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How do updates work?

lzap-devlzap-dev Posts: 61Member
in General Development
I just received my backer OUYA and I wonder how updates do work? There is no button, no update check. Does it work automatically?

And also - do OUYA support some kind of delta-updates? Because for example The Ball game is 700 MB and the game really needs an update (swap Y axis :-) but I wonder if re-downloading 700 MB is right form.

Thanks!

Comments

  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Posts: 768Member
    You mean for system updates?  System updates are automatic, but there's also a menu option in the settings menu to manually check for updates.  Game updates aren't implemented in the firmware yet, right now the only "official" way to update a game is to discover for yourself that a game has an update, then manually delete the game (and any existing save data) and redownload the entire thing.  An unofficial alternative is to side-load the game's updated APK - using adb -r to install it or downloading it from the Android web browser will do an overwriting install, keeping all the save data.
  • Matt_LangMatt_Lang Posts: 29Member
    I'm trying to get everyone to use my updater app until ouya officially implements a way to update without losing data, you can check it out here:
    http://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/1466/launch-updates-for-your-games


    2D MMORPG game/engine coming to OUYA!
    http://forums.ouya.tv/discussion/896/mmo-hopefully
  • skoggyskoggy Posts: 12Member
    The new firmware shows a little icon if an update is available. Not sure how to do updates other than deleting the game and installing the new version though.
  • fdiazfdiaz Posts: 2Member
    I have some games installed, and after the latest firmware update, saw a download icon over one of the games in the "PLAY" view. I just selected the game and pressed O to start the download, and the new firmware installs the update automatically after the download finishes. Fully functional if you ask me.
  • lzap-devlzap-dev Posts: 61Member
    Just in case - updating has been improved in the latest update - this is irrelevant now.
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