The latest versions of Konga Beat and Konga Launcher are now live! Here’s a quick rundown of what’s available today and a preview of what’s coming next:
If you are working on a song with Japanese text, or have experienced issues when switching between projects, please try out these updates.
Thank you to @ricerca for reporting these bugs!
Have a great weekend!
Out Now
Konga Beat 1.0.4 - Windows (Download) [Patch Notes]
This update includes another set of bug fixes that may impact some users as they're working with Konga Beat. The most significant fix addresses how Konga Beat encodes text. The Donkey Konga games use Shift JIS encoding; however, Konga Beat originally exported its text file with UTF-8 encoding instead (see thread). In short, this doesn’t affect English text, but it did break how Japanese characters were displayed. This update also addresses some bugs that occur when opening or creating a new project while Konga Beat already has a project open (see thread). The editor did not reset correctly, resulting in a cascade of errors that impacted the user experience.Konga Launcher 0.9.2 - Windows, Mac, Linux (Download) [Patch Notes]
Like Konga Beat, Konga Launcher was not using the correct encoding when generating a new SongInfo.res file. This update addresses the issue and also improves Japanese text rendering within Konga Launcher itself. Additionally, in the background, I've been working on the next update to Konga Launcher. One of the planned additions was to allow the user to turn off the update checker from the settings menu. The update checker setting has been included in this update.If you are working on a song with Japanese text, or have experienced issues when switching between projects, please try out these updates.
Thank you to @ricerca for reporting these bugs!
Coming Soon
Konga Beat 1.1
Konga Beat 1.1 is almost done! With it comes the ability to work on all the 1P tracks from a single screen, the option to insert an offset at the start of a song, and a series of bug fixes that should improve the user experience. This update is feature complete, but there are a few final tweaks and fixes I would like to include before shipping it out. Currently, I'm expecting this update to release in October.Konga Launcher
There is a lot about Konga Launcher's user experience that can be improved, so I'll be rolling out periodic updates to address these issues in lead up to 1.0. I'm expecting the first of these updates to come later this year; however, it may slip into January, depending upon my other obligations.In Summary
Updates were rolled out to Konga Beat and Konga Launcher that fix a number of bugs, including improper text encoding. Konga Beat 1.1 will tentatively be arriving in October, with additional updates to Konga Launcher following later this year.Have a great weekend!