Posted April 28, 2011
Hi @ all,
On the first: I'm not a native speaker. I hope my english doesn't sound too horrible to you. If it does: Sorry^^.
Last night I felt boring, so I programmed a new Launcher for Raptor which looks almost like the "Original"-Launcher - but with one important difference: It doesn't need a dotNET-Framework to run it. The whole game does normally not need the dotNET-Framework, except the "Raptor.exe"-Launcher...
So, why should anybody use that other Launcher? Well, I got 2 reasons:
1) Linux-Users, who want to install and play Raptor with wine, but don't want to install mono or dotNET* (I've tested it on Archlinux with an "clean"-Wine-Environment 1.3.18 - it works perfectly...)
2) WinXP-Users, who don't want install such (relatively) heavy Frameworks like dotNET*. For me, I have an old Laptop with WinXP and just 256 MB RAM... If I would install dotNET on that Laptop, WinXP would be really, REALLY slow for me...
*(Of course, you can use the commandline too. But it's not really user-friendly for non-consoleros ;) )
So, the Downloadlink for the new Launcher is here:
http://astorek.bplaced.net/downloads/raptor.exe (ca. 500 kb )
To use it, just replace the Original-Launcher with that one. (Linux-Users should watch about case sensitivity - "Raptor.exe" vs. "raptor.exe")
The following text may be only interesting for programmers:
You can download the sourcecode for that Lauchner too. If you don't trust me, you can compile it from itself ;) . It's here:
http://astorek.bplaced.net/downloads/rap-source.zip (ca. 70 kb )
The Graphics are all from the Original-Launcher, "Print-Screen" and mspaint ;) (and Resource Hacker to export the Icon). The Program is written in AutoIT. I'm using a function "resources.au3" from an user called "Zedna". She/He describes her/his script here. I don't know about the license from ressources.au3, but I'm pretty sure it's OK to use it for a program like mine^^.
The Program itself is released under "Public Domain", that means: I disclaim every right from the sourcecode. If the license of AutoIT and "resources.au3" allows it, even gog.com can include this Launcher on the setup-raptor.exe ;) .
Well, as say: I felt boring last night ;) . That program was primary written for me in personal use, but I think, it may be useful for others too...
On the first: I'm not a native speaker. I hope my english doesn't sound too horrible to you. If it does: Sorry^^.
Last night I felt boring, so I programmed a new Launcher for Raptor which looks almost like the "Original"-Launcher - but with one important difference: It doesn't need a dotNET-Framework to run it. The whole game does normally not need the dotNET-Framework, except the "Raptor.exe"-Launcher...
So, why should anybody use that other Launcher? Well, I got 2 reasons:
1) Linux-Users, who want to install and play Raptor with wine, but don't want to install mono or dotNET* (I've tested it on Archlinux with an "clean"-Wine-Environment 1.3.18 - it works perfectly...)
2) WinXP-Users, who don't want install such (relatively) heavy Frameworks like dotNET*. For me, I have an old Laptop with WinXP and just 256 MB RAM... If I would install dotNET on that Laptop, WinXP would be really, REALLY slow for me...
*(Of course, you can use the commandline too. But it's not really user-friendly for non-consoleros ;) )
So, the Downloadlink for the new Launcher is here:
http://astorek.bplaced.net/downloads/raptor.exe (ca. 500 kb )
To use it, just replace the Original-Launcher with that one. (Linux-Users should watch about case sensitivity - "Raptor.exe" vs. "raptor.exe")
The following text may be only interesting for programmers:
You can download the sourcecode for that Lauchner too. If you don't trust me, you can compile it from itself ;) . It's here:
http://astorek.bplaced.net/downloads/rap-source.zip (ca. 70 kb )
The Graphics are all from the Original-Launcher, "Print-Screen" and mspaint ;) (and Resource Hacker to export the Icon). The Program is written in AutoIT. I'm using a function "resources.au3" from an user called "Zedna". She/He describes her/his script here. I don't know about the license from ressources.au3, but I'm pretty sure it's OK to use it for a program like mine^^.
The Program itself is released under "Public Domain", that means: I disclaim every right from the sourcecode. If the license of AutoIT and "resources.au3" allows it, even gog.com can include this Launcher on the setup-raptor.exe ;) .
Well, as say: I felt boring last night ;) . That program was primary written for me in personal use, but I think, it may be useful for others too...
Post edited April 28, 2011 by Astorek86