Client Installation
From Skycastle
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| This feature idea is accepted, and is planned to be implemented in some future Skycastle release. |
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"As a player, I can easily install and start the client."
Implementation steps for a downloadable client build
- Make the build script generate an executable Jar, that contains the client
- Write bat and shell scripts to run the executable jar
- Put the executable jar up for download at each release
- Write instructions for downloading, installing and running the client
- Set up an automatic system to put the latest build of the client up at a nightly build download location
Implementation steps for a webstartable client build
- Make the build script produce a Java Webstart version of the client
- Write instructions for how to make the webstartable client downloadable from a website
- Create a shell script for deploying the webstartable client to a server
- Deploy a webstartable version of the client at each release, link to the webstartable client from the skycastle home page.
- Deploy a nightly build version of the webstartable client on a server
