[APP] Turtle WoW Launcher

[Farblayz]

[Turtle Launcher is HERE]

- 2022.12.18: Version 0.9.6 is out (https://github.com/farblayz/turtle-laun ... eta_v0.9.6)

- 2022.11.19: Version 0.9.5 is out (https://github.com/farblayz/turtle-laun ... eta_v0.9.5)


Fellow players,

I'm very excited to inform you about that my home-made project have reached a state where it can be shared with you.

In my free time, I've created a launcher application for Turtle WoW that provides you some QoL features when playing on this great server.

Some of these features are:

• Download and install Turtle WoW client

• On launch, sets the realmlist to the Turtle WoW server's login address

• You can easily clean WDB folder with one click

• Direct link to website

• [OPTION] Auto-Launch World of Warcraft when the application starts

• [OPTION] Auto-Clear WDB folder when WoW launches

The application is themed around Turtle WoW (thank you Torta for the assets).

Download from here: https://github.com/farblayz/turtle-launcher-release

You can download the application from it's RELEASE REPOSITORY (linked above) where you can read about installation and setup and in case you encounter any bugs, you can create an issue in the tracker.

Please note that, this application is in beta-phase, so there can be bugs. If you happen to find any, please report it in the Issue Tracker or contact me at the Turtle WoW Discord server, or on the Turtle WoW forums via PM.

Any feedback would be much appreciated!


Changelog:

Version 0.9.6:
Fixed a possible issue regarding client download process
Updated client download URL

Version 0.9.5:
Added exception handling (the program's robustness is vastly increased)
Refactored the code
Added logging (in case of any exception, you can find the log in C:\temp\ folder)
Addedd progress bar for the client unpacking phase
Added an error message section to the main window (in case of any errors, a short message will be printed there and more specific message will be written to the log)
Fixed application crash when connection is lost during client download

[Nexter]

Works beautifully. Well done. keep it up.

[Farblayz]

Works beautifully. Well done. keep it up.

Thank you!

[Ingameacc12345]

I'm not going to launch an anonymous executable on my machine and I don't advise anyone to do so. C'mon, this is hardly rocket science level tech, why not include the source?

[Farblayz]

I'm not going to launch an anonymous executable on my machine and I don't advise anyone to do so. C'mon, this is hardly rocket science level tech, why not include the source?

And yet, you are playing on a private server with a modified exe (and also MPQs). I'll leave it up to you, mate.

By the way, the launcher is approved by staff.

[Denebula]

why not include the source?

This is still a valid question regardless of your whataboutism. At first I thought, 'Ok he linked his repo, great lets see what cool stuff hes doing." Nope just a readme.

Right so what even is this licensed as? I dunno, Im with the other posters. Sketch.

[Gurky]

If you are not into closed source launchers there are quite a few open source ones out there for Private servers.

[Farblayz]

Dear users,

I'm happy to announce that (hopefully) the last beta version is released and can be downloaded from the repository.

Here are the main changes for version 0.9.5:

• Added exception handling (the program's robustness is vastly increased)
• Refactored the code
• Added logging (in case of any exception, you can find the log in C:\temp\ folder)
• Addedd progress bar for the client unpacking phase
• Added an error message section to the main window (in case of any errors, a short message will be printed there and more specific message will be written to the log)
• Fixed application crash when connection is lost during client download

[Drinkwater]

Thank you for all of your contributions!

[Farblayz]

Dear Users,

A hotfix for the changed client download URL is deployed. Please use this latest version.

Here are the main changes for version 0.9.6:

• Fixed a possible issue regarding client download process

• Updated client download URL

As Christmas draws closer, there's something is brewing in Santa's present factory (maybe a new main version?). Stay tuned for updates.

[Jelong23]

Hello! I had used this launcher before with no problem (other than Windows constantly making me give it permission). I stopped using it for some reason, but now I can't seem to get it to work! I have installed it correctly and chosen my TWoW folder. It'll launch the TWoW launcher, but it will not start the game. Any idea what could be causing that?

[Booglesz]

so all the links are down. any new ones?