Six Updater: Install/Update mods, missions. Delta patching. Server browser, and more!

[Sickboy]

Six Updater - Keeping your Mods, Missions and Servers updated and manageable.

Main Features

• MultiThreaded & MultiHost Mods/Missions downloads (installation/updating/repair/migration)
  
  • Deploys delta patching to save time and bandwidth (only downloads changed parts)
• Game Launcher
• Server Browser with search and filtering - Join servers automatically with the required Mods.
• Server Monitor - Keep track of server status, players, incl sound alarms.
• Many popular mods available out of the box
• Strong global mirror network (community powered)
• Custom repository hosting for server owners and community websites (with Mods, Missions, and additional server information and automation, incl TeamSpeak3 and Mumble support).
• GUI, Commandline and Linux support
• Flexible and Advanced Preset and Game Profile configuration possible
• Multi game versions and editions supported, manageable side-by-side
• Mod dependencies supported
• Easy access to Mod tools and 3rd party applications like Fraps/TrackIR. Including support for copying ACRE plugin dll's to TS3\Plugins, and Jayarma2lib dsound.dll to game exe folder.
• Create shortcuts to your favorite Presets or to directly start the game with favorite mods and settings
• Full Localization and Internationalization support (preliminary Russian and German translations included)
• Increasing community server support
• Active Development and Support

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Download, Support and Info

Current Version: 2.9.7pre

• SU Home (News, Downloads, Support, FAQ and Documentation)
• Roadmap (Planned Features and Known Issues)
• Updater Portal (Stats, Information browser and Server browser)

Related projects available at the Six Projects thread.


Looking For

• Documentation/Support assistance
• Network Management assistance (Collecing Mods, Missions and information)
• Development assistance ((Iron)Ruby, C#, .NET, WPF)
• Mirror hosting
• Server admins who wish to host custom repositories for their server and take full advantage of SU features

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[.kju [PvPscene]]

Congratz and good looking thread!

[Morten87]

Looking forward to this

[PuFu]

you know Six Updater is already released, don't you?

[Dwarden]

you know Six Updater is already released, don't you?

he maybe means 2.4 final

[PuFu]

he maybe means 2.4 final

Knowing Sickboy, there is not such thing as final for him

[rexehuk]

Just to announce, Havoc Company have moved over to the SixUpdater methodology now and have just announced a full rollout next week, ditching previous systems.

The amount of time this saves server admins is huge, shifting from manual Yomas / ZIP pushing which can take up to half an hour per update is now down to a few minutes fully automated with the help of some batch work.

On top of this, support for the application is second to none, Sickboy fixes reported issues in less than 30 minutes from the ones I've experienced so far, while Yomas etc is good I think they are reaching their useful life due to lack of ongoing development.

Bravo

Havoc Company Repo - http://www.havoc-company.com:85/ (Redirects to Six Prompt)

Hosts:

@ACE
@ACEX
@CBA
@ACEX_RU
@ACEX_USNAVY
@ACEX_SM
@HAVOC
@CAA_HC (Ongoing OA CAA development for compatibility)

Usually latest builds.

[Robalo]

The new Six Updater has been a huge improvement even since we've started using it, early at development version 2.1.
The time involved with the updating process is no longer an issue, given the huge advantage of the way downloads are handled, so even out of date players can just click a couple of buttons and be on the server in a matter of minutes instead of hours now. So much easier to provide support to users too, as the procedures are very simple and automated.
Server admins adopting this will be amazed how fast it can be to push updates to the repository, especially with rsync method. You can now deploy new addons without the fear of user's gripe. The server configs hold all the needed info, the user does not need to change anything, just open up SU and join as usual without fiddling with mod strings and moving files around.

Big thanks Sickboy, this is the number 1 Arma2 companion tool and I hope the community and BIS will soon realize the value of it's capabilities.

[galzohar]

Yeah I have to say using URL method (with a yml file hosted) makes it very easy for me to make sure everyone play with the same addons and are always up to date. No more "wait you're not running addon X, please restart the game" (and that thing usually repeats 3-5 times with various addons), or "wait, addon Y is not up to date, please update and restart". Not to mention players coming on with addons that are not up to date and don't give a relevant message and instead just cause glitches.

Overall it really made my life easier. Now all it needs is fully automating ACRE updates and giving an option to leave the program running and update automatically when the user is not on the computer, and it'll be perfect.

[Sickboy]

Thanks guys!

I'm making final touches to SU v2.4, have released 2.4rc1 setup, and plan to release final RC sometime this weekend alongside blog, hopefully turning into 2.4 stable by next week.
Then probably a short break again, to then move on to SU v2.5.

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Oh and still looking for helping hands and additional mirror hosts :

Looking For

• Support assistance
• Network Management assistance (Collecing Mods, Missions and information)
• Development assistance ((Iron)Ruby, C#, .NET, WPF)
• Mirror hosting
• Server admins who wish to host custom repositories for their server and take full advantage of SU features

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