AngelLoader v1.11.0 - now works better on Wine! (updated 2025/07/24) - by FenPhoenix
Dahenjo on 25/5/2022 at 01:36
I was thinking Fen probably already implemented the Mods requests, and sure enough!
It all works perfectly here and will be very useful, many thanks Fen!
BlackJack16 on 25/5/2022 at 09:59
Have really appreciated AngelLoader as it made it so easy to migrate from using DarkLoader as it imported all my old comments... and that was back with AL v1.01/1.09. Thanks Fen ! :thumb::thumb::thumb:
Is there a way to clean up the data file, as I have 30-40 "FMs" listed when I press the "Show Unavailable FMs" button. They definitely don't exist and looking at some of my comments against the FMs, it's FMs I'd removed back in the DarkLoader days. Would like to clean it up, 'cos I suspect it's occasionally causing AL to crash when I try to re-order the FMs, eg from "Installed" to "Archive" as for a couple of "FMs" there is no "archive" name.
Tonight I updated from v1.5.4 to v1.6.1 on Win 7 x64 and tried adding a comment to a FM, including a blank line by pressing Enter / Return key and no blank line appears. Anyone else experiencing that? And / or is there a setting change I need to make? Thnx.
FenPhoenix on 25/5/2022 at 10:27
Yeah the enter key not working is a bug with 1.6.0/1.6.1 I just fixed... sorry about that... I'll get a new version out asap.
I can replicate the crash on sort by archive when there's a blank one. Wow, I wonder how long that's been there? Maybe since the beginning? How vexing... well, I'll get on that too. Thanks for the reports!
BlackJack16 on 25/5/2022 at 10:59
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Yeah the enter key not working is a bug with 1.6.0/1.6.1 I just fixed... sorry about that... I'll get a new version out asap.
I had a laugh with this one... in a past era working in IT it's the sort of thing we'd do to keyboards... oh, and swapping alpha keys around. AL had the last laugh on me !
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I can replicate the crash on sort by archive when there's a blank one. Wow, I wonder how long that's been there? Maybe since the beginning? How vexing... well, I'll get on that too. Thanks for the reports!
I started having "order/sort by" crashes with AL v1.5.4, just hadn't got round to posting - apologies for that. If it happened in earlier versions, AL handled it gracefully... or somehow I've added more data corruption to AL's data file than what was introduced via AL 1.0.1/1.0.9 import of my darkloader data file.
Thanks for all your work.
FenPhoenix on 25/5/2022 at 11:36
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https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/releases/download/v1.6.2/AngelLoader_v1.6.2.zip)
AngelLoader v1.6.2 is out.
Changelog:
Features and improvements:* Added "Disable all" button to the mods tab. This actually just disables all mods that are not marked "important", so it's safe, unlike the old "Disable all mods" checkbox from past versions.
* Added ability to enable/disable mods when playing games without FMs.
Fixes:* Fixed Enter key was being blocked from registering in most places
* Fixed "Patch & Customize" tab wasn't changing its state when an FM was installed or uninstalled, until the FM was re-selected
* Fixed Thief 2 Multiplayer button could in certain cases be shown at the wrong position in the game buttons set
* Fixed crash when sorting by Archive when at least one FM's archive is blank
Quote Posted by BlackJack16
I had a laugh with this one... in a past era working in IT it's the sort of thing we'd do to keyboards... oh, and swapping alpha keys around. AL had the last laugh on me !
This bug was caused by a line that was supposed to block input to the FMs list when Enter was pressed, so that it wouldn't cause the selection to move down one row after doing the thing it was supposed to do (play an FM). But the input blocking line was outside the if(FMs list is focused) block so it blocked Enter everywhere. Whoops...
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I started having "order/sort by" crashes with AL v1.5.4, just hadn't got round to posting - apologies for that. If it happened in earlier versions, AL handled it gracefully... or somehow I've added more data corruption to AL's data file than what was introduced via AL 1.0.1/1.0.9 import of my darkloader data file.
The code that caused the bug has been in there forever, but I suppose it's possible something else could have been masking the bug and it got revealed at some point. Not sure. But anyway, it's fixed now!
To your question about cleaning out the database, there's no way to do it currently (short of going into FMData.ini and cleaning it out manually) but as you can see (
https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/issues/64) here I've been meaning to add a database manager for a while now. I'll make that the next thing on the list.
FenPhoenix on 26/5/2022 at 02:21
(https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/releases/download/v1.6.3/AngelLoader_v1.6.3.zip) AngelLoader v1.6.3 is out.
Fixed: the mods checklist would never be re-enabled after being disabled (this happened if the FMs list was ever blank, or if you pressed home/end on the list)
AL is getting to a complexity level where I'm really starting to miss things in the combinatorial explosion of logic paths. Ugh.
Still, after the inevitable flurry of ten billion patch versions, at least we usually get a few months of stability afterward, right...? :tsktsk:
Stingm on 26/5/2022 at 03:08
Got it and thanks for the work.
gamophyte on 26/5/2022 at 04:33
Excellent! Thank you Fen!
BlackJack16 on 26/5/2022 at 07:31
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AngelLoader v1.6.3 is out.
Thank you Fen for all your "flurry"; v163 up and running. Cheers BJ
