Author Topic: Soldat Starter rewrite (Read 16773 times)

Shoozza · « **on:** February 13, 2011, 09:06:58 pm »

Hello everyone!

You asked for more updates? I'm trying to give you some.

This isn't really new but I rewrote the Soldat Starter in Delphi.
The main reason for the rewrite was that we had no real sourcecode for it.

The old version had been written by grand_diablo in Profan (Programmieren Für Anfänger), a language I even didn't know before

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I managed to get the old sourcecode and run it in the interpreter but couldn't find a free compiler for that language.

Thats why I decided to rewrite it from scratch (fixed some bugs from the old starter that way).
Now we are able to clean up the C:\Soldat folder a bit in the next release as
the SKControl.dll and the startbg.bmp files are no longer needed (the image is included in the start.exe file).

I know it's nothing big but hey at least news.
I attached the old and new screenshots of the starter.

Enjoy.

filip2322 · « **Reply #1 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:20:22 pm »

How long does it take to do that (Starter rewrite)?

Any bug fixes so far?

Clawbug · « **Reply #2 on:** February 13, 2011, 09:49:13 pm »

Damn, I've never even known that there was something like that in existence. :O Seems.. useless to me. Though, as you said, it's a start.

Espadon · « **Reply #3 on:** February 13, 2011, 10:04:53 pm »

Sounds like we can't mod startbg anymore?

chutem · « **Reply #4 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:18:17 pm »

try resource hacker if you really want to

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #5 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:21:52 pm »

I think BG should stay as a separate file for modding sake. The original one is kinda bad anyway, so now that starter's being redone - might as well replace the BG with something better. Maybe even multiple backgrounds which are chosen randomly at each start of launcher.

But yeah, gj on remaking the launcher.

darDar · « **Reply #6 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:40:52 pm »

sounds good even if i never had any problems with the old one ( and im starting soldat always via soldat starter)

but well done

Shoozza · « **Reply #7 on:** February 13, 2011, 11:51:29 pm »

Quote from: filip2322 on February 13, 2011, 09:20:22 pm

How long does it take to do that (Starter rewrite)?

Any bug fixes so far?

Took me some time to get the old starter soucecode and also to find out that I can't compile it.
All in all it took me one day to do everything

Doing bugfixes as I notice them. So yeah just fixed a bug which was added in 1.5.1 :>.

Quote from: Espadon on February 13, 2011, 10:04:53 pm

Sounds like we can't mod startbg anymore?

Yeah but I can change that if you want me to.

My current idea would be:
Keep the image which is inside the exe file but when you see startbg.bmp in the same folder use that instead.

Sounds good?

croat1gamer · « **Reply #8 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:35:13 am »

Why not including the mod launcher by Serial K!ller?

Shoozza · « **Reply #9 on:** February 14, 2011, 01:30:17 am »

The download site is offline and so I can try it.

Also it is written in vb.net which means the soldat installer would have to install .net

Espadon · « **Reply #10 on:** February 14, 2011, 01:41:49 am »

Quote from: Shoozza on February 13, 2011, 11:51:29 pm

My current idea would be:
Keep the image which is inside the exe file but when you see startbg.bmp in the same folder use that instead.

Sounds good?

Yeah, that would be nice.

Shoozza · « **Reply #11 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:20:05 am »

Quote from: Espadon on February 14, 2011, 01:41:49 am

Quote from: Shoozza on February 13, 2011, 11:51:29 pm
My current idea would be:
Keep the image which is inside the exe file but when you see startbg.bmp in the same folder use that instead.

Sounds good?

Yeah, that would be nice.

Ok, done.

L[0ne]R · « **Reply #12 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:26:24 am »

Quote from: Shoozza on February 13, 2011, 11:51:29 pm

My current idea would be:
Keep the image which is inside the exe file but when you see startbg.bmp in the same folder use that instead.

Sounds good?

Or make starter look for starterbg*.bmp files so that it choozes a random bmp that starts with starterbg. If it's easy enough to add of course. In any case, even a single customizable file will be enough.
Oh nvm, you've updated it already. GJ again.

thegrandmaster · « **Reply #13 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:28:38 am »

Nice to see a lil progress

it sounds pretty good.

Polifen · « **Reply #14 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:39:39 am »

That's a bad idea to make such things, we have so many developers in our community, anyone could do it, but only you can modify client and server... Why don't you focus on fixing bugs, when someone else ( I believe someone like VirtualTT would do it, or even i could ) could make and 3rd party apps.

Mittsu · « **Reply #15 on:** February 14, 2011, 02:45:10 am »

please focus on releasing the new soldat version, a lot of people need it

The Bone Collector · « **Reply #16 on:** February 14, 2011, 04:55:16 am »

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need it

Or, rather... would like it. You don't NEED anything but food and clothes. Having a new version of Soldat is a LUXURY. Remember that...

dnmr · « **Reply #17 on:** February 14, 2011, 05:19:04 am »

Quote from: Clawbug on February 13, 2011, 09:49:13 pm

Damn, I've never even known that there was something like that in existence. :O Seems.. useless to me. Though, as you said, it's a start.

ditto. Used it exactly zero times in the past six years.

demoniac93 · « **Reply #18 on:** February 14, 2011, 08:01:26 am »

At least there's progress being made, and the best way to do something right is one small step at a time, anyway.
But you could have changed the background picture while you were at it, it's getting pretty boring.

Mittsu · « **Reply #19 on:** February 14, 2011, 12:44:22 pm »

Quote from: The Bone Collector on February 14, 2011, 04:55:16 am

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need it
clothes

You don't NEED clothes. Having clothes is a LUXURY. Remember that... cpt obvious

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