[IDEA] Client Patches

[mager1794]

i had a great idea for a way to create a client patch without the whole server hating you

Get an SVN and Commit your World of warcraft folder into it
then just get your server people to use that SVN to get your patches
would that be possible or do you think people would dislike it?

[Dalamar]

Two things.

1) Putting an entire WoW folder on there would be an extra 7 GB to download.

2) This would still not be popular, if you patch it with modified stuff you wont be able to log onto retail.

[Hellgawd]

Scyther, your wrong. There isn't any way to do that.. rofl..
However. You can program a simple C++ server-side script, into the core, and when a connection has been made the script converses with another, client-side application... for purposes of this, make it a launcher. So, they use the launcher, login in game - but then, the sevrer will deny the connection, trigger the world of warcraft 'patch downloading' message ingame, close the game, and the launcher would have recieved the ping from the server and start downloading files that the serverside C++ script specified, automatically...
BLAH!
-hellgawd

[TheSpidey]

Too much work for its worth :P