alterware-launcher/README.md

AlterWare Launcher

AlterWare.dev

IW4x | IW4-SP | IW5-Mod | IW6-Mod | S1-Mod

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Installation

1. Download the latest alterware-launcher.exe
2. Place alterware-launcher.exe in the game directory
3. Run alterware-launcher.exe, after updating the game will launch automatically

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Command line arguments

• Passing iw4-sp, iw4x, iw5-mod, iw6-mod or s1-mod as the first argument will skip automatic game detection
• Passing update will stop the launcher from launching the game
• skip-launcher-update skips launcher self-update
• bonus download bonus content

Some arguments can be set in alterware-launcher.json, args generally override the values of the config.

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Support

Visit the AlterWare Forum or Discord for support.

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Building from Source

• Install Rust
• Clone the repository
• Run cargo build --release
• The executable will be located in target/release

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Note for server owners:

When the launcher updates itself it needs to be restarted. It will return exit code 201 in this case.

@echo off
:loop
start /wait alterware-launcher.exe update
if %errorlevel% equ 201 (
    goto loop
)