Also abstracted and optimized the common functions for resolving Java between the three supported operating systems.
Changes made to win32 and darwin validations will require testing to ensure everything is functional.
The registry scan function exited early if no Java Development Key was found. This has been corrected by redoing the exit checks.
Social media buttons now lose focus after they are clicked to prevent a sticky appearance.
Changed the load spinner to have the text rotate within the center image.
Added new configuration option, launchDetached.
Added validation function to ConfigManager to add missing keys (due to updates).
Updated westeroscraft.json
Game process can now be detached from the launcher.
Major improvements to distribution index loading.
Implemented new transitional UI for startup.
If **no** distribution index is loaded on startup, completion of startup will be prevented and the user will be shown a message displaying the issue.
Launch errors are now shown as overlays.
Many more minor fixes and enhancements.
Added News UI and implemented functionality.
Removed westeroscraft.xml as we don't need to cache it.
Updated westeroscraft.json.
Updated Electron to v2.0.0
Updated PackXZExtract to v1.0.1.
If no files are queued for extraction, the step is skipped.
The UI now shows some indication that the extraction is in progress.
The player count on the landing page is now functional. If the server cannot be reached, the label and value will change to SERVER and OFFLINE, respectively. This behavior can be modified.
When a user attemps to launch, the configured Java executable will be validated. If it is invalid, we will look for a valid installation. If no valid installation is found, the user will be prompted with an option to install Java. An option to decline needs to be added. If they choose to install, it will download, extract, and update the executable in the config. The game will then be launched.
Also added progress tracking for asset validations, as they can potentially take a bit longer. Showing progress assures the user that the program isn't stuck or broken.
Fixed an issue with concurrency when there are no downloads queued on launch. Added support for static function execution in AssetExec. Fixed a binding issue in uicore.js caused by delayed div loading. For now the solution is just hard coding in the value, will probably switch these two a css file later on. Included the launcher's x64 runtime directory in Java scans.
Mojang fallback cannot be implemented due to limitations of decompressing large lzma files in node.js. This can probably be worked around by packaging with some command line binary, but it honestly it not worth it.
Static utility functions have been moved. Functions which handle Java downloads will be moved next. AssetGuard is becoming a lengthy file, to cope with this I've added region comments so that specific sections can be collapsed and expanded when needed.
Daniel Scalzi
Matan Rak