Full Release v1.0.0

Full Release v1.0.0 (March 23, 2024)

Finally the full release of GameMonitor! Refer to the README to understand how to use the program. Took a while to get to this point, but this program solves the problem of fullscreen gaming on different monitors. I hope you enjoy it!

UPDATE: Microsoft has approved the program on the Windows Defender whitelist

The following changes list only the changes made since PreRelease-6:

Changes

• Made the title clickable to open the GitHub page
• Improve UI contrast in light mode
• Improved error handling

Fixes

• Fixed program crashing on load if Windows changed the name of a monitor
• Fixed a bug that would cause tooltips to disappear and reappear quickly in a certain scenario.

PreRelease-6

PreRelease-6 (March 14, 2024)

This will probably be the last pre-release before v1.0.0, unless any major bugs are found. I will be testing it over a few days to make sure, but this pre-release is essentially the feature-complete version of the program.

Additions

• Added a button that shows a diagram of which monitor corresponds to which name
• Each game's icon is now displayed beside its name in the settings window
• The program can now be configured to launch at startup in the settings window
• The default monitor can now be changed in the settings window

Changes

• Window can now be resized
• Small user interface improvements
• Slightly improve algorithm to determine a game's name

Fixes

• Fixed preferred monitor for a game not updating until the program restarted
• Fixed Light appearance mode not being entirely light
• Rewrote Tooltip code to fix various issues such as not disappearing
• Fixed only 2 monitors showing up in window selection dropdowns

PreRelease-5

PreRelease-5 (March 11, 2024)

Additions

• The primary monitor can now be switch manually from the start tray icon
• "launch-game" command line argument for games that don't DPI scale properly

Changes

• Completed README
• Enabled automatic DPI awareness so the window scales properly on different DPIs

Fixes

• Fixed program not working if not started from the executable's directory

PreRelease-4

PreRelease-4 (Feb 25, 2024)

Additions

• Delay games from executing to allow Windows to switch the primary display. This should stop quick-loading games from appearing on the wrong monitor.

Changes

• Changed from pyinstaller to nuikta to compile the executable. This should stop windows defender from flagging the program as a virus

Fixes

• Fixed a bug where the process listener would crash after a game was closed
• Fixed a bug where when closing some games, the primary monitor would switch back to default then back to the game's preferred monitor.

PreRelease-3B

PreRelease-3B

Since Windows Defender is detecting the main build as a virus, I am uploading the dev build since it is not getting removed. Downside is that it opens a terminal window you can't close.

PreRelease-3

PreRelease-3 (Feb 11, 2024)

Fixes

• Changed from 'pythoncom' to 'comtypes' library to avoid process listener terminating

PreRelease-2

PreRelease-2 (Feb 9, 2024)

Additions

• Added build.bat file to compile python scripts
• Added CHANGELOG

Fixes

• Added missing url to download icon so the program doesn't crash

PreRelease-1

Beta release of the program. There are some things I will improve before the full release.