Very simple auto-updater focusing on backwards compatibility and cross-platform support.
Basically the program compares a local and a remote version file. If they match, it will start the game/program.
If they don't match, it will proceed to download a ZIP file.
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you can choose to make a whole re-install of the games client, if a certain file exists in the current working directory (for ex. 'deploy.txt').
--> if the file is found, it will download the full client package featuring the complete client
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if the remote version does not match with the local one, it will proceed to download the patch ZIP featuring a patch and/or update
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you can use any host to store your client files on. For example Google Drive or Media Fire.
--> you will need to create static direct links to the ZIP files and the remote version, which will not change.
--> HowTo Google Drive: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lebCH3l6ePc
I am the developer of the software Impressive Launcher, which is a launcher mainly tailored for the KITO community and Impressive Title servers. But since my current application did not work well with Windows 7 and UNIX-link systems at the time, I needed a simple and reliable solution. So the Impressive Updater X was born with the 'X' indicating the cross-platform and compatiblity aim.
NOTE: Impressive Launcher now fully supports Windows 7
- Visual Studio 2022 Community
- CMake (it was not setup proberly and may need modification)
- libcurl ver. 7.59.0 (fetched from NuGet packages)
- openSSL ver 1.0.2 (fetched from NuGet packages)
- Kuba's simple and reliable ZIP port (https://github.com/kuba--/zip)