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@rocksdanister rocksdanister released this 10 Jun 09:15
· 325 commits to core-separation since this release

Lively 2.0 installer is finally out! (cough again cough)
After several months of work - complete rewrite of separating Core and UI into separate programs.
The main highlights of this milestone release:

  • New Core is powered by .NET Core 6 and has improved performance and reduced resource usage.
  • New UI is using WinUI 3 desktop - latest framework from Microsoft with Windows 11 design.
  • UI will be completely shutdown when not being used (feature can be turned off in settings) to save memory.

What's new in v2.0.2.1:

  • New UI rewritten to use WinUI 3 with Modern Windows 11 design language.
  • UI can be completely shutdown when not being used (feature can be turned off in settings) to save memory.
  • Acrylic transparent UI theme (Windows 11 only.)
  • Improved wallpaper tray-menu random wallpaper selection algorithm.
  • Improved and improved Active wallpaper/control panel.
    Customise wallpaper and screensaver settings in one place.
    Option to always prompt which screen to set wallpaper during selection.
  • Improved customise wallpaper menu.
    FolderDropdown open button on right-side now.
    FolderDropdown selects the file if only one image is selected.
    FolderDropdown file picker now has filters enabled.
    Restore default button is now always visible.
  • Fixed Screensaver misaligned in multiple monitor system with display scaling enabled.
  • Updated core and UI to .NET Core 6.0.5 runtime.
  • Updated and includes WindowsAppSDK v1.1
  • Updated CefSharp browser.
    Includes important security patches.
  • Updated Mpv player.
  • Updated dependencies.

Known issues:
Original Lively 2.0 installer release was halted due to user problems reports.
Most of the bugs have been resolved, some issues that still remain are:

  • Elevation is not fully supported - if Lively is run with administrator privileges may not function properly.
  • Incompatibility with Afterburner Rivatuner performance monitoring - add exception for the UI program.
  • UI sometimes crash when drag'n'drop wallpaper file - use Filepicker instead.
  • WebView2 browser plugin is not implemented.

Note:

  • New updated Commandline control plugin required (included with this release.)
  • New updated Screensaver plugin required (included with this release.)

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