bnetlauncher Changelog

What's new in bnetlauncher 2.23

Sep 3, 2023
  • Added World of Warcraft Classic Era support courtesy of Sectimus

New in bnetlauncher 2.22 (Jun 2, 2023)

  • Added Diablo IV support courtesy of Sectimus

New in bnetlauncher 2.19 (Mar 18, 2023)

  • Added Diablo IV Beta support courtesy of Sectimus

New in bnetlauncher 2.18b (Nov 21, 2022)

  • Corrected Borderlands 3 launch code

New in bnetlauncher 2.11 (Oct 18, 2020)

  • Added Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered
  • Added Call of Duty: Back Ops Cold War
  • Experimental Epic game support

New in bnetlauncher 2.10 Beta 1 (Sep 24, 2020)

  • Added Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Campaign Remastered support
  • Added experimental support for some games using epic client.

New in bnetlauncher 2.09 (Mar 19, 2020)

  • Changed gamesdb.ini.example to gamedb.ini.example
  • Also tries to load gamesdb.ini

New in bnetlauncher 2.08 (Dec 13, 2019)

  • Fix for WoW Classic exe change
  • Potential fix for CoD: MW 2019 not showing as playing after launch

New in bnetlauncher 2.07 (Oct 2, 2019)

  • Removed Destiny 2 support

New in bnetlauncher 2.06 (Sep 20, 2019)

  • Added capability to launch ptr and classic versions of games
  • Added support for Call of Duty: Modern Warfare (2019)
  • Improved documentation a bit

New in bnetlauncher 2.05 Beta 2 (Aug 26, 2019)

  • Added capability to launch ptr and classic versions of games
  • Improved documentation a bit

New in bnetlauncher 2.05 Beta 1 (Aug 16, 2019)

  • Added capability to launch ptr and classic versions of games
  • Improved documentation a bit

New in bnetlauncher 2.02 (Nov 24, 2018)

  • Added theoretical support for Warcraft 3: Reforged
  • Added option to no use scheduled task to start the client
  • Improved documentation

New in bnetlauncher 2.01 (Nov 16, 2018)

  • Tried to more gracefully deal with not finding the game running due to updates

New in bnetlauncher 2.0.0 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Major reorganization of the code
  • Totally changed how games are launched and detected running
  • Should fix intermitent "game not found errors"
  • removed -i option, people launching custom games should instead create a gamedb.ini
  • added -t option that allows to manually set in seconds how long bnetlauncher waits for the game to start
  • clients are now started using scheduled tasks so steam overlay wont affect them
  • added -l option to leave client open if bnetlauncher started it
  • no longer leaves tray icon when closing clients (courtesy of Maruf)
  • new logger system with more consistent formating making it easy to view in proper apps
  • new logger console when running debug builds

New in bnetlauncher 1.22 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Update for renamed files in beta Battle.net client

New in bnetlauncher 1.21 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Proper fix thanks to Ethan-BB for the new battle.net client method to launch games.
  • Added Call of Duty: Black Ops 4

New in bnetlauncher 1.19 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added notes clarifying Destiny 2 compatibility issues.
  • Possibly resolved some issues with incorrect checking of helpers in the previous version
  • Major Internal code refactoring to make things tidier

New in bnetlauncher 1.18 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • No longer accept unknown options by default
  • Added a -i parameter to still allow the use of any parameter if the user wants
  • Added repair code that tries to restore battle.net client launch capabilities
  • Improved documentation and error messages

New in bnetlauncher 1.16 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Strip "-" and "/" from the launch option in case someone adds them
  • Check alias before know launch option for better log messages

New in bnetlauncher 1.15 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Wait for destiny 2 to exit to workaround in-game status issue
  • Also remember to close battle.net client when exiting with an error

New in bnetlauncher 1.14 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added support for Destiny 2

New in bnetlauncher 1.13 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added alias for Starcraft Remastered

New in bnetlauncher 1.12 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added compatibility with beta versions of the battle.net client

New in bnetlauncher 1.11 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Added additional check for when battle.net client URI handling is broken and give appropriate error message

New in bnetlauncher 1.10 (Oct 25, 2018)

  • Fixed issue where battle.net client would be closed when it shouldn't