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Redostrike

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Posted: 11th Mar 2006 08:45

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Well lets say i made a game (what i did not do

still learning DBPro.) And i gave it to my friends an put it on a site.

How can i only add some code to the exsiting project (i do not main the DBPro project but the exe files i already gave out).

Like creating a patch for it. For updating Bugs (wrong 2d, 3d less polys, system bugs ect.)

Thanks in advance.

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Posted: 11th Mar 2006 09:32

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replace the media that was passed out with your new low poly ones

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roswell

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Posted: 11th Mar 2006 13:04

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I would think for code changes (fixing bugs, etc) the easiest thing to do would be to pass out a new .exe file to replace the previous one. Users would just have to replace their existing .exe value with your new one.

On the other hand, to be more like a true patch system you could code your .exe file to be prepared for patches by checking for updates to any functions by checking for them in a specific location (like a DLL file), and then applying those changes during runtime. However, I think this might be a bit too advanced for you if you're still just learning DBPro.

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Zotoaster

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Posted: 11th Mar 2006 17:54 Edited at: 11th Mar 2006 19:55

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That's where David T's Unity plugin comes in handy