Get a new updater

[Deceth]

Look for an open source updater tool to replace the current one. Several reasons this is needed:

• Source code for current updater is not available. It cannot be updated if needed.
• Location for update files is hard-coded into updater. Therefore, nobody except for Looble can use the current updater.
• Many people have reported that the updater is buggy, does not work for many people.

[Deceth]

Just to update this updater issue, there is no longer any updater. There was no source code for the old updater, and the application itself can no longer be used due to hard-coded URL addresses that are no longer available since the project is hosted on battlecity.org .

So, the purpose of this issue is to develop functionality (or incorporate the use of an existing open source tool) to allow the game to update automatically. At the moment, players are required to re-download Battle City anytime a new version is released.

[Deceth]

Times have changed a lot in the last couple of years and almost all software now automatically updates rather than forcing a re-download.

Does anybody know of any good open source tools to accomplish this? Does Visual Studio provide anything to support this type of functionality?

[rileyw]

I'm going to read through the following articles:

• http://www.altdevblogaday.com/2012/11/12/a-simple-system-to-patch-your-game-content/
• http://winsparkle.org/
• http://www.gamedev.net/topic/561476-auto-updater--patcher-in-a-c-program/
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms235287%28v=vs.100%29.aspx