Waypoint 0.8.1 - Simple and Advanced modes

Waypoint 0.8.1 - Simple and Advanced modes

Just want to play? Waypoint now has one button for that. If you like to tinker, everything is still there, one click away.

Download Waypoint.exe below and run it. If you're already on 0.8.0, Waypoint offers this version itself.

Simple mode

New players start here. Waypoint shows Play, Mods, Accounts, and Settings, and there's nothing to choose.

• Play does everything. It backs up your saves, gets the newest LocalExile at most once a day, builds it, and starts the game.
• A bad update doesn't stop you. If a new version won't start, Waypoint goes back to the one you had, saves included, and starts that.
• You can go back. Go back to the version you had stays available for a week after an update, and using it pauses updates for a week.
• Your own work is safe. A copy with your own changes, commits, branch, or fork is never updated automatically.
• You stay in control. Settings > Updates > Keep LocalExile up to date turns updates off.

Advanced mode

If you used an earlier Waypoint or LocalExile Launcher, you start here. It has every section, and it never updates LocalExile by itself.

The Simple | Advanced switch at the bottom of the sidebar is always there, and you can change it at any time.

Versions now compares your copy with LocalExile, even when origin is your fork:

• You can see how far behind you are, such as "33 commit(s) behind LocalExile".
• It lists LocalExile's open pull requests, and you can switch to them.
• Each branch shows whether it comes from LocalExile, your fork, or only your PC.
• Update brings in LocalExile's commits, and refuses if your branch has commits of its own. Your fork stays as it is until you push.

Good to know

LocalExile doesn't have stable releases yet, so an update in Simple mode is its latest code. Waypoint can catch a version that won't build or start, but not a bug inside the game. If you hit one, use Go back to the version you had.

Not tested yet

Updates, going back, and the fallback were tested on a real copy of LocalExile, but with a stand-in for starting the game. Logging in and playing through Simple mode have not been tested yet, so please report anything that goes wrong there.