wyzrd Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) I was asked to post my program here that I started over on the RetroArch Forums. Shout-out to lordmonkus. You can update your RetroArch Nightly builds and Cores in a few clicks instead of manually off the website. It is still in testing, if you experience a bug or crash, send me a message. Download https://stellarupdater.github.io Check for new versions as this is in development. Please update only once per day to conserve Libretro server bandwidth. Program requires 7-zip installed in order to unzip the files. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- How it works: It analyzes http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/ Gets the latest 7z file Extracts and overwrites exe's to your RetroArch folder Updates latest cores How to use: All you need is the exe. It's portable, no install. Select your RetroArch folder, click Update. It will download the latest Nightly 7z and extract only retroarch.exe and retroarch_debug.exe to your folder. The Check button will preview the file URL before downloading. It should not overwrite your configs, but keep a backup before updating. If RetroArch is installed in Program Files folder, you may need to Run As Administrator. Menu Options New Install - Installs RetroArch, Redistributables, & Cores. Replaces Configs with default. Upgrade - Upgrades RetroArch to the latest version, including Redistributables and Configs. RetroArch - Updates RetroArch to the latest version, excluding Redistributables and Configs. RA + Cores - Updates RetroArch and currently installed Cores. Cores - Updates currently installed Cores. New Cores - Installs Cores that are newly released or missing from your current install. Redist - Installs Redistributables. Helpful if RetroArch won't start after update. New Install: To install RetroArch and Cores for first time use (Large download): Create a RetroArch folder on your computer Select the folder Select New Install from the Download menu. Don't use this option to Update or if you already have it installed. Please conserve Libretro bandwidth. If you don't need Nightly alpha builds, consider using the Stable version1 before installing. Cores Update: Select your RetroArch main folder Select Cores from the Download menu Click the Check button to preview download (optional) Click Update It will check if Server Core Dates are more recent than PC Core Dates. Downloads only Cores you currently have, won't add more. Temp zip files are stored in %appdata% and deleted when complete. To Exclude Core from Updates Download List Click Check Button → Uncheck the Cores you don't want to update → Close Out → Click Update It won't save the checkbox states (for now), you will need to exclude again each time you update. Keep a backup of your important cores in case of accidentally overwriting Requirements: 7-Zip or WinRAR to extract 7z Older Windows may need .NET Framework 4.5 installed. Old versions of Windows 7 may need to be updated to SP1 Run as Administrator if accessing Program Files path (should be default). Notes: Only a few updated cores are released on the Server each day, not all. Server Time might be ahead of your PC Time, making some cores appear newer. Buildbot Displayed Modified Times are not the same as the Parsable HTML Times. This software is in Beta Testing. Edited July 8, 2019 by wyzrd 19 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Awesome man, good to see you over here. Gotten several people liking your utility here already. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyzrd Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 1 minute ago, lordmonkus said: Awesome man, good to see you over here. Gotten several people liking your utility here already. Thanks! If you experience a bug or crash, get the latest version where I've probably fixed it. By v1.0 it should be stable and working for everyone. If anyone has any suggestions or feedback, let me know. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFaustini Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 There is a way to use this program to update stable cores? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyzrd Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 6 minutes ago, AFaustini said: There is a way to use this program to update stable cores? Currently it only connects to the nightlies repo, but maybe later I can give it functionality to choose between Stable and Nightly. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AFaustini Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 2 minutes ago, wyzrd said: Currently it only connects to the nightlies repo, but maybe later I can give it functionality to choose between Stable and Nightly. Thanks. I'm eager for a way to update my stable cores. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CADScott Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Fantastic program, saves a heap of time and effort. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 This is a perfect solution for updating. One question, can it still be used if you have an older stable version. As an example if version 1.2 is installed or even 1.0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 I'm gonna guess that it probably would work but no guarantees on how compatible the new cores would be with and older build of Retroarch itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Oh I meant the build itself not the cores, will it update the build from say version 1.0 stable too the newest nightly Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Ahh, im gonna guess / assume it would. Make a backup of your older version and try it out Be a guinea pig lol. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rincewind Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Will do... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyzrd Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 3 hours ago, Rincewind said: Oh I meant the build itself not the cores, will it update the build from say version 1.0 stable too the newest nightly It only extracts the exe's, but not the redist 7z 14mb. I'd say download the redist separate and overwrite all the dlls manually first. I could add a checkbox that allows it to optionally download that. I may also do a full installer. Edited August 31, 2016 by wyzrd 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
alexis524 Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 @wyzrdvery nice, thanks for the utility. Very interersted to see updates to stable cores implemented. Thanks for sharing Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zombeaver Posted August 31, 2016 Share Posted August 31, 2016 Thank you for this @wyzrd! I'd love to see the stable option as well. It's awesome regardless though. Also, when I saw your name, all I could think of was this: 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyzrd Posted August 31, 2016 Author Share Posted August 31, 2016 (edited) 8 hours ago, Zombeaver said: Thank you for this @wyzrd! I'd love to see the stable option as well. It's awesome regardless though. Also, when I saw your name, all I could think of was this: Ha, yeah that's what I based it off of. I remember going to the real site with all the popups. Edited August 31, 2016 by wyzrd Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheMadMan007 Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 Wow, this is RAD!!! Thank you so much. I still can't believe they don't have a all in one updater in Retroarch... Kinda seems like a no brainer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lordmonkus Posted September 2, 2016 Share Posted September 2, 2016 I think their reasoning is to keep bandwidth usage under some control. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
wyzrd Posted September 2, 2016 Author Share Posted September 2, 2016 (edited) Update v0.75 Beta ~~ Themes & Full Installer ~~ Download http://x.co/nightly New Features: 6 Space Themes Full Installer - for first time use or installing on a new system General Optimizations Themes Click the Configure Button, select theme from the dropdown. Full Installer To install RetroArch and Cores for first time use (Large download): Create a RetroArch folder on your computer Select the folder Select Full Install from the dropdown. Don't use this option to Update or if you already have it installed. Please conserve Libretro server bandwidth. If you don't need Nightly alpha builds, consider using the Stable version before installing. If you experience any bugs, send me a message. Edited September 3, 2016 by wyzrd 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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