New PR Installer. (beta)

Oddsodz · 01-14-2009, 12:36 PM

Well I think there should be a better way to install PR apart from downloading 2 installer files. So I have made one.

I Bring you the "PR Downloader"

A lot of new PR gamers run into the issue of only downloading the "Core installer" and forget or miss the part about the "Maps installer". So I have made a "All in one" downloader.

This has been tested on Windows Vista Ult x64 only. But if it works on that. Well I am sure it will work almost anywhere else.

http://www.oddsodz.com/downloads/prd...Downloader.exe

Now remember. This is a beta and is in no way a official R-DEV release. Speeds of the download will be about 200KB only. That is the limit I have in place on my web server (I Need speed for my web site stuff also).

Now if the DEV team pick up on this and like it. I Will hand over all code and info needed to place in the full hands of the DEV team.

I Hope this helps you guys out.

Oddsodz

Rudd · 01-14-2009, 01:28 PM

excellent, works on vista 32 here.

Great work mate, even looks nice

Scot · 01-14-2009, 03:54 PM

Very nice, worked on Vista 32 no problems, obviously didn't download the whole file though(stupid download limit) but looked and worked well.

Robbi · 01-14-2009, 04:05 PM

nice mate, good work

.blend · 01-14-2009, 04:33 PM

Theres a reason y they split the download into two files.

Rudd · 01-14-2009, 04:39 PM

those of us without download limits can ignore those reasons?

Scot · 01-14-2009, 04:53 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by .blend

Theres a reason y they split the download into two files.

Well considering this just put the files together, it wouldn't make a difference, because you would have to download both files to play normal PR anyway.

Oddsodz · 01-14-2009, 05:52 PM

There are many reasons why the Normal installers are in 2 parts. If I remember rightly, The main one was on older XP 32 bit OS. You could not have a 2Gigz (or was it 1Gig?) file in data size. This was to do with "FAT16/FAT32" and and "NTFS" filing table systems. Also if there was a "timeout" with downloading, You would have to download the whole thing all over again.

My PRDownload gets around all this. Now if you have a "timeout" with my Installer, You just restart it and it will continue from where it left off. Torrent Hashing is a wonderful thing. So you don't have to go and download the whole lot from scratch. My only draw back right now is downloading speeds. If I had the money. I Could hook it up to a faster bandwidth seed box and so the speeds would be faster. One thing I do know. This will be a super thing to have this going on 0.85 release day. AS it uses a Torrent backbone. The more users downloading it, The faster it would become. It could max out your own download speed.

Scot · 01-14-2009, 05:57 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Oddsodz

There are many reasons why the Normal installers are in 2 parts. If I remember rightly, The main one was on older XP 32 bit OS. You could not have a 2Gigz (or was it 1Gig?) file in data size. This was to do with "FAT16/FAT32" and and "NTFS" filing table systems. Also if there was a "timeout" with downloading, You would have to download the whole thing all over again.

My PRDownload gets around all this. Now if you have a "timeout" with my Installer, You just restart it and it will continue from where it left off. Torrent Hashing is a wonderful thing. So you don't have to go and download the whole lot from scratch. My only draw back right now is downloading speeds. If I had the money. I Could hook it up to a faster bandwidth seed box and so the speeds would be faster. One thing I do know. This will be a super thing to have this going on 0.85 release day. AS it uses a Torrent backbone. The more users downloading it, The faster it would become. It could max out your own download speed.

Also for people who don't know much about torrents, and want faster downloads, this makes it a lot easier. +1 for this.

Oddsodz · 01-14-2009, 06:12 PM

Also. This is NOT going to replace to current installers. Why. Well I have not come up with a way to back the installer up to say a DVD or something like that. If you used my "PRDownloader" to install PR and you uninstall PR you would have to download the whole thing again to install and play PR again. But I am working/thinking on how to get around that. I Might try and build a "Backup/burn to Disk" utility. Not sure how that will go yet. Will have to think hard about it. And do some real good googleing.

01-14-2009, 12:36 PM	#1
Oddsodz Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sea of Tranquillity Posts: 832	New PR Installer. (beta) Well I think there should be a better way to install PR apart from downloading 2 installer files. So I have made one. I Bring you the "PR Downloader" A lot of new PR gamers run into the issue of only downloading the "Core installer" and forget or miss the part about the "Maps installer". So I have made a "All in one" downloader. This has been tested on Windows Vista Ult x64 only. But if it works on that. Well I am sure it will work almost anywhere else. http://www.oddsodz.com/downloads/prd...Downloader.exe Now remember. This is a beta and is in no way a official R-DEV release. Speeds of the download will be about 200KB only. That is the limit I have in place on my web server (I Need speed for my web site stuff also). Now if the DEV team pick up on this and like it. I Will hand over all code and info needed to place in the full hands of the DEV team. I Hope this helps you guys out. Oddsodz
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01-14-2009, 05:52 PM	#8
Oddsodz Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sea of Tranquillity Posts: 832	Re: New PR Installer. (beta) There are many reasons why the Normal installers are in 2 parts. If I remember rightly, The main one was on older XP 32 bit OS. You could not have a 2Gigz (or was it 1Gig?) file in data size. This was to do with "FAT16/FAT32" and and "NTFS" filing table systems. Also if there was a "timeout" with downloading, You would have to download the whole thing all over again. My PRDownload gets around all this. Now if you have a "timeout" with my Installer, You just restart it and it will continue from where it left off. Torrent Hashing is a wonderful thing. So you don't have to go and download the whole lot from scratch. My only draw back right now is downloading speeds. If I had the money. I Could hook it up to a faster bandwidth seed box and so the speeds would be faster. One thing I do know. This will be a super thing to have this going on 0.85 release day. AS it uses a Torrent backbone. The more users downloading it, The faster it would become. It could max out your own download speed.
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Oddsodz Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Sea of Tranquillity Posts: 832	Re: New PR Installer. (beta) Also. This is NOT going to replace to current installers. Why. Well I have not come up with a way to back the installer up to say a DVD or something like that. If you used my "PRDownloader" to install PR and you uninstall PR you would have to download the whole thing again to install and play PR again. But I am working/thinking on how to get around that. I Might try and build a "Backup/burn to Disk" utility. Not sure how that will go yet. Will have to think hard about it. And do some real good googleing.
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