.TH "VIPER" "1" "January 2022" "" ""
.SH "NAME"
\fBviper\fR \- update and manage northstar
.SH SYNOPSIS
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\fBviper\fP [<optional>\|\.\.\.]
.SH DESCRIPTION
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Viper is a program made to make updating and launching Northstar a lot easier\. It has both a CLI and GUI tool, specifying no command line arguments opens the latter\. Viper also is able to update itself, that is if you've the AppImage or NSIS version\.
.SH OPTIONS
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\fB\-\-help\fP
   Shows a brief message of all the options and what they do\.
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\fB\-\-version\fP
   Various versions numbers for Node, Electron, Viper and so on\.
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\fB\-\-cli\fP
   Forces the CLI to activate, meaning the GUI will never run\. 
   What purpose this has I frankly do not know\.
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\fB\-\-update\fP
   Updates Northstar, this uses your \fBviper\.json\fP to determine the location, it also won't try to update if the installed version of Northstar is already the newest, if you must re\-install Northstar you can delete the \fBns_version\.txt\fP file in the game path\.
.P
\fB\-\-updatevp\fP
   Updates Viper itself, by default CLI does not have auto updates, as a server owner may not want this, so use this option to update\.
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\fB\-\-launch\fP=<version>
   Launches Northstar, this is currently only supported on Windows\.
   If you must launch Vanilla you can run \fB\-\-launch=vanilla\fP
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\fB\-\-setpath\fP=<absolute\-path>
   Sets the game path, this'll change the \fBgamepath\fP variable in your \fBviper\.json\fP, note that it only takes in absolute paths and not relative ones\.
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\fB\-\-mods\fP
   Lists out all installed mods, and gives a count on how many are installed, enabled and or disabled\.
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\fB\-\-installmod\fP=<absolute\-path>
   Installs a mod, this supports both Zip files and folders, just that the \fBmod\.json\fP file is easily found is all that matters\.
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\fB\-\-removemod\fP=<mod name>
   Removes a mod, the mod name should be taken from \fB\-\-mods\fP as it provides accurate names\. Putting in \fBallmods\fP will remove all mods, no confirmation\.
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\fB\-\-togglemod\fP=<mod name>
   Toggles a mod, the mod name should be taken from \fB\-\-mods\fP as it provides accurate names\. Putting in \fBallmods\fP will toggle all mods\. Keep in mind, if a mod is already disabled and some mods are enabled, the states will be flipped, so 3 enabled and 1 disabled, goes to 1 enabled and 3 disabled\.
.SH CONFIGURATION
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All configuration takes place in your \fBviper\.json\fP file, this file may be in various locations depending on your platform, for Linux you're likely to find it at:
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.IP \(bu 2
\fB$XDG_CONFIG_HOME/viper\.json\fP
.IP \(bu 2
\fB~/\.config/viper\.json\fP

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On Windows it's likely to be in \fB%APPDATA%\\viper\.json\fP
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All configuration is done by Viper itself, the locale is auto set when the GUI launches through your systems locale, the gamepath is selected with \fB\-\-setpath\fP or in the GUI\.
.SH MOD SUPPORT
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To toggle mods since Northstar itself has no filter as to what mods it loads, we have to move the mods into a separate folder, that folder being \fBdisabled\fP inside \fBR2Northstar/mods\fP, so you can also just manually move these if you want\.
.SH BUGS
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Report bugs on the GitHub issues page, and feel free to make a pull request if you also have the fix to the bug\.
.SH AUTHORS
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Main contributors/maintainers to the project:
.RS 0
.IP \(bu 2
0neGal mail@0negal\.com
.IP \(bu 2
Rémy Raes contact@remyraes\.com

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