Quick question on updating

kamishizuka

So I know that when you install and patch, the vanilla installation puts up shortcuts; one for offline/LAN, and one for online. The online one normally runs through the SierraUp.exe. I'm running TimeHUD, which passes args along straight to Tribes2.exe, and so I don't run SierraUp at all.

Do we use SierraUp at all for pushing out updates or anything? Is there a plan to use it that way or have some other auto-update thing?
Or because the news tab is up in-game to alert of updates, is that the main method of updating?

Krash

The SierraUp replacement we've included simply passes through to Tribes2.exe, as this allows people to continue using the original shortcuts.
The auto-update system is not currently implemented in the release, but when it is, it will be run through the ruby interpreter ingame.

Thyth

Yeah... the SierraUp we put in the patch is only there to make the game default shortcuts work. It's really a pathetically short C program:

/*
 * sierraup.c
 *
 *  Created on: Oct 31, 2008
 */

#include 
#include 
#include 

int main(int argc, char** argv)
{
	printf("SierraUp Replacement 1.0 (10/31/2008)\nhttp://www.tribesnext.com/\nLaunching Tribes 2...\n");

	char* argBuffer = (char*)calloc(32767, sizeof(char));
	strcat(argBuffer, "start Tribes2.exe -online ");
	int i;
	for (i = 1; i < argc; i++)
	{
		strcat(argBuffer, argv[i]);
		strcat(argBuffer, " ");
	}
	printf("Args: %s", argBuffer + 6);
	fflush(stdout);

	Sleep(3000);
	system(argBuffer);

	return 0;
}

If we ever get around to auto-updating, it will be handled internally.

kamishizuka

Ahh okay. Thanks!