RO Patcher Lite Help (c) 2009-2024 Ai4rei/AN This pre-release content is subject to changes.
Usage
Interface overview
- Window menu
Houses the patcher menu under entry 'RO Patcher Lite'. - Titlebar
Displays overall process while patching. Newer versions are also branded with the type of server they belong to. - Progressbar
Displays the progress of a single task, such as downloading a file or committing changes to the GRF. - Status line
Provides information about the patcher status including error messages. - Start button
Unless the patcher starts patching automatically, it initiates the patch process. When the patcher finishes patching successfully and there is a client available, it starts the game. Shortcut: ENTER - Close/Cancel button
Closes the patcher. If there is a patch process in progress, all changes already made are reverted. Clicking 'Close' with held-down SHIFT key after successful patch process will keep the patches, instead of cleaning them up. Shortcut: ESC
Patch process
Normal
This is the default mode, in which the patcher starts patching immediately after launch.
Command switch: /test and donut (official)
Allows to bypass 'deny' in 'patch_allow.txt', which is set during maintenance on official servers, to prevent you from patching. It is not recommended to use it, unless you really know, what you are doing, since you might receive corrupted or invalid patches, that aren't available later.
Command switch: /autostart
Makes the patcher always start the patch process automatically instead of waiting for you to press start. Intended for shortcut usage.
Command switch: /nocleanup
Causes all downloaded patches to be kept after patching. Intended for shortcut usage.
Manual
Manual patching involves downloading required patches in advance (for example on someone else's computer with faster connection) thus relieving the patcher from the download task. This method is also supported by the official patcher.
The files can be either downloaded by someone else's patcher (see above) or with any common browser or FTP client. Downside to the latter is, that the patch server address must be known. The downloaded files must be then placed into same folder as the patcher, which will use them, resides in. When the patcher is started, it will still connect to the file server, but only to retrieve meta data of the patches. It is not possible to patch completely without an internet connection.
Archive consistency check
Command switch: /testpak
Tests the entire main GRF archive for errors, like invalid header, file table or corrupt files. Note, that this process may take a while for larger archives and it is normal that an amount of about 3~15 files do not work correctly. The client doesn't bother about it, since it doesn't check for any extraction errors from uncompress. Note: In older releases this switch was called /test, due to an initial misconception.
Reclaiming wasted space
Command switch: /repak (official)
Forces complete rebuild of the main GRF archive reclaiming all wasted space. Note, that this process may take a while for larger archives and you must have at least same amount of space free, as the main GRF archive takes up. The patcher asks you automatically about repacking, once too much wasted space is detected inside the archive.
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