NotAlterra/CHANGELOG.md

Changelog

All notable changes to NotAlterra are documented in this file.

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[v0.1.2] — 2026-06-01

Added

• Playtime extraction from GVAS ElapsedTimeDouble property — displays as Xh Ym in file picker and inspector
• Filesystem checks for .ini delete guard — requires actual .ini files in backup
• Non-blocking event poll across all screens

Changed

• Replaced process detection (tasklist/pgrep) with startup warning modal to avoid Windows Defender false-positive (Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.C!ml)
• "Online" / "Local" renamed to "Multiplayer" / "Single Player" throughout
• Date format changed to YYYY-Mon-DD HH:MM
• Status bar text removed — whale-only row
• "Back" option added to .ini submenu
• All save/ini operations now show file counts

Fixed

• .ini backup now shows OK confirmation dialog
• .ini restore returns file count
• Fullbackup restore returns file count
• Dashboard stats filter by savegame_* prefix
• OK dialog width padding prevents text clipping
• File picker column alignment tightened

[v0.1.1] — 2026-05-31

Changed

• "Recover .sav file from .bak" renamed to "Recover save file" (less technical)
• Dashboard stats now filter by savegame_* prefix, matching the file picker
• Save/Backup labels pluralize based on count

Added

• 🐋 animated leviathan patrols the status bar
• Non-blocking event poll across all screens — animates everywhere
• Whale rendered on popups, dialogs, and file pickers
• "Back" option in .ini management submenu

Fixed

• Game-running guard shows informative OK dialog instead of silent exit
• OK dialog width padding prevents text clipping on long lines

[v0.1.0] — 2026-05-31

Added

• Cross-platform terminal UI (ratatui + crossterm) with keyboard-driven menus, pickers, popups, and status bar
• GVAS save-file binary parser: extracts SlotName, DisplayName, bIsMultiplayerSave, GameMode, LevelName, BuildNumber, and more
• Save-folder discovery with Windows fast-path (%LOCALAPPDATA%) and Linux Proton/Steam Deck paths
• .bak to .sav recovery with filename-derived slot grouping, .sav.old rollback, and size sanity checks
• Full backup / restore (only savegame_* files) with pre-restore snapshots and verification
• UE5 Config (.ini) management — backup, restore, and guarded delete
• Save inspector with full GVAS metadata displayed in a color-coded popup
• Slot grouping in the recovery picker — first entry per slot gets a numbered label, subsequent entries blank
• Online / Local detection via bIsMultiplayerSave BoolProperty
• Mode-change warning (Online ↔ Local) and name-change warning on recovery
• Game-running guard — exits or warns if Subnautica 2 is active
• Transaction log (transaction.log) with MANUAL_BAK, AUTO_BAK, RESTORE, RECOVER, CONFIG_BAK, CONFIG_RESTORE, CONFIG_DEL, and LICENSE actions
• Disclaimer popup with Accept / Decline buttons — Esc returns to menu without revoking
• OK dialogs for backup results, no-backup warnings, and ini action outcomes
• Confirmation popups with [ Yes ] / [ No ] buttons and detailed metadata comparison
• No-backup guard — warns if NotAlterra_Backups is empty before destructive actions
• Empty directory cleanup — failed backup directories are removed
• Auto-size popups — GVAS inspector and OK dialogs scale to fit content
• Terminal resize — main loop and all sub-loops respond to terminal size changes
• Arrow-key debounce — KeyRelease events are filtered; no double-stepping
• Elapsed timer during save-folder scan with background threading
• Release build script (build.sh) producing notalterra-v{version}-linux-amd64.tar.gz and notalterra-v{version}-windows-amd64.zip
• --version / -v CLI flag
• MIT License and README with build, usage, and unpack instructions

Changed

• Improved game-running exit message — explains why save files are at risk

Fixed

• Background scan thread panic no longer hangs the application
• Arrow-key navigation no longer overshoots — KeyEventKind::Release events filtered
• GVAS metadata popup renders all 11 fields (was clipped to 2 because of Paragraph::new(Span))
• Header path now shows tail of path (e.g. …\Subnautica2\Saved\SaveGames) instead of truncated prefix
• Confirmation popup always appears — hard require_backup block replaced with soft warning

Security

• Game-running detection at launch and before each destructive operation
• .ini delete guarded by requiring at least one ini_backup_* directory