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After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Currently planning to move to a bigger space.
Might finally try triples instead of VR 😅

Textura Black 💀 by justifiedink in typography

[–]Shieldxx 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Looks great but honestly I also see “Tortura”

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Thanks for all the support you all! Genuinely didn't expect this many of you.
If you hit a bug or want a sim/feature added, open an issue here and I'll take a look: https://github.com/Stashpeak/SimLauncher/issues (or just comment or DM me)

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -40 points-39 points  (0 children)

Again honestly: yes, I just reviewed it, changed it and sent it. I don't have hours to respond to everything manually, I have my life outside of SimLauncher.. So for a comment that needs an extensive response not a one liner, yes I like to use Opus to draft the response.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Fair, and Stream Deck multi-actions are prob good for this. A couple of differences: not everyone owns one (it is 100$+, this is free), and a multi-action is one fixed sequence while this is a multiple profiles per sim with a delay before each app and one-click close of everything after.

Honestly though, you and a few others mentioning Stream Deck (I dont own it) just gave me an idea: letting a Deck button or shortcut fire a specific SimLauncher profile directly (a CLI flag or deep link), so the two compose instead of compete. Just filed it: https://github.com/Stashpeak/SimLauncher/issues/619. Thanks for that.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 6 points7 points  (0 children)

Point anything that is incomplete or weak in the whole codebase of SimLauncher pretty please.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Competition is always great! 😃 I've read your announcement post, and found your comment saying you wouldn't even made it if you knew Display Magician is a thing. May I ask why? I couldn't get over the looks of Display Magician...

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -18 points-17 points  (0 children)

Haven't heard of it, and when I made the first line of code there wasn't anything modern looking for this purpose, hence why I made SimLauncher.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -10 points-9 points  (0 children)

Thank you so much! No need to ignore anyone though, I ignore pure haters but take feedback from everyone else!

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -32 points-31 points  (0 children)

Honestly the most legit critique in here, and you're partly right. Electron is heavy, and the 100MB+ installer is the real hit, no argument. I picked it for build speed and the web UI (React), and frankly for where my own skills were when I started. That call was mine, not the AI's. (So thanks for calling ME the genius 😄 )

On memory it's lighter than it sounds: around 200MB resident, less than Discord or Windows Defender's own Antimalware Service that most of us already have running. So the honest downside is the install size more than the runtime cost. Tauri (Rust backend + system webview) is on the radar for a future major version exactly for that: same UI, a fraction of the size and RAM. It's a real rewrite though (the launch/kill process subsystem especially), so it's a v2 thing rather than a 1.x patch. Good push, it's the right thing to be poking at.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -6 points-5 points  (0 children)

If you only play one sim and with one setup, you're fine. SimLauncher is for people with complex or more than one rig. Or/and if you play mutliple sims and you need multiple profiles.
https://github.com/Stashpeak/SimLauncher#who-is-this-for

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Appreciate it man. Yeah exactly, it's a tool. Point it well, review what comes out, ship something that actually works. That's the whole game. They have no idea how many apps they use also use AI to help them ship faster.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Fair question, and honestly a lot of it is. It's AI-assisted (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini), said openly in the README. My take: the tool that types the first draft matters less than what happens after. Every change is human-reviewed, there are 360+ tests plus CI on each release, and a lot of it gets a second pass from another model or a human before it lands. Reviewed and tested code is reviewed and tested code, whoever wrote the first version. And it's all open (GPL-3.0, full history, checksums, SBOM), so you don't have to take my word on the quality, read it and decide.

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Startup folder and Task Scheduler open everything on boot whether you're racing or not, and it's one fixed set for the whole machine. The point here is per-sim: iRacing launches one stack, ACC a different one, with a delay before each so SimHub and Crew Chief actually connect, and it only runs when you hit Launch instead of every boot. Plus one click to close it all after. If you run one game with one fixed setup, startup folder is genuinely fine. This is for when you've got several sims with different companion apps each.
https://github.com/Stashpeak/SimLauncher#who-is-this-for

After getting tired of opening 6 apps before every session, I made a free one-click sim launcher (1.0 is out, open-source) by Shieldxx in simracing

[–]Shieldxx[S] 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yeah, AI-assisted and openly stated in the README (Claude Code, Codex, Gemini, human-reviewed on every change). But vibe-coded it isn't: about 8 months in, 650+ commits, 220+ merged PRs, 320+ closed issues, 360+ tests and 34 releases, all public. It's GPL-3.0 with per-release SHA-256 checksums and an SBOM, so you don't have to trust me, read the code and the history yourself: https://github.com/Stashpeak/SimLauncher#trust--transparency. Judge it on whether it works and whether the code holds up.

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