Catapult

Catapult is a cross-platform launcher and content manager for Cataclysm: Dark Days Ahead and Cataclysm: Bright Nights. It is in part inspired by earlier versions of Rémy Roy's launcher.

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Catapult UI

Features

Automatic game download and installation (stable or experimental releases).
Ability to install multiple versions of the game and switch between them.
Updating the game while preserving user data (saved games, settings, mods, etc).
Mod management: Kenan Modpack download and complete or selective installation.
Automatic download and installation of soundpacks.
Customization of game fonts.
Saved game backups.
Multilingual interface.
Fully portable and can be carried on a removable drive.
Good support for HiDPI displays: UI is automatically scaled with screen DPI, with ability to adjust the scale manually.

None required. The launcher is a single, self-contained executable. Just download it to a separate folder and run.

You need write permission in the folder that contains the Catapult executable.
The catapult executable should have execution permission enabled.
The game needs the following dependencies, Some distros come with these preinstalled, but others don't.: sdl2, sdl2_image, sdl2_ttf, sdl2_mixer, freetype2
- On Debian based distros (Ubuntu, Mint, etc.): sudo apt install libsdl2-image libsdl2-ttf libsdl2-mixer libfreetype6
- On Arch based distros sudo pacman -S sdl2 sdl2_image sdl2_ttf sdl2_mixer
- On Fedora based distros sudo dnf install SDL2 SDL2_image SDL2_ttf SDL2_mixer freetype