Changes since 1.0:

• Warning eliminated that says that you should update the updater itself or one of the sdf lists;
• No checking of the hash number of downloads anymore, that only gave trouble;
• There are now three connections possible to three servers: EechCentral maintained by Werewolf, Letterboy's server and Gotcha's server (the last does not contain the 121 Mbyte big EEAH maps). All three servers will try to maintain the same mod files, if one is down you can try another (or try the fastest);

Note that the updater stores the "downloads" directory in the registry. If you select or type in a different download dir it will saves that name.

If you used the updater before, files you already downloaded files will be recognized, and your download dir is kept.

The updater is best installed under you razorworks directory. After installing you will have a directory:
razorworks\swupdata
and below this you will find the directories
razorworks\swupdata\cache (dll's that are needed and a log file of your activities)
razorworks\swupdata\software (where the server details are kept in a special file)
razorworks\swupdata\downloads (where all the downloaded files are stored)

give it a try
updater 1.3

This tool is based on the freeware swupdata.sourceforge.net and NullSofts NSIS install system.

nice work Gotcha..i'll give it a go

Great idea Gotcha.

One small problem I noticed was that for my EECH path, the updater inserted an extra ':' before the 'Razorworks' directory. Here's a screen:

I'm not at work at the moment so I done a clean install (backed up my pilot BIN and config ect)

All went smooth as silk except on the first section of downloads (the one before w3) the taiwan textures couldn't be downloaded due to a server error (but i allready had that so installed manually)



Nice job

fixing that now

the path of razorworks is read directly from the registry. Mine is at c:\gms\razorworks and that works fine. Can you check you registry?

worked for me. Thanks gotcha

Hey, if this works as well as it appears to, this could make flying modded EECH as easy as stock!


The Jedi Master

Sounds great Gotcha, can this handle the different versions of the cohokum.exe? I.e. if one use the newest "non-stable" version the textures will have to go to one folder etc....?

And does it update the .exe file too?

My apologies Gotcha, I have a .reg file that I use if I need to copy EECH to another machine or re-install windows and it had a typo in it.

It would be cool if no registry setup would be required here...

werewolf, if you look in the sfd files that come with the package you will see

I think if you remove the dirreg and dirregappend variable and edit the dir variable to your liking you don't need the registry. Takes a bit of trial and error.

Cougar_DK: if there is a new exe it can simply be added to the list and the old exe removed. It will then be seen as a new download. In fact that's what's going to happen to version 162w3 that is coming up shortly.

I haven't had a chance to test the update that your updater installed this morning, but will report any bugs/errors as soon as I do.

I may have to do a fresh install to make sure their not on my end once I do test it.

Seems to work nicely.. a few suggestions/questions

• Could you maybe list the size of the packs in the .sdf file (so that the user sees this if the clicks on the 'info' button)?
• Some of the texts in the installer UI are too long (and seem to wrap into the next line which is not displayed correctly)
• How does this tool handle dependencies ? Does it at all? What about packages which contain the same files (could make the order of installation important..)
• I'm wondering if it would not be a good idea to put the .txt file which shows what updates are available on a server where multiple people can edit it (in case they want to add new download locations or packs) - OTOH it might be a good idea to keep it on a tighter controlled server (this has a quite high abuse potential

Very nice effort though

Hi just tried the new updater, seemed to install everything, but when i run the game i get all the way to launching a camp/skirmish then the screen goes black and this error message pops up.

error opening file for reading: D:\razorworks\common\..\common\data\brief_en.dat

anyone got a clue whats gone wrong.

also it seems as though everything as UI in front of it on main screen.

as in UI_ok or UI_cancel

pcriddle

Borked or reinstall from scratch.

been away along time : (

retro: I just hacked this tool (which was allowed btw) so I have no clue how to change the things you ask for. Or at least that would take more time than I have available at the moment.

- I can add the size to the description in the txt file.
- Don't know what you mean about dependencies (so I guess the answer is no), the order IS important
- others can edit the txt file, that is fine by me, but not everybody because it messes up easily

pcriddle i had the same. at first i just downloaded everything "afterW2" and ended up re-installing EECH



then this one



I fresh installed and now all is well except i "Still" get a black screen on exiting a mission,and have to ctrl+Alt+Del out? (can't have it all i guess lol)

I have a file brief_en.dat that is in the directory /common/data ...?

the UI_COMBAT and so on on your screen are variable names, I think they should be replaced by a proper strings in a given language

This has been reported before and a reinstall seemed to do the trick!

ok if i reinstall, how far do i take it before running the updater
fresh install of EEAH then EECH then where, run up dater?

pcriddle

gotcha, whenever you have some free time, can you update the install procedure including this tool on the text?
Thanks in advance.