v1.0 of the updater, which crashes tf2, can still grab the latest hud

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Can you describe the problem?

What steps will reproduce it?
1. Install v1.0 of the updater.
2. Check for hud updates.
3. Install into ...\Team Fortress 2\tf, or ...\Team Fortress 2\tf\custom\eve 
hud\

What's your installation path? C:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 2

Where do you run the Updater from? C:\Steam\SteamApps\common\Team Fortress 
2\HUD Updater

What system do you use? Windows 7 SP1 x64

Please provide any additional information below.

If you try to install eve hud into a custom folder by hand not all of the files 
work and it is broken.  TF2 at least runs though.

It would be nice if the old updater was no longer able to download the latest 
hud updates, so the user would go looking for the new updater that works 
properly.  Even better if the old updater can somehow display a message to the 
user telling them to update.

I noticed the new updater has an option to self-update.  I don't think 1.0 has 
that, does it?  So this important (I was on 1.0 until today).

Original issue reported on code.google.com by megazzt on 25 May 2013 at 4:01

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All of this is this but I can't go back and change it now, can I?

Original comment by sinde...@gmail.com on 25 May 2013 at 9:16

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Well there are surely options... I was thinking changing the download url to 
make the existing one fail, and pushing out a 1.3.1 updater with the new url.

But there may be other options, this way would disrupt anyone using 1.3 without 
automatic launcher updates...

Original comment by megazzt on 25 May 2013 at 9:18

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I can't change the download url.

Besides, if someone missed all notifications that I posted here, on the steam 
group and on the steam forums then I guess it's their own fault :P

Original comment by sinde...@gmail.com on 25 May 2013 at 10:28

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I never saw any.  I'm not a member of the steam group (I didn't know there was 
one), I don't go to the steam forums (why, when I could do better: NOT go to 
the steam forums EVER!), and why would I come here when the updater is supposed 
to keep me updated?

I thought the HUD was just broken due to Steam Pipe (I noticed there was a 3.00 
update but figured it was unrelated since it broke TF2 when I updated).  So I 
waited until it was fixed which was taking an awful while.

It was only when 3.03 completed failed to fix the crashing issue that I decided 
to Google around for info, and found nothing useful.

I finally found this project, and I still didn't notice any indication that I 
needed a new updater.  I ended up checking the updater version number, noticing 
I was out of date, and then updating it.  I wasn't even sure that was a fix for 
the problem until I hit install and checked the filesystem and noticed it was 
creating a \custom\ subfolder.

And I'm checking and I don't see any notifications here.

The steam group similarly makes no mention of this issue or that the new 
launcher fixes it.  In fact, one of the top comments has a piece of 
DISINFORMATION indicating you have to create the \custom\ subfolder by hand 
(likely from someone who isn't using the new updater).

Original comment by megazzt on 25 May 2013 at 10:55

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Better late than never. Old versions of the Updater (<1.6) can no longer 
download the hud.

Can I close this issue or would like to add something?

Original comment by sinde...@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2014 at 9:43

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Go right ahead.

Original comment by megazzt on 14 Jan 2014 at 9:46

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Original comment by sinde...@gmail.com on 14 Jan 2014 at 9:51

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