A simple launcher for vvvv gamma

GammaLauncher is a simple application that allows to launch vvvv gamma instances with specific arguments from a simple GUI.

The latest release is available here. You can choose between an installer and a portable version.

choco install GammaLauncher

Open the app and go to the Settings tab. You'll find the following sections

• vvvv installations folder: this is where the launcher will look for your installed vvvversions. It defaults to C:\Program Files\vvvv
• Nuget override : if you want to override the default nuget folder with your own, specify it here
• Extra args : arbitrary arguments the launcher will use when starting a vvvv instance

All folders you add in this section will be used as package sources. More information here

Allows listed packages to be modified. Otherwise, vvvv precompiles them and they're read-only. More information here.

When the app starts, it looks online for the most recent vvvv preview and stable builds, both for win-x64 and arm64. If a more recent version is available online, the Updates tab will show a * character. You can then browse the available builds and click the Install button to download and start the installer. A Changes button allows to view the changelog for this version right in the app. You can also click Check for updates or press SHIFT + F5 at any time to maually look for updates.

You can drag and drop any VL document from your file browser on the launcher to open it in a new vvvv instance.

• Run vvvv instances with any combination of command line arguments from a simple GUI
• Install and uninstall vvvversions with a single click
• Quickly access useful folders such as installed nugets, default nugets, package sources and so on
• Quickly kill all running vvvv instances
• Quickly start new instances with a specific document by dropping it on the launcher

All suggestions and pull requests are welcome, don't hesitate to report problems and share suggestions in the issues or on the vvvv forum.

• Write the version you're aiming to build in Version.props
• cd in the 📂 /nuke folder. You'll be able to do the following actions

This target will clean all artifacts from previous builds. To run it, do

build.cmd clean

This target compiles GammaLauncher in both win-x64 and arm64 directly from the command line. The version number will be the one you specified in Version.props.

nuke compile --compilerpath "C:\path\to\vvvvc.exe"

Executing this target will also run the clean target described above under the hood.

This target packages the binaries from the previous step in cool installers. For this one, you'll have to have Inno Setup installed on your machine! This target will obviously run clean and compile under the hood for you. To run it, do the following. Agzin, the version number will be the one you specified in Version.props

nuke buildinstallers --compilerpath "C:\path\to\vvvvc.exe"