orbitaldecay {l Wrote}:Could work something like this: Download a launcher that pulls the latest build from the repo. When you run the launcher, it syncs with the repo prior to launching the game and provides a list of new updates. Maybe also includes some mechanism for providing feedback. Seems like that would make it as easy as possible for people to help play test (and should be a pretty simple program to write using goodies like the subversion client api
http://rapidsvn.tigris.org/svncpp.html)
I want to try making this, because I am in desperate need of learning C++ implementation, but I can't guarantee I'll be able to make it quickly (I'm gonna try my damnedest to actually make it) So if someone else is interested, they can probably do it faster, so yeah.
Rest assured, you have at least 1 person interested in this.
Personally, I don't see how SVN is all that difficult, especially if you use Tortoise. All you have to do is make a "RedEclipseSVN" folder, and (with Tortoise installed) right click and make a repo, enter the URL given on the wiki, follow the rest of the instructions, and then whenever you want to update the SVN version, you just right click the folder again and do SVN Update.
By the way, for the resourceful SVN user, if you look at the reclient arguments, you will see you can change the home directory in the batch file to launch it. Instead of "-h%RE_DIR%", use "-hhome" or some other path. "-hhome" will set the home directory for the SVN client to be right inside that same directory, under "home". So it'll look like:
- {l Code}: {l Select All Code}
RedEclipseSVN >
bin
data
home >
* where you put maps, sounds; where config.cfg resides, etc.
src
...
That way you can play 1.1 and SVN interchangeably, without worrying about messing up your settings. Porting over 1.1 settings is as easy as copying your config.cfg file over to the SVN home dir.
I think I'll add a section about this on the wiki under the SVN info in a few hours when I'm out of class.
Which reminds me, I should work on the Vars page too ._. Shame on me for slacking! ; -;
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BTW, if I had internet full time, I would be testing SVN for you guys all the time. Unfortunately, I can't do that much :(
Though I do submit bugs and glitches whenever I can, as quin knows from me on the tracker ;)
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Brainstorming title ideas...
- "Red Eclipse EZSVN Tool"?
- "Red Eclipse Dev Test Tool"?
- " RE SVN Playtester Utility"?
Just a few ideas. Current working title is the first. I may refer to it as REEZSVN... I like how that looks
What directory did you run svn up from? (should have been the base red eclipse directory, not src) Also, if you're not on Windows, you'll need to rebuild the client.