kaan88/stellar

RetroArch Nightly Updater

Stellar

RetroArch Nightly Updater

• Overview
• Downloads
• Installation
• Build

Overview

How it works

• It analyzes http://buildbot.libretro.com/nightly/windows/
• Gets the latest 7z file
• Extracts and overwrites exe's to your RetroArch folder
• Updates latest cores

How to use

1. Select your RetroArch folder
2. Select the Download from the menu
3. Click Update

• It will download the latest Nightly 7z and extract only retroarch.exe and retroarch_debug.exe to your folder.
• The Check button will preview the file URL before downloading.
• It should not overwrite your configs, but you should keep a backup before updating.
• If RetroArch is installed in Program Files folder, you may need to Run As Administrator.

Cores Update

1. Select your RetroArch folder
2. Select Cores from the Download menu
3. Click the Check button to preview download (optional)
4. Click Update

• It will check if Server Core Dates are more recent than PC Core Dates.
• Downloads only Cores you currently have, won't add more.
• Temp zip files are stored in %appdata% and deleted when complete.

To Exclude Core from Updates Download List

1. Click the Check Button → Uncheck the Cores you don't want to update → Close Out → Click Update
2. It won't save the checkbox states (for now), you will need to exclude again each time you update.
3. Keep a backup of your important cores in case of accidentally overwriting

Downloads

Binary Releases

https://github.com/StellarUpdater/Stellar/releases

Requires Microsoft .NET Framework 4.5

Installation

Stellar is portable and can be run from any location on the computer.

Build

Visual Studio 2013
WPF, C#, XAML