Help test the new Launcher setup!

Discussion in 'Planetary Annihilation General Discussion' started by jorgenpt, January 22, 2015.

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  1. xankar

    xankar Post Master General

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    Had to click play and check the manifest 3 times before it would launch the game (only happened the first time). Other than that it works fine for me.

    (Windows 7 Home Premium)
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    xankar, January 23, 2015
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  2. ReddWolff

    ReddWolff Member

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    After pressing play it checked the manifest 3 times for me as well before it would launch the game (Only happened the first time). Works great now.
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    ReddWolff, January 23, 2015
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  3. cptconundrum

    cptconundrum Post Master General

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    I now have 6 copies of PA on my computer. I think I need to do some cleaning...

    Old Launcher Stable, Old Launcher PTE, New Launcher Stable, New Launcher PTE, Steam Stable, Steam PTE
    cptconundrum, January 23, 2015
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  4. kaminfreunde

    kaminfreunde Active Member

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    Can confirm, that I had to click on play three times until it launched on first start. (Win 8.1)
    kaminfreunde, January 23, 2015
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  5. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    I currently have 146 ...
    Raevn, January 23, 2015
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  6. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    I wha.. maybe if... but... Idon'teven.. hmm...
    Geers, January 23, 2015
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  7. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    I have over 7 TB of HDD space, so I'm not concerned :D

    Incidentally, minus the 2 extra for the current PTE & Stable installs, that's approximately how many builds there have been of PA (give or take a few I might have missed).
    Raevn, January 23, 2015
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  8. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    Are you like a data hoarder or something? Do you have every single build of every game you own?
    Geers, January 23, 2015
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  9. Raevn

    Raevn Moderator Alumni

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    Not really, PA just has a special place in my Hard Drive heart :)
    Raevn, January 23, 2015
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  10. tatsujb

    tatsujb Post Master General

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    thanks. anything for linux?
    tatsujb, January 23, 2015
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  11. Geers

    Geers Post Master General

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    I thought those two were the same thing? I still have 500TB on my Heart Disk Drive.

    Love.exe is such bloatware.
    Geers, January 23, 2015
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  12. theseeker2

    theseeker2 Well-Known Member

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    installer seems to be working fine for me
    theseeker2, January 23, 2015
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  13. proeleert

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    Works fine here.
    proeleert, January 23, 2015
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  14. EdWood

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    Works just fine here, Windows 8.1.
    EdWood, January 23, 2015
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  15. cybrankrogoth

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    Ditto on Linux launcher/update request!
    cybrankrogoth, January 26, 2015
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  16. kaminfreunde

    kaminfreunde Active Member

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    Will there be an option to auto sign in?
    kaminfreunde, January 26, 2015
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  17. lokiCML

    lokiCML Post Master General

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    Can you make the installer uninstall PA unlike the SMNC one. It was a little bit annoying when I had to actually manually remove it from my system. I don't know if still stuff in the registry not a big deal but a bit annoying. You kind of expect an installer to have the ability to uninstall the program. Which this one does not currently have.:)

    Edit: A suggestion for the launcher:
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    lokiCML, January 26, 2015
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  18. jorgenpt

    jorgenpt Uber Programmer Uber Alumni

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    I put together an uninstaller, and it'll have have two check boxes (that you can uncheck) to also remove the game data (i.e. PA) and the user preferences (i.e. %localappdata%\Uber Entertainment\UberLauncher). There are no reg settings, but now there will be (an install directory registry entry, so that third party applications can reliably find PA.)

    That's a good idea for power users. Not sure I will have time to do it, though. I will see.
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    jorgenpt, January 26, 2015
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  19. jorgenpt

    jorgenpt Uber Programmer Uber Alumni

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    Since the launcher will be the way most non-Steam customers will start PA, it makes sense for it just to be the PA icon. I've updated the launcher to have the new PA icon.
    jorgenpt, January 26, 2015
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  20. jorgenpt

    jorgenpt Uber Programmer Uber Alumni

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    The version we will be publishing soon is now available: http://setup.uberent.com/PlanetaryAnnihilation_Setup.exe

    Changes from the beta version posted on Thursday:

    * New icon
    * Updated launcher with correct PA icon and fixes for "first setup takes three tries to work"
    * Uninstaller with optional (on by default) support for removing PA and your launcher preferences
    * Some cleaning of old setup shortcuts

    For people who are developing PA tools, if the user has installed PA using this setup, you can find the directory in which they've installed PA by looking at the registry key HKLM\SOFTWARE\Uber Entertainment\Planetary Annihilation\InstallDirectory.

    Feedback still welcome!
    Last edited: January 27, 2015
    jorgenpt, January 27, 2015
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