[Release] PristonTale Launcher

[xKurasHx]

Here's a VB coded PT Launcher. Not much, but I still like it a little.

Information

* Includes 'Start Button' to launch game.exe (Changable)

* Includes 'Settings Button' to launcher Settings.exe (Changable)

* Includes 'Launcher Design' in .BMP format for easy edit

* Requires 'Microsoft Visual Basic 2005' (Links Below)

* Includes 'Hover Buttons'

*NOTE* Images & information were set to eXperiencePT so you have to change it.

Download Links

PT Launcher:

Mirror 1: PTLauncher.rar

Mirror 2: http://xKurasHx.bravehost.com/PTLauncher.rar

Visual Basic 2005:

Mirror 1: Downloads


How To Install - Guide

1. Download the PT Launcher either from Mirror 1 or 2 & extract to any place.

2. Download Visual Basic 2005. Make sure you have .NET Framework 2.0. Install. When starting Visual Basic after installing, it'll ask for a registration or something. Register & you will get an activation code. Use the activation code, and you will be able to use Visual Basic 2005 all the time.

Editing Information

A little complicated, but not too much.

To edit the website link, open up Form1.Designer.VB from your PTLauncher folder & edit the link.

To edit the 'Start Button' or 'Settings Button' target, open up Form1.VB from your PTLauncher folder & edit the .EXE name. Make sure when you use the launcher, that the EXEs are in the same folder as the PTLauncher.

To edit the 'Launcher Design', open up 'Launcher.bmp' in your 'Resources' folder. Make sure it's from the Resources folder or the changes won't take effect. Just edit the 'Launcher.bmp' to change the design, but make sure it's the same size as the original. If you edit the 'Website Box', make sure you move 'Box' in the Form1(DESIGN).VB to the spot.

Launcher Image: http://img104.imageshack.us/img104/4619/32985760yk4.jpg

Sorry I got a little lazy, so I don't show any pictures in the guide about editing.

If you're confused, please post here and I can try to help.

[MentaL]

[afikhn]

nice 1 Kur :D
really nice!

[n2geoff]

Excellent share, however I came across a few issues/questions:
[issue] some graphics listed in the resx file nolonger exists. (I removed them)
[question] I realize the pfx key you generated had no set password, but how does the key pay a role in the launcher, and how was the key generated?
[issue] the program crashes on hover events. (they were commented out )
[issue] the game however is not launching.

thx

[Superman666]

Would you mind posting the source?

[shagpub]

VS2005 is good but ppl will need .NET Framework to run the program. I think VB6 would be better. Anyways, nice launcher .
P/S: How about this one ?

[afikhn]

VS2005 is good but ppl will need .NET Framework to run the program. I think VB6 would be better. Anyways, nice launcher .
P/S: How about this one ?

waaa look nice 1 :D

[n2geoff]

Here is the code I stopped on. only the files I changed(too big for forum upload)

[xKurasHx]

[issue] some graphics listed in the resx file nolonger exists. (I removed them)
[question] I realize the pfx key you generated had no set password, but how does the key pay a role in the launcher, and how was the key generated?
[issue] the program crashes on hover events. (they were commented out )
[issue] the game however is not launching.

- some graphics listed in the resx file nolonger exists (I removed them)

Yeah I removed some of the old graphics and had to modify it. I guess it didn't remove from the .resx?

- the program crashes on hover events. (they were commented out)

Were the hover images in the same folder as the launcher?

- the game however is not launching

Same as above. Was the game.exe in the same folder as the launcher?

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Very sm3xy and nice launcher, shagpub =).

[DarkKnightH20]

If you wanna further expand your gamelauncher, you could add an update system. I just added one to mine in fact. An easy way of doing so is through a bytearray in inet using the openurl method. This is easy to program and makes use of what is normally a pretty crappy ocx (inet can be slow, but a lot of PT files are of small size anyways so it's fine). Now, what gets annoying is when you have to make an update system for your update system, which is a venture I'm going to look forward to (deep, deep sarcasm) tomorrow.

Btw, my launcher--



Ignore the writing on it right now. It was never really trunucated or anything, that's just a self note lol.

[-Fire-]

Shell("Settings.exe") sux

creat one form for options with functions :/