I have recognized the need for a more indepth pregame launcher, namely installing EiR, installing maps, installing vent, and getting it all to work up to the in game portion of the game.
for this purpose I spent most of my night making the following tutorial.... hope it helps.
ingame and after game will follow at some point...
http://files.filefront.com/Launchertutwmv/;9828697;/fileinfo.htmlmight not stream yet, but you CAN download it if you want.
DASH, can you get this on moddb and put that link in the stickie?