Launcher configuration
Location
Section titled “Location”The launcher config file is located in your game directory under launcher/config.json
. To edit it you have to open the file with a text editor (notepad, notepad++, vs code..).
Directoryiw4x/
- …
Directorylauncher
- config.json
Directorymain/
- …
- iw4x.exe
- ..
Config format
Section titled “Config format”The config is a JSON
file, if you are unsure you can use a JSON Formatter to make sure its valid before running the launcher.
{ "update_only": false, "skip_self_update": false, "force_update": false, "args": "-stdout", "cdn_url": "", "offline": false, "testing": false, "disable_art": false, "dxvk": false}
Config values
Section titled “Config values”Explanation of available config values.
update_only
Section titled “update_only”Default value: false
If set to true
the Launcher will only update and not launch the game.
skip_self_update
Section titled “skip_self_update”Default value: false
If set to true
the Launcher will not check for Launcher updates - IW4x will still be updated.
force_update
Section titled “force_update”Default value: false
If set to true
the Launcher will recalculate file hashes instead of using cached hashes.
Default value: "-stdout"
Arguments to be passed to iw4x.exe
. See Command line arguments for more details.
cdn_url
Section titled “cdn_url”Default value: ""
Override CDN url.
offline
Section titled “offline”Default value: false
Run the Launcher in Offline mode if set to true
.
testing
Section titled “testing”Default value: false
Install updates from the testing branch if set to true
.
disable_art
Section titled “disable_art”Default value: false
Setting to true
disables the IW4x ASCII art in the Launcher.
Default value: false
Install DXVK for improved performance on newer AMD graphics cards if set to true
.
Note: To disable set back to false
and delete d3d9.dll
and dxvk.conf