v1.7.0 - Scan caching & more

Changelog

• Added song scan caching! This allows for quick loading of cached results on next launch
• Made the album pop-out view able to be zoomed in/out with the scroll wheel or by pinching it via a touch screen
  • This functionality is experimental, so it might be buggy!
• Fixed an issue where album art would constantly be refreshed many times per second. Album art will now be refreshed only when the selected song changes.
• Prevent loading a song if it's missing or deleted
  • I may have forgotten to add this one to the Legacy edition... whoops! I'll probably roll out a fix soon, if necessary.

v1.6.3 - Black theme added

Changelog

• Added a new Black theme to the base edition, great for OLED displays
• More subtle changes to the UI because I'm crazy

Screenshot (Black theme)

v1.6.2 - Source name downloader in Other Settings

Changelog

• Added a button in Other Settings that fetches the latest source names from OpenSource
• More subtle adjustments made to the user interface

v1.6.1 - Song source and length display

Changelog

• Added song length and chart source to the info displayed
  • OpenSource data courtesy of YARC (current data as of this release)
  • Note: if the .json files included with this release are missing, then the source name will simply display the icon tag from the song.ini or SNG metadata
• Fixed an uncommon issue with color tag parsing in song metadata
• Other adjustments and stuff

Song scanning might take a bit longer than before, due to the parsing of data from OpenSource!

Screenshot (dark mode)

v1.6.0 - Game resolution setting

Changelog

• Tweaked the UI to make the application window slightly less tall
• Added a setting in Other Settings to change FastGH3's game resolution directly
  • This only works if the AspyrConfig.xml file exists at %UserProfile%\AppData\Local\Aspyr\FastGH3\

v1.5.0 - Random Song button(s)

Changelog

• Added two new buttons for selecting a random song!
  • Clicking the I'm feeling lucky! button will automatically select and play a random song.
  • The Random Song button (Yellow fret on your Xinput guitar controller) will select a random song but won't automatically play it.

v1.4.3 - Legacy edition update

Changelog

• Added a legacy version for those who can't run .NET 9.0
  • This new old version runs on .NET 8.0 and should work the same as versions prior to v1.3.0 but with newer features (except for themes / dark mode)
• Minor adjustments to controller navigation behavior

Legacy screenshot

v1.4.2 - Minor update to scanning

Changelog

• Added the ability to cancel song scanning by pressing the scan button again or the Escape key

v1.4.1 - Hotfix

Changelog

• Fixed a crash that would occur on first launch if the config file was missing
• Slightly moved the position of the song title display to better align it with the song description (loading_phrase from the song.ini)
• Made the album art pop-up window slightly larger (click the album art to see)

v1.4.0 - Guitar controller navigation!

This update is a game changer!

Changelog

• Added automatic song scanning!
  • This can be toggled in the Other Settings & Info menu.
• Added xinput guitar navigation!
  • Use the strum bar to scroll through the song list
    • Hold the Orange fret button (LB on Xbox controller) to scroll faster
  • Press the Blue fret to focus the Filter Songs text field and start typing to filter by song, artist, etc.
  • Press the Start or (+) button on your guitar to launch into the selected song
• The Play Song button (and its guitar shortcut) will no longer launch extra instances of FastGH3, if the game is already running

Starting with v1.3.0, this program requires .NET Desktop Runtime 9.0 to be installed in order to launch. If you're unable to run this version, try v1.2.2 or the upcoming legacy version (coming soon?)

Additional credits

• teh_supar_hackr (The Spriters Resource) : Ripped UI button assets from Guitar Hero World Tour
• amerkoleci : Vortice XInput library used for controller navigation