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Changes from v5.6.0

ReleaseNotes/5.6.1.md

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Hotfix

  • Fix crash caused by brightness/volume key listener
  • Fix XDR nits-to-gamma coefficient

Changes from v5.6.0

Licensing model

I'm removing the 1-year of updates restriction and will give everyone unlimited free updates for Lunar 5.

Lunar will move to a major-version upgrade licensing model, where you will only have to pay for a new license if a new major version is launched (e.g. Lunar 6).

If that ever happens, you will also be able to use your previous license as a coupon to get a substantial discount if you previously bought Lunar.

Features

XDR Brightness

  • Enhance contrast to make the dark-background/bright-text case more usable in the sun
  • Make XDR more seamless: simply increasing the brightness over 100% with your keyboard should now enable XDR smoothly and without many flickers
  • Keep XDR enabled when the screen comes back from standby
  • HDR content overblowing is now fixed as long as Gamma is not used
    • Note: this is still a macOS bug that is awaiting a fix from Apple, all I've done is work around it
  • Disable XDR on non-Apple monitors until the forced-monochrome bugs are fixed

BlackOut subsystem rewrite

  • Now using the same private framework used by System Preferences
  • More stable mirroring
  • Tight integration with the newest version of BetterDummy

Auto BlackOut OSD

  • Allow the system to settle screen configuration
  • Allows the user to press esc to cancel Auto BlackOut

App Info section

  • License status
  • Version and Check for updates button
  • Auto update settings
  • Menu density selector

Advanced settings tab

Improvements

  • Save last resolution before mirroring and re-apply it after mirroring ends
    • This works around a system bug where a non-native resolution is applied when mirroring is disabled
  • Lower CPU usage further by reducing UI structure update when menus are not visible
  • QuickActions menu becomes scrollable when it reaches the bottom of the screen
  • Assign remaining DDC ports sequentially for monitors that can't be matched by EDID

Fixes

  • Lower CPU usage by fixing a recursive call on the resolutions dropdown
  • Lower memory usage and the number of threads spawned