Client Patcher

To make an update from the Client, we must first make sure that we have the files with the following structure on our website.

patch/
   |— main/
         |
         — PatchFold/
         |      |
         |      — Here my updated files
         |
         — mainupdate/
                |
                — Patcher.dat
                |
                — Tantra.dat
                |
                — Tantra.exe
                |
                — UpdateList.dat
                |
                — Version.dat

We need to have the “TantraPatchV2.exe” tool with the following folder structure.

TantraPatchV2/
    |
    — TantraPatchV2.exe
    |
    — Patch_Data/
    |
    — PatchFold/

We will do a test update to show the procedure for this activity. First we have to place the files in the Patch_Data folder.

Patch Data test files

Patch_Data/
    |
    — HTLauncher.exe
    |
    — Serverlist.txt
    |
    — system/
    |       |
    |       — HTMessage.txl
    |       |
    |       — TantraParam.tpa
    |
    — resource/
            |
            — etc
              |
              — Intro_logo_800.bmp
              |
              — Intro_logo_1024.bmp

Now we run the TantraPatchV2.exe program, and press the "Update" button.

TantrapatchV2

TantrapatchV2 executed

This generates two files with the extension ".dat" and the compressed files inside the "PatchFold" folder.

We copy all the compressed files with their respective folders, inside the web folder "patch/main/PatchFold/".

PatchFold output

Now we go to the folder where we made the patch, and we open the file "UpdateList.dat", to be able to obtain the lines that we are going to update.

[VERSION]
version = 6.9.0.6
1
[FILES]
PatchFold\HTLauncher.exe                       1818624        727705    ccbc9edb3203279318f7a03f90c06656
PatchFold\resource\etc\Intro_logo_1024.bmp     1572920        411938    76b5e191d5b93fd59459778299d65ea8
PatchFold\resource\etc\Intro_logo_800.bmp       786488        523350    b3722935b4639fbe00a009b229f10efc
PatchFold\Serverlist.txt                          1506           386    4aa1264f7debbf8964c818f977361332
PatchFold\system\HTMessage.txl                 1501456         61013    a616ab3dc1ccc060e84af56ea8ac79d1
PatchFold\system\TantraParam.tpa               1700440       1701088    46ec819426ac292a86e71d387151fb3e

Now we go to the web folder "patch/mainupdate/", we open the file "UpdateList.dat" to be able to insert the lines that we are going to update.

[OLDVERSION]
Oldversion = 6.9.0.6
1
[NEWVERSION]
Newversion = 6.9.0.6
2
[NEWFiles] 4
PatchFold\HTLauncher.exe                       1818624        727705    ccbc9edb3203279318f7a03f90c06656
PatchFold\Serverlist.txt                          1506           386    4aa1264f7debbf8964c818f977361332
PatchFold\system\HTMessage.txl                 1501456         61013    a616ab3dc1ccc060e84af56ea8ac79d1
PatchFold\system\TantraParam.tpa               1700440       1701088    46ec819426ac292a86e71d387151fb3e
[ALLFILES]
PatchFold\HTLauncher.exe                       1818624        727705    ccbc9edb3203279318f7a03f90c06656
PatchFold\resource\etc\Intro_logo_1024.bmp     1572920        411938    76b5e191d5b93fd59459778299d65ea8
PatchFold\resource\etc\Intro_logo_800.bmp       786488        523350    b3722935b4639fbe00a009b229f10efc
PatchFold\Serverlist.txt                          1506           386    4aa1264f7debbf8964c818f977361332
PatchFold\system\HTMessage.txl                 1501456         61013    a616ab3dc1ccc060e84af56ea8ac79d1
PatchFold\system\TantraParam.tpa               1700440       1701088    46ec819426ac292a86e71d387151fb3e

  • Oldversion = HTLauncher.exe version and number of the last patch.
  • Newversion = HTLauncher.exe version and number for the new patch.
  • NEWFiles = Number of files added and files that will be automatically updated when STTantra.exe is opened.
  • ALLFILES = Files that will be automatically updated when we press Check Files in the STTantra.exe.

Finally we update the file "Version.dat".

[OLDVERSION]
Oldversion = 6.9.0.6
1
[NEWVERSION]
Newversion = 6.9.0.6
2

Ready, now that we run STTantra.exe, the patch files will be updated.

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