[arlome]

When I am working as a client, I want to create a patch program that sees an updated file on my server, patches my client, then gives me the option of starting the game after the patch completes but not before that.

(A lot like the SOE patchers)

Anyone know what language this would best be done in?

I know a bit of C# but I wanted to know what you all's opinion was and (more importantly) if this has been done yet!

Thanks!

Arlome

[The Maffyx]

Well depends on what type of server you're connecting to I guess.

[twobucksjr]

PERL is the best solution.

[Apoc]

Originally Posted by twobucksjr

PERL is the best solution.

Not true at all.

As Maffy said, it depends on the server. If you plan on doing it from .NET, I highly suggest getting a windows host, as you can use very simple web services to handle everything. (And you can do it all in .NET to boot)

I personally do this with a very small ASP.NET based web service.

Using something like PERL, would require a bit more code, but works alot better on *nix based servers. You could even do very simple things such as html page requests, etc.

And this has been done... MANY times over. (How do you think most programs check for updates, and automatically update themselves? )