Attacker: MXS Server Launcher Application

[attacker5]

Hello,
So today I spent some time making a server launcher. Its a very simple exe that you can put on your desktop, double click, choose server and hit Launch! Saves some time.
I think MXS Garage does something similar but I wanted to get into some programming so I might as well.

V1.0.0
Currently does not save any servers, but has a list of all the ones I can find, yes there are probably tons missing, but all in due time.
http://www.mediafire.com/download/d022b ... uncher.exe

[wheels1758]

What language are you using?

You could just keep a text file in the same folder as the EXE and read servers from there. Maybe limit the default servers to elsinore.mxsimulator.com:19800-19806 and put the rest in a text file so people could arrange them how they like?

Anywho, cool that you're getting your feet wet with programming!

[attacker5]

Thanks,
Ye I am a real noob, I just got visual studio '12, and to be honest, im not sure what language it is, because c++ does not work, nor does c#. But I am probably looping my larry. As for the text document, great idea, Il get into it, its all just an experiment for me.

[BradyS21]

goooooooooOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOooooooooooooooooon!

[MX181]

hmmmm my virus detection went off and said it was a trojan, the program has a quad as the logo. Is this a Ramon brand Nazi attack. surely it cant be haha

[Cool dude 65]

This is cool,thanks attacker

[Servatis]

hey.

It's always cool to see new people trying out programming.

you probably selected the programming language when you made the project in visual studio.
do you have a free version or the professional version?

you can find the programming language pretty easily by looking at the files that are created in your project.
.cs is C#, .vb is visual basic, .cpp and .h is C++ (which it's most likely not) (and the version of C++ in .NET is very crappy anyway)

my personal recommendation is C# if you're going for a .NET application. since it has a very similar syntax to a bunch of other popular programming languages. most notably Java and to a certain degree C++.
Also, it's among the .NET languages the most universally used right now, and I believe the language that MS is focusing on the most.

The text file to save servers is probably a good place to start. opening and editing a txt file is fairly easy and there are a metric ton of tutorials out there.

I'm not an expert, (yet ) but I'd be happy to answer any questions if you have them.

[attacker5]

Thanks a lot for the input. I am going to get into it and I will let you know if I have any questions! Cheers

[kawy949]

Thanks a lot for the input. I am going to get into it and I will let you know if I have any questions! Cheers

Ramon, at some point in the future if you get serious about the application, I would be happy to setup a simple api your application could connect to and get a list of servers from Central it could then check for servers it doesn't have and update the list. In the future, I will be setting Central up so people can add their servers (not to post to the site but list them). Just a thought.

[AWood]

If you keep this going id like to be able to do a few things

• Add launch parameters so i can launch using this application but have a box where i can add "--accurate-skip --editor --hidden-pause" etc. because thats what i always launch with and dont want to use this if i cant launch with those.
• Be able to add customs servers and organize them so i can put peoples like byrons server in.

I hardly ever launch just to use SP so this is gonna be amazing if it gets some updates and becomes super useful.

Love it so far and will be pinned to my taskbar in near future if it ends up getting these updates.

[Thumpiin]

This is about as cool as aids

[attacker5]

Ben, instead of being a fool, come on ts and tell me how to fix this c# thing.

[Thumpiin]

Sorry that was a bit harsh, I'll get this program and learn how to use it for you.

[Thumpiin]

You should Integrate a TS section to the launcher somehow.

[attacker5]

Hello!
Here is an update, now saves, can store custom servers, allows for single player launch arguments and even able to run teamspeak!

V1.1.0
http://www.mediafire.com/download/af236 ... uncher.rar



Cheers!