Releases: Universal-Team/Universal-Updater
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UX, UI, UU, and You! - Hotfix 2
sigh If hotfix is so good, why not second hotfix? I messed it up and no icons loaded on the very first load after update... Does it fix itself? yes. Is it a bad first impression of the new update? yes...
It's been just over a year since the last update and this one's turned out to actually be a pretty big one! To be honest I think I intended to get this release out like two or three times earlier in the year, but now it's a holiday present! :p
Also, I finally got around to processing all the app requests to Universal-DB!! I'm really sorry it took so long, but I put some time into a new webpage form that made the process much easier. I'll try to keep up now.
As always huge thank you to everyone helping make Univeral-Updater accessible around the world with translations too!
Big changes!
- @alvinhochun and @Epicpkmn11: Added a new menu that lets you open app wikis in the 3DS browser or on your phone with a QR code (the 3DS browser is on its last legs afterall...)
- @alvinhochun: Several areas of the app are now colored to the accent color of the selected app to give some more life to the UI
- Can be disabled in GUI settings
- @CatotheCat11: Redesigned release notes menu on the bottom screen with touch and smooth scrolling
- @Epicpkmn11: Sorting by popularity, aka GitHub stars
- This has been accessible on the website for a while now and is finally added to U-U too, accessible from the sort menu
- GitHub stars do have the side effect that cross platform apps are 'a bit' overrated by the system, but it's still a good way to find most of the iconic 3DS homebrew nice and easy
- @Epicpkmn11: Messages about apps needing data files are now shown before adding to queue, so your queue won't get stuck on a bit of info text
- @Epicpkmn11: Technically not a Universal-Updater change, but Universal-DB now has background images!
- The current plan is to do fun little contests over on its GitHub, go check it out!
UI and UX improvements
- @CatotheCat11: Smooth scrolling!
- @CatotheCat11: An extra, cut off, row of apps is shown at the edge of the screen to imply it can scroll
- @CatotheCat11: Smooth rotation on the queue icon, previously it was just eight static frames ^^"
- @Epicpkmn11: A scrollbar is now shown on the app list, indicating how many apps are in the store and where you're scrolled to
- @Kris123454: Dark theme!
- @Epicpkmn11: Light theme and various color shifted themes
- @Epicpkmn11: Last updated dates are now pretty formatted (ie. "3 days ago (2025/12/22)")
- @Epicpkmn11: Marks are now shown with an app's title, to make them more useful
Functionality
- @alvinhochun: Download cancellation is checked more regularly, no more getting stuck in a large download when your internet slows to a crawl
- @alvinhochun: A loading screen is now shown while loading up the UniStore menu so it doesn't look like the console just froze
- @alvinhochun: Updates to Universal-Updater can now be skipped, while we recommend you always use the latest version it can be useful if a buggy nightly is pushed or you're in a hurry
- @Epicpkmn11: Various prompts can now have your selection saved to always choose automatically
- @Epicpkmn11: The themes menu in GUI settings now fetches themes from the repo making themes much more accessible!
- @Epicpkmn11: Automatic switching between ascending and descending sorting depending on which makes more sense for the selected sort method
- @Epicpkmn11: Sorting mode is now saved between reboots
- @Epicpkmn11: Fixed directory settings not being able to load the root directory, and also made directory listing way faster!
- @Epicpkmn11: Several bugs fixed with regards to downloading UniStores and the UniStore menu
Behind the scenes
- @gradylink: Added the Scratchbox UniStore to the recommended list
- @lifehackerhansol: Translations are now updated to the source code automatically
- @Sorunome: Universal-Updater will no longer be shown as your last played game in StreetPass
- @Epicpkmn11: Fixed nightly builds missing the version number in credits
- @devkitPro: Updated libarchive to v3.7.4
Contributors
Assets 4
UX, UI, UU, and You! - Hotfix
See v3.3.2, I messed up spritesheet downloading...
UX, UI, UU, and You! - No Translations
See v3.3.2, I forgot to update the translations so I just did a hotfix
Translation updates
Improvements
- Updated translations
Other notes
That's it. We had over two years of translations, and it's time to show the efforts of the translators to everyone :)
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
What if we started with 3dsx?
d97bcf3Bug fixes
- Fixed crash when installing a CIA without a title database being generated beforehand.
Other notes
It's been 2 years. Not much needed changing in the code since, but the one bug fix was important enough to make another release, while also integrating upstream toolchain changes.
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
Wi-Fi strength indicator and other minor improvements
What's new?
- Added an indicator for your Wi-Fi strength and if you're connected
- The download list is now sorted case insensitively such that the
[nightly]versions always appear below the normal versions now - Added an option to automatically update to the latest nightly version of Universal-Updater instead of just stable releases
- Added Ryukuan translation
- Removed the
messagevariable from scripts, allowing for translations and smaller file sizes - The
rmdiraction will now fail silently if notrequiredand the folder doesn't exist, allowing to ensure a folder doesn't exist without having to ensure it exists first
Bug fixes
- Fixed not scrolling in the Get UniStore list
- Previously the Wordle DS Mods UniStore was in the list, but it wouldn't scroll when you moved down to it
- Fixed some settings strings not having ellipses when they should
Other notes
Another fairly small update, but there's been a few worthwhile changes so we figured it was a good time to put out a new release.
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
Bug fix and improved 3D banner
What's new?
-
(@PabloMK7) The 3D banner has been improved with animations and shading!
2022-03-07.02-37-37.mp4
Bug fixes
- Fixed really short release notes not showing
Other notes
See v3.2.4 for more recent changes, there was just a relatively major new bug in that version and the improved banner so we're putting out another release so soon.
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
Contributors
Assets 4
3D banner and new translations
What's new?
- (@lividhen) Universal-Updater now has a 3D banner!
- Added Dutch, Norwegian, and Romanian translations, some existing translations have been improved
- The search tab now defaults to searching by title
- START will now exit Universal-Updater, anything that was previously triggered by START is now SELECT
- Notes are now shown explaining what "nightlies" and "prereleases" are before installing
- Left/Right can now be used to scroll through release notes faster
Bug fixes
- Fixed lagging/crashing on really long release notes
Other notes
Another relatively small update, mainly created to add the translations that have been added/updated since v3.2.3 and the new 3D banner. We've been working on the next major update in the rewrite branch with the major planned feature being DSi support, however that's stalled due to the DSi Wi-Fi library still being too unstable resulting in a lack of interest in working on it, so in the meantime we're putting out this smaller update.
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
Contributors
Assets 4
Translation updates and a bug fix
Changes
- Adds Danish and Turkish translations and updates to some existing translations
- Adds Makefile option to build a Citra compatible version (
make citra)
Bug fixes
- Fixes empty folders and 0 byte files not being extracted
Other notes
Pretty small update this time, it's been a while since the last one though so we figured we should push out the couple changes we have at the moment.
Find any bugs we missed, have suggestions, or need help? You can either make an issue or discussion here on GitHub or join our Discord server.
We hope you enjoy the new update!
~ Universal-Team
