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Fallout Mod Manager
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Forcing a Manual Upgrade of Plugins #42

Open boycad opened 9 years ago

boycad commented 9 years ago

intro: Lets see... Im uncertain about how to use this forum. Apologies in advance and all that...

-Feature Request-

Is it possible to manually force an automated 'upgrade' for an un-recognized plugin (from an earlier version to a newer version) in the Fomm Package Manger UI window, or elsewhere?

There are several possible advantages to this, including convenience and stability. The feature exists, but in my experience only triggers for certain 'recognized' mods.

This feature request, or problem, is related to a broader limitation of Fomm. Many .fomod packages dont seem to be recognized by Fomm in the Package manager, perhaps because the mod maker has not prepared an appropriate file included it in the archive package. It is also possible something about my own particular method is blocking these functions. In any case, meta-data fields are not populated, and several functions are lost (eg. readme, upgrading).

Furthermore, because the majority of mods in my install are like this ('unrecognized'), I have made notes and added information (eg. website, author, version) about them manually. It would be nice to keep this information when upgrading.

Currently, changing names and version number manually in Fomm does not force or allow an automated upgrade. Is there a way to force trigger this feature for unrecognized mods, or would that be a new feature of this useful tool?

-Regards, boycad

boycad commented 9 years ago

thanks. the tool is much appreciated.