STARTLINER/README.md

STARTLINER

A simple and easy to use launcher, configuration tool and mod manager for many games (more to come) using Rainycolor Watercolor.

Intended for those who just want a glorified start.bat clicker, without VHDs, keychips etc. (for an all-in-one solution, check out the BlueSteel launcher).

Made with Rust (Tauri) and Vue. Technically multiplatform. Contributions welcome.

Usage

bun install
bun run tauri dev
bun run tauri build

Once a profile is set up, it is possible to bypass the GUI:

startliner --start --game ongeki --profile <name>

Package format

• Package format requirements
• A subset of the simple Rainycolor format is currently supported.

├───app
│   └───BepInEx
│       └───*
├───option
│   └───Axyz
│       └───*
├───icon.png
├───README.md
└───manifest.json

More file overrides may be supported in the future.

Arbitrary scripts are not supported by design and that will probably never change.

Features

• Clean data modding
• Monitor selection
• segatools configuration UI
• Etc

Architecture details

• Downloaded packages are stored in %LOCALAPPDATA%\STARTLINER\data\pkg (or $XDG_DATA_HOME/startliner/pkg).
• Each profile is associated with a prefix directory %LOCALAPPDATA%\STARTLINER\data\profile-x which includes:
  • option with junctions of vanilla opts as well as Rainycolor package opts
  • BepInEx with Rainycolor mods copied over
    • It's currently pointless to symlink those since they are measured in kilobytes
  • segatools.ini generated on-the-fly and pointing at option
    • It's currently based on the existing segatools.ini but that will change in the future
  • logs
• Persistent configuration is stored in %APPDATA%\STARTLINER (or $XDG_CONFIG_HOME/startliner).

Todo

• Auto-updates
• CHUNITHM support
• segatools as a special package
• Progress bars and other GUI sugar
• Search bar
• Start check

Endgame

• IO DLLs and artemis as special packages
• Other arcade games (if there is demand)