Version 13.28

• 13.28

• Patch Notes - Version 13.28:

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• Bugfixes:

• - Changed GTc Virtual Xbox Controller will now show up as Controller (XBOX For Windows) instead to prevent it also setting other devices globally. 

• - *** This will require to uninstall_driver and re -  install_driver them from the app folder ***

• - ** Alternatively you can completely uninstall and re-install the server and driver package **

• - * choose to not remove the appdata during uninstall and it won't affect any profiles or assets you have*

Version 13.27

• 13.27

• Patch Notes - Version 13.27:

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed find and replace color function not updating the correct widget attributes (_up and _down color variants now properly included)

Version 13.26

• 13.26 - Server Patch

• Patch Notes - Version 13.26:

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed important notices parser capturing JavaScript code from website by removing <script> and <style> tags before parsing

Version 13.24

• 13.24

• Patch Notes - Version 13.24:

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• Twitch Integration:

• - Added full Twitch EventSub integration for real-time chat monitoring

• - Implemented Twitch EventSub Bot with WebSocket connection support

• - Added transparent, click-through chat overlay window for streamers

• - Chat overlay features lock/unlock mode for gaming (click-through when locked)

• - Overlay displays chat with unique colors per user and per channel

• - Chat messages formatted as: [timestamp] #channel username: message

• - Added text borders and bold font for readability on transparent background

• - Overlay settings persist (position, size, lock state) across sessions

• - Added "Toggle Chat Overlay" and "Unlock Overlay" buttons to Twitch Manager

• - Implemented chat keyword monitoring with sound trigger support

• - Added chat command system with bits/points integration

• - Support for multiple Twitch channels simultaneously (up to 3)

• - Twitch chat logging with options for all messages or monitored only

• - Command builder with visual interface for creating complex macros

• - Saved commands library for reusable Twitch command sets

• - OAuth token authentication with secure storage

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• Update Management:

• - Added "Periodic Update Checks" setting to control hourly update checks

• - Added "Receive Important Notices" setting to control notice popups

• - Update checks always run on startup regardless of periodic setting

• - Duplicate popup prevention for both update notifications and important notices

• - Settings are saved and persist across server restarts

• - Both settings default to enabled for new installations

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• Features:

• - Added font preview feature to font selector dropdowns - each font now displays in its own typeface

• - Added image preview panel to image file pickers - shows 200x200 thumbnail of selected image

• - Image preview supports PNG, JPG, JPEG, GIF, BMP formats

• - Animated ZIP files show first frame preview with "(Animated)" label

• - Preview updates in real-time as you browse through files

• - Added subfolder support for all asset directories (profiles, presets, fonts, images, sounds)

• - Profiles can now be organized in subdirectories (e.g., Game1/profile1.profile)

• - Presets can now be organized in subdirectories (e.g., SpaceSims/shield_preset.json)

• - Fonts can now be organized in subdirectories (e.g., SciFi/custom_font.ttf)

• - Profile import/export now properly handles subdirectory structures

• - Added get_files_recursively() helper function for recursive directory scanning

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• Improvements:

• - Created FontPreviewSpinnerOption class for font dropdown previews

• - SafeSpinner now automatically detects font dropdowns and applies preview styling

• - Image file picker layout enhanced with side-by-side preview panel

• - Twitch overlay uses tkinter for native transparency (Kivy can't do transparency)

• - Chat overlay runs in separate daemon thread to avoid blocking Kivy

• - Overlay properly cleans up on close to allow restart without errors

• - Win32 API used for click-through functionality (WS_EX_TRANSPARENT flag)

• - Settings saved to user_data_dir for proper multi-user support

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed file progress bar showing incorrect totals when syncing with multiple clients

• - Progress bar now correctly aggregates files sent/total across all clients (was showing "66/33" for 2 clients with 33 files each)

• - Implemented per-client file tracking instead of global counter to prevent interference during multi-client sync

• - Progress calculation now shows aggregate totals: total_files_sent / total_files_to_send across all active syncs

• - Fixed overlay toggle causing server freeze by scheduling window close on tkinter thread

• - Fixed settings path error by using user_data_dir instead of non-existent settings_dir

• - Fixed overlay window restart error by properly destroying window and clearing references

• - Fixed syntax errors in overlay close window method indentation

• - Fixed virtual joystick driver for windows 10 (may require uninstall and re-install of the driver)

Version 13.21

• 13.21

• Patch Notes - Version 13.21:

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed sync failing with "Could not find client writer" error

• - Server now properly tracks pending client manifests and matches them to unique connection IDs

• - Resolved manifest-to-connection matching issues when multiple clients have similar names

• - Fixed CustomImage/CustomLabel color pickers not working (border_color, label_color, label_outline_color)

• - Color pickers now correctly identify CustomImage/CustomLabel widgets vs CustomButton widgets

• - Added property dispatch calls to force canvas updates when colors change on CustomImage widgets

Version 13.19

• 13.19

• Patch Notes - Version 13.19:

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• Major Improvements:

• - Fixed sync failing when client connects from outside LAN (internet/mobile network)

• - Files now transfer over existing connection instead of requiring new port for NAT traversal

• - Significantly improved file transfer speed by batching network writes (5-10x faster on high-latency connections)

• - Removed unused port assignment system for cleaner, more reliable sync process

• - Enhanced logging for sync operations to help diagnose connection issues

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed OSError [WinError 121] "semaphore timeout" when syncing with NAT'd clients

• - Fixed UTF-8 decode errors when receiving files over main connection

• - Resolved issues with clients behind routers/mobile networks unable to receive sync files

Version 13.18

• 13.18

• Patch Notes - Version 13.18:

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• Bugfixes:

• - Fixed custom sounds not loading from correct AppData path

• - Custom sounds now properly load from AppData\Roaming\GameTouch2_Server\custom_assets\custom_sounds

• - Sound selector handlers now use correct path resolution matching image handlers

Version 13.17

• 13.17

• Patch Notes - Version 13.17:

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• New Features:

• - **Button Label State Colors**: Added support for separate label and outline colors for button up/down states

• - Labels now change color when buttons are pressed, matching icon color behavior

• - New color pickers: Label Up Color, Label Down Color, Outline Up Color, Outline Down Color, Button up, Button down, Border up, Border down

• - Label colors automatically swap between up/down variants based on button state

• - Works for both toggle and normal buttons

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• Other:

• - Added semaphore limiting server to max 10 concurrent sound threads (prevents hundreds of threads piling up)

• - Sound caching now done directly from background threads

• - Fixes freezing issue for users with slow disk I/O, network drives, or problematic audio drivers

• - Applied to server received sounds, client button sounds, slider sounds, and preset sounds

Version 13.14 - Major Performance Update

• 13.14

• Patch Notes - Version 13.14:

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• Performance Optimizations:

• - **MAJOR: Eliminated 10-12ms asyncio scheduling delay by implementing direct socket write for command sending**

• - Client now writes commands directly to socket buffer instead of waiting for asyncio event loop (100x faster)

• - Commands are sent in <1ms instead of 10-15ms, dramatically improving button responsiveness

• - Server asyncio event loop interval reduced from 10ms to 2ms for lower latency with multiple clients

• - Client asyncio event loop interval reduced from 10ms to 1ms for ultra-low latency

• - Toggle state broadcasting now non-blocking - doesn't delay command execution

• - Fixed command execution lag by deferring command log processing to prevent blocking async command handler

• - **Removed 1,469 logger.debug/info/warning calls across all files to eliminate f-string evaluation overhead**

• - Removed expensive logger serialization calls from client button press/release handlers

• - Removed logger overhead from client-side sound playback path

• - Removed logger.debug calls from server command reception that serialized large JSON strings

• - Added _play_cached_sound helper method to replace lambda closures in sound playback

• - Optimized command processing flow to maintain zero-lag command execution

• - **Removed artificial delays in profile loading - profiles now load at native device speed**

• - Profile loading no longer throttled by 50ms per widget + 100ms per panel delays

• - 400-widget profiles load ~20 seconds faster on capable devices

Version 13.13 - Performance hotfix

• 13.13

• Patch Notes - Version 13.13:

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• Performance Optimizations:

• - Fixed command execution lag by deferring command log processing to prevent blocking async command handler

• - Removed expensive logger serialization calls from client button press/release handlers

• - Added _play_cached_sound helper method to replace lambda closures in sound playback

• - Optimized command processing flow to maintain zero-lag command execution

Version 13.12 - Server Hotfix

• 13.12

• Patch Notes - Version 13.12:

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• Bug Fixes:

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• - Fixed memory leak causing server to freeze with repeated button presses - sounds are now cached and reused instead of reloading from disk

• - Fixed virtual Xbox controller enabling on client connect when disabled in settings - gamepad reset now checks configuration before execution

• - Fixed missing sounds on rapid button presses - sound caching provides faster playback and prevents memory buildup

• - Fixed button icon color not updating immediately when changed in color picker - icon now displays new color instantly without requiring button press

• - Fixed find/replace color operation not changing icon_up_color and icon_down_color - both properties now included in color replacement

Version 13.11 - Windows Hotfix

• 13.11

• Patch Notes - Version 13.11:

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• Bug Fixes:

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• - Fixed server freezing when processing commands with sound playback enabled - sound loading now non-blocking via async scheduling

• - Fixed virtual Xbox controller auto-enabling when client connects despite setting being disabled - now respects server configuration

• - Fixed virtual Xbox controller not responding to enable/disable checkbox - connection now properly managed by user setting

Version 13.10 - Windows Hotfix

• 13.10

• Patch Notes - Version 13.10:

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• Bug Fixes:

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• - Fixed ColorPicker crash when typing invalid hex values (e.g., "rt", "s") - now validates input before parsing

• - Fixed ColorPicker hex input not updating when typing or pasting - now correctly identifies and binds to hex input field 

• - Fixed ColorPicker not accepting pasted hex values - now handles both 6-character (RGB) and 8-character (RGBA) formats - (should fix the find replace color bug)

• - Fixed ColorPicker automatically changing pasted hex values - color now applies instantly without recursive updates

• - Fixed popout widget deletion not resetting layout target - new widgets now correctly add to panel layout after popout is removed

• - Fixed panel background/overlay color reverting to white when selecting images - colors now preserve user settings

• - Fixed profile rename bug where panel names were incorrectly duplicating suffix (e.g., "Space Sim_v2_v2_Main")

• - Fixed profile dropdown and editor title not updating after profile rename

• - Fixed Client window positioning and sizing with DPI scaling - window now properly centers and scales at all DPI levels (100%, 125%, 150%, 200%, 300%, etc.) with title bar remaining visible

Version 13.09 - Windows Hotfix

• 13.09

• Patch Notes - Version 13.09:

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• Bug Fixes:

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• - Fixed ColorPicker crash when typing invalid hex values (e.g., "rt", "s") - now validates input before parsing

• - Fixed ColorPicker hex input not updating when typing or pasting - now correctly identifies and binds to hex input field

• - Fixed ColorPicker not accepting pasted hex values - now handles both 6-character (RGB) and 8-character (RGBA) formats

• - Fixed panel background/overlay color reverting to white when selecting images - colors now preserve user settings

• - Fixed profile rename bug where panel names were incorrectly duplicating suffix (e.g., "Space Sim_v2_v2_Main")

• - Fixed profile dropdown and editor title not updating after profile rename

• - Fixed Client window positioning and sizing with DPI scaling - window now properly centers and scales at all DPI levels (100%, 125%, 150%, 200%, 300%, etc.) with title bar remaining visible

Version 13.08 - Unified platform Hotfix

• 13.08

• Patch Notes - Version 13.08:

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• Bug Fixes:

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• - Fixed memory leak in gif_converter causing crashes during extensive editing sessions (temp directories not being cleaned up)

• - Fixed duplicate code in SaveScheduler trigger_delayed_save method

• - Fixed fullscreen toggle on Windows Client - window now properly restores to original size and position

• - Applied DPI scaling adjustments to window positioning for high-DPI displays

Version 13.05 - Hotfix

13.05 

Patch Notes - Version 13.05: 

Performance Improvements:

• Fixed UI freezing during connection - server and client connection processes now fully non-blocking

• Eliminated console windows appearing during network detection (8-9 PowerShell windows)

• Replaced subprocess-based firewall checks with Windows COM API for better performance

• Moved network interface detection to background thread to prevent UI blocking

• All firewall operations now use CREATE_NO_WINDOW flag to prevent console window flashing

• Better windows Route detection for server addressing

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed Space Sim profile not showing some sliders

• Fixed accidental firewall Block rules preventing connections - now automatically removes Block rules when creating Allow rules

• Fixed firewall rule display showing all programs - now filters to only show rules for current executable

• Fixed popout touch handling blocking interactions with widgets inside popouts - now properly allows child widgets to handle touches

Other:

• Changed both windows server and client to detect monitor resolution and start just smaller than the window if < = 1920x1080 else 1920x1080

Version 13.01 - Hotfix

13.01

Patch Notes - Version 13.01:

Bug Fixes:

• - Fixed custom popouts allowing on_touch_up events to pass through to widgets behind them

• - Fixed widget bounds checking in popouts for buttons, clocks, and sliders to correctly use parent.parent.ids

• - Fixed multi-line important notices not displaying correctly (now properly handles newlines from website)

• - Fixed version information parsing failing when website HTML structure changes

• - Fixed gamepad axis reset error - updated to use correct gtc_xinput methods (set_left_stick, set_right_stick, set_left_trigger, set_right_trigger)

• - Fixed discovery response to dynamically determine correct IP address for dual network interface systems

• - Fixed slider recreation error where alias properties were being set before slider object was created

• - Fixed PersistentEchoClient missing should_reconnect attribute initialization

• - Fixed sync overlay getting stuck when sync fails - server now sends _SYNC_FAILED_ message to clear client overlay

• Previous Version (13.00):

• - Completely overhauled everything, check out the latest video on the website www.gametouchcontroller.com

Version 13.00 - Major Release (video)