Alternative patcher / launcher PW, JD, FW and other
This launcher has nothing common with CPW and standart launcher.
Main Features:
♦ game client verification
♦ installing updates
♦ automatic archives defragmentation
♦ install faction icons
♦ installing manual updates (only for testing by server administrators)
♦ support an unlimited number of update servers with a changing on work (right during the check / update)
♦ download only changed / added files
♦ high speed verification (compared to CPW)
♦ possibility of updating the launcher itself
Update server requirements:
♦ a web server with a case-sensitive file system (for example, Linux, it will work even without php support, but there may be problems on Windows)
With the launcher you get program for creating updates and initial preparation of the client for uploading updates to the server.
Requirements for the launcher's design:
♦ psd format
♦ all buttons in 3 positions (normal, hover, disabled)
♦ required buttons: close, minimize, verification, update / stop (usually done one on top of another the same size), play
♦ area for logs (width not less than 200px)
♦ place for progress bar and launcher version
♦ optional: 2 server status indicators (online / offline), a faction icon update button, a place for selecting an update server, a place for a news web page
♦ all buttons and other layout elements should not fall on the transparent areas when selecting a rectangular area that includes all the changing parts of the element in 3 positions
♦ try don't make shadows / glow in different positions of the element, which will strongly protrude from the original state (less scatter)
♦ (optional) icon for launcher (acceptable sizes from 24х24 to 256х256) in ico or bmp or png format
♦ competent grouping of design layers (for subsequent layout)
For automatically update faction icons, you need to specify 3 links:
- Link to the file with the current version of the icons (inside the file just the numbers of the version)
- Link to png file with icons
- Link to txt file with icons
Supported launguages: Russian, English, Brazilian
Designers:
FeverArt
Ovelex
Art-Web
Latona
b3nz1n
You can see ready launchers on servers: Extreme, Aeterna, Uniplay, FreePW, Himera, Infinity, NRise, PWPro and many others