Just wanted to say I'm still here for those not really following along especially as I've not been super obvious on social media by not having announced the recent beta & preview builds from the past few months plus I know a fair number won't have been looking at the forum or vaguely keeping up with what's been done on the discord server along with the emails I get.
Currently I'm tryi...
2025-05-31 18:17:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally the first build of 2025 which is somewhat late in happening against where I'd been planning to be by now but sometimes better late than never. There's around 100 lines in the changelog since the last #20678 beta build.
The aim is for either this beta build or a small update depending on what issues may initially appear with it to go out as the newest preview build early next week ...
2025-02-28 18:43:05 +0000 UTC View PostAfter the 'fun' of a month ago I've finally got a new beta build up (changelogs for it as normal are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/). This won't be going up as a new preview build since its too close to the holidays now & there's some aspects needing more testing & there's a few things I've still got to resolve ...
2024-12-21 17:07:34 +0000 UTC View PostLast Thursday my body decided to try to replicate the alien chest burster scene which means I'm posting this quick update from hospital.
Am hoping to get home later this week but coding, etc is on hold for a while until I've recovered.
[Edit Thursday 29th]
I got back home late Tuesday & am feeling better for it. My tummy still needs to get back to normal wh...
Last time I'll mention that any build prior to 1.99.20.19994 going back to 1.99.11.18916 will require manually updating to get onto a build that will be able to correctly report there's an update (unless you're "lucky" & are having crashes with those older builds).
Onto today's 1.99.22.20202 builds & ignoring some of the unhelpful distraction from this week, ...
2024-09-28 17:48:18 +0000 UTC View Post
Quick reminder that any build prior to 1.99.20.19994 going back to 1.99.11.18916 will require manually updating to get onto a build that will be able to correctly report there's an update (unless you're "lucky" & are having crashes with those older builds).
As for today's 1.99.21.20088, I described it in the beta releases thread notes as "refinement rather than anything revolutionary"...
2024-09-12 22:51:30 +0000 UTC View Post
The crappy bit first, the new version prompt has been broken for all of the 2024 preview builds since April which only came to light around 2 weeks ago for which being annoyed with myself is still an understatement.
Manually updating to the new build is required unless you're one of the lucky ones where the build crashes on you & the post-crash prompting is still being triggered....
2024-08-29 13:49:48 +0000 UTC View PostWACUP build 1.99.15.19320 went up last night as a quick fix for an ironic crash from a change meant to avoid crashes (sorry to all for that) & a memory leak.
-dro
2024-06-06 09:41:28 +0000 UTC View Post
A few weeks on since build 19100 went up as a preview build & it's now being replaced with build 19312.
This new build primarily brings changes to how the history & local library db files are saved to resolve the unacceptable number of crash reports that the old build(s) have been generating.
The cumulative changelog between the builds is at 2024-06-04 21:06:37 +0000 UTC View Post
WACUP build 1.99.13.19100 just went up as the latest preview build which aims to resolve the main crash issue happening with the prior 1.99.12.18980 preview build. https://getwacup.com/preview/preview_1_99_13_19100.html details just the changes made between the builds.
The last 2 weeks has...
2024-05-10 12:13:45 +0000 UTC View Post
The past 3 & a half weeks have been somewhat frantic hence the lack of updates on here with the 3 noted builds along with 2 interim builds that were posted on the beta sub-section of the forum & numerous user specific test builds to finally get to today's releasing of build 18980 as the new preview build to repla...
2024-04-24 22:50:27 +0000 UTC View Post
Another month almost done & as a non chocolatey treat there's finally 2 new beta builds (we won't talk about the one that was pulled) which has been a bit of a bumpy one but has also been a hopefully move in the right direction now I'm looking back at all of the changes that have gone into them (especially with this week & the on-going local library plug-in related issues which build 18...
2024-03-30 14:16:35 +0000 UTC View PostA 3 month update wasn't on the plans but the end of year update went out of the window & then the last 2 months have flown by so I'll try to keep this update fairly brief.
Since the last update at the end of November, beta build 1.99.3.18106 went up mid January & a lot of the things that ...
2024-02-29 23:52:48 +0000 UTC View PostIf anyone knows where the 2 weeks I seem to have lost this month have gone then I'd be much appreciative as I've obviously not managed to get a new beta build done this month despite the plan of last month's update so I'm a bit miffed with myself.
Things have been progressing though it's been slow going fixing the stuff that really shouldn't have been wrong but sadly was & seems to ex...
2023-11-30 23:32:28 +0000 UTC View Post
Unfortunately no treats to play with today as October has been a bit of a messy month from having taken one of the two full weeks I typically take off a year & then effectively spending 2 of the remaining 3 weeks just working through the crash reports that have been coming in from the preview build (so many duplicate reports from some users which make it feel like the issues are worse than ...
2023-10-31 17:25:51 +0000 UTC View Post
#WACUP beta build 1.9.20.17040 just went up as a newer "beta" preview build which should resolve the main crashing issues found with last week's new build.
https://getwacup.com/preview/preview_1_9_20_17040.html details just the changes made between build 1.9.19.16956 & this newer one.
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2023-09-30 14:29:24 +0000 UTC View Post
Beta build 1.9.19.16956 just went up with it also provided as a "beta" preview build before a more formal preview build is done next month (October 2023) to help resolve issues that haven't yet been caught as is likely to arise.
https://getwacup.com/blog/index.php/2023...
2023-09-23 22:58:40 +0000 UTC View Post
I'm still here & plugging away. Since the last post 4 months ago there's been 10 beta builds, a whole load of interim / dev builds & the replacement local library is now (mostly) loading the expected artwork as of today's build #16242 along with a mass of changes, fixes & a hopefully more stable program than it had been.
There's still more work needed on this new feature as I'...
2023-07-31 22:32:30 +0000 UTC View PostAs some of you may have seen, I posted a screenshot a few days ago on social media showing off an in-progress change related to WACUP's non-legacy mode where modern skins will finally be usable under it. As such we're now into the 1.9.x series of builds :)
Since then I've been improving my implementation of the apis that the modern skin engine plug-in (gen_ff) required from the original w...
2023-03-31 17:28:26 +0000 UTC View Post
Some might've noticed I've been mostly quiet on social media this year (just not feeling things) but I've been diligently working away at things with 5 beta builds since the start of year (1.8.15.14132 through 1.8.21.14638)
Changelogs for the builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
These builds have also r...
2023-02-24 15:17:18 +0000 UTC View Post
You don't see anything for almost 2 months & then 2 betas come along in under a day with 1.8.14.14034 & 1.8.14.14050 (how's that for channelling the old days of Winamp 2.x build releases 😉) trying to get things resolved before the holidays.
Primarily it's just a lot of fixes that have finally been able to be implemented with the changes that the prior beta builds resolved allow...
2022-12-24 11:40:35 +0000 UTC View Post
Finally managed to do a new #WACUP #beta build as 1.8.13.13964 (also 1.8.12.13944 earlier in the week) after throwing out a few weeks work.
Folder monitor, AdLib support, improved library handling, quicker podcast updates.
Changelogs for the build are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
The folder monit...
2022-12-16 14:32:50 +0000 UTC View Post
Been a bit quiet but here's the last 3 or so week's work with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.7.13286 (also 1.8.6.13260 earlier in the week) now with beta testers.
New library icons, a bad resource leak fix & adding dark mode support
Changelog for the build is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/beta
The addi...
2022-10-21 16:44:36 +0000 UTC View Post
Likely the last build for the month with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.4.12990 now with beta testers.
The return of library tree icons, fixing Win7 / WINE + modern skin support & classic skin song ticker smooth scrolling & some more
Changelog for the build is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/b...
2022-09-24 18:08:37 +0000 UTC View Post
A decent 2 or so weeks with #WACUP #beta build 1.8.2.12888 (along with builds 12774 & 12790 from last week) now with beta testers.
Managed to replace a component for modern skin support that was causing oh so many issues.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Replacing the 5....
2022-09-14 18:31:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Almost the end of another month & WACUP beta build 1.7.15.12686 (along with builds 12444, 12580, 12604 & 12678 during the month) is now with beta testers.
Better large / corrupted library handling, HTTPS streams & more.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Getting th...
2022-08-27 16:31:00 +0000 UTC View Post
New month & WACUP beta build 1.7.8.12330 (along with 1.7.7.12274 last week) is with the beta testers.
More refinement, regression fixes & getting some features to work without the library (a bit of deja vu to last month).
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
I also know ...
2022-08-02 11:50:07 +0000 UTC View Post
Just pushed #WACUP #beta build 1.7.5.12100 (along with 1.7.4.12038 last week) to the beta testers.
More refinement, some regression fixes & getting some features to not need the library.
Changelogs for all builds are at https://getwacup.com/changelog/
Now I just need to get on with coding the missing f...
2022-07-12 15:42:06 +0000 UTC View Post
The fun of ending a week but also starting a new month along with a new #WACUP #beta build.
A smaller update than normal which is nice as its been mostly behaving at last for the past few weeks. Changelog for it is at https://getwacup.com/changelog/beta_1_7_3_11994.html
The last beta build a...
2022-07-01 23:24:54 +0000 UTC View Post
Just a small one to end the week with WACUP beta build 1.7.2.11906 now available to the beta testers. Will be letting this one sit for a bit due to some IRL stuff going on & then hopefully will have something newer by the end of the month 🤞
Changelogs for the builds are as normal at https://getwacup.com/changelog/<...
2022-06-10 17:07:50 +0000 UTC View Post