1.3.3

Bugfixes

• Fixed filelist.xml errors on Steam version

Chairloader v1.3.2

Bugfixes

• Fixed level files being saved in intermediate format if they were not modified by any mods
  • Fixed broken level scripts

Chairloader v1.3.1

Bugfixes

• Fixed an error when merging DLL-only mods

Chairloader v1.3.0

Chairloader

Important

This update breaks compatibility with some mods. Please, update mods after install.

Modders, please follow the migration guide.

• New XML Merging v3 algorithm
• Improved support for legacy mods
• Added built-in XML validation to catch errors in mods
• New install wizard
• Added -novid command line option to skip intro movies

Preditor

• Added support for Level and Localization merging
• Improved merging error reporting on start-up

Bugfixes

ChairManager

• Fixed installation of ZIP mods that have a root folder
• Update checking no longer freezes ChairManager

Chairloader

• Fixed save file path in Microsoft version
• Fixed crash when assertion failure dialog is shown during game shut down
• Fixed assertion failure on game shut down in Debug builds

Preditor

• Fixed fatal error when starting Preditor due to save patch
• Fixed crash when opening Vec3/Quat context menu with empty clipboard

Modding Changes

• New merging policy format
  • Describes full node and attribute structure
  • Attributes include type info for validation
• Added XML validation
  • Checks that each node is registered in the merging policy. Causes errors on unknown nodes.
  • Checks value of each attribute. Attributes have a type (e.g. int, float, string, GUID...).
  • Checks for duplicate nodes (e.g. two archetypes with same ID).
• Added XML Schemas for auto-completion in XML editors
• Prey files are now converted into an intermediate format for easier merging and modding
• Level merging changes:
  • Entity IDs are now generated automatically
  • serialize.xml is now generated from entities with ch:serialize=true attribute
  • See Level Patching for details
• Added support for ch:applyIf in localization files
  • Can be added to <Row> nodes
  • Can be added as a new column named ch:applyIf
• Added legacy mod converter to automatically convert mods into Chairloader format

Chairloader v1.2.3

Bugfixes

• Definitely fix latest GOG version (2023-06-08)
• Preditor will now run on dGPU on laptops

Chairloader v1.2.2

Bugfixes

• Actually support the latest GOG version (2023-06-08)
  • PAK modification check was temporarily disabled until a better solution is found

Chairloader v1.2.1

Bugfixes

• Added support for the latest GOG version (2023-06-08)
• Fixed ChairManager crash if mod config fails to load
• Fixed mod config loading for Preditor projects in ChairManager

Chairloader v1.2.0

Bugfixes

• Fixed the game always using English localization.
  • Game now uses the language set in Steam/GOG/EGS/Windows
  • Language can also be changed in Chairloader -> Localization menu
• Fixed an error when unpacking Chinese localization files

Modding

Preditor

• Recent Preditor projects now show up as mods in the Mod Manager. They can be installed into the main game for mod testing.
• Added build files to default .gitignore

C++

• Cleaned up the example C++ mod and updated its README
• Added IModInterface - base class for interfaces exposed by mods
  • Provides GetInterfaceVersion for interface versioning.
  • Added helper functions for getting interfaces from mods with version checking

Chairloader v1.1.0

Changelog

New Features

• Support for the latest GOG version (GOG-2019-07-03)
• Support for the latest Microsoft/XBox Game Pass version (MS-2023-05-19)
• Steam Deck and Linux support - check the guide
• Achievement support in Steam and GOG
• Extract latest script files from the installed game instead of bundling them with Chairloader
• Add crash report generation in ChairManager
• Improved file selection dialog
• Add FPS limiter to ChairManager. The window no longer wastes CPU and GPU power when inactive.
• Due to extremely popular demands, the Important Object has been temporarily quarrantined
• Automatic Updates for ChairManager and Chairloader

Bugfixes

• Fix mod ZIPs with a root directory failing to install
• Fix string conversion issues when merging
• Fix blurry font in ChairManager
• Fix some merging errors being ignored
• Fix some files being merged incorrectly
• Remove obsolete launch options

Modding Tools and SDK

• The Prey Editor (Preditor)
  • A custom mod creation tool
  • Third-person scene camera
  • Level object inspection and editing
• New Updated wiki! Check it out here: https://github.com/thelivingdiamond/Chairloader/wiki
• Lua Modding
• Steam API headers
• More CryEngine headers
• Enable Lua script warnings
• Asset Merging V3
  • New algorithm with more consistent and correct merging
  • Lua Meta tags for more user-configurability
• Merging Policy fixes
• Add some ArkNames to <Prey/GameDll/ark/ArkNames.h>
• Update vcpkg packages
• Add Signal System trainer
• Shader compiler (experimental, might be unstable)

Chairloader v1.0.2

Chairloader V1.0.0

Changelog

• Important and Inconspicuous Objects
  • Rumors of strange pillows have been greatly exaggerated
• XML Merging System V2.1
  • Proper support for all XML files in the game, including levels and localization
  • Configurable XML data
  • V3 coming soon
  • See wiki for full feature list
• Chair Manager
  • Improved mod management UI
  • Automatic Updates
  • Improved support for legacy mods
  • Merging V2.1
  • Built in config editor
  • Support multiple game platforms (Steam, Epic, MS Store)
• Editor
  • Improved free cam
  • Mod DLL hot-reloading
  • Click-to-inspect entity selection
  • New entity inspector
  • Pause internal game systems while in free cam
• Trainer
  • Game token editor added to world manager
• File Viewer and Browser
  • Browse the games internal filesystem
• Language Selector
  • Choose any combination of VA and text language
• Internal refactoring
  • Large changes made to improve maintainability
• Modding API
  • Inter-mod API passing
  • Auto saving CVars with DUMP_TO_CHAIR (ChairVars)

Version 1.0.1

• Fix Chairloader merging special action prefix
  • Is now ch: instead of chair_ to mirror future changes

Version 1.0.2

• Fix DLL versioning

To get started just download the zip and run ChairManager.exe

Full Changelog: beta...1.0.0