Releasing an idea

haikiri · 12/17/2018, 20:39

Hi

Nowadays you can only log into the PWI game using Arc.
Arc acts like a bank token. It has a random password for your account
Only arc and the server knows this password.
This password changes every minute.

With "System Explorer 7.0.0.5356" you can see the command line that calls the game executable with the token as password.
Example:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\PWI_en\element\elementclient.exe" C:\Program Files (x86)\PWI_en\launcher\launcher.exe locale:en startbypatcher user:

token:AGwQbK1VyQH0OjJy coreclient:1 arc:1 locale:en

But as some people already realized arc also opens two extra executables.
ArcOsOverlay.exe
ArcOsBrowser.exe
Those two are not necessary to log in and they consume huge ammounts of resources from CPU and HDD (I have no idea why it uses the hard drive so much)

So I use a little program called "Task Blocker v1.5" and it kills those two right when they try to start.
It saves a lot of time and energy and allows me to open more games at once.

Then comes the launcher.
I can open the launcher manually once a week after maintenance.
Arc should open the game directly and avoid the time consuming "verifying client version" every time you open a game.

For that you can simple rename any small executable to "elementclient.exe" and the patcher will say the game is open and it can't update.
That saves a bit of time and you go to the START button.

My next step to make things faster on daily basis is to somehow make arc open the game instead of the launcher.

If the launcher and patcher were in the same folder as the element client I would just rename them to "LauncherOld.exe" and "patcherOld.exe"
Then make a copy of "elementclient.exe" and rename it to "Launcher.exe" and "patcher.exe"

Arc would call the game directly not knowing it.
But the game is not in the same folder so my next step is to try making some kind of AHK exe to replace "Launcher.exe" and "patcher.exe" inside their folder to use the command line Arc used to call them and call "elementclient.exe" instead.

This way if I already have the "stay connected" option on I will just need to click on the Arc shortcut and Start button to go directly into the game already logged.

The idea is free for you to use.
All I ask is a bit of help with that AHK part.

I have now idea how would I store that command line to use it to call "elementclient.exe".

fGravity · 12/18/2018, 05:37

You can probably make an exacutable file from a .bat file. In the bat file (which is located in the /element folder) you just have to write - "start elementclientOld.exe"

Not sure if this would solve the issue, but worth a try I guess

P.S. The new exe file should be called elementclient.exe, and the actual elementclient.exe (that's used to launch a game should be renamed to something like elementclientOld.exe)