Launcher for OpenRCT2 and OpenLoco

A launcher for automatically downloading the latest, or specific versions of OpenRCT2 and OpenLoco.

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🚀 Installation

1. Download the latest version of the launcher from the Releases page.
2. Save the file anywhere on your system and run it.

Debian/Ubuntu

1. Download the .deb file from the Releases page.

2. Run this command in the location you've downloaded the .deb file to:

   sudo apt install ./openlauncher-*.deb

Fedora

1. Copy the link to the .rpm file from the Releases page.

2. Run this command as root

   yum localinstall <link_to_rpm>

🔨 Building

OpenLauncher is written in C# using the AvaloniaUI framework. The application currently targets .NET 8 and is typically distributed as a self contained executable.

Prerequisites

• .NET 8 SDK
• Visual Studio (optional)
  • AvaloniaUI extension (optional)
• Visual Studio Code (optional)

Running

You can quickly build and run the launcher on the command line using the following command.

dotnet run --project src/openlauncher

Alternatively, open openlauncher.sln in Visual Studio. Installing the extension for AvaloniaUI is recommended.

⚖️ Licence

OpenLauncher is licensed under the MIT License.