Start Flying (A Serial Program Launcher)

🚀 What's New in Start Flying v1.3.1

This is a massive update focused on giving you granular control over your pre-flight routine, reducing setup friction, and vastly improving the user interface. By popular request, we’ve rebuilt the launch engine to support categorized staging and independent delay timers!

✨ Major Features & Enhancements:

Three-Tiered Staged Launching: The launch process has been completely rewritten to support a strict, logical boot order. The script now categorizes your software into Pre-Flight Environment (loads before your sim) and Companion Apps (loads after your sim).

Independent Dual Delay Timers: You no longer have to wait 30 seconds for every app just because your weather engine needs it! You can now set a longer "Pre-Flight Delay" (e.g., to let ActiveSky, SayIntentions, or FSUIPC fully initialize) and a much shorter "Companion Delay" (for lightweight tools like vPilot or head trackers).

Drag-and-Drop Support: Adding programs is now effortless! You can drag and drop .exe or .lnk (shortcut) files directly from your desktop into the Pre-Flight or Companion boxes in the GUI to instantly add them to your profiles. (Note: Requires a quick install of the tkinterdnd2 library—see installation notes below).

Frictionless Background Setup: We've removed the confusing command-line prompts. On a fresh install, the script now silently builds your profile text files in the background and drops you straight into the clean, graphical interface.

Upgraded Profile Management: Added dedicated "Add" and "Edit" buttons for both Pre-Flight and Companion profiles directly on the main dashboard.

Smart Upgrades: Upgrading from an older version? The script will automatically detect your old settings and migrate them to the new dual-profile, dual-delay system without breaking your existing setup!

🛠️ Installation / Upgrade Notes for v1.3.1:
To use the brand-new Drag-and-Drop feature, you will need to add a quick companion library to your Python environment.

Open your Windows Command Prompt or Terminal.

Type: pip install tkinterdnd2 and hit Enter.
(If you skip this step, the script will still run perfectly and gracefully disable the drag-and-drop feature, allowing you to use the standard "Add" buttons).