tjubutsi / gwlauncher

A Guild Wars game launcher to allow for easy management of multiple accounts

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Overview

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• Able to add accounts to a list in order to quickly launch them on demand
• Active column shows what accounts are currently loaded in
• Client window title renamed at launch to match the title or character name
• Load dll plugins and texmods (see below
• Open source

Installation

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1. Click download below.
2. Select the most recent revision executable. The regular version requires the .NET 6 Desktop Runtime (x86).
3. Put the executable in its own folder! It will create three files (Settings.json, Accounts.json, GWML.dll) in the same location you put the executable when you launch it.
4. Run the executable.

Usage

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Add an Account

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Add New. The Add Account window will then pop up. Fill out all the information it asks for, then hit Add. The new account will now appear in the main form list. Double click to launch.

Remove an Account

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Remove Selected. The selected account on the main list will then be deleted.

Edit Account Information (Accounts.json)

Right click the Main Launcher Window to reveal a context menu, then select Edit Selected. The selected account on the main list will then be opened with a form where you can modify information. You may also modify Accounts.json directly, then click Refresh Accounts. Here is an example of the Accounts.json:

[
  {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "derpyderp",
    "character": "D E R P Y",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": true,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "asf",
    "character": "Derpyless Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": true,
    "extraargs":""
  },
  {
    "email": "[email protected]",
    "password": "poop",
    "character": "Werpy Derp",
    "gwpath": "C:\\Derp\\GW3\\Gw.exe",
    "datfix": false,
    "extraargs":""
  }
]

This format is fairly straight forward, modify the account info of the selected account, then save the file and re-launch GW Launcher.exe.

Settings

There are three settings that you can change in the file Settings.json:

• Encrypt: bool, if GW Launcher will ask you for a password and encrypt your account info.
• CheckForUpdates: bool, if GW Launcher should check for new releases, default true
• AutoUpdate: bool, if GW Launcher should automatically update, default false

GW Plugins (.dll or .tpf)

If you create a folder named "plugins", the launcher will load all .dll's or shortcuts (.lnk) to .dll's inside this folder on launch.
Dll's placed in gwlauncher/plugins folder will load for every instance, dll's in the <gw-installation-path>/plugins folder will only load for accounts launched from that path.
Alternatively there is also a GUI to select plugins for specific accounts when you edit the account. If you need certain dll's to be loaded before the game would regularly load them (think of d3d9.dll), you may put them in a preload folder inside the plugin folders.

Similarly, all .tpf or .zip files will be loaded as TexMod files. This means that you do not have to use uMod anymore, if you only want basic TexMod functionality.
Plugins are loaded in the alphabetical order of their filename. Textures that are already replaced by 1_FirstTexmod.tpf cannot be replaced by subsequent 2_SecondTexmod.tpf, so make sure your texmods are named in ascending alphabetical order.