Author Topic: how's the download system in v9 gonna work? (Read 2876 times)

Han Frolo · May 29, 2008, 10:17:59 PM

I heard in a topic, that it's gonna be more organized, in order, and it's gonna automatically extract mods to the right folders.

is this all true?

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Falcondude · May 29, 2008, 10:20:20 PM

You won't extract, it's that simple for that part. You'll just plop the .zips (NOT .rars) in your add-ons folder, if I remember correctly.

Ladios · May 29, 2008, 10:34:50 PM

I beleive badspot was working on making it RAR compatable. I fogot if this was so.

Reactor Worker · May 29, 2008, 10:53:19 PM

It would be nice if we could here what format the folders need to be in for V9 so we can start converting our mods to be compatible with it.

WRB852 · May 29, 2008, 11:30:03 PM

I'm sure you would package it the same as if you were packaging it to be extracted into the add-ons folder. That's how it works in the add-ons folder in Gmod at least.

laremere · May 30, 2008, 01:11:45 AM

No, the file structure has been changed for the better.

Quote from: Reactor Worker on May 29, 2008, 10:53:19 PM

It would be nice if we could here what format the folders need to be in for V9 so we can start converting our mods to be compatible with it.

It is easy to ransfer.� I believe Badspot said he might explain it a bit more before it comes out.� Also, something might be changed, and even if Badspot said endless times in a posting about it, people would give him tons of stuff for a tiny bit of work they have to do over.� Lastly, people would be bugging the hell out of beta-testers to test their mods to make sure they did it right.

Felix · May 30, 2008, 02:46:39 AM

i heard that if you go to a server running addons
(this is in RTB 2.0)
and download addons you don't have,
you get them for your servers.
can someone say EPIC WIN?

Masterlegodude · May 30, 2008, 04:22:52 AM

Ha, Felix, your avatar is Felix the cat, am i right? :P

Ephialtes · May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM

Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

Packer · May 30, 2008, 08:59:40 AM

Quote from: Ephialtes on May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM

Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

<3
I'd be nice to have an example of every thing tough.

Trader · May 30, 2008, 10:41:06 AM

I'm sure that, shortly before the release of v9, Badspot will either post a write-up on what needs to be changed from the structure of v8 Add-Ons to make them compatible with v9 or he'll have one of the testers do it.

Jaydee · May 30, 2008, 10:45:08 AM

Quote from: Ephialtes on May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM

Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

Osh... Oh.. My....

I gotta re-script all of my weapons when this happens...

BTW, does anyone know at least what year or month will v9 come?

I really need to know what will change so I can fix my weapon scripts.

Packer · May 30, 2008, 11:00:43 AM

Quote from: jaydee0004 on May 30, 2008, 10:45:08 AM

Quote from: Ephialtes on May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM
Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

Osh... Oh.. My....

I gotta re-script all of my weapons when this happens...

BTW, does anyone know at least what year or month will v9 come?

I really need to know what will change so I can fix my weapon scripts.

Its done when its done, only a nub would panic, so what if people have to wait a week for the updates.

zackin5 · May 30, 2008, 11:02:51 AM

Quote from: jaydee0004 on May 30, 2008, 10:45:08 AM

Quote from: Ephialtes on May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM
Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

Osh... Oh.. My....

I gotta re-script all of my weapons when this happens...

BTW, does anyone know at least what year or month will v9 come?

I really need to know what will change so I can fix my weapon scripts.

thats why I'm gonna reinstall blockland when V9 comes out, to get rid of all those add-ons i downloaded way-back when and cannot bring myself to delete

Jaydee · May 30, 2008, 11:07:12 AM

Quote from: Packer on May 30, 2008, 11:00:43 AM

Quote from: jaydee0004 on May 30, 2008, 10:45:08 AM
Quote from: Ephialtes on May 30, 2008, 08:41:55 AM
Almost every gun add-on will need to be fixed, because there have been loads of changes to the way bullets work, the emitters they use etc. Its not a case of re-arranging the files, there is some work to be done to make them v9 compatible and hopefully this will help purge us of all the crappy addons (see: /pee, banana/homing missile)

Osh... Oh.. My....

I gotta re-script all of my weapons when this happens...

BTW, does anyone know at least what year or month will v9 come?

I really need to know what will change so I can fix my weapon scripts.
Its done when its done, only a nub would panic, so what if people have to wait a week for the updates.

Ok.. I'm just asking though... Nvm... I'll just wait for v9 to come...