Scary and unfortunate title, I know. To make this announcement as easy to understand as possible, we'll be using a Q&A format to answer likely questions regarding this decision. Please let us know if you can think of anything else on our Discord, and we'll do our best to answer it.
- What does this mean for Audio Loader users?
Music is not going away. Since it still works outside of during startup videos and desktop mode right now, we will continue to support it as a legacy feature. All that means is you now have to check a box explaining how to report issues and that fixes might not be made. However, we will not be providing updates for it unless a contributor is able to fix the issues described below. - What does this mean for music submissions?
Existing music will stay on DeckThemes for now. While we have no plans to get rid of the music currently on the platform, this may happen eventually should the music feature not be fixed. Future music submissions will be denied since music is now considered a legacy feature. - When will this be finalized?
We have completed the code changes and will be making a new release on our GitHub and the Decky plugin store as soon as possible. - Why was this decision made?
Unfortunately, recent breakages during startup videos and desktop mode caused by Steam client and Decky Loader updates respectively have been difficult to fix. Since we believe the music feature makes Audio Loader look incomplete and buggy, we have decided keeping it as an option while moving it to a different menu was the best approach. - Is this decision permanent?
If a contributor would like to maintain the music part of Audio Loader, they are welcome to investigate tackling the issues surrounding it. However, we have no plans to due to personal and software circumstances that make it too difficult.
What's Changed
- fix lockfile version by @beebls in #47
- 1.5.1: Fix decky env var implementation by @beebls in #49
- actually bump version (1.5.1) by @beebls in #50
- Consider music packs to be a legacy feature by @EMERALD0874 in #60
Full Changelog: v1.5.0...v1.6.0
Contributors
EMERALD0874 and beebls