From b91a1ad65ec617486bc6c99d6334cea249db7e15 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: 0neGal Date: Sat, 1 Jan 2022 17:42:42 +0100 Subject: added a section for existing launchers --- README.md | 18 +++++++++++++++++- assets/preview.png | Bin 0 -> 13623 bytes assets/xkcd.png | Bin 0 -> 24305 bytes preview.png | Bin 13623 -> 0 bytes 4 files changed, 17 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) create mode 100644 assets/preview.png create mode 100644 assets/xkcd.png delete mode 100644 preview.png diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 8f63de3..2ee180d 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ Viper is a launcher and updater for [Northstar](https://github.com/R2Northstar/Northstar), and not much more than that.

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## How to? @@ -48,6 +48,22 @@ Currently Viper is capable of: Besides this I've been considering adding some easy to use VPK modding tools so everybody can have fun with VPK modding even if you don't know how to do it the traditional way. However that is not at the top of the todo list right now. +## Sidenote + +Given that we already have so many Northstar updaters and launchers I urge people to instead of creating new launchers unless there's a very specific reason, just make a pull request on one of the existing, otherwise we'll continue to have new ones. + +

+ Relevant xkcd:
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+ +Some of the existing launchers are listed below: + * Viper - A launcher with an easy to use GUI and CLI albeit missing some features + * [Ronin](https://github.com/MindSwipe/ronin) - a CLI only updater + * [laundmo's updater](https://github.com/laundmo/northstar-updater) - another CLI only updater + * [Juicy's mod manager](https://github.com/BigSpice/NorthStar-Mod-Manager-Ext-1) - an updater and manager for mods, most feature rich + + ## Credits All credits for logos go to Imply#9781. diff --git a/assets/preview.png b/assets/preview.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..d1190c9 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/preview.png differ diff --git a/assets/xkcd.png b/assets/xkcd.png new file mode 100644 index 0000000..5d38303 Binary files /dev/null and b/assets/xkcd.png differ diff --git a/preview.png b/preview.png deleted file mode 100644 index d1190c9..0000000 Binary files a/preview.png and /dev/null differ -- cgit v1.2.3