add -cloneFromTemplate, split online template description to 3 rows, make download online template better #147

Author: unitycoder

UnityLauncherPro/NewProject.xaml

@@ -117,16 +117,16 @@
                            HorizontalAlignment="Stretch"/>
                                 <Button x:Name="btnDownloadTemplate" 
                                     ToolTip="Download Template" 
-                                    Content="⬇" 
-                                    Height="24" 
-                                    Width="24" 
+                                    Content="📥" 
+                                    Height="32" 
+                                    Width="32" 
                                     HorizontalAlignment="Right" 
                                     VerticalAlignment="Top" 
-                                    FontSize="14" 
-                                    Margin="2" 
+                                    FontSize="18"
+                                    Margin="1" 
                                     Padding="0" 
                                     BorderBrush="{x:Null}"
-                                    Opacity="0.85"
+                                    Opacity="0.9"
                                     Click="btnDownloadTemplate_Click"
                                     Tag="{Binding}">
                                     <Button.Style>

UnityLauncherPro/NewProject.xaml.cs

@@ -589,11 +589,13 @@ private List<OnlineTemplateItem> ParseTemplatesFromJson(string json)
 
                     // Parse individual fields
                     var tarballUrl = ExtractNestedJsonString(nodeJson, "\"tarball\"", "\"url\"");
+                    var rawDescription = ExtractJsonString(nodeJson, "\"description\"");
+                    var splitDescription = SplitDescriptionIntoThree(rawDescription);
 
                     var template = new OnlineTemplateItem
                     {
                         Name = ExtractJsonString(nodeJson, "\"name\""),
-                        Description = ExtractJsonString(nodeJson, "\"description\""),
+                        Description = splitDescription,
                         Type = ExtractJsonString(nodeJson, "\"type\""),
                         RenderPipeline = ExtractJsonString(nodeJson, "\"renderPipeline\""),
                         PreviewImageURL = ExtractNestedJsonString(nodeJson, "\"previewImage\"", "\"url\"") ?? "pack://application:,,,/Images/icon.png",
@@ -630,6 +632,25 @@ private List<OnlineTemplateItem> ParseTemplatesFromJson(string json)
 
             return templates;
         }
+
+        private string SplitDescriptionIntoThree(string description)
+        {
+            if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(description)) return description;
+
+            int len = description.Length;
+            if (len <= 2) return description; // too short to split meaningfully
+
+            int firstCut = (len / 3);
+            int secondCut = (len * 2) / 3;
+
+            // Raw split strictly by length/3 as requested
+            string part1 = description.Substring(0, firstCut).Trim();
+            string part2 = description.Substring(firstCut, secondCut - firstCut).Trim();
+            string part3 = description.Substring(secondCut).Trim();
+
+            return part1 + Environment.NewLine + part2 + Environment.NewLine + part3;
+        }
+
         private string ExtractJsonString(string json, string key)
         {
             int keyIndex = json.IndexOf(key + ":");
@@ -742,6 +763,10 @@ private void listOnlineTemplates_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChange
                 // Disable built-in template dropdown when online template is selected
                 cmbNewProjectTemplate.IsEnabled = false;
                 cmbNewProjectTemplate.SelectedIndex = 0; // Reset to default
+
+                // disable create button if template not downloaded yet
+                btnCreateNewProject.IsEnabled = selectedTemplate.IsDownloaded;
+                btnCreateNewProject.Content = selectedTemplate.IsDownloaded ? "Create Project" : "Download Template First >";
             }
             else
             {
@@ -750,8 +775,13 @@ private void listOnlineTemplates_SelectionChanged(object sender, SelectionChange
 
                 // Re-enable built-in template dropdown when no online template is selected
                 cmbNewProjectTemplate.IsEnabled = true;
+
+                // enable create button
+                btnCreateNewProject.IsEnabled = true;
+                btnCreateNewProject.Content = "Create Project";
             }
         }
+
         private async void btnDownloadTemplate_Click(object sender, RoutedEventArgs e)
         {
             var button = sender as Button;

UnityLauncherPro/Tools.cs

@@ -226,7 +226,7 @@ public static void AddProjectToHistory(string projectPath)
         }
 
         // NOTE holding alt key (when using alt+o) brings up unity project selector
-        public static Process LaunchProject(Project proj, DataGrid dataGridRef = null, bool useInitScript = false, bool upgrade = false)
+        public static Process LaunchProject(Project proj, DataGrid dataGridRef = null, bool useInitScript = false, bool upgrade = false, bool cloneFromTemplate = false)
         {
             if (proj == null) return null;
 
@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ public static Process LaunchProject(Project proj, DataGrid dataGridRef = null, b
                 var cmd = "\"" + unityExePath + "\"";
                 newProcess.StartInfo.FileName = cmd;
 
-                var unitycommandlineparameters = " -projectPath " + "\"" + proj.Path + "\"";
+                string unitycommandlineparameters = (cloneFromTemplate ? " -createproject " : " -projectPath ") + "\"" + proj.Path + "\"";
 
                 string customArguments = proj.Arguments;
                 if (string.IsNullOrEmpty(customArguments) == false)
@@ -1760,16 +1760,19 @@ public static Project FastCreateProject(string version, string baseFolder, strin
             // create folder
             CreateEmptyProjectFolder(newPath, version);
 
+            bool cloneFromTemplate = false;
             // unzip or copy template
             if (templateZipPath != null)
             {
                 // Console.WriteLine(templateZipPath);
 
                 if (File.Exists(templateZipPath))
                 {
+                    cloneFromTemplate = true;
                     try
                     {
-                        TarLib.Tar.ExtractTarGz(templateZipPath, newPath);
+                        // NOTE no need to extract, unity can handle it with -cloneFromTemplate
+                        //TarLib.Tar.ExtractTarGz(templateZipPath, newPath);
                     }
                     catch (Exception ex)
                     {
@@ -1778,6 +1781,7 @@ public static Project FastCreateProject(string version, string baseFolder, strin
                 }
                 else if (Directory.Exists(templateZipPath))
                 {
+                    // this is for folder templates, copy files
                     try
                     {
                         CopyDirectory(templateZipPath, newPath);
@@ -1813,7 +1817,11 @@ public static Project FastCreateProject(string version, string baseFolder, strin
             proj.Modified = DateTime.Now;
             proj.folderExists = true; // have to set this value, so item is green on list
             proj.Arguments = version.Contains("6000") ? (forceDX11 ? "-force-d3d11" : null) : null; // this gets erased later, since its not saved? would be nice to not add it at all though
-            var proc = LaunchProject(proj, null, useInitScript);
+            if (cloneFromTemplate == true)
+            {
+                proj.Arguments += " -cloneFromTemplate \"" + templateZipPath + "\"";
+            }
+            var proc = LaunchProject(proj, null, useInitScript, false, cloneFromTemplate);
             ProcessHandler.Add(proj, proc);
 
             return proj;