SPT Mini-Launcher 3.8

Hi, sorry to hear that you're having an issue.

From the little snippet that I can see, it seems that the in-memory server path is invalid/empty. This can happen if you wipe SPT but not the launcher itself. It appears to be using a path that does not exist.

This is (seemingly) where the error is coming from:

I would assume that Properties.Settings.Default.server_path is empty/invalid as a path.

I have two options for you:

1. Try my better launcher: the Minimalist launcher
2. Reset the whole launcher, try to re-add the folder that your SPT-AKI is installed in, then try to launch it again.

So, using the Minimalist Launcher, I get this when trying to launch the game, could it be, because my SPT is on a different drive? Would putting the minimalist launcher folder in that drive help?

https://cdn.discordapp.com/att…efe77449d3fc5dc3ab0f2174&

That error implies that the launcher does not have privileges to start a process. Are you using a shared machine, or are permissions weird for you?

I've never heard of anyone having this error when using a normal account. I know for a fact that I cannot replicate this issue, as I have been using both this and my minimalist launcher for a long time.

It could help, but ultimately it's a permissions issue. If your drives are configured differently, that could be the cause.

its a personal pc, and permissions have acted up, i wonder if its due to the type of SSD the game is on? it's a Silicon Power PX10. i had no issues with the launcher on my old External drive, but for some reason this SSD acts like it doesnt have permissions, when it absolutely does.

Mhm, I see. Unfortunately, I cannot do much about permissions. I don't have this problem and cannot reproduce it. You might want to look into why it pretends like you don't have permission.

Yes, this is from creating a new profile without building it via the Aki launcher. The problem stems from that you have to let the Aki launcher patch and build the profile.

The solution is to make your profile, then launch it into the main menu just once via Aki's launcher, to ensure it's built properly. Then you can use this one.

*EDIT: This happens across all my launchers. It took a while to figure the problem out. I, on the other hand, have no issues as I only run with already-run profiles.

So my progress is just borked on my profile then? Cause it was working fine for a couple days before then just started doing this.

Edit: I use the launcher and server exe's now cause the launcher doesn't work. Which means I've launched it from the AKI launcher, and it still spits out that error.

Edit to my edit: There was another test profile I made that was bugging it out. Deleted it and now is back to using my main profile it seems. Dumb user error. But the tip you told me is wonderful to know going forward. Sorry for all the yapping. Hope your new year has been great!

Lol, worry not. Shit happens, I'm glad you solved it. But this is a great example of why troubleshooting should always be done in a fresh environment with clear variables.

Happy new year brother, it sure has been!

Using latest version? Can you elaborate on your issue more specifically? That doesn't tell me much

Ok so. The issue just magically dissapeared but i think its was the fact that it wasnt loading at all. Probably due to errors in the console.

cool mod

Thanks! I realized I wanted to be able to get to my Downloads very quickly, as I don't like having a quadrillion folders up at the same time, and don't want to open my File Explorer and navigate there just to install one mod. So far it's been as smooth as I wanted. Cheers!

Well, this is strange, because I can't reproduce your issue of the citation marks. I can't ever get them when using Browse, in fact... here's my video of adding the Profile Editor manually.

Regardless, since you were helpful and mentioning that it works without the citation marks, I'll add a check to trim any "" once you apply. In theory that should do it, so wish me luck haha.

try to enter the path to minimap as text instead of browsing for file but make sure to delete " "

if they are there when you copy/paste path. Hope that works for you.

Thanks for the suggestion, but no dice, unfortunately!

I'm guessing it's the fault of CactusPie's Minimap, not SPT Launcher. SPT Launcher isn't throwing up any errors, so the path seems to be working correctly, but CPM just never opens.

Executables are the primary target of the "tools" so why Minimap doesn't want to work is confusing. I was able to reproduce your issue on my uni workstation, so something funky is going on. I'll look into it!

I've been contemplating adding the ability to add a folder OR a file as well, to ensure more flexibility.

Oh, awesome! Thanks! Really appreciate it

Update:

I was able to fix this issue. It was the process method having incomplete info, but I overlooked it when I overhauled how the tools are run.

I'll be adding the ability to switch between folders/apps, then 3.3 will go live hopefully later today.

So, about that...

This feature was fully implemented in a beta of 3.1. Whenever you went to launch the game, a profile selector popped up that either had a Favourite profile set, or listed the available ones. From there on it launched on whichever profile you selected. It actually worked really well in my beta testing.... up until the following:

I made a mistake with some parsing and had to roll back several commits to figure out what went wrong, because the game just wouldn't load properly. At that point of rolling back to fix it, the feature was already rolled back to being non-existent.

BUT!

I am reimplementing it soon. I'm working on getting a time counter feature to work and display properly. After that the profile launch selector is coming back to be in 3.2.

awesome, look forward to it. Pretty sure I'm using 2.9 and that works seamlessly for me if anyone is interested

Looking forward to it myself! Here's a sneak peek.

noice.

Yes, once I've gotten settled into uni I'll have more time to work on this. Apologies that it's been a while!

In the meantime, my Quick Launcher works perfectly fine for me on 3.6.1.

Have you ran Tarkov and SPT-AKI both manually at least once? I only had that issue when the Aki launcher wouldn't recognize my Tarkov installation. I had to use BSG's launcher, find the existing installation, then re-check the path in the Aki launcher.

I have run both, the issue still remains. I have the launcher on my C drive and the game itself on my D drive, would that be a possible cause?

Shouldn't be. I have launcher, SPT and Tarkov all on separate drives.

Are you on version 2.7 or did you download 2.8 when it went live?

Hey. I don't know why this errors occurs... the error itself shouldn't matter because it's only a stacktrace and the source code itself contains metadata. But I find it peculiar why you and another person both get identical errors while I get none.

I'll start digging, worst case scenario I'll roll back and run 2.7 as latest. I know it worked, and I'd rather dig around when I have the time to.

*UPDATE: So I found out that if you don't bypass the Aki launcher, you get this. Funny thing is that I don't know why this has started, because I haven't changed anything in relation to starting SPT

I've chosen to remove 2.8 for the time being until I figure out what the fuck is going on. I'm bamboozled. Feel free to keep using 2.7 as I know that one has worked for some time.

Hahahahaha, sorry for laughing but you're not the only one who gets heart attacks from that! I've also had one or two.

Since I've seen a few people mention it, I do think that it's about time to move the button altogether into the settings window - perhaps next to the Reset buttons. It would make more sense there.

*EDIT: Dope username

Update: This has been fixed in the latest version, and Delete Server has been moved into the Options window.

Belated thank you, and thank you!

Could you show me a screenshot of what the output window looks like? It's difficult to gauge what's going on in text.

It's equally difficult to describe! lol. And unfortunately not something a picture can really capture, as sometimes a single error log from lots of loot reprint enough times to fill the whole output window. It seems to get through all the error logs, but then repeats the same error logs over and over... but it will print each individual log more times than it did previously... sorry it's hard to describe and I no longer have either DRIP or lots of loot installed.

To clarify what I mean when I said "seemingly infinitely", I timed it at over 5 minutes when testing, after which an error window popped up from Mini Launcher, which said it was aborting because SPT was taking over 2 minutes to launch. If I remember correctly it gave that pop up window a couple of times, then crashed.

It's unclear how I want to fix this, but I am aware of it

Any update on this at all?

Not right now. I have theories on why this happens but I've been unable to reproduce these issues on my setup. Since I can't narrow it down on my end, as I've never seen these occur, I will likely round up 2.8 to let you choose how you want the system to run.

Not only MoreCheckmarks, but also ODT's Item Info. It's basically the same mod, but yeah

@MorokSS I was going to tell you I'll look into it, but then I saw that I'm running ODT's ItemInfo in my 3.5.7 SPT. Windowless Aki launcher option runs without an issue for me, so it's more likely not on my app's end....

It could be a 3.5.8 issue, but I doubt it given that I've heard MoreCheckmarks had issues previously. Regardless, I'm working on 2.8 to include far more customizability so people won't have to worry about this.

Unfortunately not. I had some issues with getting SPT patcher integration to work with Visual Studio, so I designed it to be more modular and independent on other frameworks in that regard.

If you're looking for something that launches it via one-click, and does so via the tool itself, check out the Alternative Launcher made by BALIST0N.

Ah thank you, ill try it, though i really like how unintrusive your launcher is

Yeah, this is common with popular browsers. Some people get Virus detected, others never get anything. I get Virus detected with this launcher when downloading via Edge, but others don't.

Try a different browser, or turn your antivirus off. Those two are usually the most common solutions. These browsers often flag apps for absolutely no reason other than "executable = bad"

As Terkoiz mentioned up top, the source code has been reviewed and proven to be safe, so there's nothing to worry about.

I saw his comment above. I was just wondering what I could do to download it still 😅

But thanks, I'll try disabling Windows Defender and download it

Ah. I misunderstood, apologies.

The middle paragraph are what I suggest. A different browser or simply disabling your antivirus altogether are usually what people do.

I'm having the same issue, probably a bug that'll get patched quickly.

This has been a recurring issue for the past week and a half, and I have no idea how to fix it while still retaining functionality. I've been trying to apply bandages to fix it. It seems to be an issue with process detection not working properly in tandem with my running timer.

I implemented a toggle to enable or disable this feature specifically to let people still launch the Aki launcher. It's a cheap fix but works reliably. (Enable timed Aki launcher)

I'll take a gander and see if I can find another way to solve this problem. I apologize for this inconvenience.

Version 2.0 should solve this permanently! I'm optimistic that I've solved it for good now.

The option of disabling timed launching is still available. Please make a support thread if you see this happen again.

This should be fixed with version 2.0, please give it a try.

It is fixed, you're a lad!

Hi there! I understand your request perfectly fine. In fact, an earlier iteration of this has the feature of not clearing on server start or stop. The launcher's "error" isn't inherently an error per se, as it doesn't break nor does it cause any stoppages. It's just a revert to let you know that the server isn't running yet.

My mod manager will be getting the option to launch the two separately/at separate timers to try to make the process of launching SPT less confusing.

I added the cache clearing in as an automatic feature because having the cache from a previous session can corrupt or break certain mods or features. You trade slower load times for the guarantee that the game will not break (unless one or several of your mods are broken), and this helps new users who don't know how the process really works. It also just helps remove the obstacle of potentially having the cache be breaking your game, not the mod you're fixing.

I'll consider implementing an option to let clearing of the cache be manual. However, in that case I will have to refrain from giving support more than I already do, as people are unpredictable and get errors from their own faults.

Thanks

I'm taking a day off from code entirely tomorrow to take a break from the sweat. Even then I keep checking in here every half hour because I'm terrified that someone will find some immersion breaking bug that I'll have to spend an hour fixing.

It's performance anxiety, which sucks, but I'm kind of used to it at this point. At least I know that I can do it lol.

ahh i think ya nailed it. Get that rest, code washout be real lol

Hi, please refer to my VirusTotal scans in each version. VirusTotal scans are required for tools.

Onto the question, yes. My mod manager had the same fate, and I had moderators look at it for me.

I'll see if I can make that happen!

Just downloaded latest..."1.3"^^^^^^^^^

Where exactly do you get this, and what are you trying to do when you get this?

EDIT: I don't get the same error but I can reproduce a different error. Working on it.

Should be fixed with 1.4 push. Please do tell me how it goes.

No worries, It's just part of modding lol. I'm downloading now and will update you with my findings!!

Above is linked some photos of the error that appears when clicking "Run SPT"

Keeps mentioning "JIT"?.... "just-in-time" debugging. literally everything else works perfect. it opens my mods folder, plugin folder, and also even runs my SVM but pops that on, "run SPT".

Hope all that info helps!!!! and if its easier for you reach me at discord @ Jbird575#8937

**wouldn't let me expand window the pictures are of me scrolling further down**

First of all, thank you lots

Second of all, I'm not quite sure that I understand your request. If you pick a directory that contains a bunch of SPT directories, then it will save that single directory instead of all the individual ones. I do it this way to save resources.

Feel free to correct me if I misunderstood you.

OHHHHHH I was picking one single install directory idk that I had to choose the folder containing all my different installs. So rather a misunderstanding on my end, Thankyouuuuuuuuu!!!

Happens to the best of us. I apologize for the confusion and I'll update the description to be more clear with the next update.

It's a rather unconventional method on my part. I organize all my SPT installs under one single "parent" folder and so that's the path that I chose for the tool. I feel that it's the best way to keep all my separate versions manageable, and it relieves work for the tool.

I'm glad it's working out for you chief!

That's why I wrote this tool, because it makes multitasking a lot easier.

Thanks for the kind words c: