Lncvrt Games Launcher

Lncvrt Games Launcher is a fork of Berry Dash Launcher that adds many more features specifically for managing multiple games.

As of 1.9.0 of the launcher, it has it's own independent updater, done properly.

Features & improvements over Berry Dash Launcher

• Proper support for multiple games
• Easier version management
• Changelogs
• Themes
• User submitted games (only ones built by Lncvrt are considered safe and verified)
• Auto updater
• And much more

Updates

Loader/Updater (discontinued)

v1.0.1

• Fix title on linux being "Tauri App" instead of "Lncvrt Games Launcher"
• Fix old updates not being deleted after launcher update
• Add SHA512 validation for downloads

v1.0.2

• Update react to fix the vulnerability with it
• Add AppImage build for Linux
• Add `lncvrt-games-launcher` AUR package

v1.0.3

• Make styles consistent with launcher
• Use a new folder layout for updates and improve a lot of code
• And more
• Windows ARM64 (likely temporary change): Compiled with `native-tls` instead of `rustls` for reqwest tls support. This was caused by a linker error that could not be resolved.

v1.0.4

• Remove right clicking
• Fix auto updating

v1.1.0

• Make 13.0 be the minimum version on macOS
• Switch to a faster frontend
• Fix potential crashes
• Error debugging
• Use proper colors to match launcher's dark theme
• Presistent window state
• Add custom topbar for windows
• Remove flags like rightclick and more

Launcher

v1.1.0

• Added versions installed count and total available label
• Add verified/unverified/official label
• Other changes

v1.1.1

• Fixed being able to go back and download other games when viewing a game's installs and clicking the download versions button
• Added a option to show games always, even on settins page

v1.2.0

• Fix issue on windows where games were not able to launch
• Fix issues with linux by removing wine support (will be added back when stable)
• Improve launcher download manifest
• Add status for when its finishing after it has downloaded
• Add SHA512 validation for downloads

v1.3.0

• Update react to fix the vulnerability with it
• Change the way checkboxes look to use the theme
• Make Game versions be in the correct order
• Add version number to settings page
• Change the way buttons look to use theme and be more consistent
• Fix inconsistencies with info item
• Fix issues with sidebar having a scrollbar and other issues
• Change where and how the downloads button is on the sidebar
• Add text by the logo
• Improve macOS drag areas
• Switch from using a hardcoded cut off value for game names to an automatic method

v1.3.1

• Fix issues with text overflowing
• Fix tooltips for launch/installs button
• Show developer info if it isn't null rather than forced if it isn't official
• Move buttons down on y on installs/games page
• Add tooltips almost everywhere
• Adjust styles of info items and installs/games page

v1.4.0

• Added mint theme
• Make it so you can select versions while downloads are active
• Fix a bug where you can press escape in a popup to get somewhere unintentional
• Move add/info buttons to be better placed
• Add changelog
• Change logo style

v1.5.0

• Fix issues with installs/games content being weird sometimes, it is a lot better code wise and visually now
• Fix a memory leak that doesn't get cleared until the next download. Would take up to 400mb max. It will not use any more than the normal usage.
• Fix the "Game already open" thing not happening on linux
• Improve launch code and download code
• Heavily improve the uninstall code. It was very bad.
• Remove the manage button (can be shown with the show installs/launch/manage setting) and replace it with a right-click
• Change popup close button styles
• Use proper way of detecting when a user hovers for games/installs page
• Improve download versions/games button size

v1.5.1

• Add wine support back for Linux
• Make window state presistent
• Add category support (Mainly for GDPS)
• Format date using system formatter
• Improve savefile

v1.5.2

• Fix games page saying no games installed
• Make downloads popup close when finished
• Add a revision check

v1.5.3

• Make changelog for games copyable
• Track amount of downloads (starting today)

v1.5.4

• Changes to make eslint happy
• Fix a bug where when you switch game in sidebar the category doesn't unselect
• Fix a bug where categories aren't sorted properly
• Fix a bug where categories would show up even if there are 0 installs under it
• Fix games showing up that can't be installed on your operating system in download games button

v1.5.5

• Fix downloading multiple versions not working properl
• Add a reinstall button for manage menu
• Remove green & mint theme

v1.5.6

• Set permissions properly when unzipping
• Make sure __MACOSX and .DS_Store don't get included

v1.5.7

• Fix a issue with categories having a weird property that may cause issues
• Show N/A for "Size on disk" stat if it is loading or can't load
• Make reinstall button change popup to downloads popup instead (previously just closed)
• Let the user approve revision updates before proceeding with update
• Misc fixes

v1.5.8

• Add categories to sidebar
• Use system popup for revision update / changelog
• Fix being able to do a revision update while downloads are in progress
• Fix a visual bug with downloading versions showing versions from other categories

v1.6.0

• Minimum macOS version is now 13
• Make downloads a proper queue system, that you can remove and add to at any time
• Remove legacy button interaction option
• Fix "Download failed" state on downloads popup
• Add berry dash leaderboards
• Add name to games page title
• And a lot of internal changes/improvements

v1.6.1

• Fix issues with leaderboards on windows
• Make logo look better on windows
• Fix a issue with opening folders causing problems if the folder doesn't exist rather than showing the correct non existant folder popup
• Tweaks to version download popup
• Fix windows topbar seperator not appearing if loading/failed to load
• Disable flags for reloading and more

v1.6.2

• Add overlay & custom color support to Berry Dash Leaderboards
• Fix potential crashes

v1.6.3

• Flip bird in leaderboards
• Update icon
• And more

v1.6.4

• Add verbose logging for downloads
• Add signature checking to requests
• Windows ARM64 (likely temporary change): Compiled with `native-tls` instead of `rustls` for reqwest tls support. This was caused by a linker error that could not be resolved.

v1.6.5

• Add dock status
• Fix issues with custom icons (non icon marketplace) for berry dash leaderboards

v1.7.0

• Add download pausing, canceling & resuming
• Add unzip status
• Optimizations
• And more

v1.8.0

• Fix outdated version page
• Improve remove version button from downloads
• Add built in mod manager for select games
• And more

v1.8.1

• Fix download resuming
• Fix sorting issues
• Fix mod download request sending method
• Switch to a new settings config manager (version config is the same still)
• Rename "unix wine" to "linux wine"
• Optimize runtime performance
• Fix overscroll issues
• Remove debug logging for downloads
• Close downloads popup & notify on all downloads finished

v1.9.0

• Massively improve codebase maintainability
• Use a popup for changelog & add a parsing system
• Add a new updater to the launcher (no more loader updates)
• Optimize executable & close on issue rather than ignore

v1.9.1

• Fix macOS support for non .app executables (geometry rays only right now)
• Add dashboard button for XPS
• Fix wine command input box showing on linux even if wine support is disabled
• Fix notifications
• Fix some logic that may cause issues on linux with wine support
• Fix using bash on linux even if it doesn't exist rather than the system default shell
• Fix a typo "integerty" to "integrity"
• Fix some downloading logic & potential issues with revision updates
• Improve berry dash leaderboards with the berry mode
• Add loading text to berry dash leaderboards
• Re-add the "No games installed" & "No versions installed" text (was removed temp, couldn't port to new version handling system in time)
• Move away from using native dropdowns as that causes UI problems on non macOS systems to a custom system
• Set app category to games
• And more

v1.9.2

• Add a description to the launcher for platforms that support it
• Add a custom data storage location setting
• Improvements to the dropdown
• And more (mostly bugfixes)