Profit UI UPDATER

[Gecko]

That fixed my problem. Don't know what it was... but wooohooo.

Thank you sooo much!!!

[Kaldran]

Yup, that will fix it as long as i don't change IPs. Still curious what causes that problem though :P

BTW, if anyone wants to translate the updater to another language, just give me a call. It's pretty easy to do and java is handling unicode quite well...

[gm9]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

Yup, that will fix it as long as i don't change IPs.

Then don't. *evil grin*

Originally Posted by Kaldran

BTW, if anyone wants to translate the updater to another language, just give me a call. It's pretty easy to do and java is handling unicode quite well...

I can provide a French version if you want but I don't think it's important. It's not like there is a lot of text anyway (except for the update notes, and those will never be multilingual).

[Katana1323]

i love the auto updater, so thanks...

here's my ?... when i run the updater it changes my skin color back to the default blue-ish color... i really like the look of the black skin color from the skin pack... the way i have done a run arround is to reinstall the skin color each time i run the updater.. i have looked inthe fils to ignor section..but im not having any luck finding the proper one to keep the skin color i like.

thx for the help in advance.

[Kaldran]

Just keep the files you unpack on ignore:

UI\ProfitUI\images\commonelements.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\profit.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\windows_elements_generic.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\window_elements_specific.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\windowelements.dds

[Katana1323]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

Just keep the files you unpack on ignore:

UI\ProfitUI\images\commonelements.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\profit.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\windows_elements_generic.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\window_elements_specific.dds
UI\ProfitUI\images\windowelements.dds

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woot... thanks worked

[hobieone]

kaldran & gm 9, the posted fix corrected my issue as well. i in the process i think i discovered what causes this on some systems.
if you use a utility like spy bot search and destroy for spyware. it will make the hosts files read only and nothing can get added to it. hence updater wont work.
my other system that it worked fine on the host file was not locked into read only. but when i manually put as read only it blocked the updater on that system as well. so it would seem certain utilities blocks access to these files that the updater needs.

[Kaldran]

Actually the updater neither reads nor modifies the hosts file. The problem on some systems is, that it does not resolve hostnames correctly. If you set up the hosts file, Windows will overwrite dns answers with the ip set.

I still think it is related to faulty dns answers from some ISPs. Would be interesting what service providers and dns you use....

[jonathn2875]

Anyway to have the updater read the eq2.ini file before check for files to update? I have two folders for my profitui one with a healer setup with differant mods and the one for my other toons.

The updater only wants to install in to /profitui folder and unless I am blind I can not see anywhere to change this path to point to other folders.

[gm9]

Sorry, the updater does not support that and it will not be added.

One of many reasons is that ProfitUI does require certain files to be in a folder named \ProfitUI, so we will not support installing in another folder.

[hobieone]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

Actually the updater neither reads nor modifies the hosts file. The problem on some systems is, that it does not resolve hostnames correctly. If you set up the hosts file, Windows will overwrite dns answers with the ip set.

I still think it is related to faulty dns answers from some ISPs. Would be interesting what service providers and dns you use....

service provider i use is at&t dsl (thier 3.5mb version) used to be sbc. not sure what the dns is. but what is puzzling is why the other computer using the same connection thru the same modem/router the updater worked perfectly fine? without editing the hosts file.

[Prodigus]

Not sure if this is intentional or not, as its the first time I've updated the updater, but it didn't carry over the files to ignore; had to reselect them.. fyi.

Loving it though!

[Kaldran]

Intentional. It won't happen again as long as I don't tell it to do so :P

[gm9]

You can tell Kaldran loves the power he wields. If you don't behave next thing you'll know he'll push some Hello Kitty Online Adventures interface down to you and ruin your game.

[Kaldran]

BTW, just found a bug in the updaters' selfupdate functions. Actually it is not able to update itself since I released the .exe wrapper. Never try to overwrite files in use :P
Not sure why noone noticed that yet, but I'll push an update soon that will fix it (i think) without user interaction needed...

...and you may want to delete that *.tmp file in your updaters' directory :P

[gm9]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

Not sure why noone noticed that yet,

Because I always run the .jar. Actually I did notice it but forgot to tell you.

Originally Posted by Kaldran

...and you may want to delete that *.tmp file in your updaters' directory :P

I don't think there are any since the .exe was probably never updated since it can be downloaded (it wasn't always on the hash table). The .jar gets replaced just fine.

[Kaldran]

Originally Posted by gm9

don't think there are any since the .exe was probably never updated since it can be downloaded

Actually it was updated once when I changed the small wrapper against the current one. It updated just fine though, since it spawned Java in another process so the file was not locked. Now I rename the .exe and download the new one, which just works fine. The temporary file gets deleted automatically after the next restart.

Originally Posted by gm9

The .jar gets replaced just fine.

Actually this file is locked too, and can't be renamed (don't ask me why *shrug*). Well, I better don't tell anybody how I update this one, but it has to do with just writing bytestreams into the file system :P

[gm9]

The exe was renamed though in the process. And replacing the .jar actually worked fine for me with the old version even when started via the .exe. But anyway, does not matter, thanks for the fix.

Now either save the hash generation path to the database or just make it a command line parameter, you've been slacking for far too long on that one.

[Kaldran]

not til sunday :P

[arneo]

Hi good work on the updater, i'm just setting it up now.

Is the Milquetowst Info Center also updated within your updater ?

Ciao

[Misb]

The new patch askes me if I want to change the settings. Click yes
Brings up a pop up box that asks for the address and port. Tried to put in port 88 but I have NO clue on the address. Help please? I love the updater works great on the laptop (which uses the wireless signal from the router).

Thanks in advance!

[Kaldran]

If that popup comes up it means, that the updater could not find a way to connect to the updating service. If you need to use a http proxy server, you can enter that settings in there, otherwise leave it blank and try modifying your hosts file like it is mentioned earlier in this thread...

Still not sure what causes this error, but I don't think it is related to the updater itself...

[Misb]

Originally Posted by Kaldran

If that popup comes up it means, that the updater could not find a way to connect to the updating service. If you need to use a http proxy server, you can enter that settings in there, otherwise leave it blank and try modifying your hosts file like it is mentioned earlier in this thread...

Still not sure what causes this error, but I don't think it is related to the updater itself...

Proxy server? how do I do that? I'm basically a dummy about this computer stuff

[Kaldran]

Just don't enter anything and try editing your hosts file according to this FAQ entry:

Possible error messages and possible solutions

[Misb]

Thanks it worked!