Installing ACE2 - Keeping Up To Date

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I'm creating this thread so that people can install ACE 2 on their servers and keep it up to date without having to bother the admins all the time. As the MOD is a beta and thus getting updated everyday pretty much, it doesnt make sense to keep asking for the latest files to be added to the MOD tool in the CP area.

Before you start,

Make sure you have an FTP client that can support the overwrite of files only if the source files is newer than that of the target. FileZilla is perfect and most importantly free.

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Installation

Step 1:- Make sure you have the ACE mod installed on you own system, with the working RSync update suite provided (this is the only way to keep the MOD totally up to date). Make sure you have the very latest version before starting the server upload, just to make it a bit easier.

Step 2: ( A ) - Upload the @ACE, @ACEX & @CBA mod folders from your main game directory onto the server main directory. Included in each MOD folder there is a .rsync folder this DOES NOT! need to be uploaded and will just take up space.

Step 2: ( B ) - Upload the Userconfig folder from your main directory again into the server main directory. This folder contains all the user configurable setting files. These files can be found in the ACE/Userconfig folder if you havent yet set up the main Userconfig folder. Create a folder in the main server directory called "Userconfig" then inside that create another folder called "ACE". Now copy the userconfig files from the ACE mod folder into the the main directory userconfig folder setup.

Step 3:- Create you command line in the user CP for running the mod.

e.g

Code:

@ACE;@ACEX;@CBAUpdating the MOD

Updating the MOD

Step 4:- Download the latest version of the MOD via the update suite onto your own system.

Step 5:- Upload the three MOD folders again (@ACE, @ACEX & @CBA), again you dont need to upload the rsync folders. When promted to overwrite the existing files on the server, choose to only overwrite the files where the source files is newer than the existing file.


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Doing it this way you still have to upload files, but only those that have been modified in the update. Unless there is a massive update these changes should be reletively small and will not take too long.

Most importantly it will enable clients to keep the MOD up to date on a daily bases which is very hard unless you have the update tool. Which correct me if i'm wrong but i doubt the admins here have running. You will also not have to pester the admins to update ACE for you, saving you and them time.

Anyway, i have found this is the easiest way for me. Hopefully this will be helpful to others who want to keep participating in the ACE 2 beta, which can only really be done by keeping it totally up to date.

Any problems, give me a shout...