Skip to content

matlink/gwlauncher

 
 

Repository files navigation

Overview

lnch-add-account lnch-1


  • Able to add accounts to a list in order to quickly launch them on demand.
  • Active column shows what accounts are currently loaded in.
  • Client window title renamed at launch to match the character name. (helps with organization)
  • ".dat Patch" allows you to run multiple clients off of one installation. (Side effects occur when using this, see below for details)
  • Open source.

Installation


  1. Click download below.
  2. Select the most recent revision executable. (Or source of you want to compile yourself)
  3. Put the executable in its own folder! Dont be that guy who keeps everything in their downloads folder/desktop please.
  4. Run the executable.

Usage


Add an Account

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Add New. The Add Account window will then pop up. Fill out all the information it asks for, then hit Add. The new account will now appear in the main form list. Double click to launch.

Remove an Account

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Remove Selected. The selected account on the main list will then be deleted.

Edit Account Information (Accounts.json)

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Edit Selected. The selected account on the main list will then be opened with a form where you can modify information. You may also modify Accounts.json directly, then click Refresh Accounts. Here is an example of the Accounts.json:

[
  {
    "email": "derp@derperkins.derp",
    "password": "derpyderp",
    "character": "D E R P Y",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": true,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "derp1@derperkins.derp",
    "password": "asf",
    "character": "Derpyless Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": true,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "derp2@derperkins.derp",
    "password": "poop",
    "character": "Werpy Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW3\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": false,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "derp3@derperkins.derp",
    "password": "iamsomature",
    "character": "Derrrrrp Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW2\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": false,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "derp4@derperkins.derp",
    "password": "I<3GWLauncher",
    "character": "So Much Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW1\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": false,
    "extraargs":""
  }
]

This format is fairly straight forward, modify the account info of the selected account, then save the file and re-launch GW Launcher.exe.

About the .dat patch

The dat patch as stated above will allow you to run as many clients as you want off of one installation, however there are negative side effects of the clients patched. These effects include:

  • Inventory item icons have a chance of never appearing (empty slot), however the quantity number will always appear.
  • Screenshots cannot be taken. (Guild Wars will just create an empty .jpg file in screens)
  • Templates cannot be saved. (Again only an empty file will be produced)
  • Game updates will fail to update, will cause a hang come updates. (Run the Guild Wars client normally to update in order to fix this)
  • If the game crashes, there is no chance of a reconnect to be possible.

There may be more side effects, however these are the effects I have seen. The general problem is that any process involving writing to Gw.dat will fail.

GW Plugins

Well, since you read this far, ill tell you another feature not noted in the overview. If you create a folder named "plugins" within the Gw.exe folder, the launcher will load all .dll's inside this folder on launch. This is beneficial for many reasons as you can load plugins and modules at runtime, for example umod's d3d9.dll can be loaded, avoiding the global hook and its side effects. (uMod's d3d9 dll allows for you to close uMod after launch and is significantly less taxing on performance.) I hope that this feature comes in handy to people.

About

A Guild Wars game launcher to allow for easy management of multiple accounts

Resources

License

Stars

Watchers

Forks

Packages

No packages published

Languages

  • C# 83.1%
  • C 10.8%
  • HTML 6.0%
  • Batchfile 0.1%