Launcher

The VR1 Game Launcher is the central component of the VR1 Conductor system

Description
The Launcher/Wicket system was an ingenious idea by VR1. The wicket is the only thing players have to actively download. After that the launcher takes over, verifies the ticket, checks if the game version is correct, automagically updates the game if necessary, and finally transfers all necessary login information to the game and launches it. Zero hassle for the user. Nice.

Caveats
The launcher can easily be bypassed by just copying the wicket.vr1 file into the game directory. Unfortunately, the game Client deletes the file each time it runs.

Also, as unpredictable things can happen in the case of a version mismatch between Client and Server which can lead to an crash of either one.