The launcher for BlueMaxima's Flashpoint (the web preservation project).
- BlueMaxima's Flashpoint - Download Flashpoint here (the launcher is bundled with it)
- Trello - Upcoming features, known bugs etc.
- Launcher Releases - Download release builds of the launcher here
The Flashpoint Launcher (FPL) is a desktop application made for browsing, storing and launching other applications (games, animations, web apps etc.). It is specifically made for BlueMaxima's Flashpoint, which is a web preservation project.
How to setup a development environment:
- Download the project (and extract it, if it was downloaded as an archive)
- Open a command prompt and navigate it to the projects root folder
- Run
npm install
libgtk-3-0libnss3
Install by running sudo apt install libgtk-3-0 libnss3
Recommended setup for development:
- Clone the repository with
git clone --recurse-submodules https://github.com/FlashpointProject/launcher.git launcher - In the new 'launcher' folder run
npm run watchand let the prompt stay open - Open a second command prompt and run
npm run start
build- Build the launcher (build main & renderer and copy static files to./build/)watch- Build the launcher and incrementally rebuild it when the source or static files changepack- Pack the latest build (and put the packaged file with the executable electron app in./dist/)release- Build then pack the launcher (same as runningbuildthenpack)start- Run the latest build of the launcher
pack and release will by default pack for the OS and architecture of the machine that runs it.
To pack for a specific OS / architecture use the handy package scripts (such as pack:linux or release:win32) or set the environment variables PACK_PLATFORM / PACK_ARCH.
If this error appears in the electron applications console, it is probably because the file it is looking for does not exist. To solve this, run npm run build
Example: Not allowed to load local resource: file:///<ProjectPath>/build/renderer/index.html