DesktopBuddy 1.0.19

Install

Easy Install

1. Follow instructions here to setup resonite with Gale, a mod manager for bepis mods.
   https://modding.resonite.net/getting-started/installation/

2. Search for DesktopBuddy and enable the mod.

3. Launch resonite with Gale.

Thunderstore packages update more slowly because every release can require review.

Manual Install

Manual GitHub release zips are the bleeding-edge path. They include both DesktopBuddy and the runtime payloads in one self-contained zip.

1. Download DesktopBuddy-x.y.z.zip from the latest GitHub release, then extract it into the correct root folder. The zip contains the BepInEx and Renderer folders used by the manual install layout.

2. Choose install method:
   For Gale, extract into the profile root:

%APPDATA%\com.kesomannen.gale\resonite\profiles\Default

For another Gale profile, replace Default with that profile folder name.

For a manual BepisLoader install, extract into the Resonite install folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite

For manual installs, launch Resonite with BepisLoader enabled, such as with --hookfxr-enable.

Install or enable these loader packages too:

• BepisLoader
• BepisResoniteWrapper
• InterprocessLib
• BepInExRenderer
• RenderiteHook

1.0.18 - 2026-05-24

Windows 10 support

• Reworked WGC and D3D11 capture lifecycle handling to avoid Windows 10 freezes during window spawn, resize, and teardown.
• Moved capture resize recreation and shared texture publishing onto safer lifecycle paths so the game update loop is not blocked by slow Windows graphics calls.
• Added current-size shared texture publishing so local panels wait for a valid frame/texture size before binding the renderer bridge.
• Added D3D11 adapter selection and renderer adapter hints so the capture device and renderer device are less likely to land on incompatible GPUs.
• Improved frame callback draining, shared texture release, and D3D resource cleanup to avoid use-after-release and dispose-while-copying races.
• Added more targeted logging around WGC frame pool recreation, shared texture creation, D3D device selection, and cleanup stalls.

Runtime

• Cleaned up FFmpeg texture lifetime and resize behavior so encoder reinitialization does not reuse released D3D resources.
• Improved Cloudflare tunnel startup and shutdown handling, including process cleanup during local restart builds.
• Kept remote stream ownership and URL rebinding stable across resize-driven encoder replacement.
• Fixed several session cleanup paths so capture, bridge slots, encoders, and streams are released in a more predictable order.

Shared Texture Bridge

• Added versioned shared texture bridge protocol messages for start, stop, running, stopped, and renderer device hints.
• Added generation checks so stale renderer acknowledgements cannot mark an old shared texture slot as running.
• Added locking around host bridge slot state because the game update path and InterprocessLib callbacks can touch the same slot arrays from different threads.
• Deferred renderer-side native texture/SRV release for a few frames to avoid Unity/render-thread use-after-free during texture replacement.
• Removed unused named shared texture plumbing from the WGC side; the bridge now uses shared handles.

UI And Session Behavior

• Fixed viewer culling issues and simplified culling so users in no-clip are supported without physics-based checks.
• Improved quick-menu and settings-panel resize behavior while keeping the menu raycast path compatible with normal Resonite camera portals.
• Added adaptive screen lighting support for captured panels.
• Added private-start support for spawned desktop panels and kept private mode restoration stable.
• Improved window polling and auto-spawn behavior so DesktopBuddy tracks new windows with less work on the game thread.

Diagnostics And Packaging

• Added a diagnostics collector script and included it in the package so users can send logs, Windows details, and existing crash dumps without creating huge live process dumps.

1.0.17 - 2026-05-19

Build And Packaging

• Aligned the manual install zip, local build deploy, and Gale/Thunderstore final install layout so DesktopBuddy uses the same package-style paths everywhere.
• Fixed DesktopBuddy runtime lookup to resolve DesktopBuddyRuntime from BepInEx\plugins\DevL0rd-DesktopBuddyRuntime\DesktopBuddy\DesktopBuddyRuntime.
• Moved the renderer bridge manual/local deploy path to match Gale's package-wrapped renderer install path.
• Kept the runtime package version unchanged because the runtime payload files did not change.

Runtime

• Fixed FFmpeg, Cloudflare tunnel, and SoftCam loading after the runtime payload split.
• Fixed the setup panel missing the Install button when the runtime package was installed by Gale but DesktopBuddy was looking in the wrong folder.

1.0.15 - 2026-05-18

Build And Packaging

• Fixed zip layout.
• Split runtime payloads into a separate DesktopBuddyRuntime Thunderstore package.

1.0.14 - 2026-05-16

Settings And UI

• Added a dedicated General settings tab after Viewers.
• Added General toggles for showing DesktopBuddy in the context menu and enabling throw-to-destroy.
• Moved experimental spatial audio from Devices to General.
• Changed the settings panel title to show DesktopBuddy - version.
• Replaced the generated context-menu Desktop icon with the packaged transparent DesktopBuddy icon.

Streaming And Audio

• Fixed remote stream audio playback being tied to the owner's local stream preview state.
• Kept stream audio volume local to each user instead of resetting it from shared stream settings.
• Removed the global Audio tab volume slider to avoid confusing shared/local audio control.
• Fixed the remote stream visual missing the current panel curvature on spawn.

Visual Fixes

• Reworked quick-menu blur so it attaches to the actual quick-menu curved mesh like the settings panel blur.
• Fixed quick-menu blur sizing so it follows the current rounded menu width during expand/collapse and resize.
• Removed custom render-order/render-queue overrides from blur effect materials where they were not needed.

Build And Packaging

• Packaged and deployed icon_transparent.png with the game plugin so runtime UI can use the same icon asset as documentation.
• Kept Thunderstore/package metadata in sync with the new version.
• Disabled Thunderstore publishing while keeping the package layout for GitHub release zips.
• Updated GitHub releases to attach the install zip and show manual Gale/manual BepisLoader install paths before the changelog.
• Moved in-game update links and checks to GitHub releases.

1.0.12 - 2026-05-15

Loader And Distribution

• Converted DesktopBuddy from Resonite Mod Loader to BepisLoader/BepInEx.
• Added Thunderstore-first package metadata with BepisLoader, BepisResoniteWrapper, InterprocessLib, BepInExRenderer, and RenderiteHook declared as dependencies.
• Removed the legacy RML manifest, RML deployment paths, RML config handling, bundled RML/BepInEx reference DLLs, and manual InterprocessLib source copy.
• Added GitHub Actions support for Thunderstore publishing and changed GitHub releases to point users to the Thunderstore package page instead of uploading a second install zip.
• Added a separate Thunderstore README focused on what DesktopBuddy is and what it does.

First-Run Setup

• Added an in-world DesktopBuddy setup panel that appears from the Desktop context-menu item when local Windows setup is missing or outdated.
• Setup now checks only the Windows pieces DesktopBuddy owns: SoftCam registration, VB-Cable installation, VB-Cable loopback, and the local streaming URL ACL.
• Setup asks for administrator permission only after pressing Install, then refreshes the panel status and waits for Close before continuing startup.
• The setup panel can be closed to continue loading DesktopBuddy even when optional setup is skipped.
• Added packaged setup payload hashes so SoftCam and VB-Cable setup can be rerun when those bundled payloads change.

Organization And Maintenance

• Reworked DesktopBuddy into a feature-sliced modular monolith with focused App, Configuration, Sessions, Streaming, Capture, Input, UI, Networking, VirtualDevices, Win32, and Utilities areas.
• Split the old DesktopBuddyMod, SessionLoop, SessionSpawner, SettingsPanel, FfmpegEncoder, WgcCapture, and WindowInput monoliths into smaller responsibility-focused files.
• Added shared UI primitives for curved panels, scrollbars, stick scrolling, and common styling.
• Cleaned up naming around SoftCam, VB-Cable, Cloudflare tunnel handling, stream servers, and port forwarding.
• Added CODE_ORGANIZATION.md guidance for keeping future changes dry and organized.

Streaming And Runtime

• Moved shared stream ownership, release, refcount, and cleanup behavior into shared stream lifecycle/registry helpers.
• Split session update behavior into resize, cleanup, virtual device ticking, window polling, and event processing services.
• Improved built-in stream startup and delayed remote URL binding so stream URLs are attached when the encoder and public URL are actually ready.
• Kept Cloudflare tunnel support as the built-in remote HTTPS path while leaving external MediaMTX mode available for users who configure it.

Settings And UI

• Broke the settings panel into focused tab, layout, primitive, style, viewer row, culling preview, update, and debug modules.
• Kept the current DesktopBuddy visual style while making settings controls reusable and less duplicated.
• Updated README and package documentation for BepisLoader, Thunderstore, current build scripts, and the new release flow.

Build And Packaging...

DesktopBuddy 1.0.18

Install

Easy Install

1. Follow instructions here to setup resonite with Gale, a mod manager for bepis mods.
   https://modding.resonite.net/getting-started/installation/

2. Search for DesktopBuddy and enable the mod.

3. Launch resonite with Gale.

Thunderstore packages update more slowly because every release can require review.

Manual Install

Manual GitHub release zips are the bleeding-edge path. They include both DesktopBuddy and the runtime payloads in one self-contained zip.

1. Download DesktopBuddy-x.y.z.zip from the latest GitHub release, then extract it into the correct root folder. The zip contains the BepInEx and Renderer folders used by the manual install layout.

2. Choose install method:
   For Gale, extract into the profile root:

%APPDATA%\com.kesomannen.gale\resonite\profiles\Default

For another Gale profile, replace Default with that profile folder name.

For a manual BepisLoader install, extract into the Resonite install folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite

For manual installs, launch Resonite with BepisLoader enabled, such as with --hookfxr-enable.

Install or enable these loader packages too:

• BepisLoader
• BepisResoniteWrapper
• InterprocessLib
• BepInExRenderer
• RenderiteHook

1.0.18 - 2026-05-24

Windows 10 support

• Reworked WGC and D3D11 capture lifecycle handling to avoid Windows 10 freezes during window spawn, resize, and teardown.
• Moved capture resize recreation and shared texture publishing onto safer lifecycle paths so the game update loop is not blocked by slow Windows graphics calls.
• Added current-size shared texture publishing so local panels wait for a valid frame/texture size before binding the renderer bridge.
• Added D3D11 adapter selection and renderer adapter hints so the capture device and renderer device are less likely to land on incompatible GPUs.
• Improved frame callback draining, shared texture release, and D3D resource cleanup to avoid use-after-release and dispose-while-copying races.
• Added more targeted logging around WGC frame pool recreation, shared texture creation, D3D device selection, and cleanup stalls.

Runtime

• Cleaned up FFmpeg texture lifetime and resize behavior so encoder reinitialization does not reuse released D3D resources.
• Improved Cloudflare tunnel startup and shutdown handling, including process cleanup during local restart builds.
• Kept remote stream ownership and URL rebinding stable across resize-driven encoder replacement.
• Fixed several session cleanup paths so capture, bridge slots, encoders, and streams are released in a more predictable order.

Shared Texture Bridge

• Added versioned shared texture bridge protocol messages for start, stop, running, stopped, and renderer device hints.
• Added generation checks so stale renderer acknowledgements cannot mark an old shared texture slot as running.
• Added locking around host bridge slot state because the game update path and InterprocessLib callbacks can touch the same slot arrays from different threads.
• Deferred renderer-side native texture/SRV release for a few frames to avoid Unity/render-thread use-after-free during texture replacement.
• Removed unused named shared texture plumbing from the WGC side; the bridge now uses shared handles.

UI And Session Behavior

• Fixed viewer culling issues and simplified culling so users in no-clip are supported without physics-based checks.
• Improved quick-menu and settings-panel resize behavior while keeping the menu raycast path compatible with normal Resonite camera portals.
• Added adaptive screen lighting support for captured panels.
• Added private-start support for spawned desktop panels and kept private mode restoration stable.
• Improved window polling and auto-spawn behavior so DesktopBuddy tracks new windows with less work on the game thread.

Diagnostics And Packaging

• Added a diagnostics collector script and included it in the package so users can send logs, Windows details, and existing crash dumps without creating huge live process dumps.

DesktopBuddy 1.0.17

Install

Easy Install

1. Follow instructions here to setup resonite with Gale, a mod manager for bepis mods.
   https://modding.resonite.net/getting-started/installation/

2. Search for DesktopBuddy and enable the mod.

3. Launch resonite with Gale.

Thunderstore packages update more slowly because every release can require review.

Manual Install

Manual GitHub release zips are the bleeding-edge path. They include both DesktopBuddy and the runtime payloads in one self-contained zip.

1. Download DesktopBuddy-x.y.z.zip from the latest GitHub release, then extract it into the correct root folder. The zip contains the BepInEx and Renderer folders used by the manual install layout.

2. Choose install method:
   For Gale, extract into the profile root:

%APPDATA%\com.kesomannen.gale\resonite\profiles\Default

For another Gale profile, replace Default with that profile folder name.

For a manual BepisLoader install, extract into the Resonite install folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite

For manual installs, launch Resonite with BepisLoader enabled, such as with --hookfxr-enable.

Install or enable these loader packages too:

• BepisLoader
• BepisResoniteWrapper
• InterprocessLib
• BepInExRenderer
• RenderiteHook

1.0.17 - 2026-05-19

Build And Packaging

• Aligned the manual install zip, local build deploy, and Gale/Thunderstore final install layout so DesktopBuddy uses the same package-style paths everywhere.
• Fixed DesktopBuddy runtime lookup to resolve DesktopBuddyRuntime from BepInEx\plugins\DevL0rd-DesktopBuddyRuntime\DesktopBuddy\DesktopBuddyRuntime.
• Moved the renderer bridge manual/local deploy path to match Gale's package-wrapped renderer install path.
• Kept the runtime package version unchanged because the runtime payload files did not change.

Runtime

• Fixed FFmpeg, Cloudflare tunnel, and SoftCam loading after the runtime payload split.
• Fixed the setup panel missing the Install button when the runtime package was installed by Gale but DesktopBuddy was looking in the wrong folder.

DesktopBuddy 1.0.15

Manual Install

Follow the Bepis modding installation instructions to get the loader set up.

NOTE DESKTOPBUDDY WILL NOT SHOW ON GALE, THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY UPDATE REQURIES A SLOW MANUAL REVIEW PROCESS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS MOD. IT IS APPROVED THERE BUT IT MAY BE SEVERELY OUTDATED. INSTALLING MANUALLY IS REQUIRED TO GET LATEST UPDATES

Install or enable the required packages:

• BepisLoader
• BepisResoniteWrapper
• InterprocessLib
• BepInExRenderer
• RenderiteHook

Download DesktopBuddy-x.y.z.zip from the latest GitHub release, then extract it into the correct root folder. The zip contains the BepInEx and Renderer folders used by the manual install layout.

For Gale, extract into the profile root:

%APPDATA%\com.kesomannen.gale\resonite\profiles\Default

For another Gale profile, replace Default with that profile folder name.

For a manual BepisLoader install, extract into the Resonite install folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite

For manual installs, launch Resonite with BepisLoader enabled, such as with --hookfxr-enable.

1.0.15 - 2026-05-18

Build And Packaging

• Fixed zip layout.

DesktopBuddy 1.0.14

Manual Install

Follow the Bepis modding installation instructions to get the loader set up.

NOTE DESKTOPBUDDY WILL NOT SHOW ON GALE, THIS IS BECAUSE EVERY UPDATE REQURIES A SLOW MANUAL REVIEW PROCESS DUE TO THE NATURE OF THIS MOD. IT IS APPROVED THERE BUT IT MAY BE SEVERELY OUTDATED. INSTALLING MANUALLY IS REQUIRED TO GET LATEST UPDATES

Install or enable the required packages:

• BepisLoader
• BepisResoniteWrapper
• InterprocessLib
• BepInExRenderer
• RenderiteHook

Download DesktopBuddy-x.y.z.zip from the latest GitHub release, then extract it into the correct root folder.

For Gale, extract into the profile root:

%APPDATA%\com.kesomannen.gale\resonite\profiles\Default

For another Gale profile, replace Default with that profile folder name.

For a manual BepisLoader install, extract into the Resonite install folder:

C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite

For manual installs, launch Resonite with BepisLoader enabled, such as with --hookfxr-enable.

1.0.14 - 2026-05-16

Settings And UI

• Added a dedicated General settings tab after Viewers.
• Added General toggles for showing DesktopBuddy in the context menu and enabling throw-to-destroy.
• Moved experimental spatial audio from Devices to General.
• Changed the settings panel title to show DesktopBuddy - version.
• Replaced the generated context-menu Desktop icon with the packaged transparent DesktopBuddy icon.

Streaming And Audio

• Fixed remote stream audio playback being tied to the owner's local stream preview state.
• Kept stream audio volume local to each user instead of resetting it from shared stream settings.
• Removed the global Audio tab volume slider to avoid confusing shared/local audio control.
• Fixed the remote stream visual missing the current panel curvature on spawn.

Visual Fixes

• Reworked quick-menu blur so it attaches to the actual quick-menu curved mesh like the settings panel blur.
• Fixed quick-menu blur sizing so it follows the current rounded menu width during expand/collapse and resize.
• Removed custom render-order/render-queue overrides from blur effect materials where they were not needed.

Build And Packaging

• Packaged and deployed icon_transparent.png with the game plugin so runtime UI can use the same icon asset as documentation.
• Kept Thunderstore/package metadata in sync with the new version.
• Disabled Thunderstore publishing while keeping the package layout for GitHub release zips.
• Updated GitHub releases to attach the install zip and show manual Gale/manual BepisLoader install paths before the changelog.
• Moved in-game update links and checks to GitHub releases.

DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.16_15.51.49_3e457f6

Download DesktopBuddy from Thunderstore:
https://thunderstore.io/c/resonite/p/DesktopBuddy/DesktopBuddy/

1.0.14 - 2026-05-16

Settings And UI

• Added a dedicated General settings tab after Viewers.
• Added General toggles for showing DesktopBuddy in the context menu and enabling throw-to-destroy.
• Moved experimental spatial audio from Devices to General.
• Changed the settings panel title to show DesktopBuddy - version.
• Replaced the generated context-menu Desktop icon with the packaged transparent DesktopBuddy icon.

Streaming And Audio

• Fixed remote stream audio playback being tied to the owner's local stream preview state.
• Kept stream audio volume local to each user instead of resetting it from shared stream settings.
• Removed the global Audio tab volume slider to avoid confusing shared/local audio control.
• Fixed the remote stream visual missing the current panel curvature on spawn.

Visual Fixes

• Reworked quick-menu blur so it attaches to the actual quick-menu curved mesh like the settings panel blur.
• Fixed quick-menu blur sizing so it follows the current rounded menu width during expand/collapse and resize.
• Removed custom render-order/render-queue overrides from blur effect materials where they were not needed.

Build And Packaging

• Packaged and deployed icon_transparent.png with the game plugin so runtime UI can use the same icon asset as documentation.
• Kept Thunderstore/package metadata in sync with the new version.

1.0.12 - 2026-05-15

Loader And Distribution

• Converted DesktopBuddy from Resonite Mod Loader to BepisLoader/BepInEx.
• Added Thunderstore-first package metadata with BepisLoader, BepisResoniteWrapper, InterprocessLib, BepInExRenderer, and RenderiteHook declared as dependencies.
• Removed the legacy RML manifest, RML deployment paths, RML config handling, bundled RML/BepInEx reference DLLs, and manual InterprocessLib source copy.
• Added GitHub Actions support for Thunderstore publishing and changed GitHub releases to point users to the Thunderstore package page instead of uploading a second install zip.
• Added a separate Thunderstore README focused on what DesktopBuddy is and what it does.

First-Run Setup

• Added an in-world DesktopBuddy setup panel that appears from the Desktop context-menu item when local Windows setup is missing or outdated.
• Setup now checks only the Windows pieces DesktopBuddy owns: SoftCam registration, VB-Cable installation, VB-Cable loopback, and the local streaming URL ACL.
• Setup asks for administrator permission only after pressing Install, then refreshes the panel status and waits for Close before continuing startup.
• The setup panel can be closed to continue loading DesktopBuddy even when optional setup is skipped.
• Added packaged setup payload hashes so SoftCam and VB-Cable setup can be rerun when those bundled payloads change.

Organization And Maintenance

• Reworked DesktopBuddy into a feature-sliced modular monolith with focused App, Configuration, Sessions, Streaming, Capture, Input, UI, Networking, VirtualDevices, Win32, and Utilities areas.
• Split the old DesktopBuddyMod, SessionLoop, SessionSpawner, SettingsPanel, FfmpegEncoder, WgcCapture, and WindowInput monoliths into smaller responsibility-focused files.
• Added shared UI primitives for curved panels, scrollbars, stick scrolling, and common styling.
• Cleaned up naming around SoftCam, VB-Cable, Cloudflare tunnel handling, stream servers, and port forwarding.
• Added CODE_ORGANIZATION.md guidance for keeping future changes dry and organized.

Streaming And Runtime

• Moved shared stream ownership, release, refcount, and cleanup behavior into shared stream lifecycle/registry helpers.
• Split session update behavior into resize, cleanup, virtual device ticking, window polling, and event processing services.
• Improved built-in stream startup and delayed remote URL binding so stream URLs are attached when the encoder and public URL are actually ready.
• Kept Cloudflare tunnel support as the built-in remote HTTPS path while leaving external MediaMTX mode available for users who configure it.

Settings And UI

• Broke the settings panel into focused tab, layout, primitive, style, viewer row, culling preview, update, and debug modules.
• Kept the current DesktopBuddy visual style while making settings controls reusable and less duplicated.
• Updated README and package documentation for BepisLoader, Thunderstore, current build scripts, and the new release flow.

Build And Packaging

• Replaced batch build/package scripts with PowerShell scripts.
• Build and package scripts now generate DesktopBuddySetupPayloads.md5 from the setup payloads.
• Packaging now uses the Thunderstore layout directly and includes CHANGELOG.md plus the Thunderstore README.
• Local build/deploy supports Gale profile selection while defaulting to the Default profile.
• Removed old setup scripts and no longer packages INSTALL.txt.

1.0.10 - Previous Release Notes

DesktopBuddy got a major in-world control upgrade in this release, with a new curved Settings panel, a redesigned quick menu, richer streaming controls, and cleaner release/install tooling.

Highlights

• Added a curved DesktopBuddy Settings panel that matches the main panel shape and opens directly in-world.
• Redesigned the bottom quick menu as a compact hover pill with the new purple-to-blue visual theme.
• Added tabbed settings for viewers, stream quality, networking, virtual devices, debug logs, and update info.
• Added viewer-aware stream controls with per-user enable toggles and live culling status.
• Added frustum and distance-based viewer culling with an in-world preview guide.
• Added local-only stream playback gating so viewers outside the culling area stop receiving the stream while the panel itself remains visible.
• Added a short grace period when viewers leave the culling area so streams do not flicker on brief boundary crossings.
• Added stream presets for resolution, FPS, bitrate, encoder preference, and preferred GPU selection.
• Added network controls for Cloudflare, port forwarding, automatic external IP detection, manual host entry, and stream port settings.
• Added virtual device status cards for SoftCam, VB-Cable, virtual camera, virtual mic, and experimental spatial audio.
• Added a rounded virtual camera preview on the devices page.
• Added an in-game update/info page with project info, GitHub access, current version, changelog display, and reset-to-defaults.
• Added a combined debug log export that includes DesktopBuddy and renderer-side logs.
• Added an in-game debug log viewer that keeps the newest lines visible.

Streaming And Audio

• Stream audio now plays at full source volume and is controlled locally by each user.
• Owner stream preview uses the same stream playback path as remote viewers.
• Stream playback now starts and stops per user instead of disabling shared panel visuals.
• Stream quality changes are applied through the runtime stream pipeline instead of requiring broad manual resets.

Visual Polish

• Settings and quick-menu surfaces now use rounded blurred backdrops that match the curved DesktopBuddy panel.
• Controls, section headers, toggles, sliders, text fields, status badges, and scroll areas have been rethemed for a cleaner premium look.
• Status badges have been standardized across network and virtual-device pages.
• Viewer rows now use a cleaner list presentation with avatar-style icons.

Build, Install, And Packaging

• Build scripts now refresh game-side and renderer-side dependency DLLs from the installed game where appropriate.
• Harmony and game/render-side references are refreshed from the local Resonite install.
• Packaging and installer scripts were updated for the dependency layout at the time.
• Release automation includes the changelog artifact used by the in-game update page.

DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.16_15.40.10_a83c9f6

Download DesktopBuddy from Thunderstore:
https://thunderstore.io/c/resonite/p/DesktopBuddy/DesktopBuddy/

1.0.14 - 2026-05-16

Settings And UI

• Added a dedicated General settings tab after Viewers.
• Added General toggles for showing DesktopBuddy in the context menu and enabling throw-to-destroy.
• Moved experimental spatial audio from Devices to General.
• Changed the settings panel title to show DesktopBuddy - version.
• Replaced the generated context-menu Desktop icon with the packaged transparent DesktopBuddy icon.

Streaming And Audio

• Fixed remote stream audio playback being tied to the owner's local stream preview state.
• Kept stream audio volume local to each user instead of resetting it from shared stream settings.
• Removed the global Audio tab volume slider to avoid confusing shared/local audio control.
• Fixed the remote stream visual missing the current panel curvature on spawn.

Visual Fixes

• Reworked quick-menu blur so it attaches to the actual quick-menu curved mesh like the settings panel blur.
• Fixed quick-menu blur sizing so it follows the current rounded menu width during expand/collapse and resize.
• Removed custom render-order/render-queue overrides from blur effect materials where they were not needed.

Build And Packaging

• Packaged and deployed icon_transparent.png with the game plugin so runtime UI can use the same icon asset as documentation.
• Kept Thunderstore/package metadata in sync with the new version.

1.0.12 - 2026-05-15

Loader And Distribution

• Converted DesktopBuddy from Resonite Mod Loader to BepisLoader/BepInEx.
• Added Thunderstore-first package metadata with BepisLoader, BepisResoniteWrapper, InterprocessLib, BepInExRenderer, and RenderiteHook declared as dependencies.
• Removed the legacy RML manifest, RML deployment paths, RML config handling, bundled RML/BepInEx reference DLLs, and manual InterprocessLib source copy.
• Added GitHub Actions support for Thunderstore publishing and changed GitHub releases to point users to the Thunderstore package page instead of uploading a second install zip.
• Added a separate Thunderstore README focused on what DesktopBuddy is and what it does.

First-Run Setup

• Added an in-world DesktopBuddy setup panel that appears from the Desktop context-menu item when local Windows setup is missing or outdated.
• Setup now checks only the Windows pieces DesktopBuddy owns: SoftCam registration, VB-Cable installation, VB-Cable loopback, and the local streaming URL ACL.
• Setup asks for administrator permission only after pressing Install, then refreshes the panel status and waits for Close before continuing startup.
• The setup panel can be closed to continue loading DesktopBuddy even when optional setup is skipped.
• Added packaged setup payload hashes so SoftCam and VB-Cable setup can be rerun when those bundled payloads change.

Organization And Maintenance

• Reworked DesktopBuddy into a feature-sliced modular monolith with focused App, Configuration, Sessions, Streaming, Capture, Input, UI, Networking, VirtualDevices, Win32, and Utilities areas.
• Split the old DesktopBuddyMod, SessionLoop, SessionSpawner, SettingsPanel, FfmpegEncoder, WgcCapture, and WindowInput monoliths into smaller responsibility-focused files.
• Added shared UI primitives for curved panels, scrollbars, stick scrolling, and common styling.
• Cleaned up naming around SoftCam, VB-Cable, Cloudflare tunnel handling, stream servers, and port forwarding.
• Added CODE_ORGANIZATION.md guidance for keeping future changes dry and organized.

Streaming And Runtime

• Moved shared stream ownership, release, refcount, and cleanup behavior into shared stream lifecycle/registry helpers.
• Split session update behavior into resize, cleanup, virtual device ticking, window polling, and event processing services.
• Improved built-in stream startup and delayed remote URL binding so stream URLs are attached when the encoder and public URL are actually ready.
• Kept Cloudflare tunnel support as the built-in remote HTTPS path while leaving external MediaMTX mode available for users who configure it.

Settings And UI

• Broke the settings panel into focused tab, layout, primitive, style, viewer row, culling preview, update, and debug modules.
• Kept the current DesktopBuddy visual style while making settings controls reusable and less duplicated.
• Updated README and package documentation for BepisLoader, Thunderstore, current build scripts, and the new release flow.

Build And Packaging

• Replaced batch build/package scripts with PowerShell scripts.
• Build and package scripts now generate DesktopBuddySetupPayloads.md5 from the setup payloads.
• Packaging now uses the Thunderstore layout directly and includes CHANGELOG.md plus the Thunderstore README.
• Local build/deploy supports Gale profile selection while defaulting to the Default profile.
• Removed old setup scripts and no longer packages INSTALL.txt.

1.0.10 - Previous Release Notes

DesktopBuddy got a major in-world control upgrade in this release, with a new curved Settings panel, a redesigned quick menu, richer streaming controls, and cleaner release/install tooling.

Highlights

• Added a curved DesktopBuddy Settings panel that matches the main panel shape and opens directly in-world.
• Redesigned the bottom quick menu as a compact hover pill with the new purple-to-blue visual theme.
• Added tabbed settings for viewers, stream quality, networking, virtual devices, debug logs, and update info.
• Added viewer-aware stream controls with per-user enable toggles and live culling status.
• Added frustum and distance-based viewer culling with an in-world preview guide.
• Added local-only stream playback gating so viewers outside the culling area stop receiving the stream while the panel itself remains visible.
• Added a short grace period when viewers leave the culling area so streams do not flicker on brief boundary crossings.
• Added stream presets for resolution, FPS, bitrate, encoder preference, and preferred GPU selection.
• Added network controls for Cloudflare, port forwarding, automatic external IP detection, manual host entry, and stream port settings.
• Added virtual device status cards for SoftCam, VB-Cable, virtual camera, virtual mic, and experimental spatial audio.
• Added a rounded virtual camera preview on the devices page.
• Added an in-game update/info page with project info, GitHub access, current version, changelog display, and reset-to-defaults.
• Added a combined debug log export that includes DesktopBuddy and renderer-side logs.
• Added an in-game debug log viewer that keeps the newest lines visible.

Streaming And Audio

• Stream audio now plays at full source volume and is controlled locally by each user.
• Owner stream preview uses the same stream playback path as remote viewers.
• Stream playback now starts and stops per user instead of disabling shared panel visuals.
• Stream quality changes are applied through the runtime stream pipeline instead of requiring broad manual resets.

Visual Polish

• Settings and quick-menu surfaces now use rounded blurred backdrops that match the curved DesktopBuddy panel.
• Controls, section headers, toggles, sliders, text fields, status badges, and scroll areas have been rethemed for a cleaner premium look.
• Status badges have been standardized across network and virtual-device pages.
• Viewer rows now use a cleaner list presentation with avatar-style icons.

Build, Install, And Packaging

• Build scripts now refresh game-side and renderer-side dependency DLLs from the installed game where appropriate.
• Harmony and game/render-side references are refreshed from the local Resonite install.
• Packaging and installer scripts were updated for the dependency layout at the time.
• Release automation includes the changelog artifact used by the in-game update page.

DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.16_01.58.01_2590bdb

Download DesktopBuddy from Thunderstore:
https://thunderstore.io/c/resonite/p/DesktopBuddy/DesktopBuddy/

1.0.12 - 2026-05-15

Loader And Distribution

• Converted DesktopBuddy from Resonite Mod Loader to BepisLoader/BepInEx.
• Added Thunderstore-first package metadata with BepisLoader, BepisResoniteWrapper, InterprocessLib, BepInExRenderer, and RenderiteHook declared as dependencies.
• Removed the legacy RML manifest, RML deployment paths, RML config handling, bundled RML/BepInEx reference DLLs, and manual InterprocessLib source copy.
• Added GitHub Actions support for Thunderstore publishing and changed GitHub releases to point users to the Thunderstore package page instead of uploading a second install zip.
• Added a separate Thunderstore README focused on what DesktopBuddy is and what it does.

First-Run Setup

• Added an in-world DesktopBuddy setup panel that appears from the Desktop context-menu item when local Windows setup is missing or outdated.
• Setup now checks only the Windows pieces DesktopBuddy owns: SoftCam registration, VB-Cable installation, VB-Cable loopback, and the local streaming URL ACL.
• Setup asks for administrator permission only after pressing Install, then refreshes the panel status and waits for Close before continuing startup.
• The setup panel can be closed to continue loading DesktopBuddy even when optional setup is skipped.
• Added packaged setup payload hashes so SoftCam and VB-Cable setup can be rerun when those bundled payloads change.

Organization And Maintenance

• Reworked DesktopBuddy into a feature-sliced modular monolith with focused App, Configuration, Sessions, Streaming, Capture, Input, UI, Networking, VirtualDevices, Win32, and Utilities areas.
• Split the old DesktopBuddyMod, SessionLoop, SessionSpawner, SettingsPanel, FfmpegEncoder, WgcCapture, and WindowInput monoliths into smaller responsibility-focused files.
• Added shared UI primitives for curved panels, scrollbars, stick scrolling, and common styling.
• Cleaned up naming around SoftCam, VB-Cable, Cloudflare tunnel handling, stream servers, and port forwarding.
• Added CODE_ORGANIZATION.md guidance for keeping future changes dry and organized.

Streaming And Runtime

• Moved shared stream ownership, release, refcount, and cleanup behavior into shared stream lifecycle/registry helpers.
• Split session update behavior into resize, cleanup, virtual device ticking, window polling, and event processing services.
• Improved built-in stream startup and delayed remote URL binding so stream URLs are attached when the encoder and public URL are actually ready.
• Kept Cloudflare tunnel support as the built-in remote HTTPS path while leaving external MediaMTX mode available for users who configure it.

Settings And UI

• Broke the settings panel into focused tab, layout, primitive, style, viewer row, culling preview, update, and debug modules.
• Kept the current DesktopBuddy visual style while making settings controls reusable and less duplicated.
• Updated README and package documentation for BepisLoader, Thunderstore, current build scripts, and the new release flow.

Build And Packaging

• Replaced batch build/package scripts with PowerShell scripts.
• Build and package scripts now generate DesktopBuddySetupPayloads.md5 from the setup payloads.
• Packaging now uses the Thunderstore layout directly and includes CHANGELOG.md plus the Thunderstore README.
• Local build/deploy supports Gale profile selection while defaulting to the Default profile.
• Removed old setup scripts and no longer packages INSTALL.txt.

1.0.10 - Previous Release Notes

DesktopBuddy got a major in-world control upgrade in this release, with a new curved Settings panel, a redesigned quick menu, richer streaming controls, and cleaner release/install tooling.

Highlights

• Added a curved DesktopBuddy Settings panel that matches the main panel shape and opens directly in-world.
• Redesigned the bottom quick menu as a compact hover pill with the new purple-to-blue visual theme.
• Added tabbed settings for viewers, stream quality, networking, virtual devices, debug logs, and update info.
• Added viewer-aware stream controls with per-user enable toggles and live culling status.
• Added frustum and distance-based viewer culling with an in-world preview guide.
• Added local-only stream playback gating so viewers outside the culling area stop receiving the stream while the panel itself remains visible.
• Added a short grace period when viewers leave the culling area so streams do not flicker on brief boundary crossings.
• Added stream presets for resolution, FPS, bitrate, encoder preference, and preferred GPU selection.
• Added network controls for Cloudflare, port forwarding, automatic external IP detection, manual host entry, and stream port settings.
• Added virtual device status cards for SoftCam, VB-Cable, virtual camera, virtual mic, and experimental spatial audio.
• Added a rounded virtual camera preview on the devices page.
• Added an in-game update/info page with project info, GitHub access, current version, changelog display, and reset-to-defaults.
• Added a combined debug log export that includes DesktopBuddy and renderer-side logs.
• Added an in-game debug log viewer that keeps the newest lines visible.

Streaming And Audio

• Stream audio now plays at full source volume and is controlled locally by each user.
• Owner stream preview uses the same stream playback path as remote viewers.
• Stream playback now starts and stops per user instead of disabling shared panel visuals.
• Stream quality changes are applied through the runtime stream pipeline instead of requiring broad manual resets.

Visual Polish

• Settings and quick-menu surfaces now use rounded blurred backdrops that match the curved DesktopBuddy panel.
• Controls, section headers, toggles, sliders, text fields, status badges, and scroll areas have been rethemed for a cleaner premium look.
• Status badges have been standardized across network and virtual-device pages.
• Viewer rows now use a cleaner list presentation with avatar-style icons.

Build, Install, And Packaging

• Build scripts now refresh game-side and renderer-side dependency DLLs from the installed game where appropriate.
• Harmony and game/render-side references are refreshed from the local Resonite install.
• Packaging and installer scripts were updated for the dependency layout at the time.
• Release automation includes the changelog artifact used by the in-game update page.

DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.16_01.28.18_8cbc708

Download DesktopBuddy from Thunderstore:
https://thunderstore.io/c/resonite/p/DesktopBuddy/DesktopBuddy/

1.0.12 - 2026-05-15

Loader And Distribution

• Converted DesktopBuddy from Resonite Mod Loader to BepisLoader/BepInEx.
• Added Thunderstore-first package metadata with BepisLoader, BepisResoniteWrapper, InterprocessLib, BepInExRenderer, and RenderiteHook declared as dependencies.
• Removed the legacy RML manifest, RML deployment paths, RML config handling, bundled RML/BepInEx reference DLLs, and manual InterprocessLib source copy.
• Added GitHub Actions support for Thunderstore publishing and changed GitHub releases to point users to the Thunderstore package page instead of uploading a second install zip.
• Added a separate Thunderstore README focused on what DesktopBuddy is and what it does.

First-Run Setup

• Added an in-world DesktopBuddy setup panel that appears from the Desktop context-menu item when local Windows setup is missing or outdated.
• Setup now checks only the Windows pieces DesktopBuddy owns: SoftCam registration, VB-Cable installation, VB-Cable loopback, and the local streaming URL ACL.
• Setup asks for administrator permission only after pressing Install, then refreshes the panel status and waits for Close before continuing startup.
• The setup panel can be closed to continue loading DesktopBuddy even when optional setup is skipped.
• Added packaged setup payload hashes so SoftCam and VB-Cable setup can be rerun when those bundled payloads change.

Organization And Maintenance

• Reworked DesktopBuddy into a feature-sliced modular monolith with focused App, Configuration, Sessions, Streaming, Capture, Input, UI, Networking, VirtualDevices, Win32, and Utilities areas.
• Split the old DesktopBuddyMod, SessionLoop, SessionSpawner, SettingsPanel, FfmpegEncoder, WgcCapture, and WindowInput monoliths into smaller responsibility-focused files.
• Added shared UI primitives for curved panels, scrollbars, stick scrolling, and common styling.
• Cleaned up naming around SoftCam, VB-Cable, Cloudflare tunnel handling, stream servers, and port forwarding.
• Added CODE_ORGANIZATION.md guidance for keeping future changes dry and organized.

Streaming And Runtime

• Moved shared stream ownership, release, refcount, and cleanup behavior into shared stream lifecycle/registry helpers.
• Split session update behavior into resize, cleanup, virtual device ticking, window polling, and event processing services.
• Improved built-in stream startup and delayed remote URL binding so stream URLs are attached when the encoder and public URL are actually ready.
• Kept Cloudflare tunnel support as the built-in remote HTTPS path while leaving external MediaMTX mode available for users who configure it.

Settings And UI

• Broke the settings panel into focused tab, layout, primitive, style, viewer row, culling preview, update, and debug modules.
• Kept the current DesktopBuddy visual style while making settings controls reusable and less duplicated.
• Updated README and package documentation for BepisLoader, Thunderstore, current build scripts, and the new release flow.

Build And Packaging

• Replaced batch build/package scripts with PowerShell scripts.
• Build and package scripts now generate DesktopBuddySetupPayloads.md5 from the setup payloads.
• Packaging now uses the Thunderstore layout directly and includes CHANGELOG.md plus the Thunderstore README.
• Local build/deploy supports Gale profile selection while defaulting to the Default profile.
• Removed old setup scripts and no longer packages INSTALL.txt.

1.0.10 - Previous Release Notes

DesktopBuddy got a major in-world control upgrade in this release, with a new curved Settings panel, a redesigned quick menu, richer streaming controls, and cleaner release/install tooling.

Highlights

• Added a curved DesktopBuddy Settings panel that matches the main panel shape and opens directly in-world.
• Redesigned the bottom quick menu as a compact hover pill with the new purple-to-blue visual theme.
• Added tabbed settings for viewers, stream quality, networking, virtual devices, debug logs, and update info.
• Added viewer-aware stream controls with per-user enable toggles and live culling status.
• Added frustum and distance-based viewer culling with an in-world preview guide.
• Added local-only stream playback gating so viewers outside the culling area stop receiving the stream while the panel itself remains visible.
• Added a short grace period when viewers leave the culling area so streams do not flicker on brief boundary crossings.
• Added stream presets for resolution, FPS, bitrate, encoder preference, and preferred GPU selection.
• Added network controls for Cloudflare, port forwarding, automatic external IP detection, manual host entry, and stream port settings.
• Added virtual device status cards for SoftCam, VB-Cable, virtual camera, virtual mic, and experimental spatial audio.
• Added a rounded virtual camera preview on the devices page.
• Added an in-game update/info page with project info, GitHub access, current version, changelog display, and reset-to-defaults.
• Added a combined debug log export that includes DesktopBuddy and renderer-side logs.
• Added an in-game debug log viewer that keeps the newest lines visible.

Streaming And Audio

• Stream audio now plays at full source volume and is controlled locally by each user.
• Owner stream preview uses the same stream playback path as remote viewers.
• Stream playback now starts and stops per user instead of disabling shared panel visuals.
• Stream quality changes are applied through the runtime stream pipeline instead of requiring broad manual resets.

Visual Polish

• Settings and quick-menu surfaces now use rounded blurred backdrops that match the curved DesktopBuddy panel.
• Controls, section headers, toggles, sliders, text fields, status badges, and scroll areas have been rethemed for a cleaner premium look.
• Status badges have been standardized across network and virtual-device pages.
• Viewer rows now use a cleaner list presentation with avatar-style icons.

Build, Install, And Packaging

• Build scripts now refresh game-side and renderer-side dependency DLLs from the installed game where appropriate.
• Harmony and game/render-side references are refreshed from the local Resonite install.
• Packaging and installer scripts were updated for the dependency layout at the time.
• Release automation includes the changelog artifact used by the in-game update page.

DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.13_16.19.42_36a4109

DesktopBuddy

How To Install

1. Install Resonite Mod Loader.
2. Download DesktopBuddy-Alpha-2026.05.13_16.19.42_36a4109.zip from the release.
3. Extract the zip directly into your Resonite root folder, for example C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Resonite\.
4. Run setup\Setup-DesktopBuddy.bat as administrator from the Resonite root. You may need to run this for future updates also even though already installed. I'll be sure to note it above if neccisary.
5. Launch Resonite and open the context menu, then Desktop.

Remote streams use the bundled Cloudflare Tunnel client at DesktopBuddyNative\cloudflared.exe. The setup script checks for it and configures the local HTTP listener on port 48080.

The virtual camera appears as DesktopBuddy - Camera and the virtual microphone as CABLE Output in Discord, Zoom, Chrome, OBS, and similar apps.

See the README for troubleshooting.

WARNING
DesktopBuddy currently supports Resonite Mod Loader only on a vanilla Resonite renderer install.
Other modloaders and unrelated renderer mods are not supported right now. This will be fixed soon.