Hey, as the public Alpha is fast approaching I thought I'd tell you all about the Launcher.
The launcher for Project Z will allow the players to check for updates on the game as soon as they launch, (this is a very speed process so don't panic :D) this just makes it a whole lot easier for players to have the latest version without having to check the website. Having a launcher doesn't mean that the player has to update all the time, I have made it so the game is stored on the hard drive also, this means the game can just be ran from there.
When there is a update for the game, the launcher will prompt you with the option of updating, if the user says yes then you will be taken to a screen what will say the download has begun. Once on this screen the mouse courser will show a waiting symbol and depending on your system the files will be download fairly quickly. If it seems to be taking a while you will just have to wait, the program isn't crashing but the files for that particular update must be large.
After the files have been download the window will display a complete message and the update notes.
As well as the launcher I will upload just the game files so if the player prefers to just update it manually they can, but this could be a very large file.
In other news, I have guessed a release date for the public release, It will hopefully be on the 8th February 2012.
