voodoo47 on 26/10/2019 at 17:30

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guess we'll have to support it now.

FenPhoenix on 6/11/2019 at 23:23

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I'm actually preparing to release the next version, which works much nicer alongside other loaders (it no longer edits config files permanently) so you shouldn't even have to go into cam_mod.ini and change anything if you want to use your previous loader. I'm just testing it now but it'll be out soon. I'd hang on just a little bit and wait for it.

You don't need to uninstall anything though. AngelLoader is its own standalone thing. With other NewDark loaders, you go into cam_mod.ini and tell it what loader to use and then you start your game and the game starts the loader. With AngelLoader, it's the other way round - you start AngelLoader and you choose an FM and then it starts your game (so it works like how DarkLoader worked in that respect). Currently, when you run it and start a Thief game, it removes other loaders from the config file and installs itself (which it has to do in order to work). In the new version, it will restore your previous loader whenever it exits, in order to be as un-instrusive as possible.

FenPhoenix on 7/11/2019 at 18:47

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(http://fenphoenix.com/apps/AngelLoader/AngelLoader_v1.3.zip) AngelLoader v1.3 is out.

This version has improved behavior regarding running alongside other loaders, and improved language detection behavior (matching FMSel) for playing FMs. It also has many small performance improvements and polish.

Changelog:

User experience improvements:

-AngelLoader will now attempt to restore the previous loader when it exits. For example, if your Thief 2 loader is FMSel, and then you start AngelLoader and play an FM, and then you quit AngelLoader, your loader will be reset back to FMSel again. That way, if you start Thief2.exe manually, your regular loader will pop up. Previously, what would have happened in that case is that Thief 2 would just start up with no FM or loader and not tell you anything about why. This caused confusion for people who were using multiple loaders - suddenly after running AngelLoader their old loader wouldn't pop up anymore. This is fixed now. However, as a fallback, in case for whatever reason AngelLoader is still set as the loader when you start your game manually, you will now get a dialog box explaining the situation and telling you how to choose another loader.
-AngelLoader now matches FMSel's FM language search and fallback functionality. This should help in cases where people were getting blank readables for non-English Thief installs etc.
-If you try to start AngelLoader while it's already running, it will now focus and bring itself to the front, rather than just doing nothing and making you bring it up yourself.

Bugfixes:

-Fixed: When opening the Settings window, the "Ignore articles" section didn't change its enabled-state to match its values.
-Fixed: "Remove tag" button could throw an exception if no tag was selected.
-Fixed: If the rating filter was selected and its label was shown and it had the text "None" in it, that text wouldn't be updated when the language changed.
-Fixed: The Tags tab used to be able to be shrunk down to nothing with no scroll bars, causing its layout to get messed up. Scroll bars now appear at an appropriate time like all the other tabs.

Other:

-FMData.ini now stores custom resource booleans in a more compact format, making the file about 25% smaller on average. Reading and writing of the file is now also faster in general. AngelLoader is able to read FMData.ini files of both the old and the new format, and will convert an old-format file to new-format automatically. No action is needed and all data will remain the same.
-Various small performance improvements.

FenPhoenix on 8/11/2019 at 23:05

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Added. :)

FenPhoenix on 15/11/2019 at 03:11

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(http://fenphoenix.com/apps/AngelLoader/AngelLoader_v1.3.1.zip) AngelLoader v1.3.1 is out.

A single important bugfix: When you imported from DarkLoader and chose "Import saves", it would fail to import System Shock 2 save archives. Fixed.