OVR Toolkit News

11-05-2020

Added:
- Overhauled Simulator Mode from the ground up. (Provide feedback on this!)
- OVR Toolkit will now automatically tab back into the active game when in Simulator Mode.
- OVR Toolkit will now automatically tab out of applications that are stealing mouse input. (Such as Elite)
- Added support information to the desktop settings window when OVR Toolkit detects common issues. (Failure to connect to SteamVR or wrong rendering device)
- Added missing wrist accent colour changes. (Bottom of media controls and background of system info)

Changes:
- Renamed 'Pin window' option to 'Keep visible' to avoid confusion about its functionality.
- Changed charging device icon to purple. (Can easily distinguish from half charged icon now)
- Increased opacity of media bottom and system info backgrounds.
- Currently editing window in Simulator Mode will now change just by looking at a window.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue that would block OVR Toolkit's input working with certain games open. (Such as Elite)
- Fixed a launcher issue that would prompt to re-install the task scheduler entry when it was already running.
- Fixed an issue that would re-install OVR Toolkit when switching between different Windows users.
- Fixed Workshop callbacks consuming CPU usage when the Workshop isn't being viewed.
- Fixed an issue that would cause some applications to become hidden and need to be force closed.
- Fixed an issue that would stop the wrist overlay being moveable when attached to the right hand.
- Fixed an issue that would cause overlays to become invisible after setting curvature back to 0. (SteamVR bug, woooo!)
- Fixed an issue that would cause the head gaze cursor to be stuck on overlays when disabling head gaze.
- Corrected a transparency issue with the wrist overlay. (Media bottom background showing through upper background)
- Made some changes to reduce the likeliness of the incorrect window being reloaded and resulting in the window defaulting back to the desktop.

27-04-2020

Added:
- Modernized desktop settings window styling. (Thanks Fleur!)
- Updated window re-centering and block input icons in Window Settings.
- Added 'HidingDistanceCheck' option to config.json to allow advanced users to edit the distance around the head that is used to check for windows with hiding options enabled.
- Added ability to unbind Simulator Mode controls. (Press Escape when rebinding)

Changes:
- Separated toggle edit mode and maximise buttons on the wrist overlay.
- Converted to a different method for saving settings files. (Hopefully should save them more reliably!)
- Lower minimum height setting for window cropping to 5 from 20.
- Workshop content now automatically updates. (Content creators, upload updates with the same title to update existing items!)
- Edited background image to be 720x950 instead of 720x900. (Old backgrounds will load fine still!)

Bug fixes:
- Fixed an issue that would make context windows minimize when capturing the direct output of a window.
- Improved window reloading, should now be less likely to find incorrect windows on restarting the application.
- Fixed all subscribed items extracting on viewing Workshop viewer, now only extracts files on selecting them.
- Fixed an issue that would reset window crop area when reloading pinned windows.
- Fixed an issue that would cause incorrect loading of window crop area height value.
- Fixed an issue that would reload windows on preset 1 then switch upon opening edit mode.

20-04-2020

Added:
- Added an add preset button to Window List. (Unlimited presets, wooo!)
- Added lock button to presets in the Window List. (Will block movement of windows on the active preset)
- Added support for moving windows with both hands at the same time.
- Added middle click bind, unbound by default.
- Added 'Search' button to not found window screen, this will search again for the window.
- Added keyboard binds for switching presets, unbound by default. (Note, can't be unbound yet once bound!)

Changes:
- Swapped width and height buttons in Window Crop to encourage editing height before width.

Bug fixes:
- Fixed keyboard next word suggestions not reloading correctly. (Keyboard should hopefully start learning better now!)
- Fixed an issue when closing a window after changing presets that would freeze the program entirely.
- Fixed an input issue that would cause buttons to release when changing between pointing at windows and nothing.

13-04-2020

Added:
- Added basic window cropping support. (Super basic but works!)
- Added Workshop support. (For backgrounds/wallpapers, keyboards, and soon web apps)
(Access Workshop subscriptions through 'Global Settings' then 'Workshop Subscriptions')

Changes:
- Converted most file saving to AppData to avoid issues with C:\Program Files permissions which would prevent settings from saving.
- Increased detection radius for windows with hiding options enabled.

Bug fixes:
- Improved GPU performance. (Fixed load balancing again)
- Fixed an issue that would cause errors on closing a window.
- Fixed an issue that could cause OVR Toolkit to error out when a process returns an invalid file path.
- Fixed touchpad window moving not working with window smoothing disabled in the config.json file.
- Fixed custom app overlay titles set by 'SetBrowserTitle' not showing in the Window List.
- Fixed CPU usage display. (Using a new method of gathering CPU usage, thanks CircuitLord!)
- Fixed custom apps not blocking input with input to application blocking enabled.
- Fixed various errors related to some processes returning invalid file paths.

Hi all!

A recent windows update 'KB4541335' has introduced a bug with the window capture API OVR Toolkit uses, in the worse cases, this can cause severe flickering of the window and increased CPU load.

To resolve this issue until Microsoft push a fix for it, please consider removing this update, find the screen below and uninstall the highlighted option:


Sorry for the inconvenience caused by this!
I'm already trying to pester Microsoft to fix it. ːsteamfacepalmː