EmuDeck 2.1.19 QOL improvements released (Patreon)

Hi!

This update has several Quality Of Life improvements:

Windows & SteamOS:

- EmuDeck can now be installed at the same time in more than one device.

- Better login management, should help with all those "Issue with Patreon's API" messages.

- Added visible log on the "Checking for updates" page. Useful on those cases where it seems to get stuck.

- "Checking for updates" changed to "Updating EmuDeck backend files" for a better convey of what the app is doing.

- New UI for modal messages

- New emulator selection script where you can select the SteamRomManager parsers in case you have more than one emulator for the same system

- CloudSync compares the hashes of each save folder to enable faster downloads.

- CloudSync on EmulationStation won't take forever, it will do the same hash comparison to speed up downloads and will upload your saved games as soon as you create the saves/states so changing between different games / systems is a lot faster.

SteamOS:

- Added option to download / upload all saved files when setting up CloudSync

Windows:

- Saves and states moved to Emulation/saves/ instead of using shortcuts so they are easier to backup both manually and using cloudSync

- UAC prompt on cloudSync install so we can enable a background service to upload your saves while you play.

- UAC prompt on first install of EmuDeck or a new emulator so we can create symlinks for all the saves folder.

How to set up the new cloudSync?

Windows & Steam OS
- Backup your saved games before upgrading, just in case.

- Reset SRM config on Manage Emulators.

- Uninstall + Install CloudSync.

- Reparse all your SRM entries.

- That's it, enjoy!

SteamOS only: When you are back in gaming mode make sure the EmuDecky plugin is showing up after installing it from Tools & Stuff, you'll need it for CloudSync since it will show you notifications on gaming mode everytime a game has finished being uploaded.

For the next 2.1.20 release, you can expect Xemu + Xenia for Windows, and some improvements selecting different frontends.

Just open EmuDeck to get it updated to 2.1.19.

How Can I know if the update went well?
If you did all the previous steps it should work just fine, but just in case:

Windows
- You'll see a black CloudSync notification on the bottom right every time you open a game.
- And after playing the game you'll get a voice confirmation that the games were uploaded so you can shut off the device if you want. ( this is windows fault, still looking for a solution to show a visual notification.

- Check your cloud provider, see if the game you just played got its saved games uploaded.

If you don't have those 2 bullet points working, repeat the steps again.

SteamOS / Linux

- You'll see a black CloudSync notification on the bottom right every time you open a game, and when you finish playing you'll get a notification telling you when all uploads have been completed.
- Check your cloud provider, see if the game you just played got its saved games uploaded.

If you don't have those 2 bullet points working, repeat the steps again.

If you have issues please use our Discord channels, don't write here your issues.

Windows: https://discord.com/channels/934078500552462346/1072008069103501452

Linux: https://discord.com/channels/934078500552462346/1098957084533469325

And there is one more thing.... EmuDeck for the Mac is coming really really soon!

See you!