Support_Updater

[Pecon]

I think the issue is that Dropbox does not support http, only https (Which is a good thing under almost all circumstances-- except when you're dealing with an engine made before SSL was even a thing); and Mediafire doesn't actually allow you to link directly to a file, only to a download page.

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[Farad]

I think the issue is that Dropbox does not support http, only https (Which is a good thing under almost all circumstances-- except when you're dealing with an engine made before SSL was even a thing); and Mediafire doesn't actually allow you to link directly to a file, only to a download page.

surely there's a file sharing site somewhere that supports http and links directly to files. just need to find it

[Pecon]

surely there's a file sharing site somewhere that supports http and links directly to files. just need to find it

There probably is _somewhere but any for-profit company can't really afford to do that since they're usually making money either off ads or off of selling you the storage space. Dropbox, Google Drive, Onedrive, etc are all theoretically good options except for the fact that all of them require SSL because they have high standards (again, a good thing in pretty much every other circumstance).

[Greek2me]

I have added a guide for using OneDrive to the OP:

No website? No problem!
If you don't own a website, you can still use Support_Updater. You'll need a free account on http://pastebin.com and on https://www.onedrive.com. (or similar sites)

Set Up the Repository
Use pastebin for your repository. Follow the instructions in the Support_Updater README file and save the file on pastebin. Be sure that you're logged in so that you can edit it later.

Use the "Raw" link as the URL of your repository. This is the URL that you put in your version.txt files.


Host your files on OneDrive
First, upload your files to OneDrive. Right-click on the file in OneDrive and select the "Share" button. Click "Get a Link" -> "View Only" -> "Create Link" -> "Close". Right-click on the file again and click "Download". Wait for the file to download and then click "Copy Download Link" in your downloads page. (at least in Firefox). The beginning of the link will have an https://. Change it to http://.

Use the new URL as the download URL for the add-on.

edit: Actually, I'm having some trouble downloading from DropBox now.

edit2: Got it working with MS OneDrive/SkyDrive! Updating the OP now.

[Farad]

I have added a guide for using Dropbox to the OP:

edit: Actually, I'm having some trouble downloading with this method now.

edit2: Got it working with MS OneDrive/SkyDrive! Updating the OP now.

Wow that was fast. thank you

[Greek2me]

Updated the instructions for OneDrive. I'd love it if somebody else could please test this!

[Greek2me]

Small update just went out.

• Clarified dedicated server dialogues.
• Console errors are less intrusive.
• Support_TCPClient is updated to allow downloading images from image.blockland.us.
• Add-on descriptions are no longer shown in the update list.

[Pecon]

The current Support_UpdaterDownloader has a syntax error in the compressed TCPClient line.

[Greek2me]

The current Support_UpdaterDownloader has a syntax error in the compressed TCPClient line.

ewps. Fixed! http://mods.greek2me.us/storage/Support_Updater/Support_UpdaterDownload.cs

[Greek2me]

There's another small update today:

• Can now handle multiple repositories on same domain.
• User name is now sent to repositories automatically with the 'user' GET variable. This can be used for statistics.
• version.txt parser can now handle either space or tab-delimited fields.
• Error messages now give a description instead of just an error number.
• Fixed bad connection attempts resulting from invalid version.txt files.

[Clear Glass]

I don't have a pic of it, but it was a thing on the BL screen when I launched that said "Happy Holidays, From Greek2Me".

So i'm guessing this is your support updater mod doing this, but it's annoying as forget. It makes me sit through the entire 30 second animation to allow me to even touch anything.

[Greek2me]

I don't have a pic of it, but it was a thing on the BL screen when I launched that said "Happy Holidays, From Greek2Me".

So i'm guessing this is your support updater mod doing this, but it's annoying as forget. It makes me sit through the entire 30 second animation to allow me to even touch anything.

That actually wasn't support updater. Although there's a small glitch where it runs every time you open the main menu, that'll be fixed when you restart Blockland. Happy holidays to you, too.

[Clear Glass]

That actually wasn't support updater. Although there's a small glitch where it runs every time you open the main menu, that'll be fixed when you restart Blockland. Happy holidays to you, too.

Yea, it does it every time I restart; But it was a nice gesture. Happy Holidays.

[Greek2me]

Yea, it does it every time I restart; But it was a nice gesture. Happy Holidays.

Can you give me a console log? Also, type this in console and tell me the result:

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echo($pref::holidaygreetingsrun14);

[Greek2me]

Small update is just in preparation for the problem mods we're fixing.