
This will make a call to a personally curated database of PAK files for you to select from. The next button is for checking for PAK updates. This does not affect your mod selections and they will be retained. The second button allows you to launch the game without any mods enabled at all. It is also at this point that mod paks are actually downloaded to your computer. This process also includes doing necessary checks and/or processes required on your first run as well, so your first execution may take longer than usual. Click this button and you will launch the game with the selected mod paks applied. The top button is pretty self-explanatory. That said, let's break the different buttons down and explain what they do. The launcher is generally straightforward. These could take some time initially, but once everything is properly set up, your general use should be simple and snappy. NOTE: The first time you run the launcher, there will be a number of prompts, downloads, and background processes. Future updates should be detected and downloaded via the launcher automatically going forward. This is a traditional Windows installer, so follow the familiar prompts and you'll soon have yourself a Start Menu entry, Desktop shortcut, and a brand new launcher, ready for its first run. Just download the zip file found on the releases page, unzip it to a directory of your choice, and then run the included setup.exe. The installation process is pretty simple.

Python 3.6+ - This is a requirement of sm64ex itself, therefore it is a requirement for the launcher.

NET Framework 4.6 - This should be included as part of the installer, but this is the required framework if it is not installed properly for some reason. While the launcher is an all-in-one tool, it does require a few prerequisites. This is handled outside of the MSYS2 environment typically used by the PC ports and allows for strictly the use of traditional Windows interfaces of windows and installers with some text being presented back to the user during necessary python interactions. This is a GUI tool with which to handle downloading, installing, launching, and modding Super Mario 64 NX. Super Mario 64 NX Launcher is an all-in-one installer, launcher, and modloader for the sm64nx fork of the PC port.
