rplay

This repository holds the code I used to make play, a windows CLI made in Rust that allows a user jump into a game from anywhere on the command line just by typing in a partial name of the game. I mainly made this program as a way to learn more about Rust and less so as a serious CLI tool, but wanted to share it anyway.

How to use

OS Compatability: As of now this program only works on windows machines. If on any other kind of operating system it will close the program.

Set up environment variables

After setting the play executable on the Path, you have to set up your game libraries as environment variables on your computer. At the moment it currently supports a path to your steam library and a path to your blizzard library.

As an administrator, set your system variables to the following:

1. STEAM_PATH="your\path\to\SteamLibrary\steamapps\common"
2. BLIZZARD_PATH="your\path\to\blizzard\games"

That's it for the basic setup of the program. play will be able to read in the paths assigned to those two variable names, and search for executables in them based on a search term provided.

Search the game you want to play

Next step is to provide play a search term for the game you'd like to play.

For example if we wanted to play Apex Legends, I'd search for the game using play like so, which returns the following:

> play apex
Multiple executables found, which one would you like to start?
1. "G:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Apex Legends\\r5apex.exe"
2. "G:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Apex Legends\\r5apex_dx12.exe"
3. Cancel

Choose whether to launch the game or exit out

From here if I want to play the game I'd select option #1, and if I wanted to cancel I would select option #3.

> play apex
Multiple executables found, which one would you like to start?
1. "G:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Apex Legends\\r5apex.exe"
2. "G:\\SteamLibrary\\steamapps\\common\\Apex Legends\\r5apex_dx12.exe"
3. Cancel
> 1
Executed process!

By selecting option #1 the game should launch and the play program exits out. If you were to select option #3, play would exit out without launching any executables.

Known issues

Some games will load wonky, and not bring in user information that would exist if the game was launched through the proper game client.