docs(windows): document native OpenFUT Launcher GUI + elevation model

2026-08-20 19:21:25 +00:00
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@@ -37,6 +37,23 @@ hook redirects EA endpoints to the OpenFUT backend.
 > supported mechanism. FIFA under native Windows also ignores synthetic input,
 > so in-game steps are performed by the operator one at a time.

+### OpenFUT Launcher (GUI)
+
+The `openfut-launcher` egui app runs natively on Windows (built for
+`x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`; the Linux Proton path is `cfg`-gated out). It is the
+one-button front end: it checks the backend, reconciles `openfut.cfg` from its
+settings, and starts the game.
+
+- Binary: `C:\OpenFUT\openfut-launcher.exe`; config: `%APPDATA%\openfut-launcher\config.json`.
+- Launch it from the **"OpenFUT Launcher"** shortcut (Desktop / Start Menu). The
+  launcher itself is flagged `RUNASADMIN`, so it elevates once at start; the game
+  it spawns inherits that elevation (no second UAC prompt, no crack loader
+  "run as admin" failure).
+- On Windows the launcher does NOT spawn LSX/autopatch (they are in-process:
+  `stp-origin_emu.dll` + the `version.dll` hook) and does NOT arm the host
+  (routing is purely `openfut.cfg`, which it writes into `C:\FIFA 17`).
+- Rebuild from Linux: `cargo build -p openfut-launcher --release --target x86_64-pc-windows-gnu`.
+
 ## Routing (`openfut.cfg`)

 ```