Check channel by comparing against LIVE

also change how version comparisons work

Bloxstrap/Bootstrapper.cs

@@ -542,11 +542,10 @@ namespace Bloxstrap
                 return;
             }
 
-            int numCurrentVersion = Utilities.VersionToNumber(App.Version);
+            int versionComparison = Utilities.CompareVersions(App.Version, releaseInfo.TagName);
-            int numLatestVersion = Utilities.VersionToNumber(releaseInfo.TagName);
 
             // check if we aren't using a deployed build, so we can update to one if a new version comes out
-            if (numCurrentVersion == numLatestVersion && App.BuildMetadata.CommitRef.StartsWith("tag") || numCurrentVersion > numLatestVersion)
+            if (versionComparison == 0 && App.BuildMetadata.CommitRef.StartsWith("tag") || versionComparison == -1)
             {
                 App.Logger.WriteLine($"[Bootstrapper::CheckForUpdates] No updates found");
                 return;

Bloxstrap/Models/ClientVersion.cs

@@ -12,5 +12,7 @@
         public string BootstrapperVersion { get; set; } = null!;
 
         public DateTime? Timestamp { get; set; }
+
+        public bool IsBehindDefaultChannel { get; set; }
     }
 }

Bloxstrap/RobloxDeployment.cs

@@ -5,6 +5,8 @@
         #region Properties
         public const string DefaultChannel = "LIVE";
 
+        private static Dictionary<string, ClientVersion> ClientVersionCache = new();
+
         // a list of roblox delpoyment locations that we check for, in case one of them don't work
         private static List<string> BaseUrls = new()
         {
@@ -77,10 +79,19 @@
             return location;
         }
 
-        public static async Task<ClientVersion> GetInfo(string channel, bool timestamp = false)
+        public static async Task<ClientVersion> GetInfo(string channel, bool extraInformation = false)
         {
-            App.Logger.WriteLine($"[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] Getting deploy info for channel {channel} (timestamp={timestamp})");
+            App.Logger.WriteLine($"[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] Getting deploy info for channel {channel} (extraInformation={extraInformation})");
 
+            ClientVersion clientVersion;
+
+            if (ClientVersionCache.ContainsKey(channel))
+            {
+                App.Logger.WriteLine($"[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] Deploy information is cached");
+                clientVersion = ClientVersionCache[channel];
+            }
+            else
+            {
                 HttpResponseMessage deployInfoResponse = await App.HttpClient.GetAsync($"https://clientsettingscdn.roblox.com/v2/client-version/WindowsPlayer/channel/{channel}");
 
                 string rawResponse = await deployInfoResponse.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
@@ -101,12 +112,14 @@
                     throw new Exception($"Could not get latest deploy for channel {channel}! (HTTP {deployInfoResponse.StatusCode})");
                 }
 
-            ClientVersion clientVersion = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ClientVersion>(rawResponse)!;
+                clientVersion = JsonSerializer.Deserialize<ClientVersion>(rawResponse)!;
+            }
+            
 
             // for preferences
-            if (timestamp)
+            if (extraInformation && clientVersion.Timestamp is null)
             {
-                App.Logger.WriteLine("[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] Getting timestamp...");
+                App.Logger.WriteLine("[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] Getting extra information...");
 
                 string manifestUrl = GetLocation($"/{clientVersion.VersionGuid}-rbxPkgManifest.txt", channel);
 
@@ -119,7 +132,18 @@
                     App.Logger.WriteLine($"[RobloxDeployment::GetInfo] {manifestUrl} - Last-Modified: {lastModified}");
                     clientVersion.Timestamp = DateTime.Parse(lastModified).ToLocalTime();
                 }
+
+                // check if channel is behind LIVE
+                if (channel != DefaultChannel)
+                {
+                    var defaultClientVersion = await GetInfo(DefaultChannel);
+
+                    if (Utilities.CompareVersions(clientVersion.Version, defaultClientVersion.Version) == -1)
+                        clientVersion.IsBehindDefaultChannel = true;
                 }
+            }
+
+            ClientVersionCache[channel] = clientVersion;
 
             return clientVersion;
         }

Bloxstrap/UI/Elements/Menu/Pages/BehaviourPage.xaml

@@ -79,7 +79,7 @@
 
           <StackPanel Grid.Row="3" Grid.ColumnSpan="2" Margin="0,16,0,0" Orientation="Horizontal" Visibility="{Binding ChannelWarningVisibility, Mode=OneWay}">
             <Image Grid.Column="0" Width="24" Height="24" RenderOptions.BitmapScalingMode="HighQuality" Source="pack://application:,,,/Resources/MessageBox/Warning.png" />
-            <TextBlock Margin="8,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="This channel may be out of date, as it was last deployed to over a month ago." />
+            <TextBlock Margin="8,0,0,0" VerticalAlignment="Center" Text="This channel is out of date, and is likely no longer being updated. Please use another channel." />
           </StackPanel>
         </Grid>
         <Grid Column="0">

Bloxstrap/UI/ViewModels/Menu/BehaviourViewModel.cs

@@ -27,10 +27,7 @@ namespace Bloxstrap.UI.ViewModels.Menu
             {
                 ClientVersion info = await RobloxDeployment.GetInfo(channel, true);
 
-                if (info.Timestamp?.AddMonths(1) < DateTime.Now)
+                ChannelWarningVisibility = info.IsBehindDefaultChannel ? Visibility.Visible : Visibility.Collapsed;
-                    ChannelWarningVisibility = Visibility.Visible;
-                else
-                    ChannelWarningVisibility = Visibility.Collapsed;
 
                 ChannelDeployInfo = new DeployInfo
                 {

Bloxstrap/Utilities.cs

@@ -15,11 +15,23 @@
 
         public static void ShellExecute(string website) => Process.Start(new ProcessStartInfo { FileName = website, UseShellExecute = true });
 
-        public static int VersionToNumber(string version)
+        /// <summary>
+        /// 
+        /// </summary>
+        /// <param name="versionStr1"></param>
+        /// <param name="versionStr2"></param>
+        /// <returns>
+        /// Result of System.Version.CompareTo <br />
+        /// -1: version1 &lt; version2 <br />
+        ///  0: version1 == version2 <br />
+        ///  1: version1 &gt; version2
+        /// </returns>
+        public static int CompareVersions(string versionStr1, string versionStr2)
         {
-            // yes this is kinda stupid lol
+            var version1 = new Version(versionStr1.Replace("v", ""));
-            version = version.Replace("v", "").Replace(".", "");
+            var version2 = new Version(versionStr2.Replace("v", ""));
-            return Int32.Parse(version);
+
+            return version1.CompareTo(version2);
         }
     }
 }