What changed in Wallpaper Engine in 2019

The Discover tab now has a search button that brings you to the Workshop tab for searching.

Video wallpapers can now drive your iCUE devices by default.

Fixed the program crashing when old versions of Razer Chroma are installed.

Wallpaper Engine is being terminated by BattlEye if Nvidia Low-Latency Mode is enabled globally.

Fixed a bug with video wallpaper cycling in playlists.

A checkbox to disable the automatic monitor selection dialog if multiple wallpapers/monitors are active.

Removed playlist contents when there are more than 1000 wallpapers in a playlist to improve UI performance.

Wallpaper Engine can now be controlled from the command line for automation of wallpaper changes and playback.

A warning dialog will be shown if Wallpaper Engine detects issues with Steam re-downloading wallpapers.

A new winter skin is applied automatically during December if the seasonal theming option is enabled.

Playlists can now be configured to always show the first wallpaper when they are started.

The Discover tab will show new seasonal lists at the top next to the approved list.

This change aims to improve search results by preventing unrelated results.

The search relevance option was removed due to issues with Steam's ordering.

This is to address buggy driver issues.

A detailed explanation for each option is now available.

Wallpaper Engine can now adjust the skin it uses dynamically based on the current date.

Introduced a registry key for power users to hide the tray icon for easier access to the program.

Disabled task bar color in light mode to improve text readability.

A new layer type, 'Text Layer', allows users to add text to scenes with multiple lines and custom fonts.

Blur effect can now be used as a drop shadow or outline on fonts.

Resolved an issue where URLs in playlists were being skipped.

Users can now browse all wallpapers by a specific author directly from the wallpaper browser.

New assets including clocks and a greeting that can dynamically update text based on user input.

Corrected an issue with particle systems using world space options that resulted in incorrect coordinates on control points.

Addressed a crash that occurred when user stats weren't queried in the editor.

A warning is now displayed if Wallpaper Engine is installed in a directory that prevents Chromium from loading the UI.

Resolved an issue where wallpaper multi select would not clear after moving items.

Fixed the undo/redo functionality for particle instances.

Made clone wallpaper management more definitive when monitor aspect ratios are incompatible.

Fixed the removal button functionality for camera paths.

Reverted Steamworks SDK because the new Steamworks SDK 1.44 is making the wallpaper browser crash for some people.

Enabled the ability to specify image sequence duration in filenames.

Forced a shader rebuild after importing a new effect.

Fixed the playlist timer not restarting when triggered by ending video.

Added a new option to skip the effect upgrade process.

Fixed issue where particle instance UI options were de-syncing with wallpaper and had no effect.

Fixed image layers that were set to be sprite sheets before support for sprite sheets was added.

Fixed issue where particle instance control points were not saving, specifically for lightning discharge.

Fixed issue where playlists with custom daytime settings could not be loaded from hotkey or tray.