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General => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: Fozzy on October 14, 2008, 07:25:31 pm

Title: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: Fozzy on October 14, 2008, 07:25:31 pm

I have windows vista and i am trying to update my client ! Can someone with windows vista please give me noob instructions on how to do this ! I have tried everything !

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: rotacak on October 14, 2008, 07:38:31 pm

That is reason why I still not using new client. You must backup your guid, config and new config will be somewhere else. With configs will be totally mess atleast on windows. I don't understand why that files must be in local settings and if I am right, with new client AGAIN somewhere else. Why it is not in trem folder with game together (btw, there's are also somewhat configs)?  :'(

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: David on October 14, 2008, 07:57:00 pm

Because windows is trying to be multi-user, and on vista you shouldn't be able to write to prog files without a password.
I think its %APPDATA%/tremulous/base for userfiles, and program files/tremulous/ for where the bin goes.

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: rotacak on October 14, 2008, 08:48:35 pm

I have win XP and tremulous is in e:\hry\tremulous. Anything tremulous related outside this dir is annoying for me. And how we can see, for many users around. Multiuser benefit probably 0.1% trem players. I think that password for writing to program files is strange, many programs do that. But if it need be like this, ok. Only my opinion is that is confusing.

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: SlackerLinux on October 15, 2008, 03:02:08 am

Quote from: rotacak on October 14, 2008, 08:48:35 pm

I have win XP and tremulous is in e:\hry\tremulous. Anything tremulous related outside this dir is annoying for me. And how we can see, for many users around. Multiuser benefit probably 0.1% trem players. I think that password for writing to program files is strange, many programs do that. But if it need be like this, OK. Only my opinion is that is confusing.

quite simply its a risk. windows always did it like that. that's why other OS don't get/have as many viruses i am sure its a 1-2 line change to change that behavior to what you want.

the code starts at sys_win32.c line 48.

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: Amanieu on October 15, 2008, 06:32:09 am

+set fs_homepath "e:\hry\tremulous"

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: rotacak on October 15, 2008, 01:26:37 pm

Quote from: Amanieu on October 15, 2008, 06:32:09 am

+set fs_homepath "e:\hry\tremulous"

It work with all clients?

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: David on October 15, 2008, 01:47:23 pm

Yep, been there forever.

Title: Re: How Do I Update My Client ?
Post by: rotacak on October 15, 2008, 03:39:56 pm

SUPER!