Thrive-Launcher

If you are unsure which file to download:

Windows: Thrive.Launcher.Setup.1.1.2.exe
Linux: Thrive.Launcher.1.1.2.AppImage

New Features

• Added a download progress bar
• Temporary download files can now be cleared
• Support for Godot versions of Thrive

Fixes

• Updated to a new electron version, also updated other dependencies, to get latest security fixes

If you are unsure which file to download:

Windows: Thrive.Launcher.Setup.1.1.1.exe
Linux: Thrive.Launcher.1.1.1.AppImage

New Features

• Thrive install location can now be selected
• Added a notification for trying to play Thrive on a computer with Intel graphics
• Added option to set CEF related Thrive launch options
• New more compact launcher layout
• Added button for resetting all launcher options

Fixes

• Downloaded zip is automatically deleted if the hash is wrong
• Updated outdated links in the list of links

Thrive system requirements

Windows: Windows 7 or Windows 10. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable is required. Intel integrated graphics have issues. We might explore another graphics engine change in the near future to resolve this
Linux: glibc 2.29 (you can recompile the game with older glibc). Recent graphics drivers. Nouveau drivers for Nvidia likely don't work.

If you are unsure which file to download:

Windows: Thrive.Launcher.Setup.1.1.0.exe
Linux: Thrive.Launcher.1.1.0.AppImage

New Features

• The launcher can now delete old versions
• Added a crash reporter which allows you to easily submit crash dumps
• Added a button to browse installed files
• Added option to disable the online feeds

Fixes

• Youtube embeds are now replaced with links in the feed
• Updated electron to resolve some security warnings
• If Thrive crashed due to a signal it is now shown
• The used font is now bundled in

Thrive system requirements

Windows: Windows 7 or Windows 10. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable is required. Intel integrated graphics have issues. Hopefully bs::framework can add support for wider range of intel hardware.
Linux: glibc 2.28 (you can recompile the game with older glibc). Recent graphics drivers. Nouveau drivers for Nvidia may not work (untested)

If you are unsure which file to download:

Windows: Thrive.Launcher.Setup.1.0.3.exe
Linux: Thrive.Launcher.1.0.3.AppImage

Improvements

• Thrive releases are now installed to AppData or .config folder
• There is now an installer

Fixes

• Updated electron to resolve some security issues
• Output from Thrive is now shown better
• Dev forum feed should now show images again

Thrive system requirements

Windows: Windows 7 or Windows 10. Intel HD graphics 4000 and older don't work. Microsoft Visual C++ 2015 Redistributable is required
Linux: glibc 2.28 (you can recompile the game with older glibc). Recent graphics drivers. Nouveau drivers for Nvidia don't work

This is a bug fix release.

This time:

• Fixes for 32 bit Windows (it should now work better)
• The place from where the launcher downloads version information is now github. This makes future version releases easier.

This is a mainly bugfix release.

Fixed bugs

• Updated electron to fix a vulnerability
• Updated feed parsing so that it should work more reliably now
• Fixed truncating single element entries in the feed. Before these where displayed in their entirety

Updating

If you already have Thrive Launcher and wish to keep your installed Thrive versions you can update by unzipping the new files on top replacing the old ones. If for some reason that doesn't work you can move the installs to the new launcher version by copying the folder named installed from the old version to the new one.

Our efforts to make Thrive feel more like a full game continue with the release of the Thrive launcher. Although it makes no changes to the game itself, it vastly simplifies release downloading and management and paves the way for improved game file functionality in future.

In this release:

• The launcher automatically gathers the list of releases from our main GitHub repository and allows you to switch between them. You can choose which version(s) to download from a list and the launcher will handle all the downloading and unpacking for you.
• RSS news feeds for our website's Devblog and latest posts from our development forum, keeping you up to date with the Thrive world whenever you run the launcher to play.

Instructions:

Download and unzip the launcher for your operating system, then run the .exe within its folder.

Planned features:

• Ideally we're hoping to add delta file updates, meaning that each time a new version is released, only changed files are downloaded to overwrite your existing copies. This has the massive advantage that you'll no longer need to download the ~700 MB game every time we give you a new version. The engine files are by far the largest and won't change often, so delta updates should be far smaller.
• Some way of managing mods. We have a few mods already, but replacing the necessary files for each can be confusing. In future, we hope to streamline this process.
• Improved visuals. If you're an artist or programmer with HTML or CSS experience, we'd love for you to help out here.