June 13th, 2023

Since the Last Release

• Updated CEF to 114.2.10 (Chromium 114.0.5735.110) on All Platforms
  • Note: CEF updates happen independently of CEFCodecFix releases. This is just an FYI!
  • ⚠ Developers: Site Isolation is now turned on! Javascript state now gets destroyed on navigation, like how normal web browsers work.
    • This means if you call DHTML.AddFunction, DHTML.QueueJavascript, or DHTML.RunJavascript before the page begins loading, it WILL NOT WORK! Make sure you're calling them in DHTML.OnBeginLoadingDocument or later.
• Fixed Arch Linux/Steam Deck libcups dependency (#32, caused CEF to fail to launch)
• Added better check for if the script is running in a terminal (#51 and #55, Thanks @62832 and @JohnPeel!)
• Added timeout/status code check for version check
• Improved instructions for how to fix File Integrity issues
• Improved handling for file read/write issues
• Removed 32-bit Windows support
  • 32-bit GMod crashes with newer versions of CEF; you should be using 64-bit anyway!

If you like what we're doing here, consider throwing a few dollars our way! This work is 100% funded by users of this tool! 💖

January 16th, 2023

[UPDATE: Resolved] This is the version you want to fix the asset:// security vulnerability! If you ran the tool before May 12th, 2023, you MUST run it again!

❤ Special thanks to @swampservers for their support in addressing this vulnerability

Since the Last Release

• Release builds now use Python 3.11 / PyInstaller 5.7.0
• Release builds now target Ubuntu 20.04 and macOS 11 (this doesn't mean it won't work on different versions/distros!)

December 19th, 2022

Since the Last Release

• Switch from leovp/steamfiles to ValvePython/steam to support New AppInfo VDF Version (Fixes #43)
• Update CEF to 108.4.12 (Chromium 108.0.5359.71) 106.1.1 (Chromium 106.0.5249.119), except macOS which is still on CEF 104
  • CEF updates happen independently of CEFCodecFix releases. This note is just for completeness sake.
• macOS Support now works properly (#41, thanks @CarlosFelipeArantes!)
• Add kgx (GNOME Console) to list of possible terminals (#42, thanks @AkikoKumagara!)
• Add missing af/ur locales
• Remove unused swiftshader libraries

May 28th, 2022

Since the Last Release

• Update to Python 3.10
• Add Flatpak support for Linux Steam Path
• Add foot to list of possible terminals (#30, thanks @luluco250!)
• Main Script: Make sure we're running under Python 3
• Update Copyright Year

February 15th, 2022

Since the Last Release

• Update CEF to 98.1.19 (Chromium 98.0.4758.80)
• Linux support for newer CEF versions and Widevine
  • macOS support is forthcoming, hopefully
• Fixed unavailable Steam Config paths throwing uncaught FileNotFoundError (Fixes Issue #24)
• Added multiple GMod app manifest detection
• Added better handling of mismatched original file checksums if the original file was blank (addresses CEF patches replacing CEF patches not working even after Validating GMod)

Thanks to @JohnPeel, @sophie-bear, and @willox for their continued help on this project!

November 13th, 2021

Since the Last Release

• Update to CEF 95.0.4638.69 (Windows-only for now, Thanks @willox and @osiris-plus!)
• Fixed cache directory no longer being put in the correct place with the latest PyInstaller builder
• Support patching for files that don't already exist

September 30th, 2021

Since the Last Release

• Fixed sometimes detecting the same Steam Library multiple times (#19)
• System Proxies are now used by default (#18, thanks @dounai2333!)

June 28th, 2021

Since the Last Release

• Fixed looking for Steam Libraries sometimes failing
  • It looks like Steam no longer lists them in Steam/config/config.vdf, so now we just look in Steam/steamapps/libraryfolders.vdf

October 25th, 2020

Since the Last Release

• Added support for ancient /steamapps/<username>/garrysmod install paths
• Exceptions for remote version/manifest HTTP requests actually work
• Added some useful hints for DNS issues (socket.gaierror)
• Added support for XDG Base Directory specification (#5, thanks @drincoxyz!)

June 22nd, 2020

Since the Last Release

• Removed steam.inf marker due to unreliability (Developers: if you were relying on this, use canPlayType JavaScript + DHTML.AddFunction instead!)
• macOS Manifest/Patch Updates are now checked/done automatically every 6 hours (code-signing stuff changes checksums)
• Added How To Guide to Contact Info during startup
• Failed HTTP connections will now display proper error messages
• Fixed(?) HTTP connections failing sometimes ("CEFCodecFix Manifest Failed to Load!")
• Added error message for missing Steam Registry Key on Windows
• Empty GMod App Manifests are now skipped while trying to find a valid one
• Moved internal CEF changes, namely Widevine, to GMod HTML DLL builds (thanks Facepunch!)
• Linux and macOS have lost support for Widevine since the GMod HTML DLL change, due to trouble building it on those platforms (we're working on it!)