PS2 HDL Batch Installer v3.7.0.0

• UI: Bump UI library wxwidgets from v3.0.5 (static link, monolithic library) to v3.2.6 (DLL, modular)
• Install queue: Show install progress on the HDL Batch installer icon on the toolbar (thanks to newer wxwidgets)
• PFS Filebrowser: Fixed a bug that caused that file transfers to the HDD always reported an error, even if everything went smooth
• Installed game list: Add installed game count
  
• HDD listing: Drop dependency of WMIC.EXE and start using WIN32 API. ensuring compatibility with win11 and beyond due to WMIC deprecation
• Development: Drop Support for 32-Bits version of HDL Batch Installer due to toolchain limitations and limited time

• PFS Filebrowser: Fix logic to effectively ignore non PFS partitions, subpartitions and unknown entries inside PFS partitions
• Game delete from game list: Game deletion via HDL Dump is deprecated. the UI option will remain, but will pop a message telling user to delete from partition manager
• PFSShell backend: quick fix for avoiding false positives on unmount errors
• new: Stop program startup if wxwidgets found another instance of HDL Batch installer running

• NEW: builtin PFS Filebrowser (only for 64bit version)
• PFS Filebrowser: allow operating on both physical HDDs connected to the PC and Virtual Images (eg: HDD dump or PCSX2 Images)
• UI: Added Icons for most menus, dialogs and popups
• Install queue and installed game list: Display a disc icon on the list with unique colors for CD, DVD and dual layer images
• install queue: Dont show a dialogue telling how many games were added to queue if no errors arised

v3.5.1 - Revision 4:

• Game installation: Fix issue with games containing special chars on filename or path (such as `á`)
• Game failed installation message: tell user to check log if unhandled error arises
• Game installation: on install error, try to retrieve and display standard error (if posible).

I forgot to post all updates made since aug, 7 LOL.


[v3.5.1 - Revision 3] (26 October 2023)

• UI: Added missing titles to windows
• Game install: Add warning about appropiate usage of ZSO (see below)
• Game Extraction: Probe extracted game to check if its ZSO and change extension accordingly
• Game deletion: Deprecate old game deletion and tell user to delete games from the included HDD manager
• Languages: Add french to manual selection
• Partition creation: Add tooltip with info in regard of appropiate partition name
• install queue: Highlight ZSO games with blue text

[v3.5.1 - Revision 2] (30 September 2023)

• MBR Rewrite: Add warning about what this operation does
• Built-in Game title database: Updated

[v3.5.1 - Revision 1] (11 August 2023)

• HDDManager: Fix bug wich denied creation of partitions with a `+` on its name
• Installed game list: when list gets updated, any unused space will be assigned to game title column
  
  
  NOTE 1:
  In order to install ZSO games, the original ISO must be placed in the same folder keeping the same filename. This is done to recover information needed to install the game.
  Example: if your game is named 'God_Of_War.ZSO', put the original ISO on the same folder named 'God_Of_war.ISO
  
  
  

• UI: Add resizing capabilities to every dialog save credits and component error
• HDDManager: Allow to disable game title display via configuration (enabled by default)
• HDDManager: Dont display Sub-Partitions by default (also customizable on configuration)
• ART Download: Dont display download gauge on fast download
• ART Download: add option to perform connection to artwork download service without checking certificates

• UI: Add resizing capabilities to every dialog save credits and component error

• HDDManager: Allow to disable game title display via configuration (displays by default)

• HDDManager: Dont display Sub-Partitions by default (also customizable on configuration)

• ART Download: Dont display download gauge on terminal for fast download

• Partiton creation dialog: Added bussy cursor and messages in partition creation success or error
• PFSShell Features: Blocked on 32bit compilations untill further notice (error during I/O corrupts HDD randomly)
• Translation: Russian translation by @stanlapru
• Translation: Korean translation by @DDinghoya
• Dokan download link: Updated URL to latest release due to usage of newer pfsfuse

• Program core: Added libps2hdd.dll to allow usage of PFSShell features
• New Feature: HDD format wizard. format your HDD into PS2 format with the basic partitions
• New Feature: HDDManager. manage the partitions inside your HDD. view, creation and deletion are available. (now you can safely delete games from PC)
• Windows manifest: Fixed manifest used on 32bits versions. it was calling a 64bit assembly. causing a program init failure
• New Feature: MD5 hash check feature. calculate, copy and auto search on redump.org the hashes of the games that you're about to install

• mount partition: Added support for dokan2, as it uses a different enviroment variable than it's predecesor...
• windows embedded manifest: updated to support automatic request of admin privileges on startup on all compilers and windows versions
• package download: icons will not be added to package. HDL Batch Installer will download & decompress on boot. reducing package size to the half or so