v0.9.3

A maintenance release fixing a few small things.

What's New?

• Add device map for Razer Huntsman V2 Analog (UK) (#527, @dvs999)

Changes

• Add appstream metainfo.
  • The app's appearance may improve in your software center application.
• Add support for a Flatpak version.

Fixes

• Only show the instructions button for on-the-fly macro recording if supported by device / version.
• Fix crash at start-up if the effect file is moved or renamed (#467)

v0.8.7

This maintenance release backports fixes for the older Qt 5 version, currently still supported.

See v0.9.3 for the changes.

v0.9.2

A maintenance release fixing a few small things.

Changes

• Add OpenRazer config option for "persistence_dual_boot_quirk".
  • This will be a new configuration option in a future release of OpenRazer (3.9+)
  • This option can help devices that don't seem to restore their last selected effect in Linux after using the official Razer Synapse driver in Windows.

Fixes

• Fix broken header graphic when tiling application.
• Fix 'Hz' typo for DeathAdder 3.5G DPI list.
• Hide Y axis for Razer Basilisk Essential as it only supports X axis.
• Troubleshooter: Improve secure boot check.

v0.8.6

This maintenance release backports fixes for the older Qt 5 version, currently still supported.

See v0.9.2 for the changes.

v0.9.1

A maintenance release mainly fixing translations, some of them being regressions from v0.9.0 when porting to Qt 6.

Changes

• OpenRazer: Recognise new capabilities low_battery_threshold and idle_time that'll be used in a future version of OpenRazer.
• Updated translation for 🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese (@UM-Li, #514)

Fixes

• Controller: Set the desktop filename for Wayland (@ReillyBrogan, #512)
• Fix bugs rendering translations, causing English to be displayed in places even if the locale was fully translated.
  • As a result, more of the tray applet and CLI is translatable.

Translation Statistics

Locale	Completion	Last Updated
🇨🇳 zh_CN	100%	May 2024
🇺🇸 en_US	100%	May 2024
🇩🇪 de_DE	86%	Jan 2024
🇬🇪 ka	86%	2023
🇫🇷 fr_FR	77%	2022
🇵🇱 pl_PL	74%	2023
🇳🇱 nl	57%	2021
🇧🇷 pt_BR	10%	2019
🇫🇮 fi_FI	6%	2020

For a guide on how to translate, see: https://docs.polychromatic.app/translations/

v0.8.5

This maintenance release backports translations fixes for the older Qt 5 version, currently still supported.

See v0.9.1 for the changes.

v0.9.0 - Port to Qt 6

Qt 6 "Controller" Port

PyQt is the underlying framework powering the main graphical interface of Polychromatic. This release ports the codebase from PyQt5 to PyQt6 to ensure future readiness and to support distributions that may be moving away from PyQt5 (#508). As a result, Python 3.7 or later is required.

In terms of differences, it's a bit boring — visually, it's 98% the same.

Changes since v0.8.4

• Code improvements to tidy up or fix issues after porting to PyQt6.
• Remove some unused code.
• Fix effect restoration when closing 'Inspect Matrix' via ESC key.

v0.8.x will continue to be supported for Qt 5

While v0.9.0 will be rolled out to distributions providing PyQt6, there are many distros that only support PyQt5. Today will also be releasing v0.8.4 and will continue to backport changes (where possible) from v0.9.x.

v0.8.4

What's New?

• Add device map for Razer Huntsman Mini (US) (#503, @jerickgm89)

Changes

• 🇩🇪 Update German translation (#506, @MoonlightWave-12)
• Recognise devices now supported in OpenRazer 3.8.0

Fixes

• Fix "Remember last position and size" preference being stuck.
• Improve button state when using DPI slider.

v0.8.3

What's New?

• Add device map for Razer BlackWidow V4 Pro (#499, @nilo-puglisi)
• Add device map for Razer Cynosa V2 (US) (#500, @bbacskay)
• Add support for wheel effect (for compatible OpenRazer hardware)

Changes

• Add 🇬🇪 Georgian translation (#496, @NorwayFun)
• Add DPI defaults for Naga V2 HyperSpeed.
• Troubleshooter: Check for old copies of OpenRazer's Python library.

Fixes

• Fix SVG structure to prevent Qt warning (#501, @bbacskay)
• Use consistent volume icons across device graphics.

v0.8.2

What's New?

• Add device map for Razer BlackWidow V3 (US) (#491, @pmdumuid)

Changes

• Update translations
  • 🇨🇳 Simplified Chinese (#477, @UM-Li)
  • 🇩🇪 German (#485, @MoonlightWave-12)
  • 🇵🇱 Polish (#492, @fortisiontek)

For a future OpenRazer release

Upcoming changes in OpenRazer will improve support for older (pre-2015) Razer hardware.

• Add missing "Breath Random" effect (e.g. Razer DeathAdder 2013)
• Introduce "On" effect (for devices that have toggleable lighting zones)
  
  (#482, #486, @z3ntu)

Fixes

• Fix missing Blinking effect
• Fix missing colour input for Reactive effect
• Fix crash when multiple non-RGB devices present (#483, @Iglu47)
• Fix crash with entering invalid values in DPI custom stages dialog.
• Ignore Razer Phone 2 from device list as it has no RGB features.