GUIDE

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⚙️ Phase 1 — Environment Mapping

On first boot, navigate to SETTINGS to initialize your environment:

🎮	Steam Root	Directory containing steam.exe. Auto-detected from Windows Registry.
🔑	GreenLuma Path	Folder with GreenLuma_2025_x64.dll. Must be v1.7.0.
🔓	Steamless Path	(Optional) Path to Steamless.CLI.exe for DRM binary preprocessing.
📡	API Key	(Optional) Morrenus API key for full metadata access. Displayed with glitch-style security visualization.

Tip

DarkCore auto-detects your Steam installation path from the Windows Registry on first boot. Multi-library setups across multiple drives are fully supported.

⚙️ Phase 2 — The Execution Cycle

01	SEARCH — Navigate to the Install tab. Type a game name or AppID. Results appear in a responsive grid with live cover art pulled from Steam CDN. Hover over any card for a premium detail popup with Metacritic scores, genres, platforms, and descriptions.
02	INSTALL — Click any uninstalled game to open The Manifestor. It fetches the full game hierarchy including all DLCs, displays slot usage against the 130-entry AppList limit, and lets you surgically select which content to include.
03	CHOOSE — After DLC selection, choose your path: Family Shared (AppList-only, zero downloads, zero API calls) or Download (full content acquisition). Family Shared is instant — perfect for games shared by another account.
04	DEPLOY — If downloading, select your target Steam Library drive and installation folder (auto-detected with smart scan). Then choose: Steam Protocol (standard client-driven download) or Direct Download (experimental CDN-direct acquisition that bypasses the client entirely).
05	PLAY — Click any installed game card to launch. DarkCore handles the full injection chain: AppList write → GreenLuma configuration → Stealth Mode → Process injection via QueueUserAPC → Game launch. If Steam isn't running, it starts with injection in a single operation.

⚙️ Phase 3 — Library Management

The Library tab is your command center for all installed content:

🔄	Profiles — Hot-swap between unlimited AppList configurations. Create, load, save, and delete profiles. Each profile is a complete snapshot of your managed library.
📡	Update Watcher — Automatic background BuildID monitoring. Detects when games receive updates and flags them for manifest re-download. Manual check available via the toolbar.
🔄	WUDRM Recovery — When Steam flags a game as "Update Required", DarkCore's Wudrm Auto-Recovery engine silently downloads the correct manifests from SteamCMD public API and places them in depotcache.
🔓	Steamless Integration — One-click DRM removal for offline play. Automatic backup creation with .bak extension before processing.
🎮	Goldberg Emulator — Generate Goldberg configurations per-game with custom username and SteamID. Supports both x86 and x64 targeting.
❌	Clean Delete — Remove games with full DLC association detection. Automatically finds and offers to remove all related DLC entries alongside the base game.

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