Ren'Py Web Updater checking versions

[Yc3k]

Hello,

I am planing on implementing a Ren'Py Web Updater into my game. I have tested it and it works flawlessly but I have a question.

Is there a way for Ren'Py to only to check if the new version or update is available without updating the game itself, but instead to return some sort of True or False result that I could use to alert the player that there's a newer version available without having to manually check and update?

I have seen there is a function updater.UpdateVersion but I don't fully understand the difference between "updater.UpdateVersion" and "updater.update" function since it looks like both will update the game if newer version is available.

Any help would be appreciated.

[xavimat]

updater.UpdateVersion is a function, it should do what you want.
updater.update is a function and updater.Update is an action. Both update the game.

[Yc3k]

Thanks for the reply but I still don't understand how can I use this function to get what I want. My coding abilities are rather limited.

I've tried to find some sort of a cookbook or a tutorial on how to make this work but with no luck. Thank you anyway, I'll try to find a different solution.

[PyTom]

updater.UpdateVersion is meant to be used inside screens. There's a lot of magic in that function, but basically what it does is to return the new version on the server, if na new version exists. It takes care of refreshing the screen if it finds that a new version exists. There is a lot of magic going on behind the scenes to make this reasonably simple to use.

So you could do, in a screen:

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    $ UPDATE_URL = https://www.mydomain.com/path/to/update.json"

    $ new_version = updater.UpdateVersion(UPDATE_URL)

    if new_version:
        textbutton "Update to [new_version]" action update.Updater(UPDATE_URL)

[Yc3k]

Omg, thank you Tom.

This is exactly what I was looking for. You've helped me immensely.