Merge pull request #397 from aclist/aclist-patch-2

fix: markdown syntax

CHANGELOG.md

@@ -1,38 +1,22 @@
 # Changelog
 
-## [6.0.6-beta.1] 2026-05-17
+## [6.0.5] 2026-05-17
 ## Changed
 - Update symlink hash logic to align with DZGUI 7 beta
 - Update A2S helper to latest commit
 
-## [6.0.5-beta.2] 2026-04-17
-## Changed
-- During server connection attempts, only download mods local to specific server
-
-## [6.0.5-beta.1] 2026-04-13
+## [6.0.4] 2026-04-13
 ## Fixed
 - Update A2S module checksums to support servers with missing description field
-## Changed
-- Bump version to reflect hotfixes on stable branch
 
-## [6.0.2-beta.5] 2026-04-12
+## [6.0.3] 2026-04-12
 ## Fixed
-- Use conditional logic when testing GLibUnix namespaces
+- Use GLibUnix namespace where available when setting up SIGINT callback
 
-## [6.0.2-beta.4] 2026-04-10
-## Fixed
-- Use GLibUnix namespace when setting up SIGINT handling
-
-## [6.0.2-beta.3] 2026-01-26
+## [6.0.2] 2026-01-26
 ## Fixed
+- Explicitly use Python 3.13 when calling subprocesses
 - Raise error correctly from module
-
-## [6.0.2-beta.2] 2026-01-18
-## Fixed
-- Helpers not being downloaded (uncommented boilerplate)
-
-## [6.0.2-beta.1] 2026-01-18
-## Fixed
 - Do not spawn dialogs from inside of thread when fetching prereqs
 ## Changed
 - Optimize time complexity of startup checks
@@ -40,102 +24,57 @@
 - Rename some internal functions
 - Wrap entire startup process in dialog
 
-## [6.0.1-beta.1] 2026-01-16
+## [6.0.1] 2026-01-16
 ## Fixed
 - Explicitly use Python 3.13 when calling subprocesses
 
-## [6.0.0-beta.20] 2026-01-14
-## Fixed
-- Write cache file after wiping
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.19] 2026-01-14
-## Fixed
-- Steam Deck compatible script path expansion
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.18] 2026-01-14
-## Fixed
-- Update UI checksums
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.17] 2026-01-14
-## Added
-- More descriptive help dialogs when initial dependencies are missing
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.16] 2026-01-04
-## Fixed
-- Regression introduced in previous hotfix
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.15] 2025-12-27
-## Fixed
-- Path discovery during first-time setup when parsing filepaths with whitespaces
-- First-time setup dialog continuously triggering when DayZ install path had whitespaces in it
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.14] 2025-12-09
-## Fixed
-- Dialogs with newlines breaking output in log table
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.13] 2025-11-29
-## Fixed
-- Server filter panel not being hidden when entering other page contexts
-- Path to remote changelog being constructed incorrectly
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.12] 2025-11-14
-## Changed
-- Require Python 3.13
-## Fixed
-- Normalize beta version
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.11] 2025-11-13
-## Added
-- Support sandboxed flatpak
-
-## Changed
-- Preferred client from radio toggle to combobox
-
-## Fixed
-- Config file erroneously getting updated when populating settings menu
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.10] 2025-11-10
-## Fixed
-- Python 3.14 error in finally block
-- Require Python version between 3.11 and 3.12
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.9] 2025-11-05
-## Fixed
-- UI not being constructed correctly if CHANGELOG.md was missing
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.8] 2025-11-04
-## Added
-- Internal flag to allow distribution packaged releases to disable in-app updates
-- Pre-boot check to test whether script was invoked directly
-- Commandline usage help text
-
-## Fixed
-- ESC key destroying wait dialogs while a thread is pending
-- Tooltip signals being erroneously drawn on main menu
-- Leaky variable name in dialog titles
-- Prevent extraneous signals from propagating when column width is adjusted
-- Script failing to start when remote endpoints are unavailable (GaryBlackbourne)
-
-## Changed
-- Optimize time complexity of pre-boot checks (GaryBlackbourne)
-- Moved location of notes file
-- Rewrote distance calculation module (GaryBlackbourne)
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.7] 2025-09-20
-## Added
-- Users can save text notes to describe servers
-
-## Changed
-- State file serialization methods
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.6] 2025-09-12
+## [6.0.0] 2026-01-14
 ## Added
 - Support DayZ Experimental
-- Show additional client information in Options menu
-- Warn user of client version mismatches
-- Support clickable hyperlinks
+- Ping display on server tables
+- Save descriptive text notes on a per-server basis
+- Speed up load time and navigation of server tables
+- More robust threading and cache system when filtering servers
+- Show additional DayZ client information in Options menu
+- Warn user of DayZ client version mismatches
+- Support clickable hyperlinks in dialogs
+- Rich server metadata details dialog (right-click on server table)
+- Filter by modded servers
+- Breadcrumbs showing current menu context
+- Dedicated changelog page
+- Dedicated keybindings page
+- Dedicated settings page ("Options")
+- Support sandboxed version of Flatpak
+- Vim-style navigation keybindings
+- Added "Return to main menu" button to dialog windows when failing to load server table
+- Dynamic context menus for modded servers
+- Additional keybindings for new filter toggles
+- If a server is locked, prompt user when connecting
+- Internal flag to allow distro-packaged releases to disable in-app updates
+- Pre-boot checks to test whether script was invoked directly
+- Commandline usage help text (GaryBlackbourne)
+- More descriptive help dialogs when initial dependencies are missing
 
 ## Fixed
+- Script failing to start when remote endpoints are unavailable (GaryBlackbourne)
+- Key stickiness when quickly navigating through entries in tables
+- Servers returning malformed A2S_INFO blocking server browser from loading
+- Normalized buttons in dialogs and restored proper padding
+- GTK errors being emitted to stdout when inserting debug table
+- Entry dialog sensitivity when validating API keys
+- Additional validation on entry dialogs to prevent submitting empty text
+- Suppress errors during pre-boot checks when mods are not installed
+- Centered filter checkboxes within panel
+- Do not pop unhighlight/select stale buttons if no stale mods exist
+- Improved keybinding interaction with side panels
+- Suppress typeahead search in mod dialogs
+- Do not trigger global API cooldown if no LAN/favorite servers are found
+- Fix table column expansion in server mod dialogs
+- Missing parameters when closing application via window decorations
+- Statusbar contents not updating on certain pages
+- Prevent debug button from activating when in certain input fields
+- Window size not updating correctly when unmaximizing window after changing "fullscreen at boot" setting
+- Branch toggle signal being emitted when entering Options menu from other contexts
 - Mods rarely not appearing in local mod list if download completed too quickly
 - Statusbar not updating when clicking a row after spamming keyboard input
 - Extraneous logs being generated when subscribing to mods
@@ -143,342 +82,188 @@
 - Newline terminators in history file
 - Floating point number calculation
 - Window resizing too small if no prior resolution was set
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.5] 2025-08-20
-## Fixed
-- Servers returning malformed A2S_INFO blocking server browser from loading
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.4] 2025-08-13
-## Fixed
-- Branch toggle signal being emitted when entering Options menu from other contexts
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.3] 2025-08-08
-## Added
-- Additional server metadata to details dialog
-- Prompt user when connecting if a server is locked
-- Dedicated settings page ("Options")
-
-## Fixed
-- Statusbar contents not updating on certain pages
-- Breadcrumbs not updating when returning from keybindings page
-- Wrap long descriptions in server details
-- Prevent debug button from activating when in certain input fields
-- Window size not updating correctly when unmaximizing window after changing "fullscreen at boot" setting
-
-## Dropped
-- Extraneous information from right statusbar
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.2] 2025-07-29
-## Fixed
-- Missing parameters when closing application via window decorations
-
-## [6.0.0-beta.1] 2025-07-29
-## Added
-- Ping column to server browsing contexts
-- Server details dialog to server browsing contexts
-- Filter by modded servers
-- Breadcrumbs showing current menu context to top of window
-- Speed up load time and navigation of server tables
-- More robust threading and cache system when filtering servers
-- Dedicated changelog page
-- Dedicated keybindings page
-- Vim-style navigation keybindings
-- Additional validation on entry dialogs to prevent submitting empty text
-- Added "Return to main menu" button to dialog windows when failing to load server table
-- Dynamic context menus for modded servers
-- Additional keybindings for filter toggles
-
-## Fixed
-- Entry dialog sensitivity when validating API keys
-- Normalized buttons in dialogs and restored proper padding
-- GTK errors being emitted to stdout when inserting debug table
-- Suppress errors during pre-boot checks when mods are not installed
-- Centered filter checkboxes within panel
-- Do not pop unhighlight/select stale buttons if no stale mods exist
-- Improved keybinding interaction with side panels
-- Key stickiness when quickly navigating through entries in tables
-- Suppress typeahead search in mod dialogs
-- Do not trigger global API cooldown if no LAN/favorite servers are found
-- Fix table column expansion in server mod dialogs
+- ESC key destroying wait dialogs while a thread is pending
+- Tooltip signals being erroneously emitted on main menu
+- UI not being constructed correctly if CHANGELOG.md was missing
+- Config file erroneously getting updated when populating settings menu
+- Leaky variable name in dialog titles
+- Prevent extraneous signals from propagating when column width is adjusted
+- Server filter panel not being hidden when entering other page contexts
+- Path to remote changelog being constructed incorrectly
+- Dialogs with newlines breaking output in log table
+- Path discovery during first-time setup when parsing filepaths with whitespaces
+- First-time setup dialog continuously triggering when DayZ install path had whitespaces in it
 
 ## Changed
+- Require Python 3.13
 - Reduced global API cooldown from 60s to 30s
 - Clarify dialog messages when DayZ path could not be found
 - Auto-focus first item when opening context menus
 - Opacity setting on side buttons when in a different context
 - Refactored BM API key validation to account for new key format
+- State file serialization methods
+- Optimize time complexity of pre-boot checks (GaryBlackbourne)
+- Rewrote distance calculation module (GaryBlackbourne)
+- Changed preferred client setting from radio toggle to combobox
 
 ## Dropped
 - Ping readout in statusbar
+- Extraneous information from right statusbar
 
-## [5.8.0-beta.2] 2025-07-06
+## [5.8.3] 2026-01-04
+## Fixed
+- Normalize checksum numbers and dates
+
+## [5.8.2] 2026-01-04
+## Fixed
+- Fix regression in symlink routine introduced by previous hotfix
+
+## [5.8.1] 2025-12-27
+## Fixed
+- Path discovery during first-time setup when parsing filepaths with whitespaces
+- First-time setup dialog continuously triggering when DayZ install path had whitespaces in it
+
+## [5.8.0] 2025-07-06
 ## Added
 - Filter servers by official/unofficial status
+- Automatically fetch geolocation records
 ## Changed
 - Updated internal versioning of helper files
-
-## [5.8.0-beta.1] 2025-06-05
-## Added
-- Automatically fetch geolocation records
 ## Fixed
 - Corrected erroneous 2024 date in prior changelog entries
 
-## [5.7.1-beta.1] 2025-04-17
-## Changed
-- Updated geolocation records
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.13] 2025-04-17
+## [5.7.0] 2025-04-17
+## Added
+- Save application dimensions when quitting and restore on subsequent boot
 ## Fixed
-- Updated checksum for UI helper file
+- Issues with the window exceeding the bounds of the screen when displaying some table contexts
+## Changed
+- More direct server ping query method that should return marginally more accurate times
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.12] 2025-04-04
+## [5.6.7] 2025-04-04
 ## Dropped
 - Removed extraneous pre-boot API checks that could cause error messages to be printed if the user had not set up an API key yet
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.11] 2025-03-20
-## Fixed
-- Reduce startup time when testing remote APIs
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.10] 2025-03-15
-## Added
-- Restore application size on subsequent startup
-## Fixed
-- Grid scaling causes table to exceeds bounds of display viewport
-- Window exceeds taskbar on Steam Deck
-- Reduce possibility of timeouts when pinging servers
+## [5.6.6] 2025-03-16
 ## Changed
-- Packed filter checkbox buttons into a 3x3 grid
-- Updated IP database to 2025-03 records
+- Update IP database records for 2025-03
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.9] 2025-03-04
+## [5.6.5] 2025-03-04
 ## Fixed
 - Livonia server results being dropped from batch queries
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.8] 2025-02-10
-## Changed
+## [5.6.4] 2025-02-10
+### Changed
 - Drop launch flag and check for invocation through Steam automatically
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.7] 2025-02-09
-## Changed
+## [5.6.3] 2025-02-09
+### Changed
 - Update IP database records for 2025-02
 
-## [5.7.0-beta.6] 2025-01-10
-## Fixed
-- Resolve regression introduced with IP resolution feature in 13c6813
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.5] 2025-01-10
-## Changed
-- Stricter redacting of usernames (again)
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.4] 2025-01-10
-## Fixed
-- Clerical hotfix
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.3] 2025-01-10
-## Changed
-- Support legacy jq syntax for Ubuntu variants
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.2] 2025-01-07
-## Fixed
-- Stricter redacting of usernames
-- Omit nested directories when traversing symlinks
-
-## [5.7.0-beta.1] 2025-01-07
-### Changed
-- Normalize version number
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.21] 2025-01-06
-### Added
-- Add in-app documentation link to Codeberg mirror
-- Hover tooltips to most buttons
+## [5.6.2] 2025-01-22
 ### Fixed
-- Prevent ArrowUp/ArrowDown input when inside keyword field
+- Resolve regression introduced with IP resolution feature in 5.6.0 (restores functionality of right-click action: Add to My Servers)
+
+## [5.6.1] 2025-01-10
+### Fixed
+- Add fallback support for jq 1.6
+
+## [5.6.0] 2025-01-06
+### Added
+- Application header bar and controls
+- Menu context subtitle in header bar
+- Bulk delete mods (via 'List installed mods' list). Not compatible with Manual Mod install mode
+- Highlight stale mods in mods list
+- Added --steam launch parameter
+- Open Steam workshop subscriptions dialog when switching from Manual to Auto mode
+- Hover tooltips to most buttons
+- Add in-app documentation link to Codeberg mirror
+- Additional logging
+### Fixed
+- Avoid sudo escalation if system map count is sufficient (jiriks74)
+- Duplicate dialog title on Steam Deck
+- Resolve remote IP when saving records for game servers with multiple hosts
+- More performant symlink traversal when checking for legacy links
+- Only iterate on missing symlinks at boot (400% performance uplift)
+- Fix for server list truncation causing some servers to not appear in results
+- Empty dialog popups if user manually deletes local mods while application is running
+- Update statusbar when removing servers from list/repopulating
+- Abort DayZ path discovery if Steam files are not synched
+- Race condition when checking for installed mods
+- Favorite server message not updating correctly
+- Improved handling for cases where there are no locally installed mods
+- Set up mod symlinks at boot, rather than only on server connect
+- Prevent context menus from opening when table is empty
+- When reloading table in-place, prevent duplicate panel elements from being added if already present
+- Clean up local mod signatures from versions file when deleting mods
+- Focus first row when opening mods list
 ### Changed
+- Redact usernames in log files
+- Prevent ArrowUp/ArrowDown input when inside keyword field
+- Admonish user to restart Steam in error dialog if DayZ path could not be found
+- Refactor control flow for more robust contextual parsing
+- Stop sending modal dialog hints to outer window
+- Clean up signal emission
+- Clarify some error messages and normalize text formatting
 - Update forum URL
-- Reword Help section links to include destination
 - Update README.md
 - Update IP database to 2025-01
 - Reduce IP database size by 50%
 - Update documentation to 5.6.x standard
 ### Dropped
-- Removed temporary mod ID output in debug logs
-- Removed Hall of Fame section from button links, moved inside documentation
-- Remove unused imports
+- Hall of Fame section from button links, to be moved inside documentation
+- Unused imports
 
-## [5.6.0-beta.20] 2024-12-23
-### Added
-- Output real and resolved mod ids to logs (temporary)
-- Added -steam launch parameter
-### Fixed
-- Only iterate on missing symlinks
-- Move logging up
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.19] 2024-12-18
-### Added
-- Redact usernames in log files
-### Fixed
-- More performant symlink traversal when checking for legacy links
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.18] 2024-12-14
-### Added
-- Open Steam workshop subscriptions dialog
-- Additional logging
-### Fixed
-- Empty dialog popups if user manually deletes local mods while application is running
-- Abort DayZ path discovery if VDF if Steam files are not synched
-- Avoid sudo escalation if system map count is sufficient (jiriks74)
-### Changed
-- Admonish user to restart Steam in error dialog if DayZ path could not be found
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.17] 2024-12-14
-### Added
-- Additional logging
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.16] 2024-12-13
+## [5.5.3] 2024-12-13
 ### Fixed
 - Add remote resource health checks before downloading updates
 ### Added
 - Add fallback repository
 
-## [5.6.0-beta.11] 2024-12-07
+## [5.5.1] 2024-12-03
 ### Fixed
-- Add missing function definition
+- Support localized decimal separators when parsing installed mod sizes
 
-## [5.6.0-beta.10] 2024-12-04
-### Fixed
-- Untoggle highlight button when repopulating mod list
-- Resolve remote IP when saving records for game servers with multiple hosts
-- Update statusbar when removing servers from list/repopulating
-### Added:
-- "Select stale" button to bulk select mods marked as obsolete
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.9] 2024-12-03
-### Fixed
-- Normalize user locale when parsing floats
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.8] 2024-11-28
-### Fixed
-- Normalize user locale when parsing floats
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.7] 2024-11-28
-### Changed
-- Add additional logging when fetching installed mods
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.6] 2024-11-28
-### Fixed
-- Race condition when checking for installed mods
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.5] 2024-11-21
-### Added
-- Highlight stale mods in mods list
-### Fixed
-- Duplicate dialog title on Steam Deck
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.4] 2024-11-20
-### Added
-- Application header bar and controls
-- Menu context subtitle in header bar
-### Changed
-- Refactor control flow for more robust contextual parsing
-- Stop sending modal dialog hints to outer window
-### Fixed
-- Favorite server message not updating correctly
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.3] 2024-11-18
-### Fixed
-- Improved handling for cases where there are no locally installed mods
-- Set up mod symlinks at boot, rather than only on server connect
-- Prevent context menus from opening when table is empty
-- When reloading table in-place, prevent duplicate panel elements from being added if already present
-- Clean up signal emission
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.2] 2024-11-15
-### Fixed
-- Clean up local mod signatures from versions file when deleting mods
-
-## [5.6.0-beta.1] 2024-11-12
-### Added
-- Bulk delete mods (via 'List installed mods' list). Not compatible with Manual Mod install mode
-### Fixed
-- Fix for server list truncation causing some servers to not appear in results
-- Suppress signal emission when switching menu contexts
-- Focus first row when opening mods list
-### Changed
-- Clarify some error messages and normalize text formatting
-
-## [5.5.0-beta.5] 2024-11-03
-### Changed
-- Use updated A2S_RULES logic
-### Fixed
-- Servers in saved servers list would populate context menu with same option when right-clicking in server browser
-
-## [5.5.0-beta.4] 2024-10-31
-### Added
-- Expose a toggle setting for whether to launch the application in fullscreen
-### Fixed
-- Enable adding/removing servers to/from My Saved Servers when in Recent Servers context
-
-## [5.5.0-beta.3] 2024-10-31
-### Fixed
-- Prevent maps combobox from duplicating contents
-
-## [5.5.0-beta.2] 2024-10-31
-### Fixed
-- Restore keyboard input to keyword entry field
-
-## [5.5.0-beta.1] 2024-10-30
+## [5.5.0] 2024-11-10
 ### Added
 - Support servers running DLC content (fixes Frostline servers)
-- Text autocompletion in maps search field
-- Add disk space warning to popup dialog
+- Expose a toggle setting for whether to launch the application in fullscreen
+- Text autocompletion in maps search field (partial search)
+- Add disk space warning to popup dialog when downloading mods
 ### Fixed
+- Servers in saved servers list would populate context menu with same option when right-clicking in server browser
+- Enable adding/removing servers to/from My Saved Servers when in Recent Servers context
+- Prevent maps combobox from duplicating contents
+- Restore keyboard input to keyword entry field
+### Changed
 - Abort fallback query method if DLC is required
 
-## [5.4.2-beta.1] 2024-10-05
+## [5.4.2] 2024-10-05
 ### Fixed
 - Sanitize third-party API IDs to remove UGC collisions
 
-## [5.4.1-beta.2] 2024-09-12
-### Fixed
-- Use fallback logic for modlist queries when user traverses networks
-
-## [5.4.1-beta.2] 2024-09-10
-### Fixed
-- Fix signal handling control flow for checkbox toggles
-
-## [5.4.1-beta.1] 2024-09-10
+## [5.4.1] 2024-09-25
 ### Added
 - Pre-boot validation check for users with self-compiled version of jq
 ### Fixed
+- Use fallback logic for modlist queries when user traverses networks
+- Fix signal handling control flow for checkbox toggles
 - When reloading the server browser, the map combobox selection would revert to the last selected map instead of All Maps
 - Server filter toggle signals were accessible from the main menu when switching between menu contexts
 - Global cooldown dialog could sometimes block filter toggles after cooldown reset
 - Normalized minor version number due to a previous clerical error
 
-## [5.4.0-beta.5] 2024-08-27
-### Added
-- Freedesktop application icons for system taskbar, tray, and other dialogs
-### Fixed
-- Errors being printed to the console when Exit button was explicitly clicked
-
-## [5.4.0-beta.4] 2024-08-21
-### Added
-- Emit CPU model name when exporting system debug log
-### Fixed
-- Detect Steam Deck OLED APU variant during initial setup
-
-## [5.4.0-beta.3] 2024-08-04
+## [5.4.0] 2024-08-27
 ### Added
 - Scan local area network for DayZ servers
-
-## [5.4.0-beta.2] 2024-08-03
-### Fixed
-- Clerical hotfix for previous player names fix
-- Test if DayZ directory is empty at startup, implying that the game was moved to a new library collection
-
-## [5.4.0-beta.1] 2024-07-16
+- Freedesktop application icons for system taskbar, tray, and other dialogs
+- Emit CPU model name when exporting system debug log
 ### Fixed
+- Errors being printed to the console when Exit button was explicitly clicked
+- Detect Steam Deck OLED APU variant during initial setup
 - Encapsulate player names correctly so that names with whitespace in them are supported
+- Test if DayZ directory is empty at startup, implying that the game was moved to a new library collection
+- Report WM_CLASS name to the window manager
 
 ## [5.3.2] 2024-07-02
 ### Fixed

dzgui.sh

@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
 set -o pipefail
 
 src_path="$(readlink -e "$0")"
-version=6.0.6-beta.1
+version=6.0.5
 
 #CONSTANTS
 aid=221100
@@ -508,7 +508,7 @@ check_availability() {
         return 1
     fi
     local url=$1
-    local timeout_sec="1"
+    local timeout_sec="2"
     if [[ $2 ]]; then
         timeout_sec=$2
     fi
@@ -629,7 +629,7 @@ fetch_helpers_by_sum(){
     [[ -f "$config_file" ]] && source "$config_file"
     declare -A sums
     sums=(
-        ["funcs"]="1cd26343cd68a5382e3377a9757497fa"
+        ["funcs"]="cff21e5ecfbbf72951f9f772b46024c9"
         ["query_v2.py"]="55d339ba02512ac69de288eb3be41067"
         ["servers.py"]="ed442c3aecf33f777d59dcf53650d263"
         ["ui.py"]="cf52a3d5883afe02a013d8673df494fa"

helpers/funcs

@@ -1,6 +1,6 @@
 #!/usr/bin/env bash
 set -o pipefail
-version="6.0.5-beta.2"
+version="6.0.5"
 
 #CONSTANTS
 aid=221100
@@ -690,7 +690,6 @@ toggle(){
                 auto_install="1"
             else
                 auto_install=""
-                rm "$versions_file"
             fi
             ;;
         Toggle[[:space:]]debug[[:space:]]mode)
@@ -1087,42 +1086,41 @@ try_connect(){
     local appid="$2"
     local binary="$3"
 
-    IFS=":" read -ra address <<< "$record"
-    local ip
-    local gameport
-    local qport
-    ip=${address[0]}
-    gameport=${address[1]}
-    qport=${address[2]}
+    local ip=$(<<< $record awk -F: '{print $1}')
+    local gameport=$(<<< $record awk -F: '{print $2}')
+    local qport=$(<<< $record awk -F: '{print $3}')
 
-    [[ $appid -eq $exp ]] && echo "$binary" > "$_cache_binary"
+    [[ $appid -eq $exp ]] && echo "$binary" > $_cache_binary
 
     local remote_mods
-    remote_mods=$(a2s "$ip" "$qport" rules)
+    remote_mods=$(a2s $ip $qport rules)
     if [[ $? -eq 1 ]]; then
         printf "Failed to fetch server modlist, possibly timed out"
         return 1
     fi
-    logger INFO "Server returned modlist: $(<<< "$remote_mods" tr '\n' ' ')"
-
-    local sanitized_mods
-    sanitized_mods=$(query_defunct "$remote_mods")
+    logger INFO "Server returned modlist: $(<<< $remote_mods tr '\n' ' ')"
+    local sanitized_mods=$(query_defunct "$remote_mods")
+    local diff=$(compare "$sanitized_mods")
 
     logger INFO "Connection attempt for $ip:$qport"
     update_history "$record"
 
-    case $auto_install in
-        "") install_mods "$sanitized_mods" "manual" ;;
-        1|2) install_mods "$sanitized_mods" "auto" ;;
-    esac
-
-    # NOTE: clean diff indicates that all requisite mods were downloaded
-    diff=$(compare "$sanitized_mods")
-    if [[ -z $diff ]]; then
-        launch "$ip" "$gameport" "$sanitized_mods" "$appid"
+    if [[ -n $auto_install ]]; then
+        logger INFO "Merging modlists"
+        diff=$(merge_modlists "$diff")
+        diff=$(query_defunct "$diff")
+    fi
+    if [[ -n $diff ]]; then
+        if [[ $(check_architecture) -eq 1 ]] && [[ $(test_display_mode) == "gm" ]]; then
+            printf "Use Desktop Mode to download mods on Steam Deck"
+            return 1
+        fi
+        case $auto_install in
+            "") manual_mod_install "$ip" "$gameport" "$diff" "$sanitized_mods" "" "$appid";;
+            1|2) manual_mod_install "$ip" "$gameport" "$diff" "$sanitized_mods" "auto" "$appid" ;;
+        esac
     else
-        printf "User aborted download process, or some mods may have failed to download. Try connecting again to resync."
-        exit 1
+        launch "$ip" "$gameport" "$sanitized_mods" "$appid"
     fi
 }
 check_architecture(){
@@ -1138,15 +1136,13 @@ force_update(){
         printf "Only available when mod auto-install is ON"
         return 1
     fi
-    # NOTE: forcibly regenerate signatures by removing file
     rm "$versions_file"
-    local mods
-    mods=$(ls -1 "$workshop_dir")
-    install_mods "$mods" "force"
+    local update=$(check_timestamps)
+    manual_mod_install "null" "null" "$update" "null" "force" "null"
     echo "Finished requesting mod updates."
     return 0
 }
-get_timestamps(){
+get_local_stamps(){
     readarray -t modlist < <(printf "%s\n" "$@")
     local max="${#modlist[@]}"
     _concat(){
@@ -1171,6 +1167,67 @@ update_stamps(){
         printf "%s\n" "${stamps[$i]}" >> $versions_file
     done
 }
+check_timestamps(){
+    readarray -t local_modlist < <(ls -1 $workshop_dir)
+    local max=${#local_modlist[@]}
+    logger INFO "Local mod count: $max"
+    [[ $max -eq 0 ]] && return 1
+    local local_stamps=$(get_local_stamps "${local_modlist[@]}")
+    if [[ -z $local_stamps ]]; then
+        logger WARN "Timestamp query returned empty response"
+        return 1
+    fi
+    local aligned=$(<<< "$local_stamps" jq -r '.response.publishedfiledetails[]|"\(.publishedfileid),\(.time_updated)"')
+    readarray -t remote_ids < <(<<< "$aligned" awk -F, '{print $1}')
+    readarray -t remote_times < <(<<< "$aligned" awk -F, '{print $2}')
+
+    if [[ ! -f $versions_file ]]; then
+        logger INFO "No prior versions file found, creating"
+        update_stamps "$aligned"
+        #force refresh all mods if versions file was missing
+        printf "%s\n" "${remote_ids[@]}"
+        return 0
+    fi
+
+    readarray -t old_ids < <(< $versions_file awk -F, '{print $1}')
+    readarray -t old_times < <(< $versions_file awk -F, '{print $2}')
+
+    declare -A remote_version
+    declare -A local_version
+
+    for((i = 0; i < ${#remote_ids[@]}; ++i)); do
+        remote_version[${remote_ids[$i]}]=${remote_times[$i]}
+    done
+
+    needs_update=()
+    for((i=0;i<${#old_ids[@]};i++)); do
+        local id=${old_ids[$i]}
+        local time=${old_times[$i]}
+        if [[ $time != ${remote_version[$id]} ]]; then
+                logger WARN "Mod '$id' timestamp '$time' != '${remote_version[$id]}'"
+                needs_update+=($id)
+        fi
+    done
+    printf "%s\n" "${needs_update[@]}"
+}
+merge_modlists(){
+    local diff="$1"
+    _sort(){
+        printf "%s\n" "$diff"
+        printf "%s\n" "${needs_update[@]}"
+    }
+    readarray -t needs_update < <(check_timestamps)
+    if [[ -z ${needs_update[@]} ]]; then
+        echo "$diff"
+        return 0
+    fi
+    if [[ -z "$diff" ]] && [[ ${#needs_update[@]} -gt 0 ]]; then
+        printf "%s\n" "${needs_update[@]}"
+    else
+        # remove duplicates
+        _sort | sort -u
+    fi
+}
 concat_mods(){
     readarray -t concat_arr <<< "$@"
     local id
@@ -1212,7 +1269,7 @@ launch(){
 
     if [[ $debug -eq 1 ]]; then
         local launch_options="$steam_cmd -applaunch $appid -connect=$ip:$gameport -nolauncher -nosplash -name=$name -skipintro -mod=$concat"
-        printf "Debug mode: these options would have been used to launch the game: %s" "$launch_options"
+        printf "Debug mode: these options would have been used to launch the game: $launch_options"
         return 0
     fi
     echo "$concat" > "$_cache_launch"
@@ -1248,121 +1305,75 @@ final_handshake(){
     printf "\n"
     return 6
 }
-watcher(){
-    local -n to_download="$1"
-    local -n signatures="$2"
-    local mode="$3"
-
-    declare -i i=0
-    local remote_time
-    local length
-    length=${#to_download[@]}
-    for mod in "${!to_download[@]}"; do
-        remote_time=${to_download[$mod]}
-        [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
-        case $mode in
-            "auto" | "force")
-                $steam_cmd "steam://url/CommunityFilePage/${mod}+workshop_download_item ${aid} ${mod}"
-                echo "# Opening workshop page for ${mod}. If you see no progress, you may be out of disk space."
-                ;;
-            *)
-                $steam_cmd "steam://url/CommunityFilePage/${mod}"
-                echo "# Opening workshop page for ${mod}. If you see no progress after subscribing, try unsubscribing and resubscribing again until the download commences."
-                ;;
-        esac
-        sleep 1s
-        foreground
-
-        until [[ -d $downloads_dir/${mod} ]]; do
-            [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
-            sleep 0.1s
-            # NOTE: fallback for instantaneous downloads
-            if [[ $mode == "auto" || $mode == "force" ]]; then
-                if [[ -d $workshop_dir/${mod} ]]; then
-                    break
-                fi
-            fi
-        done
-
-        foreground
-        case $mode in
-            "auto" | "force")
-                echo "# Steam is downloading ${mod} (mod $((i+1)) of ${length}). You do not need to manually Subscribe."
-                ;;
-            *)
-                echo "# Steam is downloading ${mod} (mod $((i+1)) of ${length})"
-                ;;
-        esac
-
-        until [[ -d $workshop_dir/${mod} ]]; do
-            [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
-            sleep 0.1s
-        done
-
-        foreground
-        if [[ ! -v signatures["${mod}"] ]]; then
-            echo "$mod,$remote_time" >> "$versions_file"
-        else
-            sed -i "s/$mod,${signatures[$mod]}/$mod,$remote_time/" "$versions_file"
-        fi
-        echo "# ${mod} moved to mods dir"
-        i+=1
-    done
-    echo "100"
-}
-install_mods(){
-    local sanitized_mods="$1"
-    local mode="$2"
+manual_mod_install(){
+    local ip="$1"
+    local gameport="$2"
+    local diff="$3"
+    local sanitized_mods="$4"
+    local mode="$5"
+    local appid="$6"
     local ex="$state_path/dzg.watcher"
 
-    [[ -f $ex ]] && rm "$ex"
+    readarray -t stage_mods <<< "$diff"
+    [[ -f $ex ]] && rm $ex
 
-    if [[ -f "$versions_file" ]]; then
-        readarray -t local_mods < "$versions_file"
-    else
-        local_mods=()
+    _watcher(){
+        for((i=0;i<${#stage_mods[@]};i++)); do
+            [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
+
+            if [[ $mode == "auto" ]] || [[ $mode == "force" ]]; then
+                $steam_cmd "steam://url/CommunityFilePage/${stage_mods[$i]}+workshop_download_item $aid ${stage_mods[$i]}"
+                echo "# Opening workshop page for ${stage_mods[$i]}. If you see no progress, you may be out of disk space."
+            else
+                $steam_cmd "steam://url/CommunityFilePage/${stage_mods[$i]}"
+                echo "# Opening workshop page for ${stage_mods[$i]}. If you see no progress after subscribing, try unsubscribing and resubscribing again until the download commences."
+            fi
+            sleep 1s
+            foreground
+
+            until [[ -d $downloads_dir/${stage_mods[$i]} ]]; do
+                [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
+                sleep 0.1s
+                if [[ -d $workshop_dir/${stage_mods[$i]} ]]; then
+                    break
+                fi
+            done
+
+            foreground
+            if [[ $mode == "auto" ]] || [[ $mode == "force" ]]; then
+                echo "# Steam is downloading ${stage_mods[$i]} (mod $((i+1)) of ${#stage_mods[@]}). You do not need to manually Subscribe."
+            else
+                echo "# Steam is downloading ${stage_mods[$i]} (mod $((i+1)) of ${#stage_mods[@]})"
+            fi
+            until [[ -d $workshop_dir/${stage_mods[$i]} ]]; do
+                [[ -f $ex ]] && return 1
+                sleep 0.1s
+            done
+
+            foreground
+            echo "# ${stage_mods[$i]} moved to mods dir"
+        done
+        echo "100"
+    }
+    _watcher > >($steamsafe_zenity --pulsate --progress --auto-close --title="DZG Watcher" --width=500 2>/dev/null; rc=$?; [[ $rc -eq 1 ]] && touch $ex)
+
+    if [[ $mode == "force" ]]; then
+        rm "$versions_file"
+        check_timestamps
+        return 0
     fi
 
-    declare -A mod_signatures
-    local local_id
-    local local_time
-    for mod in "${local_mods[@]}"; do
-        IFS="," read -ra fields <<< "$mod"
-        local_id="${fields[0]}"
-        local_time="${fields[1]}"
-        mod_signatures[$local_id]=$local_time
-    done
-
-    readarray -t remote_mods <<< "$sanitized_mods"
-    declare -A download
-    local remote_timestamps
-    local remote_id
-    local remote_time
-    remote_timestamps=$(get_timestamps "${remote_mods[@]}")
-    for mod in $(<<< "$remote_timestamps" jq -r '.response.publishedfiledetails[]|"\(.publishedfileid),\(.time_updated)"'); do
-        IFS="," read -ra fields <<< "$mod"
-        remote_id="${fields[0]}"
-        remote_time="${fields[1]}"
-
-        # NOTE: mod is not present in versions file
-        if [[ ! -v mod_signatures["$remote_id"] ]]; then
-            download["$remote_id"]=$remote_time
-            continue
+    local diff=$(compare "$sanitized_mods")
+    if [[ -z $diff ]]; then
+        if [[ $mode == "auto" ]]; then
+            rm "$versions_file"
+            check_timestamps
         fi
-        # NOTE: mod timestamp is out of date
-        local_time="${mod_signatures["$remote_id"]}"
-        if [[ $remote_time != "$local_time" ]]; then
-            download["$remote_id"]=$remote_time
-            continue
-        fi
-    done
-
-    [[ ${#download[@]} -lt 1 ]] && return
-    if [[ $(check_architecture) -eq 1 ]] && [[ $(test_display_mode) == "gm" ]]; then
-        printf "Use Desktop Mode to download mods on Steam Deck"
+        launch "$ip" "$gameport" "$sanitized_mods" "$appid"
+    else
+        printf "User aborted download process, or some mods may have failed to download. Try connecting again to resync."
         exit 1
     fi
-    watcher download mod_signatures "$mode" > >($steamsafe_zenity --pulsate --progress --auto-close --title="DZG Watcher" --width=500 2>/dev/null; rc=$?; [[ $rc -eq 1 ]] && touch "$ex")
 }
 test_display_mode(){
     pgrep -a gamescope | grep -q "generate-drm-mode"