Trading Paints Beta Testing Updates

Improved

• Trading Paints Pro badges are no longer displayed on My Paints for Pro-exclusive features if you are already a Pro member
• Updated cursor styles where relevant
• Dark/light mode theme now saves between sessions
• Settings screen has been updated
• New toggle button styles are now in use
• Clicking the relevant text next to a toggle button also changes the toggle value

Fixed

• Replaced the theme-switching “Don’t click” button with an actual toggle with light/dark icons

What to test:

• General program functionality
• Ensure custom paints are downloading and appearing correctly

Known issues:

• The Home screen is not yet set up
• Helmets and Suits are not displayed on My Paints
• Pro upgrade messages are incomplete

Downloader Beta installation instructions:

• Download the beta from the link above.
• Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer.
• Fully close any running instances of Trading Paints Downloader on your computer.
• Open DownloaderV3-Basic.exe or DownloaderV3-Console.exe to launch either the full UI version (Basic) or simplified version (Console) of the beta.
• Authenticate with your Trading Paints account when prompted.

New

• Added dark/light theme mode switch (“Don’t Click” button)

Improved

• On My Paints, clicking the iRacing car image opens the car in the iRacing UI paint booth
• On My Paints, added an Edit Paint button that loads the Trading Paints website so you can manage your paints
• On My Paints, your pinned vehicles are now at the top of the list
• Trading Paints Pro-exclusive features now show a Pro badge if you are not a Pro member, and displays a message prompting you to upgrade

What to test:

• General program functionality
• Ensure custom paints are downloading and appearing correctly

Known issues:

• The Home screen is not yet set up
• Dark/light theme mode selection does not save on exit
• Helmets and Suits are not displayed on My Paints
• Pro upgrade messages are incomplete
• The dark/light theme mode selection says “don’t click” instead of a proper button or toggle

Downloader Beta installation instructions:

• Download the beta from the link above.
• Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer.
• Fully close any running instances of Trading Paints Downloader on your computer.
• Open DownloaderV3-Basic.exe or DownloaderV3-Console.exe to launch either the full UI version (Basic) or simplified version (Console) of the beta.
• Authenticate with your Trading Paints account when prompted.

New

• My Paints view: get a glimpse of the paints you’re currently racing, as well as links to the Trading Paints website to make edits

Improved

• Adjusted style of the iRacing running/not running indicator

Fixed

• Member’s Pro badge & status is now correct

What to test:

• General program functionality
• Ensure custom paints are downloading and appearing correctly

Known issues:

• The Home screen is not yet set up
• Pro indicators are not yet shown on Pro-only features like Custom Number paints on the My Paints screen

Downloader Beta installation instructions:

• Download the beta from the link above.
• Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer.
• Fully close any running instances of Trading Paints Downloader on your computer.
• Open DownloaderV3-Basic.exe or DownloaderV3-Console.exe to launch either the full UI version (Basic) or simplified version (Console) of the beta.
• Authenticate with your Trading Paints account when prompted.

Improved

• Minimize and Close buttons are now styled
• Scrollbar is now styled
• Added user badge with Pro indicator
• Added expanding user menu to launch What’s New and Sign Out
• Added rotating splash images for the sign-in screen

What to test:

• General program functionality
• Ensure custom paints are downloading and appearing correctly

Known issues:

• The Home screen is not yet set up
• Pro membership status displays as Pro for all users currently

Downloader Beta installation instructions:

• Download the beta from the link above.
• Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer.
• Fully close any running instances of Trading Paints Downloader on your computer.
• Open DownloaderV3-Basic.exe or DownloaderV3-Console.exe to launch either the full UI version (Basic) or simplified version (Console) of the beta.
• Authenticate with your Trading Paints account when prompted.

New

• You can now use a special configuration option to force paints to download to the old Documents\iRacing\paint directory instead of the new location within AppData. Add the following to config.json:

{"name":"Use Docs Folder","value":"True"}

Fixed

• Fixed an issue where “iRacing Running” status was not updated when iRacing’s status changed

What to test:

• General program functionality.
• Ensure custom paints are downloading and appearing correctly.

Known issues:

• The Home screen is not yet set up.

Downloader Beta installation instructions:

• Download the beta from the link above.
• Extract the contents of the zip file to a folder on your computer.
• Fully close any running instances of Trading Paints Downloader on your computer.
• Open DownloaderV3-Basic.exe or DownloaderV3-Console.exe to launch either the full UI version (Basic) or simplified version (Console) of the beta.
• Authenticate with your Trading Paints account when prompted.