v6

What a lil update...!

• Added "Create shortcut" feature, to launch mods straight from your Desktop.
• Added News tab to see posts from Vanilla.
• Added Changelog tab to each mod to see what's new if there are updates.
• Added "Quit on launch" option, to completely close the mod loader when starting to play a mod.
• Implemented different launch method for macOS, to hopefully make the program more compatible with it.
• Tiny UI refinements.

v5

Rewrote backend and server, making the app quite faster when loading and installing mods! It will also help me manage and update the mod gallery much more efficiently. Moreover:

• Added the ability to set a custom mod to appear in the 'Vanilla' tab.
• Added 4 extra languages.
• Added a popup if the game servers are detected as being down.
• Cleared up the UI in the mod viewer and the 'Storage Usage' tab.
• Mod installation process can now be canceled if it gets stuck.
• Filter settings ('Only ...') are now remembered between app restarts.

v5-rc1

This release candidate tests access to the new DB.

v4.1

A minor update to help with performance.

• The program should now run lighter on the CPU, avoiding lag when playing.
• Portable versions are now single-file.
• Fix executable auto-finding for certain cases.
• Some UI refinements.
• Minor bug fixes for the platform & version lists.

v4

Many bugfixes everywhere and quality of life features. Most notably...

• Implemented an even better method to extract archives. More mods should be compatible now (such as the ones distributed in .7z files).
• Severely revised the Discord Activity integration. It's faster, smarter and stabler now.
• Better error detection and reporting for DB download, mod install and executable finding.
• Multiple UI theme, layout and iconography refinements to hopefuly make the program prettier.
• Added a filtering system to the gallery, including a search box.
• Smarter version sorting for mods distributed via itch.io.
• Fixed multiple bugs with button states.
• Some new settings: minimize window when launching mod, auto subscribe to updates.
• Added controller and keyboard input support, with auto detection.

v3

Hopefully, more stability overall! Also some juicy new features frequently requested.

• New libraries to handle different compressed file formats.
• The folder mods get installed to can now be changed.
• Added a "Played for x hours" hint to each mod that counts up while you play.
• Discord activity support for mods that don't natively implement it (optional).
• Ability to sort the mod gallery by most played, recently updated, etc.
• Temporary files now get successfully deleted.
• More descriptive errors and warnings and some extra troubleshooting options.

v2

Quite more stable version, with many new features.

• Mod images from the DB now update correctly and are less likely to be blanked out.
• Added some more info to the mod viewer.
• Added a new theme.
• Partial MacOS support - Launch doesn't work, but Browse files now does.
• Added a storage usage tab for managing and viewing info of currently installed mods.
• Downloading of games is now much faster.
• UI revisions (appearance and layout + icons for buttons).
• Other bugfixes in the backend!

v1

First release! Bare-bones version intended for debugging.

Self updater redirect

Please use the following link instead: https://github.com/vlcoo/MvLO-ModLoader/releases/latest

Do not download the code from "Assets" below ↓, since it's outdated.