goobwabber/legacyinstaller

Installs past Beat Saber versions to your steam library

Hey!

I am a full-stack developer with a variety of experience. Most of my projects are based around mods for Beat Saber, a popular VR rhythm game. I have a passion for networking and backend development.

Overview:

• Original main contributor for MultiplayerCore, MultiplayerExtensions, and BeatTogether the core multiplayer mods for Beatsaber. Although as of 2023, I retired.

• I also used to manage a few more BeatSaber mods:

  • MultiQuestensions, the Quest port of MultiplayerExtensions.
  • BeatSaberOptimizer, which optimizes some of the base game code to make it more performant.
  • PauseCoob, which adds a coob that pauses the game when cut.
  • MultiplayerAvatars, a mod that allows other players to see your custom VR avatars in multiplayer.

• Here are some of the BeatTogether repos, in case you were looking for them:

  • BeatTogether.Core (core server logic)
  • BeatTogether.MasterServer (master server)
  • BeatTogether.DedicatedServer (dedicated server)
  • BeatTogether.LiteNetLib (my take on a faster, thread safe LiteNetLib rewrite)

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legacyinstaller's Issues

[Feature] Integrity Checks

Replace download finished check with some form of checksum.
You could even have two checksums, one for the file tree (just names) for very quick hashing, and then a secondary check once that matches to ensure all file content is correct. (This also has the added benefit of checking the downloads integrity).

Create original UserData folder if not already present

When creating the symlink to the UserData folder it assumes the folder exists in the original install, but if it doesnt then IPA errors and mods do not load. LegacyInstaller should ideally create the folder in the original install folder if it doesnt already exist to avoid this issue.

Correct creds, still not letting me in

Hi, I would like to report a bug I have found. It deals with the credentials. I have tried all of the steps on the side for 2-3 days now and it has not been working. Just wondered if I am doing anything wrong.

Using Launch options

Was wondering how i would use launch options (-vrmode -fpfc)
Ive tried putting them into steam launch options but it did nothing

Sorry if its really obvious and im just being stupid

[Feature] Add CLI support

add command line flags that allow running as a CLI
for example ./LegacyInstaller.exe --manifest <manifest> --install-dir <directory>

[feature] Clearer message when install is done.

After the installation is finished, it'd be great to have an unambiguous message popping up to tell us it succeeded.
Since the status bar isn't cleared at the end, it could lead to believe the process is still ongoing.

Stuck on waiting for download to start

Using Version 1.1.4 to try and install 1.27.0.
Ive tried restarting the launcher.
Its been stuck on this for around 30 minutes now

Describe result with more detail

Suggestion: Add a bit of description to this line in the ReadMe:

Version The game will appear as a new entry in your steam library with the version number automatically appended (e.g. Beat Saber 1.28.0)

[Feature] Migrate away from winforms

WPF gang

Stuck on Waiting for download to start

Looks like several people (including me) have an issue where the installer is stuck on waiting for download. I've tried running as admin, fresh installs, and restarting steam with no change

[Feature] Autobuilds in CI

GitHub Actions is cool

v1.1.0 doesn't let me install

The install button is always greyed out and doesn't let me click it even tho I have set the Beat Saber install directory.

Stuck at "Restarting Steam" even though Steam is already restarted

After downloading and restarting Steam, the program still says "Restarting Steam...", though Steam is already launched, and the specific version is added to game list. Restart LegacyInstaller will say the version is already installed, but it didn't create link to the original folder.

Checking the source code, it seems that the program will wait for Steam to restart, then create the link. If the bug cannot be fixed, maybe you can try make the symbol link to the original folder, then add the old version to the Steam game list.

Install Button is disabled

The install button (installButton) is disabled even when everything seems to be ok.

Steps to reproduce:

1. Launch steam
2. Update beat saber to 1.20 (latest version as the time writing this)
3. Open LegacyInstaller
4. Select paths (See Image)

I'm expecting the Install button to be enabled and let me press it to install once all the info is filled in.

P.S. Thank you for working on this project! I'm not experienced with C# and windows in general, otherwise I would've submitted a PR myself (or update the readme in case I'm doing something dumb here).

[Feature] Maybe make a button that just adds the game to steam without Downloading the game Completely

Maybe make a button that just adds the game to steam without Downloading the game Completely, because i have already downloaded the game and now it just downloads it again for no reason. Or is there any way to skip the download?

[Feature] Fully C# app

Eventually it would be nice to ship a 100% C# app, and get rid of SteamDepotDownpatcher.exe