Game Updater in GMS isn't working.

Posted by amkgames

Hello Size43,

I am using GameMaker Server Extension 1.8.8 (Windows).
My game is not updating, I have tried using gms_update_progress to check and it stucks at 0.77.

Screenshot:
http://image.prntscr.com/image/a5565fd6d3464131b742f444961b858d.png

Thanks! :)

Edit: Let me try making a new small test project. Edit2: Same thing.

Replies (31)

Looks like a bug. Would you mind mailing that small test project to me?

Weekend... Hope to get a reply.

Please seehttps://gamemakerserver.com/en/news/41/

Found what's wrong with it?

Apologies for the delay. I've been working a lot in the past few weeks, at some points up to 10 hours a day. That left very little time for me to do anything besides work.

Just to confirm -- are you still having issues? It seems to download fine on my end.

May I know following things?:
Which version of GMS are you using?
Which download link are you using for updater?

I'm using GM:Studio 1.4.1757 with the latest version of GameMaker Server.

I simply ran the file you sent me, and it downloaded and applied the update.

WOW! I'm using GM:Studio 1.4.1749.

Hang on -- I think I might know the problem. Try exporting to an executable, and check if that works.

It might be the problem, I should do a fresh GM install.

My GM:Studio Compiler is not working anymore! :O

Yeah that confirms what I was thinking. When debugging, GM:Studio does not actually create an executable anymore -- it re-uses a default runner.exe. That means the updater will overwrite the runner.

Everything I try to run in GM:Studio right now just ends up being your game :P

So yeah, reinstall and only run the updater on actual executables :)

May you export updater file to exe and send me?
It might help us to solve this problem.

The problem still persists, I wonder what is wrong. Could it be connection problem?

Which one? The restart or the download error?

For the second one: Try renaming your project -- Windows needs admin privileges to run files with names containing things like "update" or installer.

Okay, It is working fine in my cousin's pc. I guess, my pc or network/connection is problem.

Yeah, that seems like the most likely explanation.

I wonder, how can it be fixed?

I don't know. The extension just uses HTTP to download the file, so there would have to be something wrong with the TCP stack of your OS. Any difference between the Windows version of your PC compared to your cousin's?

I found that even GM8 version updater is not working now, it used to work before in this pc.
So many updates were installed after it and I didn't test the updater till now, something must be changed.

What OS are you using?

Windows 10 64-bit

Weird. Could you check if the one I compiled works?
http://g2f.nl/09cxj5a

OMG! Updater is working now, even my updater is working. :D Thank you! :)

Windows Updates*

Download error.

Tried, It is not working as well...

Oh, Okay. Thanks! :)

Got this error:http://image.prntscr.com/image/ca7da648a56448df93e89f78d478c087.png

So what happens when an update is being applied is that the old exe is renamed, the downloaded file takes its place, and then the game runs the new exe.

In this case it seems that the game is unable to run the new exe, for some reason.

It is still same. Even with the newer version of Game Maker Server.
Maybe I should change download link.

Sure.