Zero Hour Reforged

Launcher notes

18 releases

launcher v1.4.4

  • The Classic or Reforged question is now two clear cards with a dot that fills when picked; Play stays off until you choose, and Cancel or Esc leaves without saving
  • Opened from the badge beside Play, the same window marks your current interface and only saves
  • Patch notes now have a Launcher tab with every launcher release, readable offline from the last copy
  • An EA app install whose saved path points at generals.exe itself is found again
  • A game file that downloads whole but corrupt is fetched once more instead of stopping the install
  • A full disk during install now says so plainly, and a file the game removed between plan and install no longer stops it

launcher v1.4.3

  • The Classic or Reforged question on your first Play takes mouse clicks again; in 1.4.0 to 1.4.2 only the keyboard reached it
  • Update buttons in the update window answer every click again; most of the button used to drag the window instead
  • The quiet Install link and Allow writing here are taller and easier to hit

launcher v1.4.2

  • Dropdowns now open inside the launcher window instead of as separate system menus
  • Scrollbars now wear the launcher's own colours

launcher v1.4.1

  • New launcher icon: the winged shield

launcher v1.4.0

  • Launcher redesigned as a single screen, the same layout as the website
  • Now wears the Generals colours, the Chivo typeface and the winged shield
  • Interface choice, Classic or Reforged, is now asked on your first Play
  • The chosen interface now shows as a badge on the Play button
  • The normal map archive is no longer downloaded; an update removes it from game folders that already have it

launcher v1.3.1

  • Dropped connections during a game file download now retry on their own
  • A launcher update download that gets reset now retries
  • A locked file during install is retried, and when Windows still refuses, the launcher names the file
  • Launcher no longer hangs when Windows is slow to list running programs
  • Download retries now count only attempts that make no progress

launcher v1.3.0

  • German interface
  • Language dropdown in the title bar
  • German added to the text language box
  • Install now asks for folder write access once, and a dropped download resumes where it stopped
  • Play is now refused over a half-finished install
  • Crash reports now match your computer name as a whole word and say whether the launcher ran as administrator

launcher v1.2.1

  • Buttons now show a waiting state while the launcher works on your click

launcher v1.2.0

  • Play is now refused when foreign .big archives sit in the game folder
  • Crash reports now ignore crash files the game did not write
  • Crash reports now name the graphics backend that ran
  • New console look for the window
  • Play data switch in settings: sending of play sessions and errors can be turned off

launcher v1.1.7

  • Launcher and game updates are now mandatory: a waiting update opens a window with Update now or Quit, and Play stays disabled until you update

launcher v1.1.6

  • Same changes as 1.1.5

launcher v1.1.5

  • Release channel and crash reports moved to zerohour.gg
  • Game files now include the upscaled image masters and the order cameos
  • Reinstall loop stopped, and old compatibility marks on the game exe are cleared
  • No crash report is sent any more for a blocked exe or a missing base game

launcher v1.1.4

  • Windows refusing the game under Smart App Control is now named on screen
  • A missing data file is now read as a changed install and fetched again
  • Network mismatch dump now sent like a crash report
  • Smoke signals' ground marks now ship with the game files

launcher v1.1.3

  • Red line under the buttons now says that a running game disables them
  • Notice text now takes the full width

launcher v1.1.2

  • Crash reports now find the crash file in local app data too

launcher v1.1.1

  • A game marked run as administrator now starts through the Windows prompt

launcher v1.1.0

  • Game files now include the upscaled textures, normal maps and ground
  • 64-bit game now ships with its video and audio libraries beside it
  • Direct3D 9 launch option removed
  • Discord and X buttons now point at the real accounts

launcher v1.0.0

  • First launcher on the Zero Hour Reforged channel
  • Installs and updates the game, with game and launcher updates
  • Settings page
  • Patch notes as a list of lines, and a notice from the server
  • Crash reports and game exits without a crash file are sent on their own
  • Uninstall restores your game folders
  • Discord and X in the side rail