The following is a detailed description of each of the entries in a Game Def file. For a more practical view, see the example below


• Name
  
  
  This field specifies the name of the game as it should appear in the game list. It may be up to 40 characters long.
  
  
  
• Path
  
  
  This field specifies how to find the "Game Folder" from the "gdf" folder, not the "Program Folder" or the "Root Folder".
  
  
  
• Version
  
  
  This is the "version number" that corresponds to the current build of the game. If the number value in the "Ver" file that is found in the given folder on the given site (as specified by the "Update Domain" and "Update Path") is greater than this value, then E02 will consider this game to have been "updated", and will signify such by prefixing the name with "*" on the local game selection menu (See "Remote Updates")
  
  The preferred versioning system is by date in the YYMMDD format, such as "August 20th, 2010" becoming "100820". Decimals are not allowed
  
  
• Update Domain
  
  
  This is the domain name of the site that hosts the game's updates. For example, if the game's update files were hosted at "http://stealth.hapisan.com/E02/Games/Example", this line would read "stealth.hapisan.com"
  
  If this game does not use Automatic Remote Updates, this line should read "NONE"
  
  
  
• Update Path
  
  
  This is the "path" to the folder that contains the game's updates at the given domain. For example, if the game's update files were hosted at "http://stealth.hapisan.com/E02/Games/Example", this line would read "E02/Games/Example/". The trailing "/" is required
  
  If this game does not use Automatic Remote Updates, this line should read "NONE"
  
  
  
• Minimum E02 Version
  
  
  This is the minimum version of E02 that is required for this game to run, so that games that rely on features and bugfixes introduced in a certain version of the program will warn the user when they attempt to run the game from an earlier version
  
  The E02 versioning system is by date in the YYMMDD format, such as "August 20th, 2010" becoming "100820". If the version value of the currently-running build of E02 is less than this value, the game will not be allowed to run
  
  

The following is an example setup for a Game Listing file to better demonstrate how to put the above information into practice. Use the same format and fill in the appropriate values given the information contained throughout the various documents to create a basic Game setup for E02.

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; Example Game Listing File ;
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Name: E02 Demonstration Game

Path: ..\e02demo

Version: 100820

Update domain: stealth.hapisan.com
Update path:   E02/Games/e02demo/

Min E02 Ver:   100820