Instigator

Instigator is a basic command-line Fortnite launcher I've been working on for the last day and a bit. It is extremely basic. It injects console and a redirect/SSL bypass DLL automatically presuming you provide it, if they aren't provided you will need to inject them yourself. I am still learning Rust so if you see anything that could be improved make an issue or if possible, fix it within a pull request. All feedback is greatly appreciated.

If you do not know how to use Command Prompt or PowerShell, please use a different launcher. You will not get support for issues based around PowerShell and Command Prompt.

Versions tested: 4.1, 5.30, 6.21, 7.30, 7.40, 8.30, 8.51, 10.40, 12.41.

Features

• No Windows Defender false positive
• GUI-less Usable in automation, batch scripts and headless/server enviroments
• Fully customizable, use your own DLLs and backend
• Simple Instigator only launches the game with no AC, and optionally automatic DLL injection
• Single binary No dependencies or extraneous DLLs required to use Instigator.

Getting started

WinGet 🆕

If you have WinGet installed (usually installed on latest versions of Windows), you can download Instigator by running winget install Jacksta.Instigator in Command Prompt or PowerShell. Once installed, run the program in PowerShell via instigator install. This will open Windows Explorer to allow you to drag and drop your console and redirect DLLs in. Make sure they are named console.dll and redirect.dll respectively. Go back to PowerShell and run instigator add. It will provide you with the arguments you need to provide. You can then launch the game using instigator.exe start {VERSION_NAME}. You need to run your own backend as Instigator does not provide one yet.

Automatic install

You can download the installer here. This will automatically add Instigator to your PATH, you can launch Instigator anywhere on the command-line without changing to the directory it is contained within. Once installed, run the program in PowerShell via instigator install. This will open Windows Explorer to allow you to drag and drop your console and redirect DLLs in. Make sure they are named console.dll and redirect.dll respectively. Go back to PowerShell and run instigator add. It will provide you with the arguments you need to provide. You can then launch the game using instigator.exe start {VERSION_NAME}. You need to run your own backend as Instigator does not provide one yet.

Manual download

You can get started by downloading the latest release here, or use the installer. Once downloaded, run the program in PowerShell via .\instigator.exe install. This will open Windows Explorer to allow you to drag and drop your console and redirect DLLs in. Make sure they are named console.dll and redirect.dll respectively. Go back to PowerShell and run .\instigator.exe add. It will provide you with the arguments you need to provide. You can then launch the game using .\instigator.exe start {VERSION_NAME}. You need to run your own backend as Instigator does not provide one yet.