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Patch Released - Hotkeys, Layout Profiles (Build 1.0.1424)

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Hey all,

This patch adds support for global hotkeys and basic wallpaper profiles.

Hotkeys

You can assign hotkeys to a number of playback and general functions or to switch to specific wallpapers and playlists. Most hotkeys are configured in the settings window:



Every hotkey needs to use one or multile modifier keys (Ctrl, Alt, Shift) and a usual key in combination to work.



To assign hotkeys to specific wallpapers, playlists or profiles, you need to right click a wallpaper in the browser or save a playlist/profile with a hotkey:





Wallpaper Profiles

If you have multiple monitors, you can now save and load the entire wallpaper configuration to a 'profile' in the monitor menu:



Then they can be restored from there, via a hotkey or also via the tray menu:



You can now also choose to disable the application warning per downloaded wallpaper in the dialog that pops up every time an application wallpaper is chosen:



Full changelog

Additions
  • Added hotkey system.
  • Added hotkeys for existing playback/window/general features.
  • Added user hotkeys to select wallpapers/playlists/profiles.
  • Added icon hide/show via hotkey.
  • Added audio recordiing on/off via hotkey.
  • Added layout profiles save/load to monitor menu.
  • Added checkbox to disable application warning per wallpaper.


Fixes
  • Improved crash message text if it's not possible to easily figure out which application caused the crash.
  • Fixed video framework not falling back to LAV if MF had an error twice.
  • Fixed crash when a corrupted material file could not be read from drive.


Misc
  • Changed playlist to advance even if the window is kept open except for the time of day mode, because that is impossible. Leaving the window open is still a bad idea because the window is more expensive to display than the wallpapers themselves. To make Steam track hours after launching, use the start parameter -steamtrackhours in Steam instead.