The pre-release slog continues...
There's nothing worse than changing a surface API, because that means a major version revision, which means then you just start piling in ALL of the changes that might hit surface APIs, and sudden you've got a katamari release on your hands.
A line of yaks stretching as far as the eye can see...
The slow march toward what is now Buttplug v5.0 continues.
Too god damn much bluetooth.
This is going to be one of those updates that is more about meta-buttplugs than buttplugs. About 6 months ago, a ton of code was overhauled in btleplug, the Bluetooth LE library I maintain and that powers all bluetooth in Buttplug on Windows/macOS/Linux. Unfortunately testing to this code has gone slowly, and there were a couple of stalls due to weirdness on Linux. Luckily this past weekend I finally figured out the Linux issues enough to write a workaround, so we'll hopefully have the new btleplug v0.8 released this week.
And suddenly, productivity.
YES IT IS FINALLY HERE.
A boring but somewhat productive week in the Buttplug world...
Right now most of the work in Buttplug is actually slightly lower than Buttplug itself. I'm working with some other developers to get the new Bluetooth LE library in, which allows me to cut about 50% of the bluetooth code out of the server, as well as making things work far better on macOS. It'll also possibly open the way for iOS/Android usage. Unfortunately things are stuck on Linux right now, where everything breaks horribly. Hoping to have that shored up in the next week or two so we can get this out.
Intiface Desktop v22 is live!
Unfortunately the autoupdater broke in v21 and I didn't notice, so if you're getting stuck on the "Updating Application" dialog, just download the installer from the site.
Other than completely losing track of what day it is...
Intiface Desktop v21 is out, and with it, the first publicly usable release of Buttplug v4! This means that you can now use the Lovense Connect app with Buttplug, though I'm already finding out how many people have their desktops and WiFi on different, inaccessible subnets. >.<
Intiface Desktop v21 is out! Now with Lovense Connect support, In-App device testing, and more! All of the new features were covered in the tutorial video I posted a couple of days ago.
Well Intiface Desktop v21 isn't out yet (hoping for this evening), but if you're curious what it's going to look like or the new features that will be available, here's 20 minutes of me presenting it. And as patrons you get it before everyone else! (For whatever that's worth >.>)
Welp, at least I managed another May update before the month was over...
After getting the Lovense Connect code into Buttplug and releasing v4 of the library in the first couple of days of May, a whole bunch of fuck all has happened since. I got absolutely crushed with some non-Buttplug work that meant I had no energy to work on things for most of the month. Luckily, due to the long weekend in the US, I've gotten a tiny bit of time to recover.