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⏬ Automatic updater for Virtual Paradise

Home Page: https://virtualparadise.org/

License: Apache License 2.0

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VPUpdater

Automatic updater for Virtual Paradise

About

This tool is directly inspired by VPUpdater by Evonex. However since its last commit 4 years prior, a lot has changed and there were a few issues:

The tool did not support the 64-bit version of Virtual Paradise
It is incompatible with new the download & install flow (the tool expected to download and extract a .zip file, where Virtual Paradise now uses a Squirrel installer)

I've rewritten the tool from the ground up to correct all of these issues.

How to use

Ensure you have the .NET Framework 4.8 Runtime
Download the latest release and extract the files to your Virtual Paradise directory
Create a shortcut to VPUpdater.exe
Rename the shortcut to something meaningful (you know... like Virtual Paradise)
Place that shortcut on your desktop / taskbar / useful location.

Now when you launch "Virtual Paradise", it will launch the updater first. If there are no updates, the tool with simply launch Virtual Paradise. If there is an update, it will download the latest setup and you can go from there.

How to enable pre-release builds

Edit (or create) file VPUpdater.cfg in the Virtual Paradise directory with the line:

stable_only=0

The next time the updater runs, it will check for pre-release builds.

Building prerequisites

Prerequisite	Version
.NET Framework Developer Pack	4.8

Nuget package dependencies

Dependency	Version
AngleSharp	0.12.1
SemanticVersioning	1.2.0

Disclaimer

This tool is provided as-is.

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🐞 Error and force quit if pre-release version isn't already installed

When cfg has stable_only=0 and there is no pre-release already installed, we are blessed with this error and the Updater quits automatically.

This does not occur if stable_only=1 or if the pre-release version is already installed.

Updater still attempts to update if VirtualParadise.exe is not found

Describe the bug
If VPUpdater.exe is not in the same folder as VirtualParadise.exe, the error shown does not halt the application.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Launch VPUpdater.exe from a folder other than VP's

Expected behavior
The application should exit after displaying the error.

Screenshots
n/a

Additional context
See DownloadForm.cs:56-70

"{0} was not found. The updater cannot continue."

Describe the bug
If VirtualParadise.exe is not in the same folder as VPUpdater.exe, the error shown is nonsense.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Launch updater from any folder with with VirtualParadise.exe not in the same location.
That's literally it.

Expected behavior
The message should display "VirtualParadise.exe was not found [...]"

Screenshots

Additional context
A missing call to String.Format in DownloadForm.cs:59 causes this.

🆎 Add support for Alpha/Beta releases

Pre-release builds are posted on Edwin's blog, which has an RSS feed we can parse using System.ServiceModel.Syndication.SyndicationFeed.

Updater will always fail

Describe the bug
The updater will always claim there is an update available, even when there isn't.

To Reproduce
Steps to reproduce the behavior:

Launch the updater.
That's literally it.

Expected behavior
The updater should quietly quit and launch Virtual Paradise if there is no new version.

Screenshots
n/a

Additional context
VirtualParadise.cs:69 subtracts 1 from version.Build, causing the update check to always give the wrong result.

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vpupdater's Introduction

VPUpdater

About

How to use

How to enable pre-release builds

Building prerequisites

Nuget package dependencies

Disclaimer

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