FenPhoenix on 28/1/2021 at 11:41
Recommended way is just to extract the new version directly into the existing folder. Your config settings and FM data will not be overwritten, only the app itself will be updated. Having said that, what you did is (mostly) fine: all settings and FM data are stored in the Data folder. But you will have overwritten the latest English.ini file with your older one from 1.4.4. You should copy v1.4.8's Data\Languages\English.ini to the same path in your 1.4.8 folder on disk, just in case. Or just re-extract the 1.4.8 zip directly over your 1.4.4 folder and it'll all be sorted.
In hindsight, I shouldn't have put the Languages directory inside the Data folder. I should have put it outside so that Data would be fully portable. Oh well...
Edit: Ninja'd :laff:
Aged Raver on 28/1/2021 at 11:48
Thanks Fen!
cavador_8 on 5/2/2021 at 03:14
I am really enjoying Angelloader but I've encountered a problem. I have the FM Builder's Paradise zip in my fan mission directory but it is not showing up at all in Angelloader. Why would this be?
cavador_8 on 5/2/2021 at 04:40
Thanks Psych0sis! That's exactly what it was. I downloaded the 7zip file and now it works. Thanks again!
Arcatera on 11/2/2021 at 17:57
Great software, thank you for your efforts.
Could you add a feature to convert .7z fan mission archives to .zip for faster unarchiving and scanning?
FenPhoenix on 11/2/2021 at 21:02
I could do that. Although, converting a 7-zip to a zip requires extracting the .7z archive and re-compressing all the files into a .zip archive, which would take at least as long as a scan or an install by itself, so it would only really be worth it if you install/uninstall or scan it a lot (the latter doesn't seem likely, the former possibly more so depending on the user). But certainly, I could implement such a feature. With all the whining I've been doing about .7z files I probably should at least consider it. :p
On that note, I've improved the 7-zip scanner's performance substantially (on average) for the next version. Some files may still be about as slow if they're laid out unfavorably or just have a ton of large .mis files, but in most cases the improvement is very noticeable. It may be possible for me to claw back more performance still, so I'll be working on that more in the future too.
I'll also be implementing a system whereby readme files can be cached at the same time as a 7-zip scan (because the scanner has to extract them anyway, so it can just hand them right over to the cache folder), so that you don't end up in the situation like with T2XHD.7z where it takes a year to scan and then immediately takes another year to cache the readmes.
Thanks for the kind words :)
Arcatera on 11/2/2021 at 23:22
You are welcome. :) I am looking forward to the new release then. Speaking of which, you could also add auto-updater to AngelLoader.
Ideas keep coming as I write this reply. :D How about adding a feature to bulk install fan missions as well?