Wallpaper Engine update 2.1 is now available to download on PC. According to the official Wallpaper Engine patch notes, the latest update 2.1 addresses some bugs and crashes.
Previously, a major update 2.1 added new changes, fixes, and gameplay improvements.
Unfortunately, players are still experiencing several issues since the release. Today’s Wallpaper Engine version 2.1 will fix a few of these issues.
Check out more details below.
Wallpaper Engine 2.1 Patch Notes – June 4, 2022
Additions / Changes
- Added inverse kinematics for puppet warp animations.
- Added support for user imported textures/videos in scenes.
- Added puppet warp reference pose system to make using character sheets easier.
- Added Wuffs PNG decoder to improve scene loading speed.
- Added new creator/collection highlight system to Discover tab.
- Added “best of” queries for each year to Discover tab.
- Added animation loop wrap option to make looping puppet warp and property animations easier.
- Locked label width in browser to fix long labels moving other elements around.
- Removed active wallpaper from playlist poolto prevent repetition of first wallpaper.
- Changed “aero peek unpause” option to also affect unpausing of start menu.
- Added different application wallpaper window detection that has a higher compatibility than the previous hook based one.
- Improved text shaping performance for long texts on text layers that change every frame.
- Added experimental support for different wallpapers per virtual desktop (needs to be enabled in general settings).
- Added named hitboxes to click events on puppet warp layers.
- Added easy script single animation playback for puppet warp layers.
- Added “animation ended” callbacks to puppet warp animations.
- Added project cleaning dialog to delete unused assets from projects to clear up disk space.
- Updated spin and perspective effects and added custom gizmos for them.
- Added swing and twirl effects with custom gizmos.
- Added better perspective distortion to clouds, water ripple, water waves and reflection effects with custom gizmos.
- Added more icons and colors for folders.
- Updated V8 and CEF.
- Updated STB image.
- Updated font awesome.
- Changed ‘add’ layer blendmode to use native blending and made native/emulated blending more obvious in dropdown.
- Disabled loading wallpaper cache after Steam user has been switched.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed Display HDR white level alignment.
- Fixed some rendering issues with specific sprite sheet/lighting/puppet warp combinations.
- Fixed system menu not being available on user interface.
- Fixed web wallpapers not working properly when used as screensaver and wallpaper at the same time.
- Fixed Display HDR not being recognized if it was only supported by some of the connected monitors.
- Made slider updates in editor more reliable.
- Fixed cloned wallpapers in screensavers not being muted.
- Fixed some undo/redo behaviors in editor.
- Fixed slowdown when importing 1000s of images at once.
- Changed thumbnail image generator to only generate currently visible previews.
Wallpaper Engine for Android
Additions / Changes
- Enabled Wallpaper Colors API on Samsung devices again. Previous versions of Android caused the app to crash on Samsung devices. If you experience crashes on Samsung devices after this update, make sure that your device is up-to-date.
- Added long-press dialog to apply button that also allows reverting the wallpaper back to the system default again.
Bug Fixes
- Fixed video wallpaper rotation not resetting properly when switching between landscape/portrait modes.
- Added workaround to a reference leak in Android surface view.
- Fixed time of day/day of week playlist crashing when too many wallpapers were active.
Additional Notes about the Android Update
The Android app update will start to roll out across all app stores now. Please note that mobile app stores tend to release updates with a delay, so it might take a few days for the update to reach you.
