[Suggestion] Launcher

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[Suggestion] Launcher

by mahmutelmas06 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 14:58

How about making a game launcher which is able to start game, download and update latest minetest and mods ?
And more stuff could be included like ircchat inside etc...
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by rubenwardy » Wed Mar 04, 2015 15:21

mahmutelmas06 wrote:How about making a game launcher which is able to start game, download and update latest minetest and mods ?


What, like the main menu?

You can update mods. Alerting users of new Minetest versions would be interesting, but auto-updating isn't a good idea due to the multitude of platforms we support. Installers for Windows would be good.
 

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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by mahmutelmas06 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 15:33

Cant launcher determine the system / or we choose the version manually and update ?

Java is avaible on all systems. linux/windows/android

a java launcher can work well for all maybe?

I am not expert at programming so sorry if the suggestion is silly :s
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by rubenwardy » Wed Mar 04, 2015 15:37

It's about being able to get a new copy of Minetest for your platform. Many Linux operating systems have their own app stores and downloading methods, and it would be hard to support them all. I doubt any core developers would want this. It is good for ease of use though.
 

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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by mahmutelmas06 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 16:35

Launcher can update the game over browser or on its own so why we need appstore

you can check this as a example
https://github.com/MovingBlocks/TerasologyLauncher
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by 12Me21 » Wed Mar 04, 2015 16:42

mahmutelmas06 wrote:How about making a game launcher which is able to start game, download and update latest minetest and mods ?


OH GOD NO!

Well, maybe have another tab in the menu where you can check whether your game and maybe mods are up to date, however, I hate the minecraft launcher because it's just so stupid and pointless.
 

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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by Krock » Wed Mar 04, 2015 18:38

The problem is, there are people who use in-developement builds and those come from other community members.
Linux users can build their own binaries, so there's no need for an updater.
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by LNJ » Thu Mar 05, 2015 15:05

I think a Launcher is a very good idea! (I had the same idea)
I mean all the Linux distributions has old Minetest versions!
  • Ubuntu 14.10: MT 0.4.10
  • Debian wheezy(stable (from 2011)) MT 0.3.1
  • Debian jessie (next stable)MT 0.4.10
  • Debian sid (unstable) MT 0.4.11
If we had a Launcher, the Linux distributions would just have the Launcher and everyone sees when a new version comes out and is up to date!

But who want to programm this?!

Oh, I forgot it is much easier and faster than to clone the git-reposetory, do the cmake commands, wait untill the compiler has finished, …
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by 12Me21 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 15:15

I don't get the point of a launcher. I just want to have the game start immediately, and not have to wait for it to check for updates like in Minecraft.
 

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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by LNJ » Thu Mar 05, 2015 15:16

You can start MT normal too!
And you don't have to use the launcher!
Would it be so bad, if there was a launcher too?
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Re: [Suggestion] Launcher

by 12Me21 » Thu Mar 05, 2015 16:29

LNJ wrote:You can start MT normal too!
And you don't have to use the launcher!
Would it be so bad, if there was a launcher too?


It would be nice if there was a tab in the menu for checking for updates, and an option to have it update automatically, but I think a separate launcher is pointless.
 


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