This is an app brewed up by FNG's own That One Guy. We made it for
convenience of gamers to be able to join games when they know the
IP address of the host, as well as allow the host to launch a game
in an automated way.
The launcher will run THPS3, bypassing the initial pop-up config
screen, the intro movies and the menus. It will automatically
attempt to connect you to, or launch a hosted game on the net.
You MUST have
Microsoft's .NET framework 1.1
installed for this application to work.
It was developed in C# using Microsoft Visual Studio 2003 Professional.
If you host a game, it will show up in Gamespy, so if you don't
want just anyone getting into your game... make sure you set a
password on it.
NOTE: You don't have to use the launcher to get into a game hosted
using the launcher. You can join a game hosted using the launcher
through conventional methods.
The launcher will store the last 5 IP addresses you attempted to
connect to.
It doesn't matter where you store the files from the zip file, as long
as they stay together. Just make sure when you're using the launcher
that you have the right Game Directory listed. The default install
directory is the default directory listed in the launcher.
There is a settings.ini file that will allow you to store settings such as:
- Default Game Path (gamePath)
- Default Player Name (playerName)
- Filename for stored IPs (ipFile)
The ipFile setting is useful for if you want to keep separate saved IP files.
So download it, set your settings, click the Launch button and enjoy!
Please let me know if you have any problems with it, so we can get
them fixed.