Hi!

This is the third (probably) latest beta we will have for 2.5.0. From now on we will focus only on bugfixes since this version already has several new and amazing features besides major refactors and performance improvements.

What's New

• Integrated How Long to Beat data on GamePage
• Downloads manager now will add uploads to the list as well and had UI improvements as well
• The interface when using a joystick should be more seamless and follow the same controls as the SteamDeck UI.
• Heroic will detect if the game folder installed on an External Drive/SDCard is available or not and change it is status to not installed, just like Steam Deck behaves after removing the SDCard, for instance.
• Improved how Heroic gets the saves path for cloud sync saves.
• [Linux] Added a checkbox to use the default wine settings when installing a game.
• Fixed a bug where Heroic could not install VKD3D correctly
• Fixed a bug where autosaves sync was not working when launching games from Steam.
• Updated Legendary to the latest version.
• Added some performance improvements, especially on the game page and install dialog.

Known bugs

• Not available games still being ordered along with installed games.
• Importing games from GameCard does not change the status to installed.
• Not available games still shows the update icon.
• HowLongToBeat date does not return anything if the game title has some characters like for trademark or copyrights.

Full Changelog

• [UI] Add css variable for controller hints background by @wbrtm in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1989
• [Fix] Verify that a valid Wine/Proton prefix exists before running any Wine command by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1987
• [UI] Fix dialog content width by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1996
• [UI] Fixes game page scroll when content doesn't fit the screen by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1994
• [Legendary] Update linux binary by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1991
• Gamepad navigation tweaks by @wbrtm in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1971
• Update Legendary to 0.20.31 by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2003
• [Tech] Add types to all IPC functions by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1901
• [UI] Hide Clear button for Library's Search Bar by @redromnon in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2007
• [Fix] Steam runtime making games fail to launch by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2019
• [Logs] Catch invalid JSON outputs from legendary when launching games by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2011
• [UI] Hide wine-related settings for games when Wine is not used by @arielj in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2008
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1990
• [Tech] UI performance improvements + small fixes by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2010
• [Fix] offline notification text by @wbrtm in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1980
• [Linux - UI/UX] Show Checkbox to use default Wine Settings on new Installs by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2022
• --offline flag fix for beta by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2037
• [Fix/Epic] Handle metadata files with dots in their name correctly by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2038
• [UI] Show How Long to Beat Data on Game Page by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2032
• [UI/UX] Download Manager Improvements by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2029
• [UI/UX] Detect if the game folder is available and show if the game is installed or not by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2031
• Add a timeout when watching Legendary's installed.json by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2042
• [FIX] Auto Sync Saves not working on No-GUI mode by @Zarklord in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2045
• [Backend] Add support for auto enabling anti cheat runtimes for legendary on linux by @Etaash-mathamsetty in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2044
• [Fix] errorHandler: Handle grep exit code of 1 better by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2052
• Use new --accept-path flag in save sync by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2004
• [General] Avoid unnecessary config writes by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/1988
• [UI] Fix downloads styling by @Etaash-mathamsetty in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2055
• [Fix/Epic] Only delete userInfo key from configStore when logging out by @CommandMC in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2054
• [UI] Small Improvements by @flavioislima in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2041
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2021

New Contributors

• @Zarklord made their first contribution in https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/pull/2045

Full Changelog: https://github.com/Heroic-Games-Launcher/HeroicGamesLauncher/compare/v2.5.0-beta.2...v2.5.0-beta.3