public boolean needsUpdates() {
		URLConnection conn;
		InputStream in = null;
		try {
			/**
			 * Gets old file
			 */
			byte[] file = null;
			try {
				file = FileOperations.readFile(signlink.findcachedir() + "sprites.idx");
			} catch (RuntimeException e) {
				e.printStackTrace();
			}
			if (file == null)
				return true;
			ByteBuffer oldIndex = new ByteBuffer(file);
			DataInputStream oldindexFile = new DataInputStream(new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(oldIndex.buffer)));
			/**
			 * Download the index file from website, we use this to compare our sprites and check if any are missing
			 */
			ByteBuffer newIndex = new ByteBuffer();
			DataInputStream newindexFile = null;
			URL url = new URL("http://bsclient.com/update/sprite/sprites.idx");
			conn = url.openConnection();
			in = conn.getInputStream();
			byte[] data = new byte[500];
			int numRead;
			long numWritten = 0;
			int length = conn.getContentLength();
			while((numRead = in.read(data)) != -1) {
				newIndex.writeBytes(data, 0, numRead);
				numWritten += numRead;
				int percentage = (int)(((double)numWritten / (double)length) * 100D);
				client.drawSmothLoading(percentage, "Fetching Update File ["+(double)numWritten +"/"+ (double)length+"]");
			}
			newindexFile = new DataInputStream(new GZIPInputStream(new ByteArrayInputStream(oldIndex.buffer)));

			int oldTotalSprites = oldindexFile.readInt();
			int newTotalSprites = newindexFile.readInt();
			/**
			 * First we check if the base amount of sprites are different, if they are we get the new cache
			 */
			if (oldTotalSprites != newTotalSprites)
				return true;
			/**
			 * Since they match we'll loop over them and check that the contents are the same size
			 */
			for (int i =0 ;i < oldTotalSprites; i++) {
				int oldId = oldindexFile.readInt();//skip ids as we shouldn't need them
			    int newId = newindexFile.readInt();
			    if (oldId != newId)//if there ids arn't in the same order for whatever reason we'll just update
			    	return true;
			    int oldFileSize = oldindexFile.readInt();
			    int newFileSize = newindexFile.readInt();
			    if (oldFileSize != newFileSize)//if the file sizes don't match we'll update
			    	return true;
			}
			return false;//update not needed

		} catch (IOException e) {
			e.printStackTrace();
		}
		return false;
	}