Download as xdelta

[HaJo]

To cut down the size of the downloads, it would be nice
to provide updates for new versions of ufo:ai also
as xdelta-files.
I.e. most of the music/sounds/textures/models etc.
don't change between versions.

[HaJo]

For other games with fairly large downloads, that use xdelta,
see "Battle for Wesnoth", http://www.wesnoth.org/wiki/Download_Xdeltas

[v29a]

more recent patches can be found here now





hi there.
i would create xdelta patches for you if you tell me how to use that tool on a directory.
the manual talks only about using it on single files ...

(win/linux doesnt matter currently using win32 version of xdelta)

edit:

0:30 and i think i successfully created my first xdelta patch ;-)
it shall be applied to the rc3 windows installer .exe (ufoai-2.0-RC3-win32.exe) and contains the current version i compiled from svn.

problems:
* i did not care about sound yet (because it was broken last time i tried)
* i also left away the source files and mission constuction kit
* there is (might be?) a bug when trying to get you shuttle to the mission site ... dont know if it is reported or not
* since this is my first xdelta patch file hajo shall maybe give me some feedback first

i did not test this patch very much. it might or might not work. i did not care much about including every feature.
this is mainly a prove for me that i can do those xdelta patches ;-)
you might get more (and better ones) in the future ;-)

DOWNLOAD DISCLAIMER: THIS IS A TEST RELEASE BY V29A. THE DEVELOPERS ARE NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR THIS PATCH. I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE DONE TO YOUR COMPUTER. USE IT ON YOUR OWN RISK.

Download Patch: http://v29a.homelinux.net/ufo/ufoai-patch3.01.xdelta ~3,8MB
(sorry for the slow connection. i will look for a mirror for further releases)

Download xdelta (win): http://evanjones.ca/software/xdelta-win32.html