfData (thanks @shatyuka !)
Promote and update .NET dependencies
Run callbacks on Dispose for DiscordRPC
Improvements on Game Repair and Install detection
Adding early Delta Patch implementation for Honkai: Star Rail
Fixed Delta Patch doesn't always get detected
Adding Generic Game Files repair for Honkai: Star Rail
Use JsonStringEnumConverter<T> for enum <-> string convert
Use .NET 8 COM Wrappers for FileDialogNative
Use .NET 8 COM Wrappers for SevenZipExtractor
Rearrange MainPage.cs
Partially update to .NET8 CommunityToolkit:
DataGrid & its primitives are not updated
ImageEx & LinkClickedEventArgs are not updated
Change CsWinRT provider
Force Color to use Windows.UI refs
Fix duplicate MaxItemsWrapGrid
Remove unused XAML ref
Apply VS Code Analysis
Update GeneralData Props for 4.2.0
Add Constant to Bypass GSP Game Running Check
Fix random crash while navigating back to HomePage
Fix Carousel restarting on LoPrio after Hover
Replace ImageEx package from WinUI.UI.Control
Fix exception on published package
Fix PropertyPath went missing on Popup type
Submodule migration and Coderef cleanup
Shrink ArrayPool size to 1 MB and use MemoryStream from 0
Use buffering on cover enumeration if size is allowed
Fix Compile Error on InstallManagerBase
Use VarInt as direct methods rather than extension

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.5 Preview (Oct 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.15 (Oct 15, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.4 Preview (Oct 10, 2023)

Add optimization for DevDrive
Use transitive copy for MSBuild to speed up build when using CoW file system like ReFS
Add git commit description on console
ArgumentParser fixes
Fix unexpected early end bracket
Cleanup unnecessary string statements
Fix some arguments migrations misses
Update nuget lock file
[VULN] Update Http and Regex NuGet
Early implementation for Taskbar
Make Taskbar toggle text change on condition
Add argument to start Collapse in tray
Add console hiding method (thanks @muscularcandy67)
Initialize locales properly
Add function to show Collapse windows to foreground
Add double click function to toggle both visibility
Handle toggle string with StartonTray AppMode
Use locales for TrayIcon
Update Package References
Delete unused CsWinRT
Include packages to TrimmableAssembly
Eliminate Flipflop Situation for ToggleAllVisibility
TrayIcon.xaml.cs Cleanup
Add code documentation
Remove unused lastConsoleStatus
Adjust locales statics
Also hide console when StartOnTray
Fix main window not being brought up when it is minimized
Make consoleWindowHandle not static
On ToggleConsoleVisibility, always check for EnableConsole before method is run
Adjust console output
Update packages lock file
Disable single file publishing
Move text handler outside if bracket
NICE workaround for console not showing up to foreground
Remove unused directive & typo fixes
Added VersionIndicator to Tray
Added commit information to Settings page
Fixed version string not being correct in debug
Updated copyright holders
Fix indentation in CollapseLauncher.csproj
Add Bilibili (Mainland China) region support for GI & HSR
Add SDK Resource Key handling
Fix SDK resource handling exception
Initialize default INI for Bilibili
Add adjustments for Bilibili client
Update SharpHDiffPatch submodule
Handle the Bilibili SDK download
Adding support for repairing mechanism on Bilibili clients
Show SDK loading progress while buffering to memory
Metered network detection
Improve notMetered clause in StartCheckUpdate
State both Unrestricted and Unknown as notMetered
Skip the entire check sequence entirely instead of partially
Prevent NullReferenceException by providing fallback value
Flip Metered boolean state
Implement SimpleDialog for Force Updating in Metered Connection state
Keyboard shortcuts support

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.13 (Oct 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.12 (Sep 26, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.11 (Sep 24, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.0 Preview (Sep 20, 2023)

Fixed automatic updating running twice
Fixed Primary assets not getting recognized
Change ProgressBase's Progress and Status to class
Lock changes in ProgressBase', _progress and _status
Check before emptying AssetEntry
Fixed Manifest reading for v6.9 (nice) update (Related to Audio File's Game Repair issue)
Avoid crash while dispose called twice in RegistryMonitor
Fixed a rare bug where preload progress does not resume pause
Apply partial changes from main branch, which includes some minor bugfixes
Only load GeneralData when GameSettings is loaded
Use UnsafeRelaxedJsonEscaping in HSR's registry handler
Make XAML exception show outside of debug
Attach XAML Parser Fail Events
Refine home page link & bg (thanks @shatyuka)
DataGrid Style Adjustment
New Dialog Style using ContentDialogCollapse
FlipView Style Adjustment
Notification Toggle Button Adjustment
Fixed Honkai: Star Rail background activity showing a wrong icon (oops)
Making Background Image loading fully asynchronous
Caching BG Image palette generation
Fixed stock image not reloaded after performing "Clear All Images"
Switch primary palette color when using dark mode
Make XAML exception show outside of debug
Fixed improper window size scale
New Localization: Thai (thanks to @KinoDev and @armzyaec1234) & various localization updates
Increase FallbackCDNUtil timeout to 1 minute
Bring metadata update log to release
Change metadata update delay to 2 seconds
Clean up some logic related to DEBUG build detection
Stops auto update on metadata update
Added Japanese localization for README
Check before emptying AssetEntry
Use InvariantGlobalization instead of separate Resource Language
Adding HTTPS to HTTP override on Game Repair
Add links to social media popup panel (thanks @shatyuka)
Disable the change game button when we make no changes (thanks @shatyuka)
Fix shadow and animation of social button
Fix deserialization error which occured while preparing game region conversion
Added HDR settings to Genshin Game Settings panel (thanks @MapleHinata)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.10 (Sep 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.9 (Sep 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.8 (Aug 23, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.5 Preview (Aug 6, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.14 (Aug 5, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.13 (Aug 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.3 Preview (Jul 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.12 (Jul 19, 2023)

Several bugfixes for installation management & update extraction functions
Hot fix for ApplyUpdate since Bitbucket mirror no longer works
Added Cloudflare R2 as a temporary alternative to Bitbucket mirror
Temporarily removed Bitbucket as a repository mirror
New Feature: Game Settings for Honkai: Star Rail:
As with Honkai Impact 3rd, you can now adjust some game settings within Collapse, including Graphics Settings, setting a custom FPS (up to 120 FPS) value, and tweaking various audio settings. Keep in mind that this feature is still experimental and it might break the Game Settings menu in-game.
New Feature: Community Tools:
After many requests from our community as well as interally, we are finally pleased to announce the implementation of a dedicated button for Community Tools. This allows the user to directly interact with those tools without having to leave Collapse, through the WebView2 library, courtesy of Microsoft. While we currently do not support user modification of those tools, should there be enough demand for it, we may choose to implement it in the future. Let us know by providing feedback through the official Collapse support channels.
New Feature: Playtime Tracking (Thanks @gablm !):
Another requested feature is the ability to track playtime. While Collapse will not be able to track the amount of time played prior to this update, rest assured that you can modify the time you have played in the game. Currently, the time played does not display in your Discord status.
New Feature: Discord RPC Integration:
If you've somehow been stalking us, you may have seen Collapse show up as a supported game on Discord. We've been experimenting with the Discord SDK for quite a while now, but didn't want to add yet another feature to the 1.69.X release lifecycle, so we moved it to 1.70.0! You may have also noticed this feature being prominently displayed in the App Settings page, but it didn't work because we haven't enabled the feature yet, so here it is, in all its glory!
This feature comes toggled "Off" by default, but can be enabled by going into the App Settings and toggling "Show Discord Presence". An app restart is not required, but you may need to go back to the Launcher page for Discord to register Collapse properly.
New Feature: Notification panel:
Collapse will now show you all your notifications in a dedicated panel to de-clutter the interface. This also has the added benefit that we can push more notifications at a given time if needed.
Major Changes:
Faster background image loading by optimizing ColorThief submodule (Thanks @Scighost !):
We are optimizing the way ColorThief generates the color palettes for Collapse. Please keep in mind that this changes may causes some issues if you're trying to load an image the supported bit-depth (24bppRGB, 32bppRGB, 32bppRGBA).
Ability to disable warnings while changing game region 2a13a68 !
New Locales: Japanese, Deutsch and Traditional Chinese. Thank you to all our contributors on Crowdin! A reminder that, if possible, please make sure to test your changes in the launcher BEFORE making the official contributions on Crowdin, as this saves us time when a string is too long/too short. Thanks again!
Numerous fixes for new Honkai Impact 3rd 6.7 Dispatcher Key format: This will allow us to continue to support Honkai Impact 3rd on Collapse!
Internal adjustments to support new Genshin Impact download format: Previously, Genshin Impact would download bigger archives and we would take care of splitting the files into smaller chunks for easier merging and tracking. In preparation for version 4.0, it seems that the developer is splitting the game distribution into smaller archive bundles. This is now taken into account when downloading & updating Genshin Impact.
Fixing Genshin Impact & Honkai: Star Rail dispatcher code to support developer changes.
Minor changes:
[Launcher - Backend] Add Tiered Compilation Parameters e4ce8f7 !
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai Impact 3rd] Fixed the Game Repair crashes while reading CGMetadata 453aa12!
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai Impact 3rd / Honkai: Star Rail] Fixes some installation issues due to new code rewrite.
[Launcher - UI] Fixed update window still showing 4-ver sematic format 868bcbb!
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the launcher failed to detect delta-patch on pre-load 0ae3add!
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai: Star Rail] Fixed Video Metadata got incorrect URL 8e264cf !
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the launcher to crash during pre-load verification 62d6aa4!
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the game not outputting any logs while "Show Console" is disabled 30dbac1 !

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.2 Preview (Jul 5, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.1 Preview (Jul 2, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.0 Preview (Jun 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.10 (Jun 25, 2023)

New Features:
Game Settings for Honkai: Star Rail
As with Honkai Impact 3rd, you can now adjust some game settings within Collapse, including Graphics Settings, setting a custom FPS (up to 120 FPS) value, and tweaking various audio settings. Keep in mind that this feature is still experimental and it might break the Game Settings menu in-game.
Community Tools:
After many requests from our community as well as interally, we are finally pleased to announce the implementation of a dedicated button for Community Tools. This allows the user to directly interact with those tools without having to leave Collapse, through the WebView2 library, courtesy of Microsoft. While we currently do not support user modification of those tools, should there be enough demand for it, we may choose to implement it in the future. Let us know by providing feedback through the official Collapse support channels.
Playtime Tracking:
Another requested feature is the ability to track playtime. While Collapse will not be able to track the amount of time played prior to this update, rest assured that you can modify the time you have played in the game. Currently, the time played does not display in your Discord status.
Discord RPC Integration:
If you've somehow been stalking us, you may have seen Collapse show up as a supported game on Discord. We've been experimenting with the Discord SDK for quite a while now, but didn't want to add yet another feature to the 1.69.X release lifecycle, so we moved it to 1.70.0! You may have also noticed this feature being prominently displayed in the App Settings page, but it didn't work because we haven't enabled the feature yet, so here it is, in all its glory!
This feature comes toggled "Off" by default, but can be enabled by going into the App Settings and toggling "Show Discord Presence". An app restart is not required, but you may need to go back to the Launcher page for Discord to register Collapse properly.
Announcement:
Official Collapse Launcher Discord Server:
We are pleased to finally announce, after many months of deliberation, that the Collapse Launcher Discord server is now open to the public! Everyone is welcome to join and hang out! This server will serve as the go-to place if you have any questions, ideas, or if you just want to chat about anything regarding the launcher, any currently published miHoYo games or, you know, how your day went!
Notification panel:
Collapse will now show you all your notifications in a dedicated panel to de-clutter the interface. This also has the added benefit that we can push more notifications at a given time if needed.
Major Changes:
Faster background image loading by optimizing ColorThief submodule
We are optimizing the way ColorThief generates the color palettes for Collapse. Please keep in mind that this changes may causes some issues if you're trying to load an image the supported bit-depth
Ability to disable warnings while changing game region
New Locales: Japanese, Deutsch, Thaiwanese, Traditional Chinese. Thank you to all our contributors on Crowdin! A reminder that, if possible, please make sure to test your changes in the launcher BEFORE making the official contributions on Crowdin, as this saves us time when a string is too long/too short. Thanks again!
Numerous fixes for new Honkai Impact 3rd 6.7 Dispatcher Key format: This will allow us to continue to support Honkai Impact 3rd on Collapse!
Internal adjustments to support new Genshin Impact download format: Previously, Genshin Impact would download bigger archives and we would take care of splitting the files into smaller chunks for easier merging and tracking. In preparation for version 4.0, it seems that the developer is splitting the game distribution into smaller archive bundles. This is now taken into account when downloading & updating Genshin Impact.
Fixing Genshin Impact & Honkai: Star Rail dispatcher code to support developer changes.
Minor changes:
[Launcher - Backend] Add Tiered Compilation Parameters
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai Impact 3rd] Fixed the Game Repair crashes while reading CGMetadata
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai Impact 3rd / Honkai: Star Rail] Fixes some installation issues due to new code rewrite.
[Launcher - UI] Fixed update window still showing 4-ver sematic format
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the launcher failed to detect delta-patch on pre-load
[Launcher - Backend / Honkai: Star Rail] Fixed Video Metadata got incorrect URL
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the launcher to crash during pre-load verification 62d6aa4!
[Launcher - Backend] Fixed the game not outputting any logs while "Show Console" is disabled

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.23 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.8 Preview (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.6 Preview (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.20 (May 28, 2023)

1.69.20: Version Kiana:
We can't believe it's been over 2 years since this project was first launched. A big thank you to all our developers and users for continuing to work and use this application. We hope you're having as much fun using it as we did making it!
It's been a while since the last major release of Collapse (almost 4 months ago ^.^). We wanted to make sure we get this release right, as its name coincides with one in a game we (hopefully) all hold dear in our hearts. Honkai Impact 3rd was a turning point for a lot of us from the Collapse development team, and so we wanted to take the time to make this version extra special to commemorate its launch. That being said, please take note that we are all volunteers working on this project. This means that Collapse can receive slower, maintenance updates for an extended period of time should we have more pressing matters to attend to in the real world.
This release changelog is going to be structured a bit differently than the other ones (someone else is writing it, teehee). Without further ado, buckle up, because this is biiiiiiiig update o/
What's New?
Change in Versioning Scheme (again):
Starting with Codename: Version Kiana, Collapse is officially switching from a 4 number denomination to 3 number denomination. This is a breaking change for the end user, but ensures that we adhere to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer for short) versioning scheme, so we felt it was in our best interest to transition to this version scheme. To boil it down, this means the following:
Instead of having a version number of, for example, 1.0.64.0, the new version format will now be 1.64.0. Previous versions are not subject to the versioning scheme. The explanation below will use the aformentioned example.
1 is the MAJOR version number. Unless otherwise stated, this number should never change (unless we make a drastic overhaul to the launcher, such as a full application rewrite)
64 is the MINOR version number. This is the number that gets incremented whenever we release new features
0 is the PATCH version number. This is incremented whenever we make bug fixes on the current release lifecycle.
It's important to note that you will no longer be able to downgrade to a version prior 1.69.0 once you apply this update due to a backend code update to accommodate for this change. While we will do our best to offer help should you encounter any issues to versions prior to 1.69.0, support is not guaranteed, so if you choose to stay on the old version, proceed at your own risk.
This change will allow us to more easily determine version numbers when we release them to you. Thanks for understanding! ??
New Feature: Improved New User Experience:
Shipping with Collapse 1.69.0 is a new setup experience that streamlines the setup process, while also introducing some new features!
New Feature: Window Resizing:
Yet another requested feature that is now available in Collapse 1.69.0. This allows the user to make the launcher window smaller, which means that Collapse now also supports 4:3 monitors! Yay!
New Feature: Release Channel Switching:
As the title says, this enables the user to directly switch from the Stable, battle-tested version of Collapse to a more experimental branch of Collapse, which is updated more frequently but can contain more breaking changes.
Should you consider switching to the experimental branch ("Dev"), please make sure to report any bugs that you may encounter by creating an issue over on GitHub (https://github.com/neon-nyan/Collapse/issues). Thanks for helping us make Collapse a better launcher!
New Feature: Admin Restart Prompt:
Starting with Collapse 1.69.0 (originally introduced in Collapse 1.0.64.0-preview), the launcher will prompt you for privilege escalation if you are running it as an unauthorized (without administrator permissions) user. To make it clear: Collapse has always asked you for these privileges and will continue to do so for the foreseeable, because of some Win32 API calls we've made, as well as to read data from the registry, installing games and customising the launcher experience.
Should you choose to ignore this, Collapse will terminate itself and require you to run it as an administrator. By integrating it into the launcher itself, we hope to make it more user friendly for people that just want to use this as a better alternative to the default launcher.
New Game – Honkai: Star Rail, coming April 26th!:
This game needs no introduction, but we all knew it was coming. Honkai: Star Rail is officially launching on April 26th 2023. We're super excited to play it, and hopefully, so are you! Collapse will support the preloading (on April 23rd 2023) and installation of Honkai: Star Rail, assuming everything works as expected. As stated before, you will not be able to access Honkai: Star Rail in Collapse before April 23rd due to a backend configuration update that we will manually push out once we complete our preparations for supporting the game. The launcher will automatically apply the latest configuration update once it is pushed out, so you don't need to do anything on your end!
See you aboard the Astral Express, Trailblazer!
New Feature: Running Multiple Instances of Collapse:
Previously, users were not able to run multiple Collapse processes without running into issues. This has now been resolved! This is a feature that was necessary to implement while we work on implementing background installation for new games and/or updating existing ones. While we understand that the aformentioned feature is highly requested, the implementation for it has proven to be quite a challenge and will require more time to fine-tune before it is made available for the general public. We appreciate your patience and can't wait to show you it in action once it's ready!
To allow Collapse to spawn multiple instances, you must first enable that option in the launcher settings.
QoL Improvement: Smaller Installation Size:
Yup, you heard it right! Collapse is shrinking in size soon, and this updates serves as an intermediary step to achieve that goal. The first part of this update will focus on the update mechanism that powers Collapse. While it was good and served us well, it was quite bandwidth hungry and had no way of only downloading the patched files. This changes with our new updater, which uses Squirrel, an extensive framework for managing and distributing our application in the best possible manner, while keeping the update size minimal.
The current update process works by querying a repository and fetching all the files contained therein. Squirrel solves that by generating delta files that are read when checking for updates and applies only the difference between the current file and the updated file, thus saving ~80% of the bandwidth required by the older updater. This also has the added benefit of saving us...

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.19 (May 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.4 Preview (May 18, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.3 Preview (May 17, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.2 Preview (May 17, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.16 (May 16, 2023)

What's New:
Starting with Codename: Version Kiana, Collapse is officially switching from a 4 number denomination to 3 number denomination. This is a breaking change for the end user, but ensures that we adhere to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer for short) versioning scheme, so we felt it was in our best interest to transition to this version scheme. To boil it down, this means the following:
Instead of having a version number of, for example, 1.0.64.0, the new version format will now be 1.64.0. Previous versions are not subject to the versioning scheme. The explanation below will use the aformentioned example.
1 is the MAJOR version number. Unless otherwise stated, this number should never change (unless we make a drastic overhaul to the launcher, such as a full application rewrite)
64 is the MINOR version number. This is the number that gets incremented whenever we release new features
0 is the PATCH version number. This is incremented whenever we make bug fixes on the current release lifecycle.
New Feature: Improved New User Experience
Shipping with Collapse 1.69.0 is a new setup experience that streamlines the setup process, while also introducing some new features!
New Feature: Window Resizing
Yet another requested feature that is now available in Collapse 1.69.0. This allows the user to make the launcher window smaller, which means that Collapse now also supports 4:3 monitors! Yay!
New Feature: Release Channel Switching
As the title says, this enables the user to directly switch from the Stable, battle-tested version of Collapse to a more experimental branch of Collapse, which is updated more frequently but can contain more breaking changes.
Should you consider switching to the experimental branch ("Dev"), please make sure to report any bugs that you may encounter by creating an issue over on GitHub (https://github.com/neon-nyan/Collapse/issues). Thanks for helping us make Collapse a better launcher!
New Feature: Admin Restart Prompt
Starting with Collapse 1.69.0 (originally introduced in Collapse 1.0.64.0-preview), the launcher will prompt you for privilege escalation if you are running it as an unauthorized (without administrator permissions) user. To make it clear: Collapse has always asked you for these privileges and will continue to do so for the foreseeable, because of some Win32 API calls we've made, as well as to read data from the registry, installing games and customising the launcher experience.
The prompt looks like so:
1._Admin_Restart_Prompt.mp4
Should you choose to ignore this, Collapse will terminate itself and require you to run it as an administrator. By integrating it into the launcher itself, we hope to make it more user friendly for people that just want to use this as a better alternative to the default launcher.
New Game – Honkai: Star Rail, coming April 26th!
This game needs no introduction, but we all knew it was coming. Honkai: Star Rail is officially launching on April 26th 2023. We're super excited to play it, and hopefully, so are you! Collapse will support the preloading (on April 23rd 2023) and installation of Honkai: Star Rail, assuming everything works as expected. As stated before, you will not be able to access Honkai: Star Rail in Collapse before April 23rd due to a backend configuration update that we will manually push out once we complete our preparations for supporting the game. The launcher will automatically apply the latest configuration update once it is pushed out, so you don't need to do anything on your end!
New Feature: Running Multiple Instances of Collapse
CollapseMultipleInstance.mp4
Previously, users were not able to run multiple Collapse processes without running into issues. This has now been resolved! This is a feature that was necessary to implement while we work on implementing background installation for new games and/or updating existing ones. While we understand that the aformentioned feature is highly requested, the implementation for it has proven to be quite a challenge and will require more time to fine-tune before it is made available for the general public. We appreciate your patience and can't wait to show you it in action once it's ready!
To allow Collapse to spawn multiple instances, you must first enable that option in the launcher settings.
QoL Improvement: Smaller Installation Size
Yup, you heard it right! Collapse is shrinking in size soon, and this updates serves as an intermediary step to achieve that goal. The first part of this update will focus on the update mechanism that powers Collapse. While it was good and served us well, it was quite bandwidth hungry and had no way of only downloading the patched files. This changes with our new updater, which uses Squirrel, an extensive framework for managing and distributing our application in the best possible manner, while keeping the update size minimal.
The current update process works by querying a repository and fetching all the files contained therein. Squirrel solves that by generating delta files that are read when checking for updates and applies only the difference between the current file and the updated file, thus saving ~80% of the bandwidth required by the older updater. This also has the added benefit of saving us a lot of development time due to its easy-to-use tools to generate those files.
On a more serious note though, due to how it is designed, ...

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.1 Preview 1 (May 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.15 (May 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.14 (Apr 23, 2023)

What's New:
Starting with Codename: Version Kiana, Collapse is officially switching from a 4 number denomination to 3 number denomination. This is a breaking change for the end user, but ensures that we adhere to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer for short) versioning scheme, so we felt it was in our best interest to transition to this version scheme. To boil it down, this means the following:
Instead of having a version number of, for example, 1.0.64.0, the new version format will now be 1.64.0. Previous versions are not subject to the versioning scheme. The explanation below will use the aformentioned example.
1 is the MAJOR version number. Unless otherwise stated, this number should never change (unless we make a drastic overhaul to the launcher, such as a full application rewrite)
64 is the MINOR version number. This is the number that gets incremented whenever we release new features
0 is the PATCH version number. This is incremented whenever we make bug fixes on the current release lifecycle.
It's important to note that you will no longer be able to downgrade to a version prior 1.69.0 once you apply this update due to a backend code update to accommodate for this change. While we will do our best to offer help should you encounter any issues to versions prior to 1.69.0, support is not guaranteed, so if you choose to stay on the old version, proceed at your own risk.
New Feature: Improved New User Experience:
Shipping with Collapse 1.69.0 is a new setup experience that streamlines the setup process, while also introducing some new features!
And here's more UI tweaks!
New Feature: Window Resizing:
Yet another requested feature that is now available in Collapse 1.69.0. This allows the user to make the launcher window smaller, which means that Collapse now also supports 4:3 monitors! Yay!
New Feature: Release Channel Switching:
As the title says, this enables the user to directly switch from the Stable, battle-tested version of Collapse to a more experimental branch of Collapse, which is updated more frequently but can contain more breaking changes.
Should you consider switching to the experimental branch ("Dev"), please make sure to report any bugs that you may encounter by creating an issue over on GitHub (https://github.com/neon-nyan/Collapse/issues). Thanks for helping us make Collapse a better launcher!
New Feature: Admin Restart Prompt:
Starting with Collapse 1.69.0 (originally introduced in Collapse 1.0.64.0-preview), the launcher will prompt you for privilege escalation if you are running it as an unauthorized (without administrator permissions) user. To make it clear: Collapse has always asked you for these privileges and will continue to do so for the foreseeable, because of some Win32 API calls we've made, as well as to read data from the registry, installing games and customising the launcher experience.
The prompt looks like so:
1._Admin_Restart_Prompt.mp4
Should you choose to ignore this, Collapse will terminate itself and require you to run it as an administrator. By integrating it into the launcher itself, we hope to make it more user friendly for people that just want to use this as a better alternative to the default launcher.
New Game – Honkai: Star Rail, coming April 26th!:
This game needs no introduction, but we all knew it was coming. Honkai: Star Rail is officially launching on April 26th 2023. We're super excited to play it, and hopefully, so are you! Collapse will support the preloading (on April 23rd 2023) and installation of Honkai: Star Rail, assuming everything works as expected. As stated before, you will not be able to access Honkai: Star Rail in Collapse before April 23rd due to a backend configuration update that we will manually push out once we complete our preparations for supporting the game. The launcher will automatically apply the latest configuration update once it is pushed out, so you don't need to do anything on your end!
New Feature: Running Multiple Instances of Collapse:
Previously, users were not able to run multiple Collapse processes without running into issues. This has now been resolved! This is a feature that was necessary to implement while we work on implementing background installation for new games and/or updating existing ones. While we understand that the aformentioned feature is highly requested, the implementation for it has proven to be quite a challenge and will require more time to fine-tune before it is made available for the general public. We appreciate your patience and can't wait to show you it in action once it's ready!
QoL Improvement: Smaller Installation Size:
Yup, you heard it right! Collapse is shrinking in size soon, and this updates serves as an intermediary step to achieve that goal. The first part of this update will focus on the update mechanism that powers Collapse. While it was good and served us well, it was quite bandwidth hungry and had no way of only downloading the patched files. This changes with our new updater, which uses Squirrel, an extensive framework for managing and distributing our application in the best possible manner, while keeping the update size minimal.
The current update process works by querying a repository and fetching all the files contained therein. Squirrel solves that by generating delta files that are read when checking for updates and applies only the difference between the current file and the updated file, thus saving ~80% of the bandwidth required by the older updater. This also has the added benefit of saving us a lot of development time due to its easy-to-use tools to generate those files.

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.12 (Apr 20, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.11 (Apr 19, 2023)

We can't believe it's been over 2 years since this project was first launched. A big thank you to all our developers and users for continuing to work and use this application. We hope you're having as much fun using it as we did making it!
It's been a while since the last major release of Collapse (almost 4 months ago ^.^). We wanted to make sure we get this release right, as its name coincides with one in a game we (hopefully) all hold dear in our hearts. Honkai Impact 3rd was a turning point for a lot of us from the Collapse development team, and so we wanted to take the time to make this version extra special to commemorate its launch. That being said, please take note that we are all volunteers working on this project. This means that Collapse can receive slower, maintenance updates for an extended period of time should we have more pressing matters to attend to in the real world.
This release changelog is going to be structured a bit differently than the other ones (someone else is writing it, teehee). Without further ado, buckle up, because this is biiiiiiiig update o/
What's New:
Change in Versioning Scheme :
Starting with Codename: Version Kiana, Collapse is officially switching from a 4 number denomination to 3 number denomination. This is a breaking change for the end user, but ensures that we adhere to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer for short) versioning scheme, so we felt it was in our best interest to transition to this version scheme. To boil it down, this means the following:
Instead of having a version number of, for example, 1.0.64.0, the new version format will now be 1.64.0. Previous versions are not subject to the versioning scheme. The explanation below will use the aformentioned example.
1 is the MAJOR version number. Unless otherwise stated, this number should never change (unless we make a drastic overhaul to the launcher, such as a full application rewrite)
64 is the MINOR version number. This is the number that gets incremented whenever we release new features
0 is the PATCH version number. This is incremented whenever we make bug fixes on the current release lifecycle.
It's important to note that you will no longer be able to downgrade to a version prior 1.69.0 once you apply this update due to a backend code update to accommodate for this change. While we will do our best to offer help should you encounter any issues to versions prior to 1.69.0, support is not guaranteed, so if you choose to stay on the old version, proceed at your own risk.
This change will allow us to more easily determine version numbers when we release them to you. Thanks for understanding! ❤️
New Feature: Improved New User Experience:
Shipping with Collapse 1.69.0 is a new setup experience that streamlines the setup process, while also introducing some new features!
New Feature: Window Resizing:
Yet another requested feature that is now available in Collapse 1.69.0. This allows the user to make the launcher window smaller, which means that Collapse now also supports 4:3 monitors! Yay!
New Feature: Release Channel Switching:
As the title says, this enables the user to directly switch from the Stable, battle-tested version of Collapse to a more experimental branch of Collapse, which is updated more frequently but can contain more breaking changes.
Should you consider switching to the experimental branch ("Dev"), please make sure to report any bugs that you may encounter by creating an issue over on GitHub (https://github.com/neon-nyan/Collapse/issues). Thanks for helping us make Collapse a better launcher!
New Feature: Admin Restart Prompt:
Starting with Collapse 1.69.0 (originally introduced in Collapse 1.0.64.0-preview), the launcher will prompt you for privilege escalation if you are running it as an unauthorized (without administrator permissions) user. To make it clear: Collapse has always asked you for these privileges and will continue to do so for the foreseeable, because of some Win32 API calls we've made, as well as to read data from the registry, installing games and customising the launcher experience.
The prompt looks like so:
Should you choose to ignore this, Collapse will terminate itself and require you to run it as an administrator. By integrating it into the launcher itself, we hope to make it more user friendly for people that just want to use this as a better alternative to the default launcher.
New Game – Honkai: Star Rail, coming April 26th!:
This game needs no introduction, but we all knew it was coming. Honkai: Star Rail is officially launching on April 26th 2023. We're super excited to play it, and hopefully, so are you! Collapse will support the preloading (on April 23rd 2023) and installation of Honkai: Star Rail, assuming everything works as expected. As stated before, you will not be able to access Honkai: Star Rail in Collapse before April 23rd due to a backend configuration update that we will manually push out once we complete our preparations for supporting the game. The launcher will automatically apply the latest configuration update once it is pushed out, so you don't need to do anything on your end!
New Feature: Running Multiple Instances of Collapse:
Previously, users were not able to run multiple Collapse processes without running into issues. This has now been resolved! This is a feature that was necessary to implement while we work on implementing background installation for new games and/or updating existing ones. While we understand that the aformentioned feature is highly requested, the implementation for it has proven to be quite a challenge and will require more time to fine-tune before it is made available for the general public. We appreciate your patience and can't wait to show you it in action once it's ready!
QoL Improvement: Smaller Installation Size:
Yup, you heard it right! Collapse is shrinking in size soon, and this updates serves as an intermediary step to achieve that goal. The first part of this update will focus on the update mechanism that powers Collapse. While it was good and served us well, it was quite bandwidth hungry and had no way of only downloading the patched files. This changes with our new updater, which uses Squirrel, an extensive framework for managing and distributing our application in the best possible manner, while keeping the update size minimal.
The current update process works by querying a repository and fetching all the files contained therein. Squirrel solves that by generating delta files that are read when checking for updates and applies only the difference between the current file and the updated file, thus saving ~80% of the bandwidth required by the older updater. This also has the added benefit of saving us a lot of development time due to its easy-to-use tools to generate those files.

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.10 (Apr 19, 2023)

Change in Versioning Scheme (again):
Starting with Codename: Version Kiana, Collapse is officially switching from a 4 number denomination to 3 number denomination. This is a breaking change for the end user, but ensures that we adhere to the Semantic Versioning 2.0.0 (SemVer for short) versioning scheme, so we felt it was in our best interest to transition to this version scheme. To boil it down, this means the following:
Instead of having a version number of, for example, 1.0.64.0, the new version format will now be 1.64.0. Previous versions are not subject to the versioning scheme. The explanation below will use the aformentioned example.
1 is the MAJOR version number. Unless otherwise stated, this number should never change (unless we make a drastic overhaul to the launcher, such as a full application rewrite)
64 is the MINOR version number. This is the number that gets incremented whenever we release new features
0 is the PATCH version number. This is incremented whenever we make bug fixes on the current release lifecycle.
It's important to note that you will no longer be able to downgrade to a version prior 1.69.0 once you apply this update due to a backend code update to accommodate for this change. While we will do our best to offer help should you encounter any issues to versions prior to 1.69.0, support is not guaranteed, so if you choose to stay on the old version, proceed at your own risk.
This change will allow us to more easily determine version numbers when we release them to you. Thanks for understanding
New Feature: Improved New User Experience:
Shipping with Collapse 1.69.0 is a new setup experience that streamlines the setup process, while also introducing some new features!
New Feature: Window Resizing:
Yet another requested feature that is now available in Collapse 1.69.0. This allows the user to make the launcher window smaller, which means that Collapse now also supports 4:3 monitors! Yay!
New Feature: Release Channel Switching:
As the title says, this enables the user to directly switch from the Stable, battle-tested version of Collapse to a more experimental branch of Collapse, which is updated more frequently but can contain more breaking changes.
New Feature: Admin Restart Prompt:
Starting with Collapse 1.69.0 (originally introduced in Collapse 1.0.64.0-preview), the launcher will prompt you for privilege escalation if you are running it as an unauthorized (without administrator permissions) user. To make it clear: Collapse has always asked you for these privileges and will continue to do so for the foreseeable, because of some Win32 API calls we've made, as well as to read data from the registry, installing games and customising the launcher experience.
New Game – Honkai: Star Rail, coming April 26th!:
This game needs no introduction, but we all knew it was coming. Honkai: Star Rail is officially launching on April 26th 2023. We're super excited to play it, and hopefully, so are you! Collapse will support the preloading (on April 23rd 2023) and installation of Honkai: Star Rail, assuming everything works as expected. As stated before, you will not be able to access Honkai: Star Rail in Collapse before April 23rd due to a backend configuration update that we will manually push out once we complete our preparations for supporting the game. The launcher will automatically apply the latest configuration update once it is pushed out, so you don't need to do anything on your end!
New Feature: Running Multiple Instances of Collapse:
Previously, users were not able to run multiple Collapse processes without running into issues. This has now been resolved! This is a feature that was necessary to implement while we work on implementing background installation for new games and/or updating existing ones. While we understand that the aformentioned feature is highly requested, the implementation for it has proven to be quite a challenge and will require more time to fine-tune before it is made available for the general public. We appreciate your patience and can't wait to show you it in action once it's ready!
QoL Improvement: Smaller Installation Size:
Yup, you heard it right! Collapse is shrinking in size soon, and this updates serves as an intermediary step to achieve that goal. The first part of this update will focus on the update mechanism that powers Collapse. While it was good and served us well, it was quite bandwidth hungry and had no way of only downloading the patched files. This changes with our new updater, which uses Squirrel, an extensive framework for managing and distributing our application in the best possible manner, while keeping the update size minimal.
The current update process works by querying a repository and fetching all the files contained therein. Squirrel solves that by generating delta files that are read when checking for updates and applies only the difference between the current file and the updated file, thus saving ~80% of the bandwidth required by the older updater. This also has the added benefit of saving us a lot of development time due to its easy-to-use tools to generate those files.

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.8 (Apr 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.4 Preview (Mar 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.3 Preview (Feb 27, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.1 Preview (Feb 15, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.64.0 Preview (Feb 8, 2023)

Minor changes:
[Launcher] Adding ability to Import/Export the Registry Keys in the Game Settings 2a13a68!
[Runtime] Use AppCurrentDownloadThread to set Download thread f56eb07!
[Performance/Runtime] Implementing Interfaces standard for easier game customization
Implementing IGameSettings, IGameSettingsUniversal and IGameSettingsValue for making game settings adjustment support easier 4deb985!
Implementing IGameVersionCheck and Tidy up IGameSettings components 4deb985! 4cd8675!
Implementing ICache for game cache update mechanism a23afd0!
[Launcher] Shrink size for notification bar 11c4846!
[Honkai Impact 3rd] Update new Honkai's Audio Settings value range 019f175!
[Genshin Impact] Always clean-up old HDiff list files before updating (Fix Issue #74) 019f175!
[Debugging] Display decompressed path and ZIP path while debugging e67344d!
[Performance] Use in-code Crc32.NET and use unsafe Bytes to Hex method bafdcd2!:
Use HexToBytesUnsafe() for some hex -> byte[] conversion 01916ba!
Move to ByteArrayToHexViaLookup32Unsafe() 3460281!
Use precalculated lookup for Byte-to-Hex convert 41db192!
Move to BytesToHexUnsafe() ebe54f2!
[Runtime] Move Hi3Helper.EncTool as a submodule to its own repository
[Runtime/Honkai Impact 3rd] Refactor XMFParser and add ChunkStream 65051c5!:
Add CheckIfXMFVersionMatches() for version check through XMF baeecdd!
Add Async methods on ChunkStream and disposing fixes aed2cef!
[Runtime] Some code clean-ups and small refactors:
Tidy up some code (pt. 2) 06700e0!
Clean-up on ConverterTool 329abda!
Add FilePropertiesRemote[] Deserialize Context 116cf89!
Some changes and code removal on ConverterTool db3014f!
Remove unused JsonSourceGenerationOptions 7f6885d!
Remove unused variables 46aa429!
Refactor locale file reading process 1f0add2!
Properly initialize main App() instance 3e7a802!
Disable Honkai Block file chunks log on debug 9048b9b!
Synchronize methods to load game config 481a46e!
Remove unused codes for handling legacy title bar 5b1f0e9!
Remove some unused interop methods 81fb3d1!
[Runtime] Adding SpanStream for future uses 104b5a2!
[Submodule - Hi3Helper.Http] Update usage for Hi3Helper.Http and cancellable method. f235f55!:
Adding DownloadFromSessionStream() 5673410!
Use DownloadFromSessionStreamAsync() for NETCOREAPP only 184e7ee!
[EXPERIMENTAL] Use stackalloc for buffer alloc in NETCOREAPP 7d88b06!
Add an argument to ignore out Stream length c4415d8!
Use (EndOffset - _Start) + 1 to check length instead 9c673e6!
[Runtime] Update NuGet packages
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK (1.2.221116.1 -> 1.2.230118.102)
System.Text.Json (7.0.0 -> 7.0.1)
runtimepack.Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref (10.0.19041.27 -> 10.0.19041.28)
[Runtime] Update NuGet packages:
Microsoft.WindowsAppSDK (1.2.221116.1 -> 1.2.230118.102)
System.Text.Json (7.0.0 -> 7.0.1)
runtimepack.Microsoft.Windows.SDK.NET.Ref (10.0.19041.27 -> 10.0.19041.28)

Collapse Launcher Changelog

What's new in Collapse Launcher 1.80.4 Preview

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.3 Preview (May 8, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.2 Preview (Apr 29, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.1 Preview (Apr 29, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.80.0 Preview (Apr 12, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.8 (Mar 27, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.7 (Mar 21, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.6 (Mar 14, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.5 (Mar 10, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.4 (Mar 1, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.3 Pre-release (Feb 12, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.18 (Feb 11, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.2 Pre-release (Feb 1, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.1 Pre-release (Jan 17, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.73.0 Pre-release (Jan 11, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.15 (Jan 10, 2024)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.14 (Dec 31, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.14 Preview (Dec 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.12 Preview (Dec 24, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.11 Preview (Dec 18, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.10 Preview (Dec 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.9 Preview (Dec 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.8 Preview (Nov 29, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.7 Preview (Nov 28, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.166 Preview (Nov 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.6 Preview (Nov 15, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.5 Preview (Oct 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.15 (Oct 15, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.4 Preview (Oct 10, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.13 (Oct 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.12 (Sep 26, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.11 (Sep 24, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.72.0 Preview (Sep 20, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.10 (Sep 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.9 (Sep 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.8 (Aug 23, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.5 Preview (Aug 6, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.14 (Aug 5, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.13 (Aug 4, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.3 Preview (Jul 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.12 (Jul 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.2 Preview (Jul 5, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.1 Preview (Jul 2, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.71.0 Preview (Jun 30, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.10 (Jun 25, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.23 (Jun 8, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.8 Preview (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.6 Preview (Jun 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.20 (May 28, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.19 (May 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.4 Preview (May 18, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.3 Preview (May 17, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.2 Preview (May 17, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.16 (May 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.70.1 Preview 1 (May 7, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.15 (May 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.14 (Apr 23, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.12 (Apr 20, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.11 (Apr 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.10 (Apr 19, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.69.8 (Apr 16, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.4 Preview (Mar 1, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.3 Preview (Feb 27, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.69.1 Preview (Feb 15, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.64.0 Preview (Feb 8, 2023)

New in Collapse Launcher 1.0.55.6 (Feb 8, 2023)