Autodownloader for free(gratis) legal but not redistributable game content

Hans de Goede j.w.r.degoede at hhs.nl
Wed Aug 30 04:09:54 UTC 2006



Ric Moore wrote:
> On Wed, 2006-08-23 at 13:38 +0200, Hans de Goede wrote:
> 
>> Thus I would like to create an (nice userfriendly GUI) autodownloader 
>> which can be used by games like this to download the nescesarry files, 
>> this should work something like this:
>>
>> -user tries to start the game for the first time
>> -a dialog is shown to the user explaining that this game needs some 
>> additional files and that if the user agrees a connection to the 
>> internet will be made to download these files so that the game can be run.
>> -If the user agrees a dialog is shown with the license of these files,
>> -If the user accepts the license, the files get downloaded and dropped
>>   into the proper place.
>> -the game gets started normally
>>
>> On subsequent runs the game will be started immediatly.
> 
> Hans, this is what I need for my OAR project... we plan on using the
> $100 laptops and they basically have to be kickstarted almost everytime
> they come into use. Ric 

In what timescale do you need this, this is most likely becoming reality 
(as in a piece of software todo the autodownloading is being written), 
but the timeline is currently about 20 weeks.

Regards,

Hans





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