In quite a lot of cases what the app "installs" is actually the installation file and nothing more. Meaning launching from the app just runs the game's installer. After I've manually installed it, it would be nice if I could change a setting in the app to point to the actual game executable instead of the installer so that I could actually launch the game from the app instead of having to open the folder each time and manually running it.
It’s generally discouraged to use installers, for reasons like these. It’s not possible for the app to know what your installer does when it’s finished.
Packing the game files instead of the installer, means the app can decide where to place them and how to access them.
I doubt there is a way to bypass that now, and highly doubt that Itch will support installers in the app any time soon.
I'm having a hard time thinking that you're being anything other than purposefully acting in bad faith here. Your comment is the biggest strawman I have ever heard. Is your name Armstrong? Because that was a huge stretch, friend. Nobody was talking about allowing anyone to change the executable path besides the end user. I just... I can't imagine you didn't understand that. I almost feel bad for explaining it to you as if you didn't get it because I'm sure you did and now I feel like I'm playing into whatever weird little game you're trying to play. I guess Steam and GOG Galaxy are both massive security threats because both of them allow end user customizable executable targets.
