creating a game launcher

[Dark_Raver]

hi,

can anyone help me?

i'm trying to create a launcher for a game with various options but i cant get very far.

i tried 3 days witouth any succes

i was wonderign if someone could make it for me :">

when someone does he will get credit and is allowed to add some custom stuff to it

here is the text of what it should contain

if someone is willing to create whats in the text thats ok, i will (try) to edit it myself (you will still receive full credits )

note that i wrote this text for me (as some sort of design document) so it kinda sounds demanding but it isent

file menu

-----quit/exit: exits the program

help menu

-----help: opens up help.txt in a text editor

-----about: opens up a dialog box with text and a close button

-----links

---------[linknameshere]: various related links

map selector -> passes +map [mapname] to the command line of mm.exe

map selector: combo box

the map selector should get its files from a ini file (eg: mapslist.ini)

maps are loacted in ./mm/maps

checkboxes:

enable custom.cfg: adds +exec custom.cfg to the command line (passes +exec custom.cfg to the command line)

enable cheats: should be on by default (passes +sv_cheats 1/0 to the command line)

connect to mana's test server: should make the map selector obsolete(grayed out).

When launch button is pressed it presents you with a dialog box eplaining various stuff, after the user presses yes the game launches with a minimum of "mm.exe" +netgraph 3 +connect 69.22.192.45:27016 +exec autoexec.cfg

inputbox:

Online name: will pas +setname [inputted] to the command line (only used when connect to mana's... checkbox is checked)

buttons:

launch: launches mm.exe with the command lines specified in the launcher (minimum: "mm.exe" +autoexec.cfg

edit custom.cfg: opens the file ./mm/cfg/custom.cfg in a text editor

internet links:

OblivionClan Website: launches http://clanoblivion.com in a browser

OblivionClan Forum : Launches http://clanoblivion.com in a browser

Suggestions: opens emaileditor and for sending to maesenandy@gmail.com

[anyotherlinkshere]: for the person who helps me

caption of GUI: DRMiniMOD Launcher V1 - Current MOD version: 1.4

icon: the one from mm.exe (is located in the same directory as the launcher app)

i thank you in advance

[Dark_Raver]

cant anyone help me pls?

[Zedna]

cant anyone help me pls?

Don't expect that somebody will write it for you.

My suggestion:

Start reading AutoIt HelpFile and play with Koda Form designer (latest beta).

When you will have some base code then go back here and ask specific questions ...

[Dark_Raver]

ok

but the koda form designer gives me an exception error when i try to change a buttons name :s

EDIT: Never mind about that exception, i redownloaded it and it doesent happen again

im designing it right now ^^

Edited August 27, 2006 by Dark_Raver