Quicklaunch Suggestion

[Physicist]

I have a suggestion:

Allow click-dragging a pack from the launcher to the desktop, so that double-clicking the resulting Icon launches the pack immediately (with maybe a version check every 5 launches or few days).

Simple, fast, and saves time.

 

[Strikingwolf]

I love this idea

 

[Qazplm601]

yessssss..... give it to usssss....

 

[Strikingwolf]

We need more posts here
Edit: derp with slow internet connection

 

[Qazplm601]

yes. yes we do.

 

[Physicist]

Did any launcher devs see this?

Come to think, I don't actually know who the launcher devs are.

 

[trajing]

Did any launcher devs see this?

Come to think, I don't actually know who the launcher devs are.

Go bug someone on IRC. They hang out there.

 

[Dezz]

This is a great idea.

 

[Strikingwolf]

This is a great idea.

I know right I have been waiting to see if more people saw this, but it kinda died out[DOUBLEPOST=1401918493][/DOUBLEPOST]Thinking about it it should be pretty simple to do. You would launch a hidden instance of the launcher and pass the function/method that is the launch button with it's launch parameter. Creating it would be a little more complicated I think

 

[malicious_bloke]

To be frank, it's not the opening of the launcher and selecting of the pack that takes the time for me.

It's the forge loader taking almost ten minutes to load 195 mods.

Make that faster and I care not for 20 seconds of opening the launcher and choosing my pack.

 

[Strikingwolf]

To be frank, it's not the opening of the launcher and selecting of the pack that takes the time for me.

It's the forge loader taking almost ten minutes to load 195 mods.

Make that faster and I care not for 20 seconds of opening the launcher and choosing my pack.

I think that would take optimization of Minecraft's game engine, and we know how that affects mods

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

I think that would take optimization of Minecraft's game engine, and we know how that affects mods

I would be ok with it taking a year to make new mods if they re-wrote the game for optimization of code, the engine, and multi-core support

 

[Strikingwolf]

I would be ok with it taking a year to make new mods if they re-wrote the game for optimization of code, the engine, and multi-core support

Yeah it would be okay if they did it right

 

[Padfoote]

multi-core support

I'd be happy with just that honestly.

 

[Strikingwolf]

I'd be happy with just that honestly.

That is totally true multithreaded/multicore would be absolutely wonderful. Also, incoming thread derail

 

[Qazplm601]

rewrite all of the code to be better. especially rendering.

 

[ThatOneSlowking]

I'd be happy with just that honestly.

Multi-core was my main point, but if they re-write it might as well optimize it

 

[Physicist]

So sure, startup takes longer than the launcher, but imagine this: walk over to your rig, double click your icon, then go heat up your Keurig for a cup of coffee for the 3-5 minutes it takes to load up some packs.

I'm not suggesting that the launcher is such an arduous thing, but you must be involved multiple times the way things are right now, instead of just at the start and end of the process.