Auto-Patcher Tutorial <3

[viciousdead]

This is a tutorial to get Marsh's Auto-Patcher working. :P

~Just follow the steps!~

Step 1:
Download & Extract These Files To You Game Folder.  http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/Updater/Auto-Updater.zip

Step 2:
Delete Auto Updater2(beta) you don't need it. Open Data.txt

Step 3:
Replace the following:

Eclispe - replace it with the name of your game.

http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/Updater/ - replace it with the ftp website with your files (we will get to this leave it alone for now).

Client.exe - Replace with the file you want the patcher to run after its finished (Ex. Kuroden.exe <–Kuroden is the name of my game).

Save Data.txt

Step 4:
Open NewVersion.txt

Step 5:
Remove anything inside NewVersion.txt then add the directory of the files you want updated(Ex. I wana update Items.bmp to my GFX folder, so inside NewVersion.txt I will put GFX/Items.bmp Then always put the new version underneath it in this case 2's under all my files).

Save NewVersion.txt

Step 6:
Open CurrentVersion.txt

Step 7:
Copy all files from NewVersion.txt and paste it here, then replace the 2's with 1's (NOTE: the 2's and 1's tell what version the file is and if its up-to-date).

Save CurrentVersion.txt

Step 8:
Making your own ftp site. Download & Install: http://sourceforge.net/projects/wampserver/files/WampServer%202/WampServer%202.0/WampServer2.0i.exe/download

Step 9:
Start WampServer, an icon at the bottom right corner of your screen should pop up left click it. Now a tiny menu will pop up click "Put Online".

Step 10:
Right click the icon again, then on the menu click www directory. A folder will open, DELETE ANYTHING INSIDE!

Step 11:
Make a new folder inside www directory, name it Updates. Open Updates and put your files inside it (Ex. say I have an update for Items.bmp, I'll copy it from my GFX and paste it inside Updates folder).

Step 12:
Re-open Data and replace the old address http://www.freemmorpgmaker.com/Updater/ with the new address in my case http://5.226.1.225/UPDATES/

~Two Side Notes!~

You will be required to use hamachi ip for the browser address (Ex. 5.226.1.225 is my hamachi address, so I type it in the internet browser http://5.226.1.225/).
This means you will have to download hamachi to see your ip, then after that you can delete it!

All file names are Case Sensitive!

~CREDITS!~
All Patcher credits go to Marsh, he made the patcher.
Credits to the tut go to me.

[viciousdead]

I don't think those screen shots where very good.. I just removed them!

[Ice - Fire]

Thank you every much  this helps clarify a lot of things. :azn:

[azure]

Now just rewrite it in a font we normal people can read.

[viciousdead]

@[SB:

> Azure link=topic=53920.msg572065#msg572065 date=1257662518]
> Now just rewrite it in a font we normal people can read.

What the hell… "rewrite in a fon we normal people can read" looks fine to me... I suggest you eat a couple carrots and get glasses...

[Ruins of Hell]

@viciousdead:

> What the hell… "rewrite in a fon we normal people can read" looks fine to me... I suggest you eat a couple carrots and get glasses...

Stop typing with the stupid highlights, it's hard to see even for me.

(P.S. Azure is blind :/)

[viciousdead]

There masters, im sorry to have displeased you both.  :icon_alabanza:

[Guest]

thanks! i think i finally got things to work!

[Element-Zeo]

thank you very much!!!…now people can update thier game clients..you are so epic thank you!!!

[xelander]

It says it is updating the files but it dosn't, whit my test…
Cake

[HappyBoy]

ok… it doesn't work for me...
I'm having the same problem as I keep walking up to...
My guess is that my network is guarded by something (maybe it might even be my firewall ;)), but on this computer I CAN connect to it, but others CAN'T connect to it :S

[viciousdead]

I'm reviving this thread please don't hurt me Marsh or Refudge!! xD

I feel people like me and shadowassassin need this tutorial :P

Oh one more thing YOUR ALL WELCOME :D!!!

[xLukzx]

Patcher works fine.
The question is. How to make  http://5.226.1.225/
a public adress accessible from another computers?

[viciousdead]

@xLukzx:

> Patcher works fine.
> The question is. How to make  http://5.226.1.225/
> a public adress accessible from another computers?

Use vb6? Make an application to do that.. :/

[xLukzx]

^^ i figured out how to do that.
It was about redirecting trafic from public ip to private and making a DNS redirect for public.

[bloop234]

I'm kind of confused. It says extract to game folder but how does that help? Do I need to put the files in the folder I give to other people? If I do that, how does it know when to change currentversion and newversion so that next time it gets run when I update it can go to the next version not the current one? Sorry if thats confusing.

[TheLordOfTheManor]

> I'm kind of confused. It says extract to game folder but how does that help? Do I need to put the files in the folder I give to other people? If I do that, how does it know when to change currentversion and newversion so that next time it gets run when I update it can go to the next version not the current one? Sorry if thats confusing.

Where did you dig this out of? Did you bother to check the dates?

[viciousdead]

> I'm kind of confused. It says extract to game folder but how does that help? Do I need to put the files in the folder I give to other people? If I do that, how does it know when to change currentversion and newversion so that next time it gets run when I update it can go to the next version not the current one? Sorry if thats confusing.

It's written in the coding; when you upload a new version, the patcher will be able to detect that and change it's version.

[Brody10]

Its really an important tutorial. Thanks a lot.