OT Launcher + updater 1.0

[oen432]

I don't know if most of you even know that there is a tab for "Resources". Also there is no place for discussion so here, use this thread instead.

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OT Launcher

Dec 5, 2025

Client launcher and updater

• oen432
• launcher otclient updater
• Resources

 

[oen432]

And we have first update.

Implement persistent settings
- Save selected executable
- Settings modal
- Auto play
- Close on launch (only if auto play is disabled)

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[Azakelis]

I won't use it but I checked it out and it's a great release.
I've seen some other launchers that are being sold (without the sources mostly, lol) and in my opinion this release makes them useless.

I'm more interested about:
"This is my last ever contribution to this community, I'm going to stick around for a bit but soon I will be probably saying my final goodbye."
Any comments on that? I mean I'm pretty sure you are just tired of all this bs after so many years but I'd like to hear what's going on from you.

 

[oen432]

you are just tired of all this bs after so many years

Ye, mostly that. I'm tired and bored, simply burnt out. I went through hell last month after bad breakup, gonna start changing my life and leaving OT is one of the steps.

 

[Pedrook]

It's good, but I would use Tauri, it's more performant, and has a smaller build size.
And it uses ~58% less memory, and the package is ~96% smaller.

Tauri vs. Electron: performance, bundle size, and the real trade-offs

A breakdown of the choice between Tauri and Electron for cross-platform apps, backed by practical comparisons and benchmark data.

gethopp.app

 

[M4rcin]

It's good, but I would use Tauri, it's more performant, and has a smaller build size.
And it uses ~58% less memory, and the package is ~96% smaller.

Tauri vs. Electron: performance, bundle size, and the real trade-offs

A breakdown of the choice between Tauri and Electron for cross-platform apps, backed by practical comparisons and benchmark data.

gethopp.app

Nope, you wouldn’t.

You’d jump into someone else’s thread to preach about a barely noticeable difference in memory usage between JavaScript frameworks, answering a question nobody actually asked.

 

[oen432]

It's good, but I would use Tauri, it's more performant, and has a smaller build size.
And it uses ~58% less memory, and the package is ~96% smaller.

Tauri vs. Electron: performance, bundle size, and the real trade-offs

A breakdown of the choice between Tauri and Electron for cross-platform apps, backed by practical comparisons and benchmark data.

gethopp.app

It's a launcher, not a game client. You open it, patch the game within a minute and most likely close it afterwards. And the installer is 97MB, which is all you need to get your client ready. Also fuck Rust.

between JavaScript frameworks

Tauri is not a JS framework, it uses Rust as backend (instead of Node.js) and the frontend is not using CFS but WebView (so OS native web browser) which makes the bundled package that much smaller in size. And yes, Tauri is better but it doesn't matter at all in this case. Also JS is much easier and "user-friendly" so people can edit it to their liking without having to know Rust.

 

[Pedrook]

Nope, you wouldn’t.

You’d jump into someone else’s thread to preach about a barely noticeable difference in memory usage between JavaScript frameworks, answering a question nobody actually asked.

If you, Marcinho, think it's imperceptible and makes no difference, believe me, you don't know what you're talking about.

Post automatically merged: Dec 9, 2025

It's a launcher, not a game client. You open it, patch the game within a minute and most likely close it afterwards. And the installer is 97MB, which is all you need to get your client ready. Also fuck Rust.


Tauri is not a JS framework, it uses Rust as backend (instead of Node.js) and the frontend is not using CFS but WebView (so OS native web browser) which makes the bundled package that much smaller in size. And yes, Tauri is better but it doesn't matter at all in this case. Also JS is much easier and "user-friendly" so people can edit it to their liking without having to know Rust.

I agree, I just wanted to leave an opinion, but that's it, open, update, close. Anyway, thanks for sharing, great work.

 

[M4rcin]

If you, Marcinho, think it's imperceptible and makes no difference, believe me, you don't know what you're talking about.

Yes, completely imperceptible to any client's launcher user. If you claim otherwise, it means you don't have much experience with users.

I am pretty confident that you'd get even better results writing it in ASM and for each OS, but again, it's a damn client launcher, not a rocket ... and that is probably out of your reach anyway.

Tauri is not a JS framework, it uses Rust as backend (instead of Node.js) and the frontend is not using CFS but WebView (so OS native web browser)

Oh, you are confused - as "JS frameworks" I meant bloated libs for script kiddies, first is literally a JS framework, and latter, figuratively.
But don't feel offended, we are all script kiddies sometimes, especially if the end product can deliver some value - and your launcher definitely does that!
... but arguing about performance here is like comparing the top speed of a tractor to a combine harvester - neither was ever meant to be fast.

 

[Red]

It looks great Oen. Thank you for this contribution and your numerous prior contributions.

I hope life starts to turn around for you and you enjoy your time away from here.

Best of luck,
Red