[Release 1.2] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised [OPEN SOURCE]

[willow cloak]

Hello people of beam-cord, This isn't your usual type of mod by any means.
This isn't a car, or a map, or a UI app!
This is a launcher for the game that you love.

I have built this app using Visual studio 2019 and all the code is available to download and edit on GitHub (link will be posted below)

This will receive updates.
The source code is included with the .Zip download. Remember to run the application with the other components its packed with.

Download:
https://www.beamng.com/threads/beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812/#post-1749863

[chilly dragon]

hell yeah

[grizzled spear]

all the rest is the launcher

[willow cloak]

I am adding other bits.

that image is a little out dated

one second. let me load windows up and get newer screenshots

@cunning sluice do you mind pinning the original message?

[willow cloak]

thanks

[willow cloak]

Yeah. I will make it an automatic finding rather than hard coded

Also wdym by mod slots are precious?

[grizzled spear]

once u load maps cars and stuff they get used up fast so a slot for a launcher that loads the game same as launcher the game comes with ..

and how do i get this to stop tellin me to look here lol

[hidden turret]

this is amazing great job wilfa

[willow cloak]

thankyou. I will work on it when windows works again on my pc.

[hidden turret]

cool 😄

[willow cloak]

maybe I might just do a full redo so that I can rewrite everything a lot better

[hidden turret]

i have a queston

can you make the launcher so it says the beamng current version

if you want too

[willow cloak]

yes

please do.

[hidden turret]

🙏

[somber helm]

Neat project but whats the benefit over the normal launcher

[willow cloak]

has mods button so far. I also might give it some extra nice styling and other languages and customisation for it.

also maybe (idk, maybe not) a way to access repo and forums from the app? idk how to or if its possible but maybe thats an idea

so then you can install them to the mods folder without opening a web browser or the game fully

[somber helm]

could do that but theres almost zero benefit

heres some ideas you could maybe integrate:

• a way for the game to connect to the custom launcher after booting to make HTTP requests? think like how the beammp client mod connects to the beammp launcher. security risk but idk not my problem to think about rn lol
• some other stuff?? theres almost nothing the launcher has to do tbh lmao

[raw lintel]

this is probably just me being lazy but a button to open up the screenshot folder would be neat

[crude slate]

What? There’s not a limited number of mods lol

[willow cloak]

Nice

I might use that idea. I will work on it later.

[fickle bloom]

click unfollow post on the top

or right click

shouldnt have spoken then

yes well delete all your messages

here

ok @grizzled spear

[raw lintel]

awesome dude, good luck working on this!

[willow cloak]

Thanks.

I would work on it now but I have a few jobs to do.

Soon.

[willow cloak]

New UI testing. no funtionality for this one

[hidden turret]

very awesome work

[willow cloak]

FIXED IT

HOLY SHIT THAT TOOK LONG

wait. just realised. the background is black behind the button

fuuuuuuuuuuuck

[oblique sundial]

this looks really cool

[willow cloak]

thanks

just realised this is the wrong place lmao

[oblique sundial]

definitely gonna cover it after the new UI update 😉

[hidden turret]

[willow cloak]

here you go. done it. I will need you to check if it works but hopefully it does

full UI

idk what to have on otherside. maybe with some things like screenshots, it can view some of them their? idk

[raw lintel]

clear cache button?

[willow cloak]

ill sort all those out. I might add a 2nd page to it and have that for debug options

[willow cloak]

for your screenshots buttons, I have 2 options. one shows the 6 most recent images, the other will take you to folder

I will also change the black text to white as it kinda look like something else when its thinned....

[willow cloak]

here is it so far.

gn people

[hidden turret]

woah

[willow cloak]

[OPEN SOURCE] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised [Alpha WIP] [EXE FILE]

the screenshots only appear when you press show screenshots

[willow cloak]

Starting work on this section

(the clear cache and safemode buttons will be made to match others)

hmm.

[young nest]

Hmmmm that's definetely first time I see the screen fuck up with this way

I had seen numerous blue screen but not triangle screen xd

[willow cloak]

lmao. It was the button slant had managed to slant the screen lol. I have fixed it and made the black background on the buttons dissappear too

[young nest]

nice

[hidden turret]

noooooo

[willow cloak]

I fixed it

[hidden turret]

[young nest]

ay sup navsti

[willow cloak]

new feature?

[hidden turret]

yees

nice work

[willow cloak]

btw it only uses 73mb of ram so it won't impact anything really (with both UIs open)

[hidden turret]

interesting

[fickle bloom]

does it at least auto detect what car the config is for

since otherwise its literally just more steps than doing it manually

[willow cloak]

how is it more steps?

pressing the config, pressing the right car then it does it?

whereas otherwise its finding the .pc, finding vehicle folder, creating vehicle folder itself if it isnt already there, pasting it

[fickle bloom]

but does your software automate that

[willow cloak]

yes

[fickle bloom]

thats my question

even the folder creation

[willow cloak]

it automatically will put the pc into the folder for the car

yes it creates the folder too

[fickle bloom]

oh then yeah

[willow cloak]

with the right name

[fickle bloom]

ideally youd rename it to car configuration installer

remember you are dealing with normal users

[willow cloak]

I didn't understand properly what you were saying

[fickle bloom]

not technical users

[willow cloak]

ah yeah I should do that. thanks

[willow cloak]

more up-to date ui

[frigid lintel]

oohh

[fickle bloom]

if you can read the .pc file which is just plaintext you can just read what vehicle it is and its internal name to do it automatically

[willow cloak]

Yeah. I can make the script look in the selected .PC for the car type and create a folder names that (if they are same name) which can allow mods to work with it

[hidden turret]

YAY

[willow cloak]

credits

I think the side buttons are a bit cloged up. maybe Ill add a more button which will let you see all those other buttons?

[frigid lintel]

need to fix that image scaling

and the orange with the background is hard to read in many places

make it more simple

remove the background, replace with just solid black, and put a bold vertical orange line between the menu and the credits

and yeah those side buttons are clogged ar

af

gotta even it out

maybe lump the screenshot thing together

make one button "Screenshot Manager'" and then put those two in there

[fickle bloom]

this is why you shouldnt let backend create the frontend

trol

[willow cloak]

yes lmao. I can't do UIs at all

I think the credits thing could be a full screen and a gradient towards the centre going blue? with white text?

as in fullscreen it will overlay the startgame and otehr buttons

[frigid lintel]

consider this

itll look a heck of a lot better aesthetically

if your super attached to the background blur it, then add the text in a black box with a thick orange outline

[willow cloak]

ok. I might blur it yes.

[willow cloak]

is this what you mean?

[frigid lintel]

yes

[willow cloak]

and is this fine for the side or should I put more in a show more section

I could put the Debug in the show more and place the show more button under credits, and credits goes to Debug section

[frigid lintel]

Dont do show more

Make the buttons square and make sure the text fits. Orange with white outline

[hidden turret]

❤️

[willow cloak]

so like this?

or I keep the slant but have th white all around?

[frigid lintel]

YES

perfection

[frigid lintel]

Clean up the text though

And center the menu, blank space on the right seems unfinished when you look at it

Only move it to the side when you open a tap

tab

Unslant the text maybe and merge the two screenshot buttons together. Name it "S reenshots". When you open it, itll show the screenshots right there and a download button thatll download it like an image

Then make a button that opens the root/location of the folder (aka the "open ss folder" button)

Awesome mod and has potiental to be better, just needs the UI to be worked on

[willow cloak]

yeah I added a button for that with it

[frigid lintel]

Alright

Once the UI gets cleaned up itll definitely be awesome. Make sure to include the "older versions" clear cache option in the cc menu

Sadly you cant do the support option cause that stuffs confidential :(

[willow cloak]

Yeah. I have got clear cache working so far and deep clean I need to work out exactly what files are cleared and safemode I need to work out how to make a temporary profile

[frigid lintel]

Maybe center the Revitalized part under Beamng launcher

[willow cloak]

Yeah

Ill do it later or tomorrow. I think im busy from now on for the next week mostly

[willow cloak]

I personally prefer the other version

I say this because I think the triangular version refers to the logo in the game's home menu.

yeah this one.

[frigid lintel]

But the text is crammed in there

[willow cloak]

but the triangular design is better imo, and quare buttons just crams text even more

[frigid lintel]

not if you even the font size 🤦‍♂️

[willow cloak]

I did.

[frigid lintel]

the text is disproportionate

[willow cloak]

but I can make fonts smaller for triangle buttons

[frigid lintel]

cough cough

some text is bigger than the other

sorry if i come off like rude btw

[willow cloak]

well, I think Ill keep the slanted buttons, but change the text sze for it

[frigid lintel]

i dont mean to, your work is incredible

[willow cloak]

its fine, I am sounding a bit arrogant too. dw

[frigid lintel]

thats alr, your call either way 🗿

[willow cloak]

I will be back soon.

I might make some mock deisngs and design it in some graphical editor?

[willow cloak]

yes

[raw lintel]

yippie

[raw lintel]

this looks great

[hidden turret]

❤️

[chilly dragon]

much better

[willow cloak]

I am going to do a poll over the slanted buttons and square buttons. I want this to be want people want rather thsn my own opinions.

Heres message links:
Slanted:#1271043422865592342 message
Square:#1271043422865592342 message

[frigid lintel]

just clean up the text and the size and slanted buttons would be sexeh

[willow cloak]

Ok. If you could help with those too then that would be great. Idk if you can tell I'm horrendous at GUI designs

[willow cloak]

@frigid lintel does this for text look fine?

and ill do the smaller buttons too one second

or do I make the text larger, but have them go over 2 lines rather than 1?

also, I will central the revitalised text

[frigid lintel]

replace mods folder with Mods

and debug game with Debug

replace show screenshots with Screenshots

replace start game with start

[willow cloak]

ok

Config installer would be better too

[frigid lintel]

yeah

[willow cloak]

So, if I make there be less Text, then I can make the font size larger?

[frigid lintel]

yeah

[fickle bloom]

why debug game? what else are you gonna debug?
same for show screenshots

[willow cloak]

Debug launcher?
The reason I had take screenshot was I had a show screenshot button and a screenshot folder button

[frigid lintel]

thats what i sead

said

mb my brain aneurysed

try to keep all the tabs to one word

keep everything simple, no nonsense/gimmicks

[normal shuttle]

We need some sort of Acrylic background behind the buttons and/or text

[willow cloak]

Wdym? Like blured or darkened?

[normal shuttle]

Blurred, yes

[willow cloak]

Maybe. I will try work out how to do that.

[normal shuttle]

Alright. Take your time.

[willow cloak]

Ill try get it done today sorry. I had some family visiting so didn't hsve time

[normal shuttle]

No worries!! Just take as long as you need, no need to rush it (unless you want to finish it as soon as possible)

[willow cloak]

[OPEN SOURCE] [Release 1.0 Soon] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised

[hidden turret]

😉

[willow cloak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9jK-NcRmVcw

Release tomorrow (90% sure)

[willow cloak]

Release soon. I fixed the screenshots not showing. and all images should scale nicely now. if you find any bugs or have suggestions, please say.

Download link soon

https://www.beamng.com/threads/beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812/#post-1749863

[frigid lintel]

ultra sigma moment

oh also @willow cloak appreciate the credit but could you possibly change it to ImJacksBrother since maybe_eni was an old username. apologies for the bother as the launchers great and not tryna push it :D

[willow cloak]

Its fine. I have a hotfix update releasing later. There was an issue with the window size

So ill fix that later

[frigid lintel]

@willow cloak DM's :)

[willow cloak]

Ok

[willow cloak]

Hotfix 1.0.1 releasing in a few mins

[willow cloak]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/1-0-1-beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812

[willow cloak]

Vulkan works for launching, and I know how to do it, just have to add settings to choose between Vulkan and DX11

[hidden turret]

https://tenor.com/view/cute-cat-gif-25910152

[willow cloak]

working on some mods/screenshots folder stuff.

default is 0.32, if you want to change, press the desired version

it goes all the way back to 0.23

[willow cloak]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/1-0-1-beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812/#post-1749863

Updated

[stone thistle]

i cannot run it for some reason

[willow cloak]

press more info then run will appear.

this is a false positive. the source code is included

[hidden turret]

oh nice

mows

[willow cloak]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/1-1-0-beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812/#post-1749863
hotfix 1.1.1

[hidden turret]

the fix is hot

[willow cloak]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BHN7G8GHHEQ

Simulator adventures I thank you

[hidden turret]

[willow cloak]

Tdev (ceo) has seen it

[hidden turret]

very amazing wilfa

good job

[willow cloak]

Hello everyone, I am going to convert from Winforms, to WPF. So some questions and answers will be below:

Q. Will this affect the UI?
A. Yes, and it should hopefully look better, and run smoother
Q. Will this replace the Old version?
A. Yes it will, but I will make an archive available for older versions of the mod.
Q. Will any features be removed/Changed?
A. No features will be removed or Negatively changed. Only changes making it better for the User Experience

[young nest]

you know u had done a very impressive job when the beamng dev actually praised ur mod👍

[willow cloak]

yes.

wpf is irritating me massively rn tho.

[hidden turret]

;c

[raw lintel]

in willfa we trust

[willow cloak]

lol

I am working on redoing the UI (again) So that it runs smoother, looks better and is more up to date and easier to manage

[hidden turret]

nice wilfa

[chilly dragon]

damn
willfa becoming beam employee spotted

[willow cloak]

The current state has launching the game launching functioning in both DX and VK

[hidden turret]

looks nice

[willow cloak]

lmao. If only I was old enough to work in programming. legally Im not even old enough to wash dishes in my county!
(tho I keep getting calls about tax debt too lol)

Lots of the code will be recycled as best as possible, the rest will be done new and (hopefully) better

Screenshots, mods and beamng discord will be easier to add. idk if I should make a new window for Debug and settings though

[chilly dragon]

hell yeah bro is the goatd

scuse thats better size

[willow cloak]

That version will be updated with bug fixes if any are found. if none are found no updates for now.
I will add some planned features to that old version though.

[hidden turret]

do i look for bugs

[willow cloak]

you can if you want

[hidden turret]

il do a lil bit

[willow cloak]

just try all sorts of strange stuff, like random resolutions and zooms

[chilly dragon]

custom backgrou,ndwhen?

[hidden turret]

it will come later

[willow cloak]

when I have fixed issues with WPF version

C

euro

lol

€ or C

sad it needs 2 lines

[hidden turret]

idk if this is a bug but when i change res of the launcher the backround turns red for a split sec

[willow cloak]

changing res of launcher isnt intentional

[hidden turret]

only happen when i change it to this res

[willow cloak]

the red is there to show that something is wrong.

like the "no texture" thing in beamng

[hidden turret]

oh yea im dumb

[willow cloak]

try random things like running as admin, or something like that

[hidden turret]

i ran the x86 version of the launcher lol

[willow cloak]

old version

thats pre release beta

[hidden turret]

it was in the x86 folder 🤷‍♂️

[willow cloak]

how strange

I accidentally packed in a development version

[hidden turret]

;c

[willow cloak]

that is really weired.

maybe it was from before i chaned packing method

[hidden turret]

maybe

[willow cloak]

Ill try remove all files from the folder and repack (ill keep safe for archiveing)

[hidden turret]

interesting.

my mod folder does exist

[willow cloak]

if you select an old version, then it wont work unless you have the folder

are you selecting 0.32?

[hidden turret]

i think

lemme restart the launcher

ok it works now

[willow cloak]

good

[hidden turret]

the c isnt big

[willow cloak]

ah

Config

[hidden turret]

these buttons dont work 😔 at least for me

[willow cloak]

I think its the method of opening the browser thats the issue

[hidden turret]

ah

do i close my browser

in the debug menu the discord button does work

[chilly dragon]

edit i forgor to install critical files, lol

[willow cloak]

ok

[willow cloak]

did you have chrome open that other time testin git?

[hidden turret]

i tried open and closed

[willow cloak]

ah ok

[chilly dragon]

yes, wnformz

[hidden turret]

thats the internal name

[chilly dragon]

oohh that makes sense

[willow cloak]

WinFormsApp3 is not changeable. the new one I think is changed tho ill ahve to check

new internal name for new one

[hidden turret]

;0

[hidden turret]

the new launcher is starting to look really good nice work wilfa

and baconzez

[willow cloak]

do you prefer this?

[hidden turret]

it does look better

it does give me 0.23 ui vibes tbh

but thats not a bad thing

[verbal badge]

put one of the fancy imag as background

+20 charisma to app

real

[willow cloak]

ah ok

[chilly dragon]

you misspelled Bruckell and didn't add the Burnside Special's full name lol

[hidden turret]

prob gonna get fixed in the ui revamp

[willow cloak]

Ill fix in the UI revamp

[hidden turret]

[chilly dragon]

ty ❤️

[verbal badge]

ngl i dont get why this isnt in suppor tools

could actually be in revamp ig

since its not really that important to get to bc from what i know not many people share configs that often

also instead of that scroll menu, you can get your program to scour the .PC file for a vehicle suffix that they use internally

and then match to folder suffix

[chilly dragon]

just in case here is more

[willow cloak]

lol thanks

[hidden turret]

back

[willow cloak]

Heres some other BG images

[hidden turret]

very nice

[verbal badge]

rounded corners coming 2035

[willow cloak]

lol

I will add them I promise.

[verbal badge]

no rush

also i got some feedback from a few other peoples

they think the split between the buttons not gud

make all spoacing equal throughout

and also change the discord button to just say Discord with the icon

since it seems (very) self explanatory

[willow cloak]

yeah

[verbal badge]

they also say maybe change it to socials

and link all the socials links the og launcher does

[willow cloak]

maybe

yeah

[verbal badge]

@willow cloak do you think this could actually work

you can also go by mainpartname

and have that match main jbeam name

[willow cloak]

The only issue with that method is that I either hard code it, and it wont always work, or I have to make a second copy of it with teh exe

I think tho I can make a custom transparent design, and apply it as an image for the button.

[willow cloak]

.

[willow cloak]

Ive started some buttons.

Ill add beamNG to the top and then sleep

[verbal badge]

oooo

[willow cloak]

Adding screenshots. I might need help with UI design (the button is also in wrong place anywat

[verbal badge]

why helop with ui

do you mean like

the submenus?

[willow cloak]

Idk how to design. if I make something working then can you improve by telling me what I should do ?

[verbal badge]

yes i can help with all of UI design if you need

imma just go eat sum cereal rq :3

[willow cloak]

Ive got the screenshots to show now. (11 most recent in the screnshots folder)

[verbal badge]

make it round the corners of them slightly

trust itll look much better

and overall over the whole window place a 10% opacity layer of light gray, only on the bakgroud iage tho

[willow cloak]

ok

[hidden turret]

nice

[hidden turret]

very nice work

[verbal badge]

rounded EDGES MY BELOVEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

now make the button have same transparency as the rest of the ui buttons

[willow cloak]

Ive done that, the version in that had no transparency lol

I think I can replace the "Show Screenshots" with Modules, and have a window for the other featuers I plan to add in future

[verbal badge]

wait why has itchanged to debug game

just call it Support Tools

[willow cloak]

Debug game fits better imo, I can try support tools but one section of text was way longer than the other

[chilly dragon]

why this the BEAMNGDRIVE sooo wide

[willow cloak]

idk the image isnt streched or anything

[willow cloak]

I am going away for a few days then its school begging

So progress will be a lot slower

since GCSEs start

but at least I dont have useless homework anymore

like dance

and drama

and PE

and french

and german

and DT

and FT

[Release 1.1] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised [NEW UI WIP] [OPEN SOURCE]

[hidden turret]

nice

[verbal badge]

is the new launcher done?

sex

oh noe maybe not

lmao

[willow cloak]

nope not yet. I still have to make the config installer and degub stuff

joesad

[hidden turret]

at least your almost done

[verbal badge]

if you can try implement my idea

ngl itll be much easier

and just have the person drop the file onto the window

[willow cloak]

I could try that. tho Id need to rewrite a lot of code for that function

[hidden turret]

hm

[willow cloak]

I want to set up a way for trusted people can beta test it if I give you access to it but idk how without using google drive.

[willow cloak]

Back home in 2 days. Work will start again but slower because of school.

I aim to have the new UI out within 2 weeks

[willow cloak]

Home later today. I will try get it done but idk

[hidden turret]

:0

[willow cloak]

I am home now.

[hidden turret]

nice take your time

[willow cloak]

https://github.com/BeamNG-Launcher-Revitalised/Source-Code

Not alot is uploaded yet as I need to finish the UI update

[hidden turret]

oh new thing come out?

[willow cloak]

no not yet. but soon.

[hidden turret]

ah 🙂

[willow cloak]

I could release a version thats wip, but it probably wont be long untill full release

[hidden turret]

if you want

[willow cloak]

I have spare time this weekend

Ive conpleted the only bit of homework this week.

First week is good for lack of homework

Then i have tons

[willow cloak]

i didnt have spare time 😔
But I do rn! and im bored so I will finish it for release

are you happy?

[hidden turret]

oh nice

just take your time with it

[willow cloak]

Finished porting this over. I now need to fix this design nightmare

[hidden turret]

😦

[verbal badge]

what about the feature i suggested

:p

would you still be willing to put that in or

[willow cloak]

which? i fforgor

[verbal badge]

making the pc file installer auto sort the pc file

mainpartname in pc can be related to the main slot jbeam

which is ALWAYS the name of the vehcile folder

[willow cloak]

yeah. I would have to add a file read thing to detect it. would be a good thing to do

and save me time with adding new vehicle names

[willow cloak]

ive not found a beamng design for this button but this is what I have found elsewhere so what do you think?

[willow cloak]

RELEASE SOON. (i have to upload files to github)

[Release 1.2] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised [NEW UI WIP] [OPEN SOURCE]

[Release 1.2] BeamNG Launcher Revitalised [OPEN SOURCE]

https://www.beamng.com/threads/1-2-0-beamng-launcher-revitalised.99812/

Update here

[willow cloak]

https://github.com/BeamNG-Launcher-Revitalised/Source-Code

[willow cloak]

https://beamng-launcher-revitalised.github.io/

website

[willow cloak]

https://beamng-launcher-revitalised.github.io/

ha i got embedded to work

lol it sucks tho. i should add an image maybe

i just need to work out how to

[hidden turret]

Very good

[willow cloak]

Me when update this version now

[high cobalt]

when updat

oh the maker left

sad

at least this still opens the game

so it works sort of

oh download link doesnt work