DELAMS rFACTOR ALL-IN-ONE UPDATE v2.6 - VPS CONNECTION
DEPLOYMENT CANDIDATE: wait for Delams to confirm the gateway is live.

PLAYERS AND DEDICATED SERVER OWNERS USE THIS SAME DOWNLOAD
1. Close your player game, then extract the entire ZIP.
2. Run Install Update.bat and allow the administrator prompt.
3. Choose 1 for PLAYER GAME or 2 for DEDICATED SERVER ONLY.
4. Players select their MAIN rFactor folder, containing rFactor.exe.
   Example: C:\Games\rFactor. No individual file selection is required.
5. Read both results. Reopen your player game normally, or restart each
   dedicated server when convenient without interrupting active races.

WHAT CHANGED
Public matchmaking, lobby chat and news now target217.154.36.176.
An existing working component at that address is verified and skipped.
Old public/LAN player mappings are moved to the VPS, and supported existing
news patches are updated automatically using their original verified backup.
You do not need to undo the older news patch first.
Dedicated-only mode does not require a game executable or modify news.
An existing192.168.1.105 dedicated-server mapping is preserved for Delams' own
Windows host; other dedicated installations target the public VPS.

COMPATIBILITY
News supports only the exact executable tested by Delams:
C8661682FFCBB96B56A1C7EFCA817C86676D903153F38741FE20AB29B598C223
Other game executables are left untouched and NEWS NOT INSTALLED is shown.
Matchmaking can still be configured independently. No game EXE is included.
The installer changes only the match.rfactor.net hosts mapping and, when
supported, the normal player executable's news address/download trigger.
Server owners still need their existing game/query firewall and NAT rules.
Installing this does not tunnel another owner's game traffic through Delams.

BACKUP / UNDO
Keep rFactor.exe.delams-news-original and rFactor.exe.delams-news.json beside
the game. The original backup is reused and retained, never replaced by a patch.
Undo News.bat restores that original executable, not the previous news version.
Undo Matchmaker.bat restores mappings changed by v2.6, retaining unrelated
entries. v2.5 backup state is not overwritten. v2.6 state is stored in:
C:\ProgramData\Delams rFactor All In One v2.6
If an address was already correct and skipped, this release has no mapping
change to undo. Earlier updater backups remain separate.

NEWS
Open News/Info BEFORE selecting a server; selecting a server shows its own info.
Reopen rFactor to download changed announcements. No new update is needed for
announcement edits. Report errors with a screenshot of the installer result.

STATUS
Local automated upgrade checks passed for old public, home LAN and already-VPS
news patches, repeat skips, backup preservation and undo. Hosted dedicated LAN
mapping is preserved. The new live gateway needs a pilot before broad rollout.
