AngelLoader v1.11.0 - now works better on Wine! (updated 2025/07/24)

Hit Deity on 30/11/2022 at 05:44

I had seen the name Angel Loader many times over the past few years, but never tried it. By the time I was interested in playing FMs again, NewDark had come out, there was FMSel automatically coming up, and I mistakenly assumed FMSel was the only option...

And well, long story short: Great Job! I can't thank you enough. So simple to use, even a caveman could do it (but not Lady Taffers! ;-) sorry.) I really appreciate you making it a drop-in type install, since I have 4 different installations of Thief 2 right now, and I can just set up different instances for each, and it doesn't get all tangled up with it auto-detecting installation paths.. what a nightmare! But you pre-solved that for us.

So, Thank you immensely.

Twist on 2/12/2022 at 05:07

I'm afraid I found a bug in this most recent version, unless I'm misunderstanding something (which is quite possible).

It appears to me that AngelLoader is no longer reading mod archives, only mod directories. So, for example, if I have EP2.crf in my Mods directory, AngelLoader doesn't see it unless I unzip it to an EP2 sub-directory within my Mods directory. This only started with 1.6.9; my backup copy of 1.6.8 reads mod archives just fine.

If this is by design, I don't think it's a good idea, as the directions with many (most?) mods don't explicitly tell you to unzip the crf or zip. My guess is that it's not by design, but a bug resulting from your attempt to have AngelLoader only show installed mods, not all mods just mentioned in the cam_mod.ini whether they're actually present or not.

Anyways, regardless of this bug (or my misunderstanding), thanks again for the best FM loader this community has ever had. <3

FenPhoenix on 2/12/2022 at 06:26

Crap, that is indeed a mistake. I forgot mods could be in archive files too. I'll fix it and update.

FenPhoenix on 2/12/2022 at 07:02

(https://github.com/FenPhoenix/AngelLoader/releases/download/v1.6.9.2/AngelLoader_v1.6.9.2.zip) AngelLoader v1.6.9.2 is out.

Fixed:

* Mods in the form of files rather than directories (zip, crf, etc.) should also count as existing on disk.

BrokenArts on 2/12/2022 at 13:44

Thanks Fen!

Stefan_Key on 2/12/2022 at 14:35

Great work! :thumb:

Twist on 2/12/2022 at 17:04

That was quick! Thanks, Fen!

Stingm on 3/12/2022 at 04:05

Thanks again for the work Fen!

caqo on 5/12/2022 at 03:01

Hi Fen, All

here is the Spanish translation to v1.6.9.2:
(https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WVV9fwDQMKgx-SH5rkIXJ8Z126lxFtf5/view?usp=share_link) https://drive.google.com/file/d/1WVV9fwDQMKgx-SH5rkIXJ8Z126lxFtf5/view?usp=share_link

Cheers :D

fortuni on 28/12/2022 at 19:44

Fen, Hit Diety experienced a problem loading both Ominous Bequest and Broken Triad, see (https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=121515&p=2495417&viewfull=1#post2495417) here, both caused crashed, solution was to uncheck his FMDML option, weird thing is neither of those 2 missions have a dml, so guess Angel loader doesn't like something.