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# OpenBox release notes

OpenBox 1.17.0 brings installed GOG, EA app, and Ubisoft Connect games into the library on Windows, remembers Game Night decks, records what each game cost, and translates server notices. It also fixes ScreenScraper lookups. Upgrade from any 1.16.x release. The full list is in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md), and the code changes are in [v1.16.1...v1.17.0](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/compare/v1.16.1...v1.17.0).
OpenBox 1.17.0 imports installed GOG, EA app, and Ubisoft Connect games on Windows, remembers Game Night decks, records what each game cost, and translates server notices. It also fixes ScreenScraper lookups. Upgrade from any 1.16.x release. The full list is in [CHANGELOG.md](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md), and the code changes are in [v1.16.1...v1.17.0](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/compare/v1.16.1...v1.17.0).

## Your other launchers

Windows now imports games installed by GOG Galaxy, the EA app, and Ubisoft Connect. Open **Tools > Import GOG**, **Import EA app**, or **Import Ubisoft Connect**. The same buttons sit in the Storefront Manager. Importing again finds the same records by their store id, so no duplicates are added.
Windows now imports games installed by GOG Galaxy, the EA app, and Ubisoft Connect. Open **Tools > Import GOG**, **Import EA app**, or **Import Ubisoft Connect**. The same buttons sit in the Storefront Manager. Importing again matches the launcher's store id, so a second import does not add duplicates.

- **GOG** reads the install entries and the game's own `goggame-*.info` file. The game executable runs directly; an executable outside the install folder is refused.
- **EA app** reads the launcher's `installerdata.xml` and launches through the EA app.
- **Ubisoft Connect** reads the launcher's install entries and launches through Ubisoft Connect.
GOG reads the install entries and the game's own `goggame-*.info` file; its executable runs directly and must stay inside the install folder. The EA app reads its `installerdata.xml` and launches through the EA app. Ubisoft Connect reads its install entries and launches through Ubisoft Connect. A malformed entry is skipped with an error, not a crash.

Import is read-only and offline. A malformed entry is skipped with an error, not a crash. Uninstalling the EA app or Ubisoft Connect breaks those launches until the launcher comes back.
The import is read-only and offline. Uninstalling the EA app or Ubisoft Connect breaks those launches until the launcher returns.

## Game Night decks

Save the rules for your couch night as a named deck: players, session length, and a filter such as `platform:SNES`. Pick the deck next time and OpenBox fills the setup back in. **Save deck** and **Delete deck** sit under the setup controls.
Save the rules for a couch session as a named deck: players, session length, and a filter such as `platform:SNES`. Choosing the deck next time restores those settings. **Save deck** and **Delete deck** sit under the setup controls.

Every draw returns an eight-character **seed**. On another device with the same library, entering the same seed and filter produces the same queue. The wheel, up-next strip, and launch flow are unchanged.
Every draw returns an eight-character seed. On another device with the same library, the same seed and filter produce the same queue.

## What your library cost

Open a game's edit dialog and enter **Price paid** and its **Currency**. Play Insights adds a **What it cost** card: totals by currency, hours played, average cost per hour, and the best-value games. A game's details show its price and its own cost per hour.
Open a game's edit dialog and enter **Price paid** and its **Currency**. Play Insights adds a **What it cost** card with totals by currency, hours played, average cost per hour, and the best- and worst-value games. A game's details show its price and its own cost per hour.

- Set the default currency in **Settings > Library**.
- Bulk Edit can set or clear a price for many games at once.
- Cost per hour appears only for a priced game with at least a minute of playtime.
- Totals are grouped by currency. Nothing is converted, and no exchange rate is downloaded.

Prices and store ids stay on this device for now; they are not carried by library sync.
Set the default currency in **Settings > Library**. Bulk Edit can set or clear a price for several games at once. A cost per hour appears only for a priced game with at least a minute of playtime. Totals and prices stay on this device and are not carried by library sync, and nothing is converted between currencies.

## Notices in your language

Cloud sync, launch-check changes, rejected emulator-definition packs, and webhook failures now use translated titles and bodies in English, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese. Notifications saved by older versions keep their English text and still render.
Cloud sync, launch-check changes, rejected emulator-definition packs, and webhook failures now carry translated titles and bodies in English, Spanish, German, French, and Portuguese. Notifications saved by older versions keep their English text and still render.

## Fixed

- **ScreenScraper lookups returned HTTP 400.** Requests now use the parameter names the API reads (`ssid`, `sspassword`, `softname`, `md5`, `sha1`, `crc`, `romtaille`, and `rom`/`iso`), the Test button calls `ssuserInfos.php`, and refusals sent as plain text are not retried. A ScreenScraper developer ID and password are required and are now documented that way.

## Safer by default

Native storefront discovery is read-only and offline. Provider ids must be digits, install folders must exist, and a GOG executable taken from a game manifest must stay inside its install folder. Commands are argument lists, never a shell. No launcher is modified and no account is used.

## Known limits
- **ScreenScraper lookups returned HTTP 400.** Requests now use the parameter names the API reads (`ssid`, `sspassword`, `softname`, `md5`, `sha1`, `crc`, `romtaille`, and `rom`/`iso`), the Test button calls `ssuserInfos.php`, and refusals sent as plain text are no longer retried. A ScreenScraper developer ID and password are required and are now documented that way.

- Xbox PC package scanning and owned-but-uninstalled GOG/EA/Ubisoft catalogs are not imported. Native storefront imports are manual; there is no startup auto-import for them.
- Provider ids, price paid, and Game Night decks are local. They do not cross library sync, and Time Machine does not journal price changes.
- Cost totals are not converted between currencies.
- GOG games launch their executable directly, so Galaxy overlay and cloud-save features are not started.
- Other server responses and some dialog labels remain English.
- Windows ARM64 and macOS remain out of scope.
The [changelog](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md) lists the main areas, not every change.
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Restore the still-applicable limitations.

The replacement removes release-relevant caveats from the release-note surface. Users may interpret the release as supporting Xbox and uninstalled catalogs, non-local provider IDs and decks, GOG overlay/cloud saves, untranslated areas, Windows ARM64, and macOS. Restore concise caveats for these limitations instead of stating only that the changelog is incomplete.

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 The [changelog](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md) lists the main areas, not every change.
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+Known limits:
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+- Xbox and uninstalled catalogs are not imported.
+- Provider IDs and decks remain local.
+- Direct GOG launches do not provide Galaxy overlay or cloud saves.
+- Some areas remain untranslated.
+- Windows ARM64 and macOS are not supported.
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## Fixed
- **ScreenScraper lookups returned HTTP 400.** Requests now use the parameter names the API reads (`ssid`, `sspassword`, `softname`, `md5`, `sha1`, `crc`, `romtaille`, and `rom`/`iso`), the Test button calls `ssuserInfos.php`, and refusals sent as plain text are not retried. A ScreenScraper developer ID and password are required and are now documented that way.
## Safer by default
Native storefront discovery is read-only and offline. Provider ids must be digits, install folders must exist, and a GOG executable taken from a game manifest must stay inside its install folder. Commands are argument lists, never a shell. No launcher is modified and no account is used.
## Known limits
- **ScreenScraper lookups returned HTTP 400.** Requests now use the parameter names the API reads (`ssid`, `sspassword`, `softname`, `md5`, `sha1`, `crc`, `romtaille`, and `rom`/`iso`), the Test button calls `ssuserInfos.php`, and refusals sent as plain text are no longer retried. A ScreenScraper developer ID and password are required and are now documented that way.
- Xbox PC package scanning and owned-but-uninstalled GOG/EA/Ubisoft catalogs are not imported. Native storefront imports are manual; there is no startup auto-import for them.
- Provider ids, price paid, and Game Night decks are local. They do not cross library sync, and Time Machine does not journal price changes.
- Cost totals are not converted between currencies.
- GOG games launch their executable directly, so Galaxy overlay and cloud-save features are not started.
- Other server responses and some dialog labels remain English.
- Windows ARM64 and macOS remain out of scope.
The [changelog](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md) lists the main areas, not every change.
## Fixed
- **ScreenScraper lookups returned HTTP 400.** Requests now use the parameter names the API reads (`ssid`, `sspassword`, `softname`, `md5`, `sha1`, `crc`, `romtaille`, and `rom`/`iso`), the Test button calls `ssuserInfos.php`, and refusals sent as plain text are no longer retried. A ScreenScraper developer ID and password are required and are now documented that way.
The [changelog](https://github.com/vindeckyy/OpenBoxGL/blob/master/docs/CHANGELOG.md) lists the main areas, not every change.
Known limits:
- Xbox and uninstalled catalogs are not imported.
- Provider IDs and decks remain local.
- Direct GOG launches do not provide Galaxy overlay or cloud saves.
- Some areas remain untranslated.
- Windows ARM64 and macOS are not supported.
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Review comment at @docs/RELEASE_NOTES.md around lines 29 - 33:
Update the release notes near the “Fixed” section to restore concise caveats for
unsupported Xbox and uninstalled catalogs, local-only provider IDs and decks,
missing Galaxy overlay and cloud saves for direct GOG launches, untranslated
areas, and unsupported Windows ARM64 and macOS; retain the existing changelog
link.

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