Optimizations and performance boost to pre-loader for launcher and game client.

ptlinux/__main__.py

@@ -1,4 +1,28 @@
-from .cli import main
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import sys
+
+
+def main() -> int:
+	"""Dispatch the common GUI path without importing every CLI operation."""
+
+	arguments = sys.argv[1:]
+	if not arguments or arguments == ["gui"]:
+		from .paths import AppPaths
+		from .ui import run_dashboard
+
+		try:
+			run_dashboard(AppPaths.from_environment())
+		except KeyboardInterrupt:
+			return 130
+		except (ValueError, OSError, RuntimeError) as exc:
+			print(f"Error: {exc}", file=sys.stderr)
+			return 1
+		return 0
+
+	from .cli import main as cli_main
+
+	return cli_main(arguments)
 
 
 raise SystemExit(main())