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v1.8.6 + Added progress counter for the Backup Wizard ^ Pausing the backup now also pauses the backup statistics. ^ Improved Backup Wizard analysis performance ^ Updated instructions for the Restore Wizard to reflect changes made to Steams menus * Disabled 'Do not limit threads' checkbox for the Backup Wizard during analysis to prevent null reference errors * Fixed games being some games being missed during Restore or Backup if they have unusual casing or non-alphanumeric character in its name * Fixed restore always using 4 instances v1.8.5 * Fixed not finding additional Steam libraries that has spaces, brackets and other non word characters in it ^ Now checks that the backup directory can be written to before opening the Backup Wizard v1.8.4 ^ Fixed compression settings being applied before the job list was loaded v1.8.3 + readme.txt ^ The updater now cleans up the downloaded archive after installation + Trying to find a Steam installation when it is not findable now notifies the user + Now works with 32bit installations + Asks the user if they really want to close the tool while a job is taking place ^ Update wizard now checks a google doc file for higher reliability + Now notifies the user if they could be backing up a game that may of been deleted by steam + Building the list of potential backup jobs is slower, but allows for the above change and faster toggling between backup modes v1.8.2 * Target path was generated incorrectly during a restore. v1.8.1 + Command-line interface added ^ Reduced application executable size ^ Internal path processing/building now done using .NET's built-in Classes ^ A lot of code refactoring/polishing, i.e. splitting execution code from UI code etc. v1.7.1 * Fixed a bug that could create more threads in LZMA2 than is possible + Added check box that removes thread limitation for LZMA2 + Website label to About Box ^ Error logging ^ Ram usage prediction v1.7.0 + Checks online for tool updates ^ Main Menu title blurb * Fixed a crash during start of backup when config.sbt is missing v1.6.2.1 * suppress exceptions at ETA calculation v1.6.2 + display compression/decompression speed and ETA for each instance ^ Improved JSON (de-)serialization ^ use statically linked 7z wrapper, installed VC++ Redistributable Packages no longer required ^ extract hardcoded text into application resources ^ use data binding on CheckedListBox controls, instead accessing them directly v1.6.1.1 + Notifies user if Visual C++ Redistributable Packages for Visual Studio 2013 is not installed. v1.6.1 + Enable thread count selection when using LZMA2 compression ^ Now uses a higher performance 7zip Wrapper ^ Updated 7z.dll ^ Disable backup buttons while the check list box is being populated * Removed backup/restore of the generic "steamapps" folder (Valve has made this redundant) * Fixed the library drop down box on the restore menu not getting a default selection. * Can now determine if steam is using a 'steamapps' or 'SteamApps' folder. (Could be either, Cause of the above bug) ^ Added people to credits v1.6.0 + Add support for lzma2 compression * Fix backup of .acf files, where 'installdir' contains relaative installation path v1.5.3 ^ Improved the data that is written to the info boxes. ^ Update Backup button now only selects archives that already exists. + Update library will update all available games. v1.5.2 + Improved checks for valid backups and steam folder. v1.5.1 * Fixed the tool from considering a new installation of steam as invalid (ie missing steamapps folder) v1.5.0 ^ Totally refactored code (Improved performance and reliability) ^ Now uses a 7z library rather than command line to a external process * Fixed a few typos ______________________________________ + Added - Removed ^ Updated * Bugfix
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