OpenTTD Updater

[CMircea]

It will as long as there are people who actually suggest a new feature instead of saying that it needs updating.

[CMircea]

OpenTTD Updater 0.7.6 has been released! Here are the links

Setup:
http://www.playmenow.org/OpenTTD%20Upda ... 0Setup.exe

Patch from 0.7.5:
http://www.playmenow.org/OpenTTD%20Upda ... 0Patch.exe

Source (AutoPlay Media Studio, InnoSetup and Visual Patch Express project files):
http://www.playmenow.org/OpenTTD%20Upda ... ojects.zip

Now if it finds no changes.log file it will set the current revision to 0 and "update" to the latest nightly, just like OTTDown did for nightlies. Othaer than that, nothing.

[frankdoom]

I suppose it isn't available anymore... where has this nice thingy gone?

[CMircea]

My old host terminated my account and banned me from their forums for no reason. I'll get it up somewhere in a few days though.

[frankdoom]

I'm looking forward to it

[CMircea]

Though it might not happen as I'm planning to rewrite it to be cross-platform

[Mr Pattle]

Great idea. In fact, brilliant idea.
I just wish those download links would work. I guess there's nowhere else I could get it from?

[CMircea]

I've put in on SendSpace: http://www.sendspace.com/file/r34m17

[frankdoom]

thanks a lot

[CMircea]

Alright, update!

The next major version will be called UpIT! (if you want another name, feel free to suggest) and will be coded in PHP using PHP-GTK. Sorry guys, but this way it's easy for me and you, as I can code something into a language I'm familiar with (and I need to strongly learn PHP) only once and run it on multiple platforms, with you just installing PHP-GTK. This will be covered once the first public version is out

I'm going to license it under the GPL, with libraries that I will make under LGPL (if they're very useful then it'll go under GPL, though most stuff will be provided by PHP-GTK). I will use Subversion for this, but I'm not sure where to register the project, on SourceForge (but filled with ads and they load so slow....) or on ShareSource, I'll think about it some other time. Well, what can I say more, I've started doing the basic stuff (like events, buttons, and so) to be set for the actual work. I'll use phpDocumentor style comments (since I plan to use it), but with a custom coding style based on my coding experience from Lua and OpenTTD's guidelines, since none is directly suitable for PHP.

If you want to ask something, just post, or you can PM/E-Mail me as well, or even talk to me on #openttd if you can find me online.

[Dave_McMahon]

Sourceforge really winds me up somehow! How about torrents on a public tracker?

[CMircea]

Since when the BitTorrent protocol has turned into a project hosting service like SourceForge?

[Dave_McMahon]

I meant I think torrents would be a good method of sharing the files. Maybe as a backup to Source forge or similar.

[frankdoom]

I'd be fine with SourceForge, I don't mind the ads since I have some filters
and they don't load at all

it is ok with me if any time it starts I get a Debug Window?
do I need to deactivate some debug mode option in a config file?

[CMircea]

Yep, the current build starts a debug window by default. I will keep it until 1.0, so if you want to get rid of it suggest new features

[frankdoom]

Yep, the current build starts a debug window by default. I will keep it until 1.0, so if you want to get rid of it suggest new features

well then that's a feature, optional starting debug window

[CMircea]

It IS scheduled already, for 1.0

[frankdoom]

I have something to report:

when I last updated my ottd with the updater I accepted to look at the changelog
I noticed that the program closed itself before I could press Yes on the "start openttd" pop-up ^^

[CMircea]

When reporting a bug, do your best to replicate it and copy the text in the debug window. This way it's very easy for me to see where it failed, or if it isn't a bug in OTTD Updater.

[Lithium]

When reporting a bug, do your best to replicate it and copy the text in the debug window. This way it's very easy for me to see where it failed, or if it isn't a bug in OTTD Updater.

Code: Select all

*** LOCATION: Project -> On Startup
[58]: if Folder.DoesExist(strTempUpdate) == false then
TRACE: LastError = 0 ("Success.")
[60]: Folder.Create(strTempUpdate);
TRACE: LastError = 0 ("Success.")
[61]: end

*** LOCATION: Main Page -> On Preload
[2]: if boolIsSilent == true then
[11]: end

*** LOCATION: Main Page -> On Show
[2]: if boolIsInTheGameFolder == true then
[4]: Button.SetEnabled("Browse", false);
TRACE: LastError = 0 ("Success.")
[5]: end

It happens to me every time, though.

G.