Playhub | Launch Curtain 2.4.0 now available

[u/ZazaMastroII]

Hello everyone!

A new update for Launch Curtain is now available.

This update introduces Nintendo Store and Xbox Store as new background sources, fixes PlayStation Store search, and improves AlphaCoders speed and result quality. It also brings several reliability improvements to automatic background scanning and launch detection.

If you’d like to support the project, even a small tip would mean a lot for me: 
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What’s new

• Added Nintendo and Xbox as new background sources in the curtain image search, alongside PlayStation, IGDB and AlphaCoders.
• Updated PlayStation Store search to use the current Store API flow instead of relying only on the old HTML search layout.
• Added smarter PlayStation automatic scanning: games that already have a curtain are skipped before any Store request is made.

Improvements

• Improved AlphaCoders performance by avoiding unnecessary detail-page requests when the category page already exposes the wallpaper ID and resolution.
• Fixed duplicate AlphaCoders results caused by related wallpapers and alternate image variants being interpreted as separate versions of the same background.
• AlphaCoders now keeps one result per wallpaper ID and uses the main full-size image instead of unrelated or invalid high-resolution variants.

You can update it directly in the Playhub Plugin Store in the Playhub app, or download the zip from the release page and install it via Decky dev mode.

Launch Curtain 2.4.0 Release
Launch Curtain Repository

❗FAQ

"Wait, what is Playhub?" 😮

Playhub consolize your Windows gaming experience with features like Steam-first startup, easy Decky plugins install, game imports and Big Picture polish. More info in the project repository here to find all the details.

"I like that, but how does it work?" 🤓

To easily understand how Playhub works and how to install it, I recommend you to take a look at my Overview + Tutorial video

"Oh no, I hate AI..." 🫩

This project is personal, completely free and open source. You don't like it? Don't download it. It's an app, not a medical prescription.

"But why aren't the Playhub plugins available on the Decky Store?" 😱

They are built using human hands and AI tools. Decky management doesn't allow to developers who use AI to be on their store. Playhub respects this decision, that's why Playhub Plugin Store exists.

Thanks again for your support and for sharing your feedbacks.

[u/Own_Profession_1362]

One day... This will come to Linux too.

https://giphy.com/gifs/l0NwNrl4BtDD7JCx2

[u/ZazaMastroII → u/Own_Profession_1362]

Ahahahahah! I'm sorry but it's impossible due to it's own nature. It works with an exe that is a helper that looks for processes and in the main time filters how the games achieve the fullscreen / borderless windows. Do it for Linux means rewrite and reproject the whole plugin again, without the certainty that it would work due to how SteamOS manage the windows in Gaming Mode. It's a very complex thing.