HI. I organically posted this in the Fiesta Online section, because thats what I intended to release it for. I kinda left the project, but now I want to finish it so I am posting it here.
I am taking ideas, and any bug reports.
So I've wanted to work on something like this ever since I saw Thor patchers. I hated them always. So here is ES's very early version, ES:LC.
The Extrinsic Studio: Launcher Creator makes it easy for you to make a self extracting patcher. Not only for Fiesta, but it can be used for anything really.
Here some screenie of the creator.
http://stubedore.com/1.png
http://stubedore.com/2.png
So the way it works, is you use the creator to design your launcher. You then click Save, and select a folder to output your Config.esl file to. That's it.
Now how you get the client to work, is you download the client (Links below). Place your Config.esl file in the folder ./Launcher relative to the ESLauncher_Client.exe. That's it.
If you decide to add Images to your launcher, the image must be placed in the ./Launcher/Res/Images folder, with the same file name as you selected in the creator.
To change the form icon, put an icon file in the images folder, with the name "ico".
For patches, in the Form's properties in the Creator, there is a field "PatchDBUrl". This is the URL to the text document containing the patch information. The text file should be in the following format:
PHP Code:#Patch 1 http://stubedore.com/1.rar
#Patch 2 http://stubedore.com/1.rar
#Patch 3 http://stubedore.com/1.rar
#Patch 4 http://stubedore.com/1.rar
#Patch 5 http://stubedore.com/1.rar
The spaces, are a single tab. You can download the file: http://stubedore.com/patch.txt
The files can only be rar files.
If any of this doesn't make sense, you can download the example below.
Version 3.0.0 ChangeLog - 5/22/2012
Quote:
[Additions]
- Added PopupURL property for the main form
- Can use the [ESL:Version] variable.
- URL of a website the launcher will open when launched.
- Will open in computer's default browser.
- Can be emtpy; no popup.
- Added Repatch action for Buttons and Pictures
- Will restart the launcher, and repatch from 0, when clicked.
- Added CloseLauncher action for Buttons and Pictures
- Will exit the launcher when clicked.
- You can now drag the launcher around by it's body instead of just the title bar.
- Added the Transparent Color property to the Form.
- All instances of this color will be 100% transparent
- Added the Font properties for StatusText
- Added iWidth and iHeight property to all compenents.
- Easier to create designs in photoshop.
- Added Styled Download Bar component.
- Same as Default Download Bar, except with two new properties:
- ForeColor: Top color of the bar.
- BackColor: Bottom color of the bar.
- Added a log system for the Launcher
- \Launcher\Log.txt
[Changes]
- Changed DownloadBar to Default Download Bar.
- Removed the perm StatusBar at the bottom of the design panel.
[Fixes]
- Fixed the ClientVersionText from not displaying correctly in some situations.
- Fixed the ServerVersionText from not displaying correctly in some situations.
- Fixed FrameStyle None visual bug, which cased the launcher to start half off the screen.
- Fixed user-added components being hidden under the Status Bar.
- Fixed the PatchProgressDisplay property.
- Fixed the ClientVersionText not updating correctly.
- Fixed Pictures not displaying correctly in the Creator in some situations.
- Fixed grammar errors in Launcher errors.
- You can no longer select File->New after already opening an .esl file with File->Open.
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