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QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:18 am

I think it'd be cool if ZDoom could check for updates if you were connected.

Of course, it would have to be an option in the config file too.

Oh, and a console command too (check-updates)

Chilvence · Post by **Chilvence** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:19 am

You realise that this feature comes shortly after cake mode in priority, right?

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 8:22 am

It's an idea that I put on the table. Maybe nobody has thought of it. It's kind of nice sometimes to have software update for you (Read: Windows Update). Of course it's low on the totem poll.

But this is a feature suggestion forum, right? Not a implement or I'll kill you forum.

Post by **Chris** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 9:27 am

It's an idea that I put on the table. Maybe nobody has thought of it. It's kind of nice sometimes to have software update for you (Read: Windows Update). Of course it's low on the totem poll.

I don't think it'd be too hard, actaully. It could just just check http://zdoom.org/files/lars/ for a newer version. If the detected latest version is higher than the current when yous start up it alerts you, and if you say ok, it downloads and extracts over the existing install and says to restart the game. This might be a problem since Windows doesn't let you overwrite files when they're open, though.

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 10:34 am

Not a problem. This is how my program works.

It checks my website for a file matching the version number:
/updateto/weatherwarn-win32-0.1.2.3.txt

If the file exisists, it downloads a NSIS silent installer, executes it, and closes itself. During this time, the NSIS installer has overwritten all the old files, and executes the new version.

It would take a little bit more work for ZDOom though, but I don't imagine too much.

Post by **Enjay** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:16 am

You guys really do want zsteam don't you?

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QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:23 am

What's ZSteam?

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:26 am

OMG, this isn't true, isn't it?

Of all the ridiculous suggestions here this is probably the most harebrained of all. It's just an excuse for lazy people to save some very minor work.

PLus, I absolutely refuse to run any software that silently alters the contents of my HD with stuff it gets from the internet. Any software that likes to do that is blocked in my firewall and if ZDoom started nonsense like this I'd add it faster to that list than anyone can look. And I guess I am not alone.

Not to forget, that currently I have 5 different versions of ZDoom installed in different directories. There's a reason for that and I wouldn't want to see any of them upgrading itself or even bugging me that it wants to upgrade.

To the dumpster with this, please - as quickly as possible!

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:27 am

charris wrote:What's ZSteam?

What you suggested comes pretty close.

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 11:36 am

If that's ZSteam, I want it.

Chilvence · Post by **Chilvence** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:03 pm

You lazy, lazy sod

Bah, I can't stand auto update. I can't stand programs that even know what the internet is. Unless they are called Firefox.

Post by **Graf Zahl** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 12:22 pm

@charris:

NO!

Post by **Chris** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:18 pm

I wrote:If the detected latest version is higher than the current when yous start up it alerts you, and if you say ok, it downloads and extracts over the existing install and says to restart the game.

Surely that's not so bad? Could even be a cvar to say if you want alerts for new versions.

Sticky · Post by **Sticky** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 1:19 pm

Lol. Maybe we should get rid of zdoom.ini and save things to the registry, too. And it'd be nice if zdoom would install itself.

If a feature like this were to be implemented, it would have to be an external .exe. There could be a setting in zdoom.ini to have it call that exe on startup (or not!). Then that separate .exe could do what your program does and check the lars directory for a newer version, download it, run some .bat file that replaces the zdoom.wad and .exe, and the runs it. Then auto-updaters would be happy, everyone else could delete the other exe (and/or block it) and continue on their merry way.

@Graf Like you, I'm equally baffled by the growing number of autoupdaters. Perhaps it's the lack of TC (or other E replacement) that causes people to be so dependent on autoupdate? It blows my mind.

QBasicer · Post by **QBasicer** » Fri Mar 25, 2005 2:04 pm

I guess if you are complaining about being lazy, why are you playing games then? You should be doing constructive things like working from 7AM to 10PM.

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