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Updating Unity

Discussion in 'General Discussion' started by jeffreyrampineda, Nov 23, 2014.

  1. jeffreyrampineda

    jeffreyrampineda

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    I've been using Unity for some time now and with each updates, I've been wondering, is there an updater like in most games' clients where you only download the patch instead of re-downloading the entire thing?

    Currently, I'm using Unity 4.3.4f1 and I'm downloading unity 4.5.5 at the moment and I find it inconvenient to download another 1.2GB software while practically abandoning the old version.

    The Unity Editor Update Check just sends me to a download section to download the entire thing. Is there a way to update without downloading the entire thing?
     
    jeffreyrampineda, Nov 23, 2014
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  2. N1warhead

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    Would be very nice wouldn't it? lol.
     
    N1warhead, Nov 23, 2014
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  3. Ony

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    Ony, Nov 23, 2014
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  4. jeffreyrampineda

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    Most likely. I just downloaded Unity 4.5.5 and I had to uninstall my old one. Even if I didn't have to uninstall, I still had to download the entire program again for 4.5.5. because I couldn't find a different method of updating
     
    jeffreyrampineda, Nov 23, 2014
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  5. Graham-Dunnett

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    Currently we just package up complete builds, so typically are all over 1GB. We know this isn't great, so have some approaches we will roll out with 5.x
     
    Graham-Dunnett, Nov 23, 2014
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  6. jeffreyrampineda

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    Thank you for replying and I'm looking forward for 5.x. the feature preview is spectacular.
     
    jeffreyrampineda, Nov 23, 2014
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  7. Graham-Dunnett

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    :cool:
     
    Graham-Dunnett, Nov 23, 2014
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  8. CaoMengde777

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    actually, i prefer the way it is.. then you can have multiple versions installed at once... particularly theres some examples and tutorials and stuff that only run correctly on older versions.. (i guess pre 4?) i cant remember exactly..
     
    CaoMengde777, Nov 24, 2014
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  9. Graham-Dunnett

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    @CaoMende777, I suspect that will still work. A 5.x install won't automagically update to latest. And all the old versions you have installed will still work as they do today.
     
    Graham-Dunnett, Nov 24, 2014
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