Windows Server Installer available

[Ryo]

I made some installers for Crossfire Server for Windows.

It's 3 files:
* server
* smallworld maps
* bigworld maps

Not enough space on geocities to upload bigworld maps, though...

The following files are available:
* http://www.geocities.com/win_crossfire/ ... Server.zip
* http://www.geocities.com/win_crossfire/ ... ldMaps.zip

Notes:
* you can't download by clicking here, copy link & open from a new window.
* maps installer has no uninstaller. Manually remove the share/maps directory to trash maps
* server uninstaller will let some files around. Again, trash the whole directory to clean (next versions should be cleaner)
* you MUST download both the server and one map set. Check 'release notes' of server to see alternate ways of getting the maps (specially if you want bigworld maps), or get 'smallworld maps' here.

Bigworld maps is around 20Mb.
I'll see if i can't use SF's files section for those files, too.

[aGu]

And this is a spoiler?

[Ryo]

And this is a spoiler?

Hum no. Server itself is available, as well as small world maps.

If you plan on testing your maps, small world is enough at a first start for basic test.

If you want bigworld maps, hopefully i'll put the installer for'em somewhere. Or fetch'em from CVS / tarball, that works too.

[hoxu]

And this is a spoiler?

No, and I don't think it's a troll either

Ryo, please check out my reply: http://www.metalforge.net/cfmb/viewtopi ... =1177#1177 and consider it

[Ryo]

Ok, i finally managed to upload Windows files to Sourceforge.

Available are:
* server installer
* big world maps installer
* small world maps installer

Direct URL is:
http://sourceforge.net/project/showfile ... _id=194090

Check release notes, give'em a try, give your feedback

[hoxu]

Is it really necessary to have installers for maps? Aren't Windows users able to extract those archives in the right directory?

Just thinking if it's waste of space..

[Ryo]

Is it really necessary to have installers for maps? Aren't Windows users able to extract those archives in the right directory?

Just thinking if it's waste of space..

Well, yes Windows users could too grab CVS, use tarballs....
But unfortunately there's the infamous 'newline' issue. Programs like 'winzip', to open .tar.gz, will convert the newline char by default when unzipping... making maps totally unusable for CF. Same issue with CVS clients (wincvs for one), using Windows's newline by default & converting things...

So well, to avoid endless questions of 'why doesn't it work?', i decided it's simpler to just make installers for the maps...

[hoxu]

Well, yes Windows users could too grab CVS, use tarballs....
But unfortunately there's the infamous 'newline' issue. Programs like 'winzip', to open .tar.gz, will convert the newline char by default when unzipping... making maps totally unusable for CF. Same issue with CVS clients (wincvs for one), using Windows's newline by default & converting things...

So well, to avoid endless questions of 'why doesn't it work?', i decided it's simpler to just make installers for the maps...

I would still rather see large warning texts (not too large) on the download pages explaining people not to use the infamous "feature" of their archiver..

[Ryo]

I would still rather see large warning texts (not too large) on the download pages explaining people not to use the infamous "feature" of their archiver..

Except in winzip for instance it's on by default... and i don't feel like explaining how to turn it off for every client there is.

[hoxu]

I'm not trying to start a holy war here. I think the installer is ok - at least for the small maps.

Are the installer scripts available somewhere by the way?