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bmcclure · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 444

Hey, thanks for checking SteamLab out, Fry, and for your kind review Smile

Unfortunately since I have had a lot of other projects on my plate lately (my job, writing, developing steam-lab.com along with a couple of other web projects, and administering my new Ubuntu server), I haven't had time to complete SteamLab 0.9, but it already has a ton more features and works a lot better than all previous releases. I'm going to try to work on it in my freetime this week and see if I can't get a version out containing the new features so you and anyone else can test them out.

You may have read this in previous posts, but just a summary of wat's already complete and will be included:
SteamLab 0.9 has an extensive .ini file containing all customization settings (many of which have GUI controls), and contains the first versions of the Games and Tools XML databases and related features. It also introduces built-in support for a much larger array of third party tools, and the games database now has full support for Source mods (including automatic detection and management in the database).

One of the coolest and most radical new features is called SteamTabs, which replaces the SteamDock and most SteamLab windows with extra tabs integrated into (actually overlayed on top of) the Steam interface. The effect is nearly seamless, though a little bit buggy at present, but it generally works great and is most definitely the future of SteamLab. You can of course still use the SteamDock and access the main windows there, through the tray menu, or through the added SteamLab menu on the main Steam window. The result is a more 'modular' way to run SteamLab, and a choice how to display the content.

I am focused right now on maximizing performance, as well as allowing SteamLab to run in a mode in which no process-intensive things will occur, suitable for running in the background while gaming. Although to clarify, I run SteamLab in the background while gaming all the time, and I have never noticed any particular slowdowns related to it. Unless you are actively working with a SteamWin window, or SteamLab is searching for updates or processing the database files (which is usually initiated by hand), it for the most part sleeps and uses a very minimal amount of resources.

I mentioned my Ubuntu server earlier, and that is somewhat significant because I now have full Subversion version management for my projects, as well as a very handy internal bug tracking system, which should immensely help my productivity once I get in the hang of utilizing both tools fully.
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bmcclure · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 444

bmcclure · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 444

In an effort to make it much, much easier for me to continue work on SteamLab as it grows in size and complexity, it is now version-managed by SVN and has its own public Trac site.

Development Site: http://trac.denet.info/steamlab
Subversion Repository: (Please hold while I get Subversion opened to the outside)

This also means that SteamLab is now fully-open source. Feel free to create an account at the DEnet Trac site and report bugs, write documentation, contribute, etc.

You can also view the live source files there, which you can also get by checking them out via Subversion as soon as I get that link posted.

At this site you can also keep up with my development progress, if you don't want to contribute. I have current versions and milestones listed.
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bmcclure · Joined: 24 Nov 2007 Posts: 444

SteamLab is now part of a larger development network I'm starting titled SingularityShift. Designed to promote open source development, there is a main site wiki for information, research, documentation, etc. and a trac site and subversion repository for each project.

Visit the main page at http://singularityshift.com to check out the projects or contribute!
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How can I download this? The links on the first page are broken, the SingularityShift project page has no links, and the steamlab wiki has nothing, either.