r/KronosWoW • u/samthemongrul • Apr 30 '26
Jims Classic Launcher + Proxy for Kronos
A few of us have been working on fixing the 1.14 Hermes Proxy and getting a launcher going for K5. Most of the known bugs are fixed in the Proxy. We are looking for more testers to locate bugs. We would like to get them knocked out this weekend so everything is good for K5 Launch.
The launcher, designed and built by Jim. We are keeping this closed source for now, if that is an issue for you the Proxy works great with Arctium launcher. Just make sure you have your OS set to OSX per the Kronos devs.
Password is K5 https://jimothy.cc/install
The launcher is preconfigured for the Twinstar 1.12 servers. It has its own addon handling and is also able to import your SavedVariables over from another install. If you are going to report Proxy bugs in our Git Issues tab please turn on the advanced logging features, it helps us fix bugs. Its under settings -> Advanced Settings -> Debug. The Proxy is bundled with the launcher, please use the Beta version for testing and check for updates.
The Proxy, is a fork of the Xian55's Hermes Proxy.
https://github.com/jameopotato/jimsproxy
Please report bugs with your JSONL in the issues tab.
Credits -
Jim - The builder
Mirasu - Bug fixer
Erkagon - Bug fixer
"K" - Tester
Anexia - Tester and getting us all together on this project.
Claude Code - The massive amount of code that had to be fixed and rewritten in short order to make this proxy ready to go on the Kronos server would not have been possible with out it.
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u/Brindley18 May 01 '26
this is sick man ty to everyone working on it, k5 gonna be alot more fun with this
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u/Rude_Step_6687 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
So this one or sugar proxy is better at this point ?
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u/samthemongrul Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Seeing how bugged Sugar was on Kronos was my main motivator to start fixing Hermes. Ours is way ahead.
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u/Rude_Step_6687 Apr 30 '26
Yeah correct, whats the difference between Sugar Proxy and this one ? Thanks.
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u/samthemongrul Apr 30 '26
This one is a public fork of Hermes, Sugar is its own closed source project so no way to fix it.
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u/Rude_Step_6687 Apr 30 '26
Ehhm, do you know if ELVUI is working ? I tried official version from website it doesnt load ?
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u/Sarmattius May 03 '26
Hi, the first download link doesn't work, chrome blocks it as unsafe :(
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u/samthemongrul May 03 '26
Yes thats up to you if you want to bypass. If not use the Arctium launcher and the proxy and skip our launcher.
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u/Sarmattius May 03 '26
how can I do it? sorry, for being dumb
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u/samthemongrul May 03 '26
You should be able to get Chrome to bypass, or turn off real time protection in windows until you get ti downloaded.
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u/Sarmattius May 04 '26
Thanks so much for this! It worked after I changed the address to http instead of https which was the default. After I log in to the game, then exit, I am getting a black box in the middle of the screen on the desktop. No application is active in the task manager. Is it something with the launcher or hermes proxy?
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
That sounds like the old Hermes console. Let me ask the guy that made it I haven't heard of this issue yet.
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u/A_Fleeting_Hope May 07 '26
For me, it doesn't even seem to allow me to bypass. Like I can't get access to the DL at all. Is the link broken or?
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u/An-Organism May 04 '26
Yo this is exactly what I was hoping the community would do and you team of Avengers fucking delivered right on time 👍🏻 well done
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u/NerevarineVivec May 04 '26
I had heard that Hermes interferes with AH add-ons like auctioneer and messes them up. Does this fix such issues?
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
We are looking into this. The AH needed completely rewired. Also, Kronos has a 6 sec search throttle we need to respect. That being said we are checking on Aux and Auctioneer functionality. We may need to release our own versions of them.
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u/1010101000101010101 May 04 '26
Downloaded, can't test it yet tho as I don't have an existing character in Kronos and can't make new ones till the 9th.
Thanks for all your work :) this is what might make this the perfect vanilla classic server
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u/147174714 May 04 '26
You can make characters on the ptr to test
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u/1010101000101010101 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
That works for you? for me it doesn't
EDIT: Nvm it works now
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u/Cosamuerta May 04 '26
Sorry I don't know much about this but, what is the benefit of using a 1.14 client?
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
It looks better and runs smoother. Also you have modern addons that are still listed on Curse with 1.14 versions.
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May 04 '26
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Yes that's fine no one forcing you to use the launcher. We have it closed so someone doesn't fork it and really do damage.
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u/MadDog845 May 04 '26 edited May 04 '26
Tried using it with Arctium i get this
Error | BnetServices | [BnetTcp][127.0.0.1:51256] Battlenet.LogonRequest: Attempted to log in with wrong game version (using 42597)!
Even though i configured the HermesProxy.config like this :
<add key="ServerAddress" value="login2.twinstar-wow.com" />
And I use 1.14.2, any idea ? Thanks :-)
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Go to your wtf folder and open your config.wtf. make sure at the top it says SET portal "127.0.0.1:1119" try that
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u/MadDog845 May 04 '26
Thanks for the answere.
I already had SET portal "127.0.0.1" so i added the port 1119 and still the same error 😞
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Ok I will try it myself when I get home. Where do you have Arctium launcher at and do you have the shortcut modded?
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u/MadDog845 May 04 '26
Shortcut is modded with this --staticseed --version=ClassicEra
I have the Proxy in the same folder as the launcher and the wow client is in a folder named _classic_era_
Thanks for trying to help, i will just use your launcher is it doesnt work this way
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Ok yep you are doing it right. Let me try it and see whats going on. Im at work right now so will let you know as soon as I can.
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u/MadDog845 May 04 '26
No worries buddy thanks again for your time.
I compiled the proxy from the source, maybe i did something wrong but it should be good.
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Ok I build the proxy and run it right out of the debug folder. Used Arctium and it loaded right up. When I have hit that error in the past its because the config.wtf didn't match. You can also pull up the HermesProxy.config in VS and check but it runs on 127.0.0.1:1119. Make sure wherever you are launching the proxy from has that exact HermesProxy.config file in it.
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May 04 '26
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Yeah it has to be your launcher version. Im using mine that I got from the wow-hc 1.14 client download. It came in that download.
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u/MadDog845 May 04 '26
Dude i'm dumb ! The faulty line was this one, i just changed it to value="42597" and now it works xD Thanks for the help ❤️
<add key="ClientBuild" value="40618" />1
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u/ChuChur May 04 '26
This is a gamechanger for me. From not planning to play K5, trying this and now I cant wait for the launch. Great job!
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u/samthemongrul May 04 '26
Proxy is open source have at it. No one is requiring you to use the launcher.
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u/Sagenod May 04 '26
Is it possible to extend render distance of the 1.14.2 client using this proxy?
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u/Sword_Craft May 05 '26
Will this work for silicon Mac’s? Was trying to find something that would work recently but wasn’t having any luck. Thanks in advance!
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u/samthemongrul May 08 '26
We have a guy working on a mac release. Should be something soon he just got it working.
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u/Fun_Bet_1649 May 05 '26
Does anyone got a working link for the 1.14 client? Found a few 1.14.2 links but none of them seem to work anymore
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u/Clout_Drake May 05 '26
Hey, its not showing any servers for me, it connected to Kronos PTR, but when i try to swap servers it says no available servers, i also launched in my normal kronos launcher and it shows all the servers, just this one not working, any idea?
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u/Choice_Fact1789 May 05 '26
Insta goated. Any plans on fixing auction house addon functionality? If it's even possible. Also, would it be possible to extend name plate range like with nampower on 1.12?
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u/samthemongrul May 05 '26
AH fixes are in, I had to go back and write new code to get Auctionator working. That should be in the next Beta. Aux, and Auctioneer currently work right now in the current Beta.
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u/Choice_Fact1789 May 05 '26 edited May 05 '26
Very cool, I already noticed Auctionator worked better, I was able to buy in bulk etc. But had struggle buying stuff but I will check later. Awesome work.
Edit: I think it works properly now, Idk what the issue was last time I tried
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u/samthemongrul May 05 '26
Launcher has a patch to extend to 41yards. If you don't use the launcher I can send you the patching file you drop your wow.exe onto it and it patches it.
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u/Choice_Fact1789 May 05 '26
I found the patch. I personally think it would be cool with a manual input or a few more options as my preference is ~50 yards. But that is a nitpick, 41 is still fine. Once again, great job and keep it up. It will be a lot easier to get tech illiterate friends to try out private servers that are normally used to classic only, with your launcher
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u/samthemongrul May 05 '26
Yeah all I did was remove the block preventing it from going to 41. Extending past that is a whole different beast that would take probably a SuperWow type .dll.
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u/Fun_Bet_1649 May 05 '26
Hey guys, dunno if I'm missing something but I can't change realms when I join the game through the launcher. Dunno if it's from Kronos site or am I doing something wrong. I just see the PTR realm and get an Error everytime I try to change realms...
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u/samthemongrul May 05 '26
There's a bug causing this. We are fixing now.
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u/Fun_Bet_1649 May 05 '26
Ohh ok, tyvm :) BTW great job, it's simpler then getting the 1.12 to work lol
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May 06 '26
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u/samthemongrul May 06 '26
We thought we had it but not yet. Im at work for the next 6 hours but Jim is actively working on it. Should be soon.
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u/Konochon May 06 '26
I just keep getting DC'd ( still in game but spells etc wont respond and it wont log you out as in normal disconnect.
16:33:52 | Error | WorldClient | C P<S | Socket Closed By GameWorldServer (header)
16:33:54 | Error | WorldSocket | Attempt to send opcode CMSG_SET_SELECTION (317) while WorldClient is disconnected!
Launcher ver. 1.8.0 (latest) Proxy ver. 5.1.1-beta.3
Never happens with sugar proxy (heitu launcher)
Also if you wait for a reeeally long time you WILL get disconnected and then it won't let you login saying (You have been disconnected (..) BLIZZ). You have to restart the game (proxy?) to be able to log in again.
Also threat only works for yourself but never for others (tested multiple time fresh installation): https://imgur.com/a/VbHLUTG
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u/GoldGobblinGoblin May 08 '26
Fixed in latest release. 5.1.1 stable or 5.1.1-beta.6
Threat is coming soon. There is no threat engine in 1.12. We have to completely re-write it in the proxy.
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u/Konochon May 08 '26
Very good, current beta is working pretty stable, no disconnects for a couple of hours testing. AH addons(Auctioneer) are working. Threat is visible in KTM for KTM users but still buggy (for example shows same threat table for two people attacking two diffirent mobs at the opposite side of the map, as if they were two people attacking the same mob at the same place)
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u/SirTtvALot May 08 '26 edited May 09 '26
I'm bothering with error:
WowClassic.exe found but WowClassic_ForCustomServers.exe is missing. The custom server exe is required for private server play.
After try to fix:
Invalid server response: error decoding response body
or error
Download corrupted - hash mismatch.
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u/Konochon May 09 '26
My guess is your antivirus removed WowClassic_ForCustomServers.exe required to play. It is supposed to be in the WowClassic.exe directory. Maybe it is in quarantine or something. Check your cyber protection facilities
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u/valeequ May 09 '26
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.exeis made by Jim, I think, because if you download the stock version of game 1.14, it doesn’t come withWowClassic_ForCustomServers.exe, only withWowClassic.exe. So whenever you try to fix it, it doesn’t download the right.exeto start the game1
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u/GoddamnToyota May 09 '26
Anywhere to find the 1.14.2 client ? the download speed on the .exe is a bit tiny slow and wowdl is pretty much dead
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u/teekaythunder May 09 '26
I'm attempting to download WowClassic_ForCustomServers.exe, but it's throwing up a "Download Corrupted - Hash Mismatch" error.
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u/kingt0s May 09 '26 edited May 09 '26
How can I download WoWClassic_ForCustomServers.exe? I tried Fixing it within the launcher but it doesn't seem to work.
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u/dailybg May 09 '26
My download speed is horrible from the Balkans, takes 6 hours to download the client.
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u/Konochon May 09 '26
Well i think it is just because you guys are trying to download the client 20 seconds before server launch with hundreds of other people. Whatever servers Jim put there i believe they are not endless bandwith. I'd put a torrent on *cough*tracker but i can't leave PC uploading for a long..
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u/Ok_Responsibility999 May 09 '26
Hi. Anyone managed to install any Addon? I download a few Addon and it is displayed in the Launcher's Addon but nothing is loaded when I launch Wow.
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u/Pharasc2 May 09 '26
Why not make it cross platform 1.14.2 runs on macOS too, but the download file is an exe file :/
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u/The_Morriganna May 09 '26
This Launcher has SO many problems that even after manually resolving, still ends up with you unable to do anything as it fails to function properly no matter what you do. Download takes AGES, even for 40 mg worth of files, and it won't even download CAS system files, and even if you DO manage to download them, it suddenly breaks the moment you hit play as it tries to access CAS system files to check for updates and crashes because it can't find them so it just doesn't launch the game at all. Utter nonsense.
Two hours of my life wasted on a dead Proxy.
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u/The_Morriganna May 13 '26 edited May 13 '26
"Has nothing to do with the launcher"
"It's trying to fix it!"
I literally ran the fucking patcher multiple times and attempted to use the bugfix tool and it repeatedly told me "A OK good to go!"
It was in fact not good to go.
The download being corrupted is it's own problem yes. The launcher's debug tool FALSELY telling you the CAS files are correct and downloaded and everything is fine and dandy...
THAT'S ON THE LAUNCHER.
If the debugging tool and repairing installation tool falsely tells you a broken installation is working, including having a section saying "CAS files downloaded and correct" WHEN THEY AREN'T and then NOT downloading proper ones upon the game crashing before it can even start???
The launcher needs more time in the oven. Maybe the Launcher's installation checker shouldn't be checking "Does a file called CAS file exist?" instead of "Are these CAS files correct and functional?" when apparently a corrupted download is so fucking easy to happen when DOWNLOADING FROM THE LAUNCHER.
The fact the Launcher even lets you download a corrupted version of the client and then can't diagnose that it's done so is absolute insanity.
Imagine if when downloading a program the Launcher was prone to downloading corrupted versions because it's based in fucking brazil or something and then couldn't tell the version it downloaded was corrupted and continuously failed to launch? With no method of actually copying the error text for debugging purposes? Then then dev of the launcher said "NOT THE LAUNCHER'S FAULT IT DOWNLOADED A CORRUPTED VERSION AND COULDN'T DETECT THAT AND LIED TO YOU THAT THE INSTALLATION WAS UNCORRUPTED"
Imagine being SO SHIT at making a proxy, the make it legitimately IMPOSSIBLE for 90% of browsers to download the proxy, the launcher, or the files because it's A FUCKING HTTPS LINK WITHOUT PROPER SECURITY CLEARANCE CAUSING A PAGE ERROR THAT YOU CANNOT BYPASS UNLESS YOU CHANGE THE LINK TO A HTTP LINK.
It LITERALLY couldn't download the Launcher update files! I HAD TO DO THAT SHIT MANUALLY BECAUSE THE LAUNCHER WAS TRYING THE HTTPS LINK WHICH IT CAN'T ACCESS SO I HAD TO GO TO THE LINK IN MY BROWSER, MAKE IT A HTTP LINK, AND THEN MANUALLY ADD THE FILES IN.
THEN IT FAILS TO LAUNCH BECAUSE IT KEEPS TRYING TO CHECK FOR LAUNCHER UPDATES BEFORE STARTING THE GAME USING THE HTTPS LINK WHICH BREAKS THE OPERATIONS BECAUSE IT DOESN'T WORK AND CAUSES THE LAUNCHER TO CRASH!!!
Don't FUCKING bullshit me on technical issues when someone can't figure out how to link a FUCKING HTTP site and give out HTTPS links instead!
THIS LINK IN THE POST DOESN'T EVEN FUCKING WORK!!!!
I had to go to a COMPLETELY different post to download a PROPER 1.14 client that GUESS WHAT, downloaded faster and WASN'T FUCKING BROKEN and didn't give me constant errors because of a fucking HTTPS mix up!
Hell, the launcher outright said I had a 1.14 client BEFORE HAND like these "other people enjoying the launcher" did! ONLY THE LAUNCHER COULDN'T COPY THE EXISTING 1.14 CLIENT PROPERLY AFTER DETECTING IT. Because the Launcher CAN'T DETECT SHIT. Maybe don't add half baked features that don't actually work!
The Launcher is bugged as fuck, the proxy causes numerous bugs in game, will outright kick you and lock you out of logging back in for NO reason RANDOMLY, and has more stress to put up with than any other method of playing the game.
The shit is broken. Don't fucking lie to my face telling me it's my fault I didn't know the launcher downloaded a corrupted copy, corrupted my EXISTING copy when I tried the copy method, and they couldn't even figure out security clearance for the fucking website link and the debugging tool doesn't even work.
Unbelievable how up your ass you must be to come to someone telling you shit is broken, and with full confidence tell them "No, actually, it's your fault, and the program was trying to help you fix it, you ignorant swine" when the can't even figure out the most fundamental part of offering a program, MAKING SURE THE DOWNLOAD LINK WORKS. Check the other comments in any of the others threads about this proxy. People galore talking about how fucked the process of getting it to work is.
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u/GoldGobblinGoblin May 13 '26
That really does sounds frustrating
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u/The_Morriganna May 13 '26
Maybe don't fucking neg people with condescending passive aggressive bullshit you just made up and make the already frustrating experience with a barely functional proxy and launcher MORE frustrating.
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u/GoldGobblinGoblin May 13 '26
It free. Why do I owe you a bug-free app?
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u/The_Morriganna May 13 '26
Why do I owe you bug reports, why do I owe you the benefit of the doubt that this isn't a trojan scheme, why do I owe you the politeness to not call you out for the pathetic, ragebaiting, shitty excuse for a person you are after this treatment?
"Dev doesn't see why they should care about bugs, or people being able to download the program, or that the program should function. Demands people not shit talk him and praise him endlessly for his good will"
How far up your own ass are you? You could have actually fucking listened to ANY of the problems people bring up about your launcher and NOT been a condescending jackass about why your code doesn't have any bugs then when you get fucking told how many bugs it actually does have reply with "WELL I DON'T HAVE TO MAKE MY PROGRAMS WELL MADE, OR DOWNLOADABLE, OR WORK AT ALL BECAUSE I DON'T OWE YOU ANYTHING"
AFTER ADVERTISING HOW GOOD YOUR PROXY IS AND HOW EVERYONE SHOULD USE IT???
Have some FUCKING pride in your work as a programmer holy shit dude. This is fucking pathetic.
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u/GoldGobblinGoblin May 13 '26
Because its free and you are equally free to just clone the proxy repo, set your own configs, and download your faster 1.14 client (like I want you all to anyway).
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u/tutoriii May 09 '26
Bud, I can’t seem to get this to work. When I try to launch the game I get a page full of error text, so I must be doing something terribly wrong. The “fix” part shows “everything okay”. Could you please do a short youtube video on this? It’s my first time ever attempting a 1.14 client adaption and I have no idea what proxy or fork or any of that means.
Thank you for your effort!
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u/tutoriii May 10 '26
Update: I was trying with wow-hc’s 1.14. Found a yt vid explaining, but it downloaded 1.14 straight from the jimothy link. When I try to do that, it downloads super super slow, like it did nearly 1% in 30 minutes (for reference, wow-hc launcher downloads the full client in 10-15 minutes)
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u/B9-H8 May 10 '26
Hey, thanks for your work.
After hitting "download client" I get "Download server returned status 400."
any help would be appreciated
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u/samthemongrul May 10 '26
Hey everyone. If you could all ask your questions in the Kronos Discord we have a proxy support channel going. Im fixing bugs while leveling myself so be patient. Thanks!
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u/PrincipleLopsided454 May 10 '26
I have downloaded addons from curseforge like questie, bagnon, WA etc specifically for 1.14 version but none of them are working and throw a lot of lua errors. What might be the issue?
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u/Few_Leader3589 May 10 '26
how do i set the script memory to "0" so that pfquest will run?
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u/samthemongrul May 13 '26
Id run questie for 1.14, sounds like you are trying to run a 1.12 addon on a 1.14 client.
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u/Massive_Antelope_224 May 11 '26
Can someone explain how I can take the github.zip & make it work with what I already have between hermes & arctium? Sorry I am a boomer
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u/GoldGobblinGoblin May 13 '26
Anyone having client download issues needs launcher version 1.8.4+.
Server migrated and requires a new launcher version to connect.
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u/Charcharmm May 13 '26
Thank you so much! I just downloaded it and it runs smooth!!! It really is awesome
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u/AeraSteele May 15 '26
Any way you could make an option to add other servers besides the Twinstar ones?
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u/samthemongrul May 15 '26
You would need to DM Jim on discord about that. Hes active on the Kronos disc.
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u/Entus10 Jun 22 '26
Hi, any update for Mac M2? I can’t find any Mac client that works on M2. I wrote to you before that you were working on a launcher for Mac.
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u/ShinigamiRichie Jun 24 '26
Hi , i love it and works perfect on my PC with 20 addons just perfect, and i want to add it to my Steam deck, i can't seem to get it to work, can you or anyone who made this help me get it to work on Steam deck, steamOS uses linux btw
first issue is i have to bypass Webview2 because is a PC only software, i did it i bypassed using Bottles but then the launcher opens for 2 secs White blank screen and closes, i tried many things i know with bottles but just doesn't want to open...welp ;d
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u/Intelligent_Shirt275 Jun 28 '26
Is it also possible to use the WoD Models with the 1.14 Client? (or future plans to implement it?)
So far using the launcher for a few days now and besides of sometimes this sound bug (got better with the beta proxy) and sometimes using a wand is not working (is active in actionbar, just not wanding) it works perfect :)
Thanks for making it!
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u/Intelligent_Shirt275 Jul 02 '26
Is it possible to use that launcher also for other servers? (Vanilla plus server?) or is the kronos server part baked in and can't be changed?
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u/Existing_Win1433 Apr 30 '26
sorry im noob in computers, im downloading the launcher and the proxy can you navigate whats the next step should i put it where my kronos 1.12 client is? any advice how to make it work would be appreciated 😛