2.8.2

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SMAPI 2.8 mainly adds support for the latest Stardew Valley 1.3.32 and makes quality-of-life changes for players:

• added a mod compatibility page and privacy page;
• added support for organising your mods into subfolders and ignoring mod folders;
• moved most SMAPI files into a smapi-internal subfolder (so your game folder is less messy) and save backups into a save-backups folder (so they're easier to find);
• enabled update checks even for mods that have no update keys in many cases;
• improved various error messages to be more clear and intuitive;
• now auto-recovers crashes caused by broken modded dialogue;
• now recommends the correct SMAPI version when you have an older game version;
• improved compatibility for some Linux players;
• fixed a number of issues.

For modders, this mainly adds new features and improvements:

• added a multiplayer API and events to send/receive messages and get connected player info;
• added a data API to store mod data in the save file or app data;
• added optional verbose logging;
• added support for writing to JSON files in content packs;
• added support for semi-transparent overlays when patching images;
• added more events for the upcoming SMAPI 3.0;
• improved support for the -unofficial version convention (e.g. 1.0-unofficial < 1.0-beta);
• enabled IntelliSense documentation when using the non-developers version of SMAPI;
• removed restriction against loading images during a draw cycle;
• fixed a number of issues.

Minor releases:

• 2.8.1 fixes an installer error for Windows players.
• 2.8.2 fixes a crash for MacOS players.

Requires Stardew Valley 1.3.32 or later on Linux/Mac/Windows.