Engine Simulator Manager

an easier way to manage your Engine Simulator

General Info

What is this?

This is a manager for the Engine Simulator by AngeTheGreat.

How does it work?

It fetches data from the Parts Catalog and uses that data to set the main.mr file.

How do I download it?

You can download the latest version from the Releases page.

ARCH LINUX USERS ONLY:

Download the PKGBUILD and use makepkg -si to build the project from the latest commit.

Technical details

How does the program save/read files on my system?

The program uses a Node.js server to communicate between the front-end(what you see) and back-end(what you don't see). The client requests a specific URL (eg. http://127.0.0.1:24704/status) using fetch() in JavaScript and the server checks what the path is (in this case /status), and the search parameters (in this case nothing but it might be ?name=some_name). After it processes everything it sends the return data to the client (in this case it would be the Node.js version, Electron version and some more).

Developer Info

How do I run it?

First install node using your package manager or from Node's official site. After installing node run

npm install

to install the necessary packages. If you got an error while running that command, your installation may be broken or not include npm in PATH.

To start the React Development Server and Electron use

npm run dev

To build it (pack electron and build React) use

On Linux:

sh ./pack.sh

On Windows:

cmd ./pack.bat

After packing it go to the bin directory and choose the correct folder for you:

Linux:

es-manager-linux-x64

Windows:

es-manager-win32-x64

MacOS (requires signing):

es-manager-mas-x64