From aa3f63fd497558a02feb3ddbc44f31eac091f39b Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Andrei Karas Date: Tue, 10 Oct 2017 22:14:45 +0300 Subject: Remove most unused files. --- docs/clientupdates.txt | 46 ---------------------------------------------- 1 file changed, 46 deletions(-) delete mode 100644 docs/clientupdates.txt (limited to 'docs/clientupdates.txt') diff --git a/docs/clientupdates.txt b/docs/clientupdates.txt deleted file mode 100644 index 0dd638e33..000000000 --- a/docs/clientupdates.txt +++ /dev/null @@ -1,46 +0,0 @@ --------------------- -CLIENT AUTO-UPDATING --------------------- - -UPDATING CLIENT DATA - -For future clients we need to develop a way in which they can automatically -update to new data like for example new images, maps or item, being and skill -definitions. Here is described the sequence of actions that could implement -this functionality: - - 1. Client loads initial core data for login screen (always included with - release) - 2. Client logs on - 3. Server sends client list of required packages (maybe with versions) - 4. Client notices he doesn't have a certain package yet or is out of date - 5. Client requests from server .torrent files (or maybe at first just URL) - from where to get the the missing packages - 6. Client downloads them and puts them in "data" directory (~/.mana/data on - Linux, cause that's writable) - 7. Client loads the list of files server mentioned in VirtFS virtual - filesystem - 8. Client tells server that it is up to date - 9. Client could load some common data like item definitions here -10. Server sends client player position and so on, game starts, client loads - and unloads additional data like maps, tilesets, sprites, etc. on demand. - - -UPDATING THE CLIENT BINARY - -Updates to the actual client binary are also being considered, especially on -the Windows operating system. While the plan is to move any specific game data -outside of the binary, sometimes an update to the binary will be required for -being able to play the game. Also especially Windows users are used to -automatic update checks for many applications (possibly because of the lack of -such a feature system-wide). - -On Linux this would require either installing a statically linked binary -(which could still have some issues) or automatically compiling/installing -from source. Neither are very attractive options, and I (Hammerbear) would -prefer not to deal with automatic binary updates on Linux. - -On Windows a binary can't be replaced while it is running, so probably a -separate update tool would need to be written that is run before the client -to check for updates to the client and possibly replaces the client before -running it. -- cgit v1.2.3-60-g2f50