DLC Patcher/Maker Script?

[mrjamesweston]

Well, Hello everybody. Though I am new, I was sure to read the rules; and I thank you in advance, and thank you for any assistance you give towards me or anyone else who views this question/post.


So, I have been working on a game for roughly 5 months going on and off development with said game. I have recently searched through the forums, to check if anyone had made such a thing. I had minimalistic talk about such things on the forums, but it didn't seem to meet what I had wanted for my project. I am making it in RPG Maker VX Ace.


I am asking for something that is basically a DLC Maker/patcher, that can check a website for different packages/files and see if there are changes and it can automatically download it, before they're allowed to play it. Or, the game noticed that they had bought said DLC, and download it for them, all in an api/script.


I understand this may seem like a big request, but I have not seen anything which can meet my needs. I have seen "patcher scripts", but this requires the client to place the files in the right directory, or select what to patch themselves.


I will be active at most times to clarify what I am asking about, and if you would like, private message me to work 1-on-1 with me to help me make such a thing. I thank you again if you can help, otherwise, I still thank you for your time.


Goodbye,


-James.

 

[Dr. Delibird]

I believe what you are looking for is very much possible through the use of scripting up an executeable program that runs checks for things then does the downloading or whatever accordingly. Thus far there is no such thing for specifically what you are looking for though I know for a fact that I am going to commission a scripting buddy of mine to create such a tool for my project so if there isn't one made by someone else by then then I will be sure to make it available to you and anyone else on the forums (he said that he is giving me any and all rights to anything I pay him to script and stuff so it will be perfectly like legal and stuffs ).

 

[Andar]

You'll need a combination of two scripts that already exist - the patch script (sounds as you found that already) and the http-request-scripts written by Dekita, which allows Ace to access a website server directly (originally intended for simple things like highscores, but had been adapted for other functions already.


Both scripts are presented on this forum somewhere, simply search for them and ask Dekita if he can modify the online script for patches.

 

[mrjamesweston]

I believe what you are looking for is very much possible through the use of scripting up an executeable program that runs checks for things then does the downloading or whatever accordingly. Thus far there is no such thing for specifically what you are looking for though I know for a fact that I am going to commission a scripting buddy of mine to create such a tool for my project so if there isn't one made by someone else by then then I will be sure to make it available to you and anyone else on the forums (he said that he is giving me any and all rights to anything I pay him to script and stuff so it will be perfectly like legal and stuffs ).

Sounds lovely, though is it going to be a a script(s) or an executeable file?

You'll need a combination of two scripts that already exist - the patch script (sounds as you found that already) and the http-request-scripts written by Dekita, which allows Ace to access a website server directly (originally intended for simple things like highscores, but had been adapted for other functions already.


Both scripts are presented on this forum somewhere, simply search for them and ask Dekita if he can modify the online script for patches.

Alright, thank you Andar.


I thank you both.

 

[Dr. Delibird]

An executeable though it seems your problem has been solved anywas