RCP manager.

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Consider it dead, stay tuned for RCPm v2.0

Update for sake of updating. Yes. I am still alive.

It appears that few fellow tankers started to doubt in me. But I am still alive and RCP 8.8 project is active.

However, RCP 8.8 is temporary suspended in favor of another little project. That project is also RCP related.

Yup. That's RCP manager. As you can see, screenshot was made just when I was testing download RCV 8.7 with it.

RCP 8.8

Replay Compatibility Pack

For WoT 8.8

DEPRECATED
Follow to Current Release for... 
well, for current release.

Installation and use guide.

Remember that requirements are in cascade.

For example, for RCS 8.5 you need RCS 8.6, which means you also need RCS 8.7.

So download (and install) from top to bottom until you reach desired version

Downloads:

RCS 8.7@8.8 ~220MB.

Google Drive

Mirrors:

http://multiupload.biz/df_74pda16uoyae
http://multiupload.biz/ul_74pda16uoyae
http://multiupload.biz/so_74pda16uoyae
http://multiupload.biz/fv_74pda16uoyae
http://multiupload.biz/sw_74pda16uoyae

Requirements: as clean as possible World Of Tanks 8.8 (res_mods can be trashed as much as you want)

Note: it is quick and rather dirty release. Better solution will follow up soon.

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Rest will come later.

Separating WoT mods for ease of management.

As with every update, some mods stopped working properly.
But how to tell which mod is causing game to not load?
And even if you find out, how will you distinguish its files from parts of other mods?
Even then, what about mods that overwrite each other files?
Its hell.

So here is simple solution I just implemented in my copy of 8.8:

Idea and purpose of Comment Section on RCP blog.

If you followed my RCP threads on craptastic NA forum, I often attempted to turn them into knowledge base, fully answering to all properly asked RCP related questions even if it meant repeating myself (which I do not like to do).

After migrating to Blog I limited my RCP related activity on official forum to bare minimum because moderators gone crazy.
You can find me on WotLabs forum and communicate with me in corresponding RCP thread, but mind that moderation on that forum is very good and not forgiving. Idiots tend to disappear very quickly.

[Updated] No more updates until further notice.

UPDATE

Further notice has arrived. I am back.

RCP 8.8 will be delayed indefinitely until further notice.

Most, if not all, of my activity on blog, forums and in game will also temporary cease to exist.

Awaiting for 8.8.. recollection from past.

As 8.8 is live on RU server already, it is only matter of days til it will be available for NA I started groundwork for RCP 8.8 (I need 8.8 NA client to compare it with 8.7 NA client to port RCP to 8.8).
While doing so I toke my time to enjoy old screenshots.
Back to 7.1 I have it all neatly sorted by version, but older ones are just bundled together, however I may be able to name patch (or era) by content.

Enough babbling, lets take a walk into the past.

8.8 early download.

RU
SEA
EU
NA


For any other:

1. Go to: your server equivalent of: http://worldoftanks.com/en/content/docs/update/
2. Copy url of equivalent of: "Download Full Client Archive", for NA it is: http://redirect.wargaming.net/WoT/latest_install_na
3. Paste it to RedirectCheck (and click Trace of course)
4. Copy "Location" from output, for NA it is: http://dl.wargaming.net/wot/us/files/WoT_0.8.7_na_install.zip
5. Replace 7 with 8, for NA: http://dl.wargaming.net/wot/us/files/WoT_0.8.8_na_install.zip
6. Wait until WG puts file on server. RU is already done, but other needs translations and stuff to be complete. Also Soviet Server Bias.

8.9 leaks - Waffentragger translates as What The Fuck.

Seriously. Look at that.

And then look at that!

Panzer IV. As tier 9. With pick of four tier 10 guns. Recoil with real physics would be hilarious here.

For more go (as always) to FTR.

Work on RCV 7.5 is in progress, do not think I forgot.

Basically it works. ~436 MB so far, but it will grow larger, much larger.
Whats left is:
1. Maps. Basically all of them got some kind of rework due to introduction of 8.0 advanced graphics and physics.
2. Sound. As always something is wrong with sound. WG did craptastic job with it. >.<
3. Testing. Heck lot of it. But with about 1450 of them I should be able to view all maps.

And here is the proof:

Notice invisible buildings and other visual errors as map is from ~8.0 (might as well be pure 8.7, it is just result of all RCC packages stacked to mimic 8.0).
Sadly I was unable to replicate such battle during TD marathon.

Hey ho manual labor.

Maps of 7.5 weights 2.63 GB, Maps of 8.0 are at 2.87GB, difference between them is in 1.94GB.
Usually I just provided  output of diff-check for maps, RCV 7.5 will either be very fat or trimmed with a lot of manual work. I expected that, but it is still way to fat in my opinion. So yeah...
Manual labor for the win. Nothing beats celebrating Labor day than manual labor!