SIX Updater: About

SIX Updater is a tool to manage Mods, Missions & Servers, for the Arma 2 military simulation by Bohemia Interactive.

The application is written in IronRuby, which is the Ruby language on Microsoft .NET, with a small portion of C#
and deploys Rsync and Zsync to perform download/update tasks, which provides differential updates (delta patching) to save bandwidth (for hosters and downloaders) and time.

The official network contains many mods available out of the box:

Anyone can host a custom repository with mods, missions and server configuration.
rSync requires specific server setup with rSync daemon, where-as zSync only requires a simple web-server.

Project Roadmap (Plans, Known Issues)

Main Features

MultiThreaded & MultiHost Mods/Missions downloads (installation/updating/repair/migration)
Deploys delta patching to save time and bandwidth (only downloads changed parts of a file)
Game Launcher
Server Browser with sorting, grouping, search and filtering - Join servers automatically with the required Mods, and receive warnings when mods are loaded which are not allowed on the server.
Many popular mods available out of the box (250+ already)
Strong global (world-wide) mirror network (community powered)
GUI, Commandline and Linux support
Custom repository hosting for server owners and community websites (with Mods, Missions, and additional server information and automation, incl TeamSpeak3 and Mumble support).
Flexible and Advanced Preset and Game Profile configuration possible
Multi game versions and editions supported, manageable side-by-side
Mod dependencies and aliases supported
Easy access to Mod tools and 3rd party applications like Fraps/TrackIR. Including support for copying ACRE plugin dll's to TS3\Plugins, and Jayarma2lib dsound.dll to game exe folder.
Create shortcuts to your favorite Presets or to directly start the game with favorite mods and settings
Full Localization and Internationalization support (preliminary Russian and German translations included)
Increasing community server support
Active Development and Support

Additionally

Find Servers that use a specific Mod, or where signatures of a mod or all mods in a preset are allowed
Duplicate addon detection and warning
Server Protection indicator - Shows how well a server is protected (Signatures version, BattlEye enabled)
Server SigCheck indicator - Checks active mods signatures versus server allowed signatures.
Server ModCheck indicator - Checks active modfolders versus server required/allowed modfolders
Server Monitor - Keep track of server status, players, incl sound alarms.
Game Manager - Keep track of installed games, patches, and perform CRC checks
Server Manager - Dedicated Server configuration
Repo Manager - Custom repository configuration

Credits

Six Updater is originally written and maintained by Patrick Roza.

The Team

Patrick Roza
Martin Steinke
Julius Zeidler
Sven van Gurp
Arjan Janssen
Koen Gabriels

Feedback	Translators
ArmaTec Mikhail Lonestar rfc Robalo Sonsalt Xeno	Lonestar - French translation Mikhail - Russian translation Steffen - German translation Steelrain - Dutch translation Total22 - Japanese translation zGuba - Polish translation