UI redesign:
- Warm coral + teal palette over deep purple-navy (closer to Rec Room's
marketing aesthetic). New wordmark gradient (coral -> pink -> teal).
- Chunky 18px rounded cards on the first-run wizard with per-mode
accent tinting (coral for host, teal for join) and clear CTAs.
- Form fields wrapped in elevated panels with sectional titles + pill
status chips in the header (HOST MODE / JOIN MODE / SETTINGS).
- Drop-shadow effects on primary buttons + cards for depth.
Patcher rewrite:
- ClientPatcher.cs no longer shells out to PowerShell; the launcher
unzips MelonLoader, copies the DorkNet plugin DLL, and renders the
user-data config template — all in C# in-process.
- Patcher zip now driven by a manifest.json at root (schema v1).
Per-version branches publish: manifest.json + MelonLoader.zip +
DorkNet.ClientMod.dll + config template.
- RELEASES.md updated with the new MelonLoader manifest contract and
the placeholder substitution rules.
Rec Room launch path:
- New Backend/RecRoomLauncher.cs runs Recroom_Release.exe directly
from the picked install folder's parent dir (no Steam).
- 'Launch Rec Room' button appears after a successful patch in both
host + join modes.
Initial v0.1 (commit df9dac0) used PhotinoNET wrapping WebView2 + HTML/JS,
but rendered as a blank window on first run — WebView2 + file:// URI
quirks. Switching to native WPF: built into the .NET 9 Windows SDK
(no NuGet), single-file self-contained publish, instant window open.
All Backend/*.cs orchestration logic carried over unchanged (they're
UI-framework-agnostic). Replaced:
- Program.cs (PhotinoNET bootstrap) -> App.xaml(.cs) + MainWindow.xaml(.cs)
- ui/index.html + style.css + app.js -> MainWindow.xaml (XAML views) +
App.xaml resource styles
- Backend/MessageBridge.cs (JS<->C# router) -> direct method calls in
MainWindow.xaml.cs code-behind
RecRoomPicker now uses Microsoft.Win32.OpenFolderDialog (added in .NET 8)
instead of WinForms FolderBrowserDialog — keeps the project WPF-only.
Backend files needed explicit 'using System.IO;' since the WPF SDK
doesn't include it in implicit usings.
Single-download .NET 9 self-contained launcher for hosting / joining
DorkNet servers. Reads versions.json from main to discover supported
client builds, fetches the matching server binary + client patcher
from GitHub Releases per branch, manages the server subprocess +
Cloudflare quick-tunnel, and wraps it all in a PhotinoNET window.
Code layout:
- Program.cs PhotinoNET window + message bridge bootstrap
- Backend/ AppPaths, AppState, VersionsManifest,
ReleaseDownloader, ServerProcess, ClientPatcher,
Tunnel, RecRoomPicker, JoinCode, MessageBridge
- ui/ index.html + style.css + app.js (no build step)
- RELEASES.md GitHub Releases artifact contract per-version
branches must publish to
Per-version branches need to ship two release assets per tag:
- dorknet-server-{version_key}-win-x64.zip
- dorknet-clientpatch-{version_key}.zip
(see launcher/RELEASES.md for the full naming + arg contract)
Photon AppIds, JWT secret, and the picked Rec Room path stay
per-machine; the launcher never bundles them.
- Create README.md for project overview and setup instructions
- Add admin-ui/README.md for admin UI details and development setup
- Introduce client-mod/README.md explaining the MelonLoader mod functionality
- Establish docker/README.md for Docker setup and configuration
- Create docs/README.md to index project documentation
- Implement advanced-setup.md for Docker stack configuration
- Document architecture in architecture.md
- Provide easy-setup.md for hosting instructions
- Add FAQ.md for common questions and legal considerations
- Create joining-a-server.md for player connection instructions
- Establish troubleshooting.md for common issues and resolutions
- Introduce easy-app/README.md for the unified desktop application
- Add server/README.md for ASP.NET Core backend details
- Document tools/README.md for CLI helper scripts
Alexa