Patch File Program

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:32 am

Here's the deal, in my spare time I've been taking a break from Eschaton to try out a new patch file system someone suggested. What these files do is, scan through a halo map file, searching for differences (like a ppf) but using map file logic. They then store that data in a way that can be applied to any other map file. In the case where a change has been made to a tag that doesn't exist in another map, the program will ignore that tag for when patching a map, and report which tag it was unable to find. Right now, the only changes that it can record are limited to HMT editing (from plugins) and dependency swapping. So far I've tested it with Halo:mac full, demo and Halo:PC trial with complete success. I've also tested it with CE maps successfully, but can only view them through Eschaton which seems to read them correctly but I haven't been able to test in-game whether the changes were applied. So here's what I need:

2 halo:mac testers who are willing to download halo demo and test new patches for multiple maps full and demo.
R.O.U.S.

2 halo:pc testers to do the same for full and trial on XP.
D4rkFire

2 halo:pc testers to do the same for full and trial on Vista.
auerhantheman1

1 halo:ce tester to test for compatibility between CE, PC and trial maps.
[RR]RedRene

Notes: the patch creation process is rather long due to the nature of the dependency lookups. I'll provide guidelines for testing, as well as a survey to improve the program.

[RR]RedRene · Post by **[RR]RedRene** » Tue May 01, 2007 9:57 am

I'll do the CE for ya mate.

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:26 am

Sweet. /update. I'll pm you with the download link.

[RR]RedRene · Post by **[RR]RedRene** » Tue May 01, 2007 10:33 am

Altimit01 wrote:Sweet. /update. I'll pm you with the download link.

Okay, having a look now.

OwnZ joO · Post by **OwnZ joO** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:18 am

So serenity for pc, good idea.

D4rkFire · Post by **D4rkFire** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:29 am

Ill be the test for XP. Full

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Tue May 01, 2007 11:32 am

PM-ed you the download. /update.

auerhantheman1 · Post by **auerhantheman1** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:42 pm

I'll do Vista. Full. You might want another one for vista though, as sound driver problems continue to haunt me

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:46 pm

Alright then. I wasn't sure about the vista issues. PM-ing you the link.

auerhantheman1 · Post by **auerhantheman1** » Tue May 01, 2007 1:50 pm

Thanks man.

-DeToX- · Post by **-DeToX-** » Tue May 01, 2007 3:29 pm

I pray to god you don't use one block when doing this.

I would split changes up from each meta, meta file table, each raw(if HPC has it), String Table(if it has it), and unicode table(if it has it), and any other table that may be in HaloPC

I hope your doing that =x.

Good luck.

R.O.U.S. · Post by **R.O.U.S.** » Tue May 01, 2007 8:21 pm

ill do the mac full/demo for ya!

ImaBeast · Post by **ImaBeast** » Thu May 10, 2007 5:58 pm

this sounds awesome, ill have to try when a finalized version comes out. I need the one for HPC

astrader · Post by **astrader** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:34 pm

i test for the trial on windows

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Fri May 18, 2007 1:40 pm

Ok, I'm putting this into open beta since some of the testers haven't responded to the survey. Working on a newer version that's much faster but here's the old one:
windows
mac

just post survey answers in this topic

Andrew_b · Post by **Andrew_b** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:19 pm

auerhantheman1 wrote:I'll do Vista. Full. You might want another one for vista though, as sound driver problems continue to haunt me

hey ill test...you need someone on a PC that has vista right?

and i have no driver problems so...

Altimit01 · Post by **Altimit01** » Sun May 20, 2007 1:25 pm

Sure I'll take anyone who's willing to test now