/VTOL

A manager For the all new Northstar launcher For Titanfall 2

Primary LanguageC#GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Total Users using the latest release GitHub release (latest by date)



This application installs the Titanfall 2 Northstar Client,Installs Skins, and optionally installs compatible mods for it created by various modders.

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Features:
• Updating Northstar installations.
• Easy installation of the Northstar Client
• Verification of a Northstar installation (if you did it manually)
• Viewing installed mods
• Toggling installed Northstar mods
• Downloading and installing Northstar mods from a GitHub/GitLab repository
• Installing downloaded Northstar mods (.zip files)
• Installing and injecting various types of Titanfall 2 player/weapon skins
• Booting up a dedicated server for the Northstar Client
• Install mods featured in the Thunderstore collection.
• Boot Northstar


WIP Features:
• Create custom servers using this application to fine tune setups.

• Manage dedicated Northstar servers.

Suggestions/bug reports are highly appreciated. Please create a new [issue](https://github.com/BigSpice/VTOL/issues/new] and fill out the fields.


Install this application by downloading and running the latest release:

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If you already use this application, consider navigating to "check for updates" inside the application to download and install the latest release.

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Once the application successful downloaded and installed:




  1. Configure your Titanfall 2 installation directory.

    If the automatic browse cannot find your Titanfall 2 installation, please select "browse" and browse to where your Titanfall 2 installation is, and select it.

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  2. Verify, or install the Northstar Client

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    Use this to verify your existing Northstar installation.

    By using that, the application will download the latest Northstar release.

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Installations will automatically be updated if an outdated version is detected, repairing will be done if the version is the same.



MOD BROWSER

The Thunderstore integration has been released in v1.1.7

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Click "Refresh" to update the list of mods featured on Thunderstore.

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If you wish to, you can also navigate to the mod's thunderstore site to download the mod manually.

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Installing Mods

You can see a detailed list of your installed mods by navigating to the "mods" section inside the application.

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If you have a .zip file of the mod you want to install, you simply need to browse to the .zip file and select it. It'll be installed in the same way.

If you want to enable, or disable mods, simply click the specific mod's name in the list, and press the corresponding arrow button.

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Installing Skins

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Click import skin and wait for the compatibliity check to finish.

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Once the compatibility is confirmed, the application can now inject the skin.

Click "Install Skin" to proceed with the installation of the skin.

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Skins will be previewed in the following way

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Updating



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If you wish to, you can configure automatic updates for your installation.
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If you wish to update or repair your installation, simply click the "Update/Repair" button.

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Advanced


Currently, there are 4 advanced options. *All are used for server management and advanced launching only.

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All settings persist between sessions.

Troubleshooting

If you see the following error message:



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Simply click "Yes" and the application will attempt to fix the issue.

If you instead see the following error message:

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Simply click "Yes" and the application will attempt to fix the issue.

Thank you to @ConnorDoesDev for the massive support in making the application more readable.