Spring RTS Engine

Is there any lobby out there that can download newer engines than 98.0? I tested with Springlobby and weblobby, and they both fail. How do people accomplish this task?

SL: http://imgur.com/3BsRJ4Y

SWL: http://imgur.com/mqoPu9B

I think the problem is that there is the word "develop" after the engine name.

Edit: that's SL 0.214 and latest SWL (from July or so)

SL does it fine for me, although I didn't test -507.

in my case i go to Downloads tab of SL and in Search field i type "spring*" and download manually one i need

I don't think it can be a local issue if I can download maps and games but not engines. Specifically it says it doesn't find theose engines. It's nice that it works for others but I don't see how that is helpfull here.

If I go to manual download and put spring* on the line, then nothing happens after I press ok. No feedback, nothing.

Edit: sorry, I didn't see that method of downloading: the search button on the download tab method you described works for me too. The manual download from tools menu doesn't work.

@jools:

the tools->download archives in springlobby works by specifying category:download type.

when looking into source code, these download categories are currently available:

https://github.com/springlobby/springlo ... r.cpp#L193

so when you want an engine, you could use this string:

engine_windows:spring 98.0

its not documented, because the user has to specify if its linux/linux64/osx/windows and if he downloads wrong engine, this very likely will lead to problems / maybe a crash.

"engine" as category is on the todo but not implemented (which will choose platform automaticly)

Ok, that makes sense but it's easier to use the method Turboss described and it works better.

But the lobby knows it's on a windows platform: why does it even list linux versions? I guess that's what you mean by autodetecting. Yes, it would be nice to get it working, or even more, get the automatic downloading working. But the Turbosseatic method is a good one for now imo.

fixed:
https://github.com/springfiles/upq/comm ... 2a6fa4c7e9

(+doh, typo in commit msg)

"How to:" try again!

works great