Successfully Auto-Patch your Launcher

[Vision]

Auto-Patch Launcher - FULL DETAILED GUIDE

This is a guide that will lead you to a successful and working launcher with auto-patch.

First download this Launcher with Auto-Patch:

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- This is shared by tearhear18 and i guess modified some of the functions.

Now after downloading, extract it anywhere. Open the Folder and go to the Tools folder. Inside the Tools folder find config.ini. Open config.ini and edit these lines:

RootURL='http://yourdomain.com/Web/' - this is the url/address where you will upload the necessary contents for you to successfully work your auto-patch (some of the functions will be discuss later).

RemoteConfigFile='main.ini' - this contains some of the configurations for the web.

Other functions insdie the config.ini is not necessarily important for the Launcher to auto-patch. But you can try to discover it's functions and how it affects the Launcher's Design. See also: images folder, the launcher background can be replaced there as well as the buttons. How to change the launcher design? Refer to the config.ini - values of the images of the launcher are placed there.



Save and Close the config.ini. Now Let's open the main.ini inside the Web folder. Find these lines:

file_url=http://yourdomain.com/Web/data/ - this contains your patch data. All patch will be stored here.

PatchList=plist.txt - this controls your patch flow.

100 ranpatch02.thor - 1st patch
101 ranpatch02.thor - 2nd patch
102 ranpatch03.thor - 3rd patch

Notice that you only need to change the last number if you want to make a patch. Now let's insert our 4th patch:

103 patchran10000.thor

Name of the patch does not affect the flow. It continues to patch in the 4th patch because of the number that controls the flow.

Data folder contains your patch. Just leave it as it is now.

Other functions inside main.ini rather than the discussed values above are not important for your auto-patch to work. Explore till your heart desires if you wish to make an advance settings.



Now, let's begin embedding your customized launcher (assuming you already customized your launcher with your background image and values of the buttons, etc).
Go back to the Tools folder. Double Click "ConfigEmbeder" and browse thor.exe inside your Tools folder. Hit the PACK button, and a confirmation "Done" will appear.

Note: if an error occur during the PACKING process, the reason may be you input the wrong configuration in your config.ini. Review your configurations and try PACKING again.

I assume you successfully packed your new thor.exe (rename as you want it to be). At this stage, you should upload the Web folder in your domain or in your hoster - it must be the exact domain or host as what you edited in your config.ini.





How to make a patch?

Open the ThorGenerator, select the output name of your patch (ranpatch01 , patching01, anything you want, it will always leave a .thor extension file).
Add a file, choose directory if you wish to upload a file from a directory (example would be the data folder in our Ran Clients). Leave the other options and Hit Generate.
Now you already have a patch. Upload this to your domain.com/Web/data and update your plist.txt. Put your new Launcher in your Ran Online Client.

You already have a Customized Launcher with Auto-patch. If you have any errors regarding the guide, please do reply in this thread and i'll be happy to answer you.

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Added Video Guide by starstrokers.

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Credits: Thor Patcher coders, tearhear18

 

[Vision]

Your welcome. Tell me if you experience errors.

 

[weakme33]

Sir where can i find a WEb Hosting?

 

[Vision]

I recommend

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But there's a lot of webhosting out there. Just google them.

 

[weakme33]

i having a problem in making a patch .thor file @_@

 

[Vision]

What's the error? It's just too easy to make one.

 

[RaiNx01]

thanks a lot its working.
but on your launcher only

how can I make other launcher work?

 

[Vision]

I don't know about the other launchers. I only made this work in the Thor Patcher. What's the configurations with the other launchers? If it's customizable, then there's no problem about it. You only need to determine the configurations like the one in Thor Patcher.

 

[RaiNx01]

im currently using this launcher.

can you modify this?
thanks in adnvance

 

[Vision]

Not without the tools. I'm afraid i can't. Don't you like the one i shared? You can always modify the design if you want. Just change the values inside the config.ini.

 

[CharlesCode]

@vision : sir i cant make RanCP but what i can put main.ini in my hosting??? i put there (.../public.html/patch/main.ini) ???

and sir... how i can change langguage to indonesian.ini??

 

[EMOLISTA]

Thans for sharing with us...yeah! Happy new year....^_^

 

[RaiNx01]

Not without the tools. I'm afraid i can't. Don't you like the one i shared? You can always modify the design if you want. Just change the values inside the config.ini.

I like your launcher, its smoothly working w/out any problem
But i dunno how to customize it

now i'm going to use your launcher
thaaaaaaaanks a LOT

I got this error when I change the bg and pack it using configembeder:

anyone can fix this?

 

[Vision]

@vision : sir i cant make RanCP but what i can put main.ini in my hosting??? i put there (.../public.html/patch/main.ini) ???

and sir... how i can change langguage to indonesian.ini??

I'm not really sure on what you mean there, but i guess it's about the host and where will you put your main.ini. Take a look at the Launcher folder. There are 3 folders insider it. You need to upload the Web folder into your hosting. It depends on the domain of your hosting or the subdomain. Let's have an example for a subdomain with freehosting.

yoursubdomain.yourmaindomain.com/ran/ <-- this is your main url.
Upload the WEB folder in that address. You may use FTP or directly upload it in your Hosting Control Panel.

If it's already uploaded, your web contents is already in your hosting which is yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com/ran/ <-- and inside it is your main.ini, plist.txt, data folder, styles.css, bg.jpg, and your notice.html.

As what my guide said, your patch will be inside the data folder.
I'm not sure about the language really because it's just been added in there. Try to look for some results in google, maybe you can find some.

I like your launcher, its smoothly working w/out any problem
But i dunno how to customize it

now i'm going to use your launcher
thaaaaaaaanks a LOT

I got this error when I change the bg and pack it using configembeder:

anyone can fix this?

You need to have a .jpg background for you to successfully pack your launcher. .png and other image extensions doesn't work.

 

[RaiNx01]

@Vision,

the bg img wont chnge

 

[Vision]

What image extension are you using? Before packing the launcher, you should change the image value in the config.ini and it should match the name of your bg in your images folder. Pack and if everything goes right, you'll see your new background image for your launcher.

 

[RaiNx01]

What image extension are you using? Before packing the launcher, you should change the image value in the config.ini and it should match the name of your bg in your images folder. Pack and if everything goes right, you'll see your new background image for your launcher.

bg.jpg sir

 

[Vision]

Did you change the image name in the config.ini? it should also bg.jpg. Please note that you need to pack a new launcher if you made any changes in your config.ini or in your images folder.

 

[RaiNx01]

I'm not really sure on what you mean there, but i guess it's about the host and where will you put your main.ini. Take a look at the Launcher folder. There are 3 folders insider it. You need to upload the Web folder into your hosting. It depends on the domain of your hosting or the subdomain. Let's have an example for a subdomain with freehosting.

yoursubdomain.yourmaindomain.com/ran/ <-- this is your main url.
Upload the WEB folder in that address. You may use FTP or directly upload it in your Hosting Control Panel.

If it's already uploaded, your web contents is already in your hosting which is yoursubdomain.yourdomain.com/ran/ <-- and inside it is your main.ini, plist.txt, data folder, styles.css, bg.jpg, and your notice.html.

As what my guide said, your patch will be inside the data folder.
I'm not sure about the language really because it's just been added in there. Try to look for some results in google, maybe you can find some.


You need to have a .jpg background for you to successfully pack your launcher. .png and other image extensions doesn't work.

i still got error like this, when i packed it
my bg file xtension s .jpg, how come is doesnt work?

i still got this when i packed

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[Vision]

I have not experienced that error. I'm always repacking my Launcher with some new designs. When you pack, did you choose the thor.exe ? and then click PACK? Not in the Patcher folder, in the Tools folder.