Use a shared url for news updates. Fixes #5603.

OpenRA.Game/Manifest.cs

@@ -35,7 +35,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public readonly InstallData ContentInstaller;
 		public readonly Dictionary<string, Pair<string, int>> Fonts;
 		public readonly Size TileSize = new Size(24, 24);
-		public readonly string NewsUrl;
 		public readonly TileShape TileShape = TileShape.Rectangle;
 
 		public Manifest(string mod)
@@ -97,9 +96,6 @@ namespace OpenRA
 					compat.Add(c.Trim());
 
 			MapCompatibility = compat.ToArray();
-
-			if (yaml.ContainsKey("NewsUrl"))
-				NewsUrl = yaml["NewsUrl"].Value;
 		}
 
 		static string[] YamlList(Dictionary<string, MiniYaml> yaml, string key)

OpenRA.Game/Settings.cs

@@ -141,6 +141,7 @@ namespace OpenRA
 		public string MapRepository = "http://resource.openra.net/map/";
 
 		public bool FetchNews = true;
+		public string NewsUrl = "http://www.openra.net/gamenews";
 		public DateTime NewsFetchedDate;
 	}
 

OpenRA.Mods.RA/Widgets/Logic/MainMenuLogic.cs

@@ -147,7 +147,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 				newsStatus = newsPanel.Get<LabelWidget>("NEWS_STATUS");
 				SetNewsStatus("Loading news");
 
-				if (Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl != null)
+				if (Game.Settings.Game.NewsUrl != null)
 				{
 					var cacheFile = GetNewsCacheFile();
 					var cacheValid = File.Exists(cacheFile) && DateTime.Today.ToUniversalTime() <= Game.Settings.Game.NewsFetchedDate;
@@ -155,7 +155,7 @@ namespace OpenRA.Mods.RA.Widgets.Logic
 					if (cacheValid)
 						DisplayNews(ReadNews(File.ReadAllBytes(cacheFile)));
 					else
-						new Download(Game.modData.Manifest.NewsUrl, e => { }, NewsDownloadComplete);
+						new Download(Game.Settings.Game.NewsUrl, e => { }, NewsDownloadComplete);
 				}
 
 				var newsButton = newsBG.GetOrNull<DropDownButtonWidget>("NEWS_BUTTON");

mods/cnc/mod.yaml

@@ -201,5 +201,3 @@ Missions:
 	mods/cnc/missions.yaml
 
 SupportsMapsFrom: cnc
-
-NewsUrl: http://www.openra.net/gamenews

mods/d2k/mod.yaml

@@ -176,5 +176,3 @@ LuaScripts:
 	mods/common/lua/facing.lua
 
 SupportsMapsFrom: d2k
-
-NewsUrl: http://www.openra.net/gamenews

mods/ra/mod.yaml

@@ -196,5 +196,3 @@ Missions:
 	mods/ra/missions.yaml
 
 SupportsMapsFrom: ra
-
-NewsUrl: http://www.openra.net/gamenews

mods/ts/mod.yaml

@@ -217,5 +217,3 @@ LuaScripts:
 	mods/common/lua/facing.lua
 
 SupportsMapsFrom: ts
-
-NewsUrl: http://www.openra.net/gamenews