macOS version

[muveso]

are you planning to release a macOS version of the launcher?

[Mythique]

I'm also interested about this, so I looked around a bit.

The project is currently on .NET Framework, which is not compatible with Mac OS. To make it work it would need to be ported to .NET 6 or 7.

The process to port a WPF app to .NET is described here. I ran the analysis tool, there's not a lot to fix before upgrading :

[21:30:19 INF] Diagnostic UA0013_M with the message Windows Forms Deprecated controls : DataGrid needs to be replaced with DataGridView. For more details see - https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/dotnet/core/compatibility/winforms#removed-controls generated

[21:30:19 WRN] Default font in Windows Forms has been changed from Microsoft Sans Serif to Seg Segoe UI, in order to change the default font use the API - Application.SetDefaultFont(Font font). For more details see here - https://devblogs.microsoft.com/dotnet/whats-new-in-windows-forms-in-net-6-0-preview-5/#application-wide-default-font.

With that said I guess there is custom code that is specifically designed to work on Windows and would need to be refactored to work on Mac OS.

And I personally don't know if there are any downside to port a project from .NET Framework to .NET.

[unitycoder]

definitely interested, but haven't found suitable frameworks.. havent seen that ^ one before, i'll check it.

here's some previous notes:
#25

for mac, the native launcher is best apparently: https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityLauncherPro/wiki/Alternative-Launchers

*AI suggested running it using Mono, is that even possible?

[muveso]

I believe macOS support is possible with little changes, if you have time to do that, it would be very good

[unitycoder]

Tested running that wpf upgrader (on cloned foldeR), at least application still runs. (after disabled some parts that need upgrading).

how to make macos builds from this .net7 project though? or need to build in mac itself i guess?

[muveso]

we can help you to build mac app I guess

[Mythique]

Unfortunately I think that WPF is strictly for Windows, and we would need to use another UI framework such as Avalionia or Microsoft MAUI.

[muveso]

I believe Avalonia works better. Actually, Unity Hub sucks. it takes almost 20-30 seconds to open up and it is honestly not functional.

If I didn't see UnityLauncherPro, I would develop such a launcher tool. But UnityLauncherPro is a handy and well-planned tool; if you have time to upgrade it to use both platforms, it will be tremendous.

If you don't have much time, I will develop from starch.

[unitycoder]

Yeah, unlikely that i'll do full conversion at the moment,
Avalonia looks interesting (and it says unity plastic client was done with it too), going to test it briefly still.
MAUI ive tried but it was quite limited and slow itself..

[muveso]

okay if you have a branch to work in Avalonia, I can support you anytime you want.

[unitycoder]

@muveso added you here https://github.com/unitycoder/UnityLauncherAvalonia so can play freely with the project there

[muveso]

okay thank you, I will manage it

[unitycoder]

something new here

We enable WPF apps to run on macOS and Linux with our Fork of WPF, which allows us to maintain API compatibility.

https://avaloniaui.net/XPF

[unitycoder]

new one (but requires js+rust programming probably..)
https://tauri.app/