Trying to download and show contents of text file

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Something that seems so simple, yet all the console shows is a bunch of question marks when I use this code. All I want to do is be able to read a small string and check if there is a new download available for the game. Then, I can tell the player "Hey there is a new version available. Want to download it?" Then I can direct them to a link or something.

 var url = "http://www.mackenziemelby.com/download/i/mark_dl/u/4011917382/4618859823/sync_ExplosiveDrive.txt";//?dl=1
 var www : WWW;
 
 function Start(){
    www= new WWW(url);
    yield www;
    Debug.Log (www.text);
 }
 
 function Update(){
 if(www.progress<1)
 print ("loading"+www.progress);
 
 }

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Answer by tigertrussell · Feb 26, 2015 at 12:21 AM

From my comment, try this:

  var url = "http://www.mackenziemelby.com/download/i/mark_dl/u/4011917382/4618859823/sync_ExplosiveDrive.txt";//?dl=1
  var www : WWW;

  var spamLimiter = false;
  
  function Start() {
     www= new WWW(url);
     yield www;
 //    Debug.Log (www.text);
  }
  
  function Update() {
     if(www.progress<1) {
        print ("loading"+www.progress);
     }
     else if(!spamLimiter) {
        Debug.Log(www.text);
        spamLimiter = true;
     }
  }

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Excelerator · Feb 26, 2015 at 02:07 AM 0

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Still giving me the question boxes in the console: "��" No idea what that means or why it's appearing.. The actual txt file I am referencing should just print out "Testing stuff".

Excelerator · Feb 26, 2015 at 03:24 AM 1

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Oh! I finally figured out what was going on. It's a bug (or feachur) in Unity. If you look at "var url" which is a public variable, is shows the right address in the code, but for some reason, an old address was stuck in the inspector. Yeah.. all because the code doesn't override the inspector like it did in the old versions of unity. Huh.. problem solved.

AuggoDoggo · Sep 09, 2016 at 04:22 AM 0

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Wow... I had the exact same problem, I had my url string set to public and it was filled in to an image in the editor.

I don't think some people realize how helpful it is when they come back and post how they eventually solved ridiculous things like this, so I am commenting to let you know your comment saved me a decent amount of head-banging-against-wall.

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