et game updater

(cheesy) #1

I am making a simple one-click no-fuss installer that handles fixs and updates for game clients (dont matter if it is 2.55 or 2.60b). I want to ask what fixes you guys think should be in there.

The target users are new players that don’t know their etkey from their autoexec, 2.55 players, and the lazy that dont like applying a dozen utilities.

Features…

  • etkey installer (only if missing)
  • locks etkey as read-only (prevents game addons from deleting it)
  • cleans temp files and menus
  • sets RUNASADMIN compatibility fix for ET (windows 7/vista)
  • increases hunkmegs, zonemegs, and soundmegs
  • updates punkbuster
  • It will update multiple ET directories

Download ET Ready Utility

Should I include any other setting changes to autoexec, addons, fixes to problems…etc ?

(Mateos) #2

How does it detects menus? PK3 analysis or just a long name with uncommon letters?

(NewName) #3

Nice effort :), written in .NET?

(Patriotqube) #4

looks like a good idea

but why bother with 2.55?

isnt most 2.55 servers today 2.55+ and can take a 2.60b client ?

so if we could get a standard install we all would agree on an ad to our downloads then im pretty sure the 2.55 and 2.55+ servers slowly will be transformed into 2.60b

also helping is the fact that we dont get all the “new” players anymore as we used to

skip the old and go with newest imo

again good idea.

and no i cant see more thats needed, ppl will get maps and mods from servers they connects to, no real reason to fidle with ppl’s cfg’s imo

good work

(Gir) #5

[QUOTE=cheesy;398200]

  • updates punkbuster
    ?[/QUOTE]

not needed

(Mateos) #6

Does 2.55+ has fixes against DDos and some exploits?

ETEng is only compatible with 2.60b and has these fixes. Some other projects have these fixes. Why stay in the past?

Nice app :slight_smile:

(cheesy) #7

@patriot
I bother with 2.55 because people still play on 2.55. In fact 2.55 is one of the main reasons I am doing this, most of my clan is still on 2.55 and I do not plan on arguing them to 2.60b.

@Mateos
actually 2.55+ is a 2.60b server, and even resolves some of the client-side fixes as well. And good to know about ETEng…maybe I will use it to replace QMM
but this little app I am making is not a binary and does not try to fix exploits. It has nothing to do server-side either. I have been a server owner for about 3+ years and NEVER had to address any exploit related problems other than a DoS attack and voting exploit (although its nice that people are fixing such).
The goal is to address the major and well established problems preventing a player from getting on and staying on a server. Except for et minimizer, which I added because I believe players need a way to minimize et.
Why stay in the past? Not sure, ask all the 2.55 players out there. About 1/3 of the servers are 2.55 but here is a news flash, roughly half of the players are still on 2.55 master list. As Hogan says…“It is what it is brother”. :slight_smile:

(Mateos) #8

Thanks for details :slight_smile:

(cheesy) #9

Well I identified a few causes of ET crashes on Windows 7, so I guess what I am asking is if there are any other windows-side fixes (windows XP, Vista, 7, or 8beta) that you guys think might be useful. Anything from a video card fix to other windows issues.

(cheesy) #10

I went ahead and made this in batch to be fully transparent, and to get some help and contributions (which I have). I did it mainly for my clan, but also as a school project. Anything is possible in batch, if you know how. So this utility/script resolves windows Vista and 7 related game issues, plus the stuff I mentioned in the first post.

Its open source, feel free to add any of the scripts into your own projects as per the EULA. The batch gets extracted to Temp\ETIM for anyone that wants to view it.

I forgot to credit NF-Pedro for the superior etkey installer, I will update that in the next readme.

Download
http://www.supremeclan.com/t405-et-ready-utility

(Paul) #11

[QUOTE=cheesy;398234]@patriot
… And good to know about ETEng…maybe I will use it to replace QMM…[/QUOTE]

ETENG’s changes are now merged into ET 300, currently running on beta. PM me for the link :wink:

(Mateos) #12

A project based on a project from a project?

Starting to have too much projects of fixing, isn’t it?

(cheesy) #13

Are you talking about ET 300?
There are many projects with the ET source. To be expected I think.

In my opinion:
The one with the most benefit, least bugs, and least limitations on client support…Wins! <—dramatization

oh, but if you mean my utility, this is the final. I am only going to update if there is a critical windows fix needed…i.e. windows 8 issue.

[QUOTE=Mateos;400591]A project based on a project from a project?

Starting to have too much projects of fixing, isn’t it?[/QUOTE]

(cheesy) #14

paul, does ET 300 block getstatus exploit?