Heroic Games Launcher 2.12.0 Released - Fixes, Updates, and More

Today, a new version of the Heroic Games Launcher was released! Version 2.12.0, also known as "Vegapunk," was brought out into the wild, and while it didn't add any significant new features, it does add a lot of nice improvements and updates that make using the open-source launcher much easier.

For those who don't know what the Heroic Games Launcher is, it is a way to play games from your Epic, GOG, and Amazon Prime libraries easily on the Steam Deck or any Linux OS. Once you install it, which you can do from the Discover Store on the Deck, you just have to log in to each account, and all your games will show up. From there, you just download and install whichever games you want, select a proton layer, and you are ready!

The new update can be downloaded from their Github release page or directly from the Discover Store.

So, let's get into the update. There have been a lot of fixes that came from this, but some nice little additions make organizing and usability much better. With this update, you can alphabetically sort any games you favor, EOS overlay is installed by default, and the launcher will now support Epic's launch-able addons or DLC. There have also been some wonderful UI enhancements, like an accessibility option to disable closing dialogs, improvements with controller navigation in the menus, and a progress bar in the taskbar for app activity.

There are many more fixes and such, which I will list below, but in the end, it is fantastic seeing how much work is going into the launcher. I use it quite often to test Epic games, and I love the easy access to all the Amazon Prime games I keep redeeming, though I never play them.

Heroic Games Launcher 2.12.0 Update Changelog:

• Update bug report template with latest release by @github-actions in #3279
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3280
• [OTHER] Add CLA and CLA Sign Workflow by @flavioislima in #3290
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3287
• [README] Update AUR info by @flavioislima in #3291
• Sort favourites alphabetically (#2965) by @sluedecke in #3283
• Bump zod from 3.21.4 to 3.22.3 by @dependabot in #3143
• [improv]: electron side changes to window behavior by @imLinguin in #3300
• [UX] Add an 'only' action to select one store/platform only by @arielj in #3294
• [UI/Fix] Categories improvements: make them composable, update style, fix combination with filters by @arielj in #3303
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3295
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3312
• [Tech] Simplify our E2E tests by @CommandMC in #3213
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3322
• [UX] Divide Wine-GE and Wine-GE-LoL in 2 tabs by @arielj in #3327
• [UI/Fix] Set zoom limits along with zoom level instead of zoom factor by @arielj in #3325
• [UI] Show a progress bar in the task bar for various app activity by @0xCmdrKeen in #3086
• [Fix] Resolve 7/8 dependabot alerts by @CommandMC in #3331
• [FEAT] Show Genres and Release date on Game Page by @flavioislima in #3330
• [Fix] DXVK-NVAPI installation by @CommandMC in #3347
• [Fix] Remove duplicated log by @arielj in #3369
• [Fix] Ignore gamescope if enabled and not found instead of failing by @arielj in #3367
• [Fix] Steam Shortcuts / Make checkIfAlreadyAdded case-insensitive by @HazardousBackup in #3320
• [UI] Add link to join Discord server in the "Report a problem..." dialog by @Sasikuttan2163 in #3339
• Update legendary to v0.20.34 by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #3357
• [UX] Add offline support filter by @arielj in #3371
• [UX] Show game title in uninstall dialog by @arielj in #3338
• [UX] Improvements when using a controller to navigate the interface by @arielj in #3354
• [Tech] Refactor how we write to game logs by @arielj in #3355
• [Flatpak] Add some libs missing for native games by @arielj in #3345
• [UX] Help component by @arielj in #3135
• Install legendary prerequisites by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #3364
• [Experimental] Automatic installation of known winetricks fixes by @arielj in #3335
• [Fix] Handle possible undefined GOG images by @arielj in #3373
• [Fix/UI] Fix status after aborting wine installation. Make width of progress more stable by @arielj in #3374
• [Feat] Support Epic's launch-able addons/DLCs by @CommandMC in #3317
• [FEAT-macOS] Add Whisky Support by @flavioislima in #3358
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3375
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3390
• [Fix] Use 'includes' instead of 'match' to filter winetricks by @arielj in #3381
• Fixes related to "Installing Prerequisites" status by @arielj in #3393
• Remove fixes file when a game is uninstalled by @arielj in #3398
• [UX/Linux] Open main window when clicking the Tray icon by @arielj in #3401
• [Fix] Prevent error if experimental features setting is undefined by @arielj in #3400
• [UX] Fix position of dialog header by @arielj in #3392
• [UX] Allow setting offline mode even if game does not have the metadata by @arielj in #3385
• [UX] Add Accessibility option to disable closing dialogs when clicking outside by @arielj in #3402
• Write game logs async. Write messages in bulks. by @arielj in #3384
• [FIX] Using crossover with gog and amazon by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #3308
• Install EOS overlay by default by @Etaash-mathamsetty in #3356
• Revert logging if the EOS overlay is enabled by @arielj in #3404
• Revert printing winetricks packages in logs by @arielj in #3405
• Only try to do EOS operations on a path if there's actually a Wineprefix there by @CommandMC in #3410
• [UI] Fix extra scroll when UpdateComponent is displayed in the library by @arielj in #3407
• [Fix] Hide hidden games in Favourites and Recent Games sections by @Sasikuttan2163 in #3389
• [i18n] Updated Translations by @weblate in #3395

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