initial implementation

My Project/Resources.Designer.vb

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+'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+' <auto-generated>
+'     This code was generated by a tool.
+'     Runtime Version:4.0.30319.42000
+'
+'     Changes to this file may cause incorrect behavior and will be lost if
+'     the code is regenerated.
+' </auto-generated>
+'------------------------------------------------------------------------------
+
+Option Strict On
+Option Explicit On
+
+Imports System
+
+Namespace My.Resources
+    
+    'This class was auto-generated by the StronglyTypedResourceBuilder
+    'class via a tool like ResGen or Visual Studio.
+    'To add or remove a member, edit your .ResX file then rerun ResGen
+    'with the /str option, or rebuild your VS project.
+    '''<summary>
+    '''  A strongly-typed resource class, for looking up localized strings, etc.
+    '''</summary>
+    <Global.System.CodeDom.Compiler.GeneratedCodeAttribute("System.Resources.Tools.StronglyTypedResourceBuilder", "17.0.0.0"),  _
+     Global.System.Diagnostics.DebuggerNonUserCodeAttribute(),  _
+     Global.System.Runtime.CompilerServices.CompilerGeneratedAttribute(),  _
+     Global.Microsoft.VisualBasic.HideModuleNameAttribute()>  _
+    Friend Module Resources
+        
+        Private resourceMan As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager
+        
+        Private resourceCulture As Global.System.Globalization.CultureInfo
+        
+        '''<summary>
+        '''  Returns the cached ResourceManager instance used by this class.
+        '''</summary>
+        <Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)>  _
+        Friend ReadOnly Property ResourceManager() As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager
+            Get
+                If Object.ReferenceEquals(resourceMan, Nothing) Then
+                    Dim temp As Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager = New Global.System.Resources.ResourceManager("alterware_launcher.Resources", GetType(Resources).Assembly)
+                    resourceMan = temp
+                End If
+                Return resourceMan
+            End Get
+        End Property
+        
+        '''<summary>
+        '''  Overrides the current thread's CurrentUICulture property for all
+        '''  resource lookups using this strongly typed resource class.
+        '''</summary>
+        <Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableAttribute(Global.System.ComponentModel.EditorBrowsableState.Advanced)>  _
+        Friend Property Culture() As Global.System.Globalization.CultureInfo
+            Get
+                Return resourceCulture
+            End Get
+            Set
+                resourceCulture = value
+            End Set
+        End Property
+    End Module
+End Namespace

My Project/Resources.resx

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+<?xml version="1.0" encoding="utf-8"?>
+<root>
+  <!-- 
+    Microsoft ResX Schema 
+    
+    Version 2.0
+    
+    The primary goals of this format is to allow a simple XML format 
+    that is mostly human readable. The generation and parsing of the 
+    various data types are done through the TypeConverter classes 
+    associated with the data types.
+    
+    Example:
+    
+    ... ado.net/XML headers & schema ...
+    <resheader name="resmimetype">text/microsoft-resx</resheader>
+    <resheader name="version">2.0</resheader>
+    <resheader name="reader">System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <resheader name="writer">System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, ...</resheader>
+    <data name="Name1">this is my long string</data>
+    <data name="Color1" type="System.Drawing.Color, System.Drawing">Blue</data>
+    <data name="Bitmap1" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64">
+        [base64 mime encoded serialized .NET Framework object]
+    </data>
+    <data name="Icon1" type="System.Drawing.Icon, System.Drawing" mimetype="application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64">
+        [base64 mime encoded string representing a byte array form of the .NET Framework object]
+    </data>
+                
+    There are any number of "resheader" rows that contain simple 
+    name/value pairs.
+    
+    Each data row contains a name, and value. The row also contains a 
+    type or mimetype. Type corresponds to a .NET class that support 
+    text/value conversion through the TypeConverter architecture. 
+    Classes that don't support this are serialized and stored with the 
+    mimetype set.
+    
+    The mimetype is used for serialized objects, and tells the 
+    ResXResourceReader how to depersist the object. This is currently not 
+    extensible. For a given mimetype the value must be set accordingly:
+    
+    Note - application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64 is the format 
+    that the ResXResourceWriter will generate, however the reader can 
+    read any of the formats listed below.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.binary.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Serialization.Formatters.Binary.BinaryFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.soap.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized with 
+            : System.Runtime.Serialization.Formatters.Soap.SoapFormatter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+
+    mimetype: application/x-microsoft.net.object.bytearray.base64
+    value   : The object must be serialized into a byte array 
+            : using a System.ComponentModel.TypeConverter
+            : and then encoded with base64 encoding.
+    -->
+  <xsd:schema id="root" xmlns="" xmlns:xsd="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema" xmlns:msdata="urn:schemas-microsoft-com:xml-msdata">
+    <xsd:element name="root" msdata:IsDataSet="true">
+      <xsd:complexType>
+        <xsd:choice maxOccurs="unbounded">
+          <xsd:element name="metadata">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="data">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+                <xsd:element name="comment" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="2" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="type" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="3" />
+              <xsd:attribute name="mimetype" type="xsd:string" msdata:Ordinal="4" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+          <xsd:element name="resheader">
+            <xsd:complexType>
+              <xsd:sequence>
+                <xsd:element name="value" type="xsd:string" minOccurs="0" msdata:Ordinal="1" />
+              </xsd:sequence>
+              <xsd:attribute name="name" type="xsd:string" use="required" />
+            </xsd:complexType>
+          </xsd:element>
+        </xsd:choice>
+      </xsd:complexType>
+    </xsd:element>
+  </xsd:schema>
+  <resheader name="resmimetype">
+    <value>text/microsoft-resx</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="version">
+    <value>2.0</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="reader">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceReader, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+  <resheader name="writer">
+    <value>System.Resources.ResXResourceWriter, System.Windows.Forms, Version=2.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b77a5c561934e089</value>
+  </resheader>
+</root>

Program.vb

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 Imports System
+Imports System.IO
+Imports System.Net
+Imports System.Net.Http
 
 Module Program
+    Private master As String = "https://master.alterware.dev"
+
+    Sub download_and_run(game As String)
+        Dim filename As String = game & ".exe"
+        Dim remote_path As String = If(game = "iw4-sp", "/iw4/", "/iw5/")
+        Console.WriteLine("Downloading " & game & "...")
+        Using wc As New WebClient
+            wc.DownloadFile(master & remote_path & filename, filename)
+        End Using
+        Console.WriteLine("Starting " & game)
+        Process.Start(filename)
+        End
+    End Sub
+
     Sub Main(args As String())
-        Console.WriteLine("Hello World!")
+        Dim game As String
+        Try
+            game = args(0)
+        Catch ex As Exception
+            If File.Exists("iw4sp.exe") Or File.Exists("iw4mp.exe") Then
+                game = "iw4-sp"
+            ElseIf File.Exists("iw5sp.exe") Or File.Exists("iw5mp.exe") Or File.Exists("iw5mp_server.exe") Then
+                game = "iw5-mod"
+            Else
+                Console.WriteLine("No game specified nor found in local directory")
+                Console.ReadLine()
+                Return
+            End If
+        End Try
+
+        download_and_run(game)
     End Sub
 End Module

README.md

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 # alterware-launcher
+
+1. Download [latest release](https://github.com/mxve/alterware-launcher/releases/latest/download/alterware-launcher.exe)
+2. Please alterware-launcher.exe in MW2/MW3 game directory
+3. Run alterware-launcher.exe
+
+If the launcher doesn't work make sure you have dotnet 6.0 installed. Also try running the launcher as administrator.

alterware-launcher.vbproj

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     <OutputType>Exe</OutputType>
     <RootNamespace>alterware_launcher</RootNamespace>
     <TargetFramework>net6.0</TargetFramework>
+	<PublishSingleFile>true</PublishSingleFile>
+	<RuntimeIdentifier>win-x64</RuntimeIdentifier>
+	<SelfContained>true</SelfContained>
+	<ApplicationIcon>icon.ico</ApplicationIcon>
+	<Description>AlterWare iw4-sp/iw5-mod updater</Description>
+	<PackageProjectUrl>https://github.com/mxve/alterware-launcher</PackageProjectUrl>
+	<PackageIcon>icon.png</PackageIcon>
+	<RepositoryType>git</RepositoryType>
+	<FileVersion>0.1.0</FileVersion>
+	<AssemblyVersion>0.1.0</AssemblyVersion>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Content Include="icon.ico" />
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <None Include="..\..\Seafile\GFX\mxve\icon.png">
+      <Pack>True</Pack>
+      <PackagePath>\</PackagePath>
+    </None>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <Compile Update="My Project\Resources.Designer.vb">
+      <DesignTime>True</DesignTime>
+      <AutoGen>True</AutoGen>
+      <DependentUpon>Resources.resx</DependentUpon>
+    </Compile>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
+  <ItemGroup>
+    <EmbeddedResource Update="My Project\Resources.resx">
+      <CustomToolNamespace>My.Resources</CustomToolNamespace>
+      <Generator>VbMyResourcesResXFileCodeGenerator</Generator>
+      <LastGenOutput>Resources.Designer.vb</LastGenOutput>
+    </EmbeddedResource>
+  </ItemGroup>
+
 </Project>