Roadmap For 1.4.0

[Hypocrita20XX]

The more I think about it, the less I see any reason why the user needs to worry about mode selection. Ideally Conexus should be able to handle this on its own without any need for input.

Will look into this for the proper 1.3.1 release.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Merge modes into one, under-the-hood function Modify UI to accommodate mode merge Modify list of links log message to check for existence of file in Documents\Conexus\Logs, if not, let user know to check if Links.txt exists in that location Go through code and add any remaining missing exception catching

Finally update the video tutorials, I'm very much behind on this due to some medication changes that put me out of action for several weeks, hoping I'll be back on track this week

[Hypocrita20XX]

Also, figure out what to do with the video tutorial archives. Probably Nexus Mods. They're giving me, and others, issues, so they need to shove off for a while.

[Hypocrita20XX]

This is probably going to be 1.3.2, now that I think about it, this goes beyond simple bug fixes.

Also, more importantly, I'm going to put together some basic dev documentation, now that there's a fork, this seems like a good idea. For now, just stuff related to the UI and how to modify it, because that's immediately useful to me, but other stuff might/will follow as I think of it.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Wait that would be 1.4. Eh, thinking. In any case, modes have been merged seemingly successfully.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Alright, functionally, everything is fine. Exception checks are all that's left, for Links file, verify that there is a username/password, that SteamCMD actually downloaded mods.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Note so I don't forget: quickstart will need updated

[Hypocrita20XX]

1.4.0 is almost release-ready. Needs a bit more testing, then hopefully that'll be it.

[Hypocrita20XX]

I wouldn't say what I've run into are set-backs, but certainly I've encountered some stuff that needs investigated further.

What should be mentioned right now is that I'm working on a way to hopefully preserve downloads, so you don't waste a lot of time downloading, say, 200 mods, every time you want to change your list.

Edit: current changlog:

Highlights:

New download verification and diagnostics Modes have been merged and are now handled automatically

Details:

Merged modes (download/update) and simplified overall operation Adjusted UI to acommodate this change Made log window bigger to keep overall window the same size

Cleaned up XML, specifically comments, adding/changing/removing Cleaned up CS, again comments, removed version tags, felt more like bloat than help

Log window should now properly scroll to the bottom of the window with each new window New log tag, DEBUG, to hopefully help with specific troubleshooting steps

Changed log level in generic exception from WARNING to ERROR

Added lengthy debug/diagnostics when SteamCMD fails to download mods Added download verification that complements the aforementioned diagnostics

Removed duplicate log message Corrected spelling in certain log messages

[Hypocrita20XX]

I am curious if I can merge the methods as well. If there's a URL in the text field, use that, if not, use a link, add some check to ensure there's something in the file, etc.

Looks like this is actually easier than I anticipated. However there are a number of checks that I realize will need implemented:

Check to ensure viability of Links.txt + diagnostic info Check/verification to ensure each data text file contains data (HTML, Mods, ModInfo)

[Hypocrita20XX]

Guess it's worth mentioning, my goal with 1.4.0 is to bring Conexus to a feature-complete state. I'm counting on bugs being a thing afterwards, but nothing like these big stability changes/fixes and whatnot.

I might look into the translation feature after that, but I'm honestly more interesting in leaving development, ideally, in a few weeks' time. Been going hard for a few months now and I'm very close to the point where I feel comfortable letting go of this project.

TLDR: Get this release out, get documentation polished, enter a feature freeze for a few weeks, fix bugs during that time, call it good, move on.

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Had an epiphany, now Links.txt is much more flexible. Instead of checking for , it now just checks for steamcommunity. Now denotes mod names. Yes, I finally figured out a simple way to get mod names for those using the list of links method.

Conexus can also handle if you don't include a mod name, as you can see in the picture, he'll default to the old format of order_id if no name is found. This does mean you need to have your mod names before your links, instead of after. I mention that because that was necessary when I created link files from a collection, but I'll have to come up with a solution for that later. Hopefully I explained that well, it'll all be in the updated documentation in clearer terms.

Practically this means formatting that file is much less restrictive, here's an example of a working file.

Edit: also worth mentioning, going to put in a limit for how long the folder name can be, 120 characters to be precise. This will hopefully prevent accidentally forgetting a line break, or really any number of odd things. Windows can handle upwards of 260 characters, but I don't see a practical need for a mod folder name to be that long. Longest I've checked is 72, "005_1448707567_More dungeon background variations - Crimson Court add on", so 120 seems fine.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Good news, all my tests are coming back positive. Hopefully will have a release tonight or tomorrow so long as the remaining tests come back fine.

Edit: I think I'll release this only on Github until documentation is finished, then I'll do the usual Nexus Mods\Reddit\Discord.

[Hypocrita20XX]

Yeah ok, this release is ready for local, Github-only release.