Luxeya

@Thial thank you for the very useful information completely unsuitable for my situation. The reason why the launcher scans all the game files is that it does not find a file in the root of the game folder ClientFiles.xml containing information about all the files that he is going to compare with the files on the server. This file loves to disappear from it if the game process was completed somehow incorrectly. And now a solution for those who have: And also for those who install the allowed configs and remove garbage like vivox and do not like to do this process after each useless update. Launch the launcher, update all files, close the launcher. Copy the file ClientFiles.xml to a safe place. After the next patch, copy it back (if not in place). Launch the launcher and wait for it to download the patch and start scanning. We have time to close the launcher before the scan is completed (file ClientFiles.xml will disappear). Copy again ClientFiles.xml to the place. Launch the launcher, which will no longer take up your time, but will simply offer to play. Copy the new file ClientFiles.xml until the next patch. Good luck!

The question is that the launcher can randomly start downloading an update before checking, which means that there should be a log file in which there is a value indicating the version for the server that it checks first, this is the value I need.

I launch the game via APB.exe, but if you need to update the client, I run through APBLauncher.exe after that, first there is either a download or a scan. If there is a download, then after the update I can safely close the launcher and start the game as usual, but if there is a scan, I have to wait about half an hour, which is very annoying. The question is, is it possible to make sure that when launching the launcher, there is always a download at the beginning?