Battle.Net World Of Warcraft Download Update Is Slow December 2018 UPDATED

bnetlauncher

Launcher utility to aid commencement boxing.net games with the steam overlay.

Official folio http://madalien.com/stuff/bnetlauncher/

❗ ❗ Project Condition ❗ ❗

Information technology'southward now been years since I last played a blizzard game then this project has been put into "maintenance" equally I'grand no longer a user of it.

Contributions are however accepted (new games, features, etc) but other then those no further developments will be made.

At that place all the same other launcher projection in active development like Launchpad in example bnetlauncher no longer works for y'all.

Purpose

This application is intended to facilitate the launch of battle.internet games from steam with overlay with minimal/no interaction with the boxing.cyberspace client while still being automatically logged in.

Requirements

Windows vii SP1 or above (Only tested on current release of Windows 10)
.Net Framework 4.vii.2 (included in Windows 10 April 2018 Update [Version 1803] or to a higher place). Download link: https://www.microsoft.com/net/download/dotnet-framework-runtime

Howto Utilise

Extract the included exe to any location you want (ex: steam folder)
Add the exe to steam as a non-steam game shortcut
On the shortcut properties add one of the post-obit parameters:

code	game
codbo4	Telephone call of Duty: Black Ops 4
codbocw	Phone call of Duty: Blackness Ops Common cold War
codmw2019	Call of Duty: Modernistic Warfare (2019)
codmw2crm	Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Entrada Remastered
cb4	Crash Bandicoot 4: Information technology'due south Nigh Time
d2r	Diablo 2: Resurrected
d3	Diablo 3
d3ptr	Diablo 3 Public Test Realm
hs	Heartstone
hots	Heroes of the Tempest
ow	Overwatch
owptr	Overwatch Public Examination Realm
scr	Starcraft Remastered
sc2	Starcraft ii
w3	Warcraft 3: Reforged
wow	World of Warcraft
wowclassic	Earth of Warcraft Classic
wowptr	Earth of Warcraft Public Test Realm

the outcome should await something like the example or screenshot blare:

"G:\Steam\bnetlauncher.exe" ow

Example Screenshot

Note: bnetlauncher default behavior is to retain the country of the client, so if the client is not running bnetlauncher volition close it, if it'southward running information technology will leave it running.

Public Examination Realm and World of Warcraft Classic

With the release of the the new client in 2021 the previous methods to launch PTR and Classic version no longer work. This version includes experimental fix for the issue that may not ever work. If game doesn't launch automaticall manual interaction to press the play push button will be required.

Troubleshooting

In case of bug logging can be enabled past creating a enablelog.txt file inside %localappdata%\madalien.com\bnetlauncher\, yous tin open the location past pasting the path into explorer or the run dialog in windows (WinKey+R)

Known Issues

Launching WoW Archetype and PTR version of game was dependant on enter key press defaulting to play button. As of latest client version, this is no longer the case, there's experimental code to piece of work effectually it only information technology may not e'er work, if the game doesn't launch pressing the play key will be required.
Slow computers might take too long causing to bnetlauncher to think something went wrong, see additional options on how to use --timeout to fix it.
Enabling multiple instances of battle.cyberspace client in it's options might break bnetlauncher functionality.
Users of MSI Afterburning, Fraps and other overlay software might experience crashes do to incompatibility with their ain overlay and steam's, to solve the issue disable the 3rd party awarding overlay.
The game, bnetlauncher and steam must all accept the same running permissions to work properly, this means if one of them is running has Administrator/Elevated Permissions, then all of them must also be run has Ambassador/Elevated Permissions.
It'due south not possible to automatically launch games with a specific region set. The client provides no direct selection to practise this, notwithstanding a workaround tin can be done by creating a new game entry and the nolaunch option and manually selecting the region before clicking play.
Battle.net client "ads" will interfere with the PTR and WoW Archetype wow launch, when information technology happens user volition demand to press the play button manually to keep the game launch.
Default launching the client trough a scheduled task may exist incompatible with some setups, workaround is provided with --notask switch/option.
Starting multiple copies of Starcraft Remastered may cause bnetlauncher to show an mistake since the game just allows one example to be run at the aforementioned fourth dimension.
There'due south no congenital in routine to clean up the log files if they pile up (logging is disabled past default)
Call of Duty: Common cold War might piece of work better when using --timeout x for some users.

Additional options

In that location'due south besides the following additional options provided by command line switches:

--timeout <seconds>, -t <seconds> changes how many seconds it tries to await for the game before giving an error (15 seconds by default).
--notask, -due north starts the launcher straight instead of using task scheduler (starting the client directly will cause steam to utilise the overlay to the client and consider you playing the game until the client exists)
--leaveopen, -l leaves the client open up after launcher the game. Warning: If combined with --notask choice information technology will evidence you equally playing on steam until you shut the customer.

Uninstalling

To remove all traces of bnetlauncher from your arrangement:

Search for 'taskschd.msc' in the offset carte du jour and open it, aggrandize library and delete bnetlauncher folder to remove the tasks used to start the clients
Search for %localappdata%\madalien.com in commencement menu and open the folder, delete bnetlauncher folder to remove any created logs and gamedb.ini files

Advanced: Adding new games or custom cases

From v2.00 onward bnetlauncher uses a internal gamedb.ini to control how games are launched.

Disclaimer: This option is at that place to make it easier to add together new games or support "exotic" use cases. It'southward not intended or needed for regular users.

To customize the configurations create a gamedb.ini file in:

%localappdata%\madalien.com\bnetlauncher\gamedb.ini
the directory where the bnetlauncher executable is located.

A gamesdb.ini.sample is distributed with bnetlauncher containing a copy of the built in configuration.

Of import: The defaults entries are non child-bearing. bnetlauncher will always override whatsoever inverse value with it's internal gamesdb. However it is possible to create a new entry using a unlike proper name to use custom options.

Example entry:

                              [codbo4]     proper name=Call of Duty: Black Ops 4     client=battlenet     cmd=VIPR     exe=BlackOps4.exe     options=noargs,waitforexit

Explaining what each function does:

[codbo4] name used with bnetlauncher that identifies the settings to utilize (ex: bnetlauncher.exe codbo4)
proper noun=Phone call of Duty: Black Ops four a friendly name for the game used for mistake and help messages
customer=battlenet the client module used to launch the game, currently there's battlenet, battlenet2 and ballsy, difference between the two battlenet is that battlenet2 tin can launch ptr/archetype version of games but could be less reliable and so battlenet.
cmd=VIPR command to launch the game, for the battlenet information technology's a special id that allows straight launching of the game, be aware that this value is example sensitive! With battlenet2 it's the game's productCode. Those values can be discovered by looking at logs in different locations:
- for battlenet '%LOCALAPPDATA%\Battle.cyberspace\Logs\boxing.net*.log'
- for battlenet2 'C:\ProgramData\Boxing.cyberspace\Setup\<game>\*.log' In the case of epic, merely create a desktop shortcut and extract the id from the backdrop, it will exist something similar:
- com.epicgames.launcher://apps/<id will be hither>?action=launch&silent=true
exe=BlackOps4.exe game exe that bnetlauncher volition await for after launch, can employ % as a wildcard ie Diablo Three%.exe to support 32 and 64 bit builds of the game.
options=noargs,waitforexit list of comma separated options, currently supported:
- noargs doesn't throw an error when retrieving blank arguments from the game (needed for blackops4.exe)
- waitforexit go out bnetlauncher open and waiting until the game existing (needed for destiny 2 to show you every bit playing)
- nolaunch don't directly launch the game but just open up the client and endeavour to detect the game for an additional 60s. This can be used launch a game and give fourth dimension to select a region or other unsupported options.
- notask doesn't get-go the customer trough a scheduled chore, this will make the steam overlay also utilise to the battle.internet client
- noadmin tries to apply compatibility flags to the game to avoid calling the UAC, this is an untested hack that can break the game do non utilize unless you know what you're doing.

Contributors

internet coder Maruf for ghost tray icon gear up lawmaking
github Ethan-BB for the new parameters to launch games on battle.cyberspace
github RobFreiburger and iMintty for Starcraft Remastered and Destiny 2 support respectively.
/u/fivetwofoureight for creating and assuasive me to use his icon.
/u/malecden, Maverick, /u/sumphatguy and others for their help pointing out bugs.
github jbzdarkid for fixing some typos in the documentation.
github jacobmix for crash bandicoot 4 addition

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Battle.Net World Of Warcraft Download Update Is Slow December 2018 UPDATED