Improvement to launcher updating

[scenic dome]

The launcher updating when opening it immediately gets quite annoying as waiting for the launcher to update increases TTFP for being in game.
I feel like this could be majorly improved by not updating the launcher on first launch but instead updating when the game first launches.
As most people have the launcher to minimize when in game it would be seamless in 99% of cases as it would update itself when it hides.

[lime kelp]

Yeah, Especially for players like me who don’t have a very fast/good PC, launching the game already takes a bit of time, and with the update, it takes way too long.

[spare tree]

Thanks for the suggestion. I can see how it might be annoying when the launcher needs to update on startup. However, I don't think it's very practical for the launcher to update while the first game is launching, as this might break some features

A potential solution I can think of is to download updates on startup, notify the user when an update is available, and let them choose between Install the update now and Install on next launcher startup

[normal veldt]

The launcher runs in the background anyways so could it not just update while I'm doing other stuff and then it doesn't interupt anything

[scenic dome]

yeah i dont see how it would break anything apart from potentially voiding a state but thats easily solved. i understand the worry about that being bigger than the benefit tho

[spare tree]

I wouldn’t say the way you suggested is the best solution, but I understand it’s an issue. For the question on breaking something, I can’t really say much on that at the moment, but it will make sense in the future

[scenic dome]

understood