Release - Confluence ZEITGEIST (Kodi 17-22)

Code:

6.7.31 (2024-07-10)



Wall View improvements



Wall 2X, 3X, 4X and recently added 5X now have dedicated visual variants for displaying add-ons

This greatly improves the visual feel when browsing add-ons with Wall Views



- Adapted Wall View changes to Add-on Info Dialog



- Further improvements for context menu and visually related Game OSD menu



- Minor x-position fix for Games section sidebar



- Updated skin name and all icon variants



- Minor code improvement for suppressed dialog [PlayerControls]



Textures:



- Updated 330x330-rounded.png and added white_border34.png for Add-on Info Dialog changes

- Added 4 rounded diffuse masks for new Wall View add-on variants

- Added 4 focus borders for new Wall View add-on variants

- Slightly improved DefaultAddonsRecentlyUpdated.png and DefaultAddonsUpdates.png (smaller dots)

Code:

4.7.32 (2024-07-10)



Minor code improvements

Minor improvements to addon.xml



Internal notes:

Kodi 18 needs to use ListItem.Icon instead of ListItem.Art(icon). Kodi 19+ seems fine with the latter. Code now covers both

Code:

6.7.33 (2024-07-11)



Improved "Text" View focus animation (Text color change now transitions smoothly)

Minor code improvements



Kodi 17-20 only:



Removed the "Show "Versions" and "Extras" buttons" option from My Skin settings since only Kodi 21+ has this feature

(minor merging regression introduced with previous update)

Code:

6.7.34 (2024-07-14)



Scrolling duration and easing type refinements for Wall Views and Fanart View



Removed conceptionally questionable automatic scrolling letter indicator

(Might be replaced by a manual scrolling letter button implementation in the future)



Minor code improvements

Minor improvements to addon.xml



Kodi 20+ only:



Textures:



Further refinements to recently updated CalibrateReset.png (Fixed barely visible scaling inconsistency)

Code:

6.7.35 (2024-07-24)



Visual refinements for all Wall Views

Improved spacing and positioning of Wall items and container



Video Info Dialog

Formatting simplification and improvements for multiple strings like genre, director, writer, budget/revenue

This changes are supported by corresponding updates of the "ListItem Helper" and "Cinema Helper" add-ons



My Skin settings language strings and text formatting improvements



Misc improvements:



Minor code improvements

Fonts code changes without visual changes, added font for improved generic add-on compatibility



Internal:



Further preparation for a potential future cinemascope skin variant



Kodi 18+ only:



Games section improvements

Code:

6.7.36 (2024-07-26)



Improved context menu

Minor code improvements



Games section improvements

Improved GameOSD (games menu), Game windows and more



Kodi 21+ only:



Games section improvements

Added new "Ports + Players" window (Kodi PR #23548)

Added non-hard-coded button combos (Kodi PR #24147)

Code:

6.7.37 (2024-07-29)



Reworked Add-on Info Dialog

Improved visuals and usability for the Add-on Info Dialog



Improved Custom Search Dialog

Improved DialogKeyboard and DialogNumeric

Improved usability and navigation in context of search, keyboard and numeric dialogs

Improved GameOSD (games menu)

Minor code and visual improvements

Code:

6.7.41 (2024-08-02)



Improved focus visuals of Custom Search Dialog



Improved focus visuals of Game dialogs and Video Bookmarks dialog



Improved scroll animations of Select dialogs (General, Game) and Video Bookmarks dialog



6.7.40 (2024-08-01)



Slightly increaed button spacing in Video Bookmarks dialog to match game dialogs (spacing being too narrow before)



Follow-up refinements:



Improved settings level indicator/button navigation targets with a workaround to avoid a Kodi bug causing double grouplist focus in rare situations



Games section



Added "First Run"-info for Game Menu



Updated button combo help/info sheet



Completed Pre-Game Savestates dialog with "New" button and "Saved with:" emulator info



6.7.39 (2024-07-31)



GameOSD (Game Menu) Rework follow-up refinements

Shortened text strings within "Controls" sub-menu



6.7.38 (2024-07-31)



GameOSD (Game Menu) Rework



Context menu improvements for "Seasons" View (Fixes minimal visual context menu cut-off at the top)



Improvements for System Settings

Reworked settings level indicator/button

Added rarely used highly transparent scrollbar for edge-case scenarios where the left settings category count is very high (RetroPlayer build "Services" cat)