Nonsensical Video Generator News

Here are the changes in this update:

• Fixed boot movies not playing back at their full duration.
  
• Fixed main menu music not playing immediately after starting up.
  
• Fixed a long pause in KiwifruitDev logo when selected as a boot movie.
  
• Fixed the enable and disable all action buttons in the Addons tab not working for boot movies.
  
• Skipping the boot movie is now performed with only the space bar.
  
• Restored missing Workshop uploading status messages.
  
• Submitting an addon to the Workshop now opens the page in the Steam client.
  
• Changed inconsistent Addons tab entry buttons, removing the "Open in code editor" feature.
  
• Removed unused tutorial window graphic in the theme template.
  
• The Blog tab now uses ISO 8601 format for the date.
  
• Updated the localization files.
  

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Here are the changes in this update:

[h3]Boot Movies[/h3]

• Added a new addon type: Boot Movies.
  
  • This allows you to create a custom startup video for NVG.
    
  • Create a boot movie in the Addon Management section of the Addons tab using the "Boot Movie" template.
    
  • Submitting a boot movie to the Workshop will create a GIF image to use as the preview icon.
    
  • Multiple boot movies can be selected and chosen at random when NVG starts.
    
  • Boot movies will not play if the "Skip Intro" option is enabled in the Options tab.
    
  • You can play a boot movie in the Addons tab by clicking on its entry in the list.
    
• Added a stock addon for the KiwifruitDev logo animation.
  
  • This allows you to disable boot animations entirely, restoring the previous behavior before the FFmpeg update.
    
  • Creating a boot movie will copy over the first 6 seconds of this video file if a video wasn't selected.
    

[h3]General Changes[/h3]

• Added the ability to open the addon directory in-app for theme addons.
  
• Added the ability to use PNG and GIF images as preview icons when submitting an addon to the Workshop.
  
  • This is experimental since this was previously implemented but didn't work properly.
    
  • Boot Movies use this feature to submit a GIF image as the preview icon.
    
• Restored the moderators in the credits.
  
• Updated the filter type action button in the Addons tab to add the Boot Movies color.
  
• Opening Steam URLs in-app will now open the Steam client instead of the web browser.
  
• Moved the position of the buttons in the Debug page.
  
• Removed the WindowsDX and DesktopGL suffixes from the version number.
  
• Removed the ability to set Workshop tags for addon types that don't support them.
  
• Removed the unused Socials window.
  
  • The associated localization token has been removed.
    

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Added a large amount of null checks around the codebase to prevent speculative crashes.
  
• Fixed a bug where all outros were visually replaced by the default outro.
  
• Fixed a crash related to addons being drawn when their index is out of range.
  
• Fixed the date format in the Blog tab so it now properly uses DD-MM-YYYY.
  

[h3]Localization Updates[/h3]

• Added localization tokens for the file picker in the Library tab.
  
• Added localization tokens for the new Boot Movies feature.
  
• Updated the localization files.
  

Let me know if you have any issues with this update through the NVG Community Discord.
Also, please help translate NVG into your language on GitHub!
Happy generating!

Here are the changes in this update:

[h3]General Changes[/h3]

• Changed how background music is loaded.
  
• Added a workaround for certain Workshop effects to download stock media properly.
  
  • The media files will be downloaded from the NVG public GitHub repository.
    
• Removed unused tutorial window.
  
  • Previously used to install FFmpeg and allow addons to ask for permission.
    
  • Associated localization tokens have been removed.
    
• Restored the Welcome text when NVG starts.
  
• Updated .NET Desktop Runtime to 8.0.15.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where playing audio files does not properly update its volume level.
  
• Fixed "Resource is temporarily unavailable" error when video playback loops.
  
• Fixed a bug where scrollable pages show contents below the rendered area.
  
  • This was previously only noticable in fullscreen mode.
    

[h3]Localization Updates[/h3]

• Added extended font variants for LanaPixel and Noto Sans.
  
• Added support for localized default outros.
  
• Added more localization tokens for the Blog tab.
  
• Updated the localization files.
  

Let me know if you have any issues with this update through the NVG Community Discord.
Also, please help translate NVG into your language on GitHub!
Happy generating!

Here are the changes in this update:

[h3]General Changes[/h3]

• Updated the credits.
  
• Changed how new update versions are identified.
  

[h3]Bug Fixes[/h3]

• Fixed a bug where the video playback cache folder was not properly cleared.
  
• Fixed a bug where the "Media Playback Volume" option was ignored by videos.
  

[h3]Localization Updates[/h3]

• Added back the LanaPixel font choice for locales.
  
• Added support for the French language (Contributed by darkyuuu_).
  
• Added support for the Slovak language (Contributed by peto444).
  
  • Slovak is not natively supported by Steam, so you'll need to set the language in the NVG locale options.
    
• Updated the localization files.
  

Let me know if you have any issues with this update through the NVG Community Discord.
Also, please help translate NVG into your language on GitHub!
Happy generating!

Here are the changes in this update:

• FFmpeg is now integrated into NVG for video playback, which makes previews much faster and smoother.
  
• NVG is now open source on GitHub. You can view the source code here.
  
• Added a button to the top right corner of the overlay border to close NVG.
  
• Added a button to the bottom right corner of the overlay border to make the current video fullscreen.
  
• Added a video that plays when NVG starts, showing the KiwifruitDev logo.
  
• Updated the default outro with the new KiwifruitDev logo.
  
• Added support for Steam rich presence, which shows the current tab on your friends list.
  
• Added an FPS unlock option to the debug menu (Ctrl+F3).
  
• Added an option to open console.txt from the debug menu.
  
• Updated credits and bundled more license files.
  
  • Moved around certain Superstar users.
    
  • Renamed eddsworldfan69420 to tehcartoonman22145.
    
  • Added licenses for Nonsensical Video Generator (GPL-3.0 License), MonoGame.Extended (MIT License), MonoGame.Extended2 (BSD 3-Clause Clear License), and FFmpeg (GPL-3.0 License).
    
  • Added attribution for Spitfire Audio.
    
• Updated the localization files.
  

Let me know if you have any issues with this update.
Also, please help translate NVG into your language on GitHub!
Happy generating!