The Agent's install request pointed at http://cn.patch.battle.net:1119/<product>.
That host only 301-redirects to the country's version service today; Blizzard's
China client asks cn.patch.battlenet.com.cn:1119 directly.
The update check built <branch>.version.battle.net, so a China install (branch
cn) asked cn.version.battle.net, which does not answer; the China service is
cn.version.battlenet.com.cn.
Only region cn changes.
fix(battlenet): keep games installed inside Battle.net's folder running
A game installed under C:\Program Files (x86)\Battle.net\ (for example
World of Warcraft: Forever in "Battle.net\World of Warcraft\_forever_")
was counted as part of Battle.net itself. Launched from DroidDeck, the
launch never saw a game, said "Battle.net closed before a game started",
stopped everything left in the prefix, game included, and exited 1.
Battle.net's own files are now only those directly in its folder, in its
Battle.net.<build> folders and under ProgramData\Battle.net.
Co-authored-by: Albert <alb.carreras@gmail.com>
Once Blizzard's Agent has removed a game it answers GET /game/<uid> with
an empty object, not installed false, so a finished uninstall read as a
failure and opened Battle.net.
A cancelled install now waits for its Agent job to end before the
uninstall runs, and removes the folder only once the Agent no longer
lists the game or the folder is empty. Uninstall gives up when Battle.net
or a game keeps the prefix busy for a minute, so the page falls back to
opening Battle.net. An uninstall only counts when the Agent reports the
game as not installed.
Battle.net games now install like Epic, Xbox and itch games: Install,
pick a location, and the download runs in the Downloads tab while the
Stores page stays open. droiddeck-battlenet starts Blizzard's own Agent
on its own under a headless gamescope and drives its local API, so no
window opens and nothing waits on the Battle.net client.
- Progress, speed and time left come from the Agent, with pause, resume
(the Agent keeps what it downloaded) and cancel, which uninstalls the
partial game and removes its folder.
- A job only finishes once the Agent has really run it and the game is
playable; the first status after a request can still describe the
previous operation.
- Installed games check Blizzard's version service and show Update when
the build on disk is behind; the update repairs missing files too.
- Battle.net games can be uninstalled from their page through the Agent.
- Games land in the chosen location: internal storage, other storage or
a Games folder.
- The hero keeps its action row clear of the playtime column.
Steam games and Battle.net started from the KDE desktop run on the GPU in gamescope, opened as a KDE window, and Plasma no longer leaves programs with a zero realtime CPU limit that got games killed.
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