May 30th, 2024

Since the Last Release

• Fixed crashing issues caused by CEF 124.3.0-124.3.4 (by updating to 124.3.5)
• Downloading patch files no longer times out, ever (fixes #108)
• Added multi-Steam install detection for Linux
• Updated Proton warning for Linux to say what version is needed for GMod/CEF to work with it

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May 2nd, 2024

Since the Last Release

• Updated to CEF 124.3.5 (Chromium 124.0.6367.119)
  • Note: CEF updates happen independently of CEFCodecFix releases, with updates to the manifest. This is just an FYI!
• We've made a new guide for installing/using GModCEFCodecFix
  • We think it's more user friendly than the old forum posts. Let us know if you have any suggestions for improving it!
• Steam installed through Snap is now supported on Linux (#105, fixes #102)
• solsticegamestudios/gmod-html@f25e088: chromium.log is now rotated so log files don't stay on disk and grow forever
• solsticegamestudios/gmod-html@92ebc22: GMod's -multirun launch option now works again
• solsticegamestudios/gmod-html@3e7d15f: Flatpak/Snap/AppImage are now supported on Linux and disable CEF sandboxing which prevented it from working before (fixes #64)

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Hotfix: March 17th, 2024

Since the Last Release

• Replaced the libraryfolders.vdf approach for locating GMod installs (because it wasn't very reliable) with one that looks for the GMod appmanifest instead

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March 13th, 2024

Since the Last Release

• Updated to CEF 120.2.7 (Chromium 120.0.6099.234)
  • Note: CEF updates happen independently of CEFCodecFix releases, with updates to the manifest. This is just an FYI!
• The requests library has been replaced with httpx
  • This should improve patch download speeds (with brotli) and solve a couple of edge cases with HTTP proxies
• Changed how we locate GMod installs by leveraging libraryfolders.vdf
• Patching for Windows 32-bit is enabled again, but isn't stable and probably won't work
  • This is pretty much just so devs can use -tools with GMod patched. We continue to recommend using 64-bit for all other scenarios
• Updated to Python 3.12 and PyInstaller 6.5.0
• Updated relevant SGS website links

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September 29th, 2023

Since the Last Release

• Updated to CEF 116.0.27 (Chromium 116.0.5845.190) CEF 120.2.7 (Chromium 120.0.6099.234)
  • Note: CEF updates happen independently of CEFCodecFix releases. This is just an FYI!
  • This includes the fix for CVE-2023-4863
• The tool now uses a temporary directory for patch files (solves certain scenarios with read/write issues)
• Fixed Steam path detection for Flatpak

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July 31st, 2023

Since the Last Release

• Fixed Proton detection in some scenarios

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July 27th, 2023

Since the Last Release

• Added Steam Proton support (#34, thanks @snowkat!)
  • GMod in Proton may or may not work for you! We don't recommend using it over the Native Linux build in most circumstances
  • On Steam Deck / Arch Linux at least, there's a noticeable improvement in performance and typing works (#53), at the cost of missing emojis and some font rendering issues
  • You'll likely need to add PROTON_SET_GAME_DRIVE=1 %command% to GMod's launch options for Proton to work
• Fixed issues with GMod's main menu following Site Isolation being re-enabled

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June 21st, 2023

Since the Last Release

• Improved GMod state checking, so we no longer try to do stuff to GMod while Steam is already working on it
• Added check to see if GMod has an update pending (and stop the script going further until it's done)
• Added check for -nochromium launch option
  • Some guides include it, which leads to confusion when CEF doesn't work
• Fixed re-downloading Patch files every time the tool is run against unpatched GMod

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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!

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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!)