Question Getting data from oh

[luki1997a]

That's a joke, right? :facepalm:

And who do you expect to write those scripts? Addon devs themselves? Some can't even put together a Spacecraft3 without it containing bugs. You'll end up with a download manager that has the capability to install only a small fraction of addons. And what about the thousands of addons already uploaded? You just dump those? If so, your manager will be useless.

You need to set up your addon manager in a way that it takes care of everything, not that users need to put in effort to download and install their addons. It's easier to just unzip than go through a bunch of scripts and programs.

If anything, make it fully autonomous.

Nope it's not a joke. Every add-on installer has it's own installation script. These scripts will be making by people, not by add-on devs. This installer arleady support automated installation. It's not ideal, because some add-ons installs another way than the others. For example to install add-on A you just need to copy&paste files, but to install add-on B you've to copy&paste files to specific locations, change configs and etc.

If you want, you can try my "Phoenix add-on installer" and tell my, what I should improve.

 

[RisingFury]

Nope it's not a joke. Every add-on installer has it's own installation script. These scripts will be making by people, not by add-on devs.

Nobody started making scripts for your previous manager. What makes you think they'll start now?

This installer arleady support automated installation. It's not ideal, because some add-ons installs another way than the others. For example to install add-on A you just need to copy&paste files, but to install add-on B you've to copy&paste files to specific locations, change configs and etc.

Yes, so improve on your install algorithms, not just give up and introduce a script. The two most common install downloads are the zip that contains everything you need and just extract it into Orbiter directory. The other contains all these files inside another folder.

Certain downloads come with self extracting files or some sort of installers. In that case, run that file and let the user do the rest.

If you want, you can try my "Phoenix add-on installer" and tell my, what I should improve.

Yes, I'll download it once I'm at home and check it out. But I strongly advise against any kind of scripts or user involvement. There are thousands of addons already on OH and dozens get released each year. Nobody is going to write scripts for all that.

 

[luki1997a]

Nobody started making scripts for your previous manager. What makes you think they'll start now?

Because my previous add-on installer didn't support scripts:lol:

Ok, I'll try to make Phoenix Add-on Installer better and better. I'll include some improvements(do you want new look/appearance?) to make it more 'intelligent'.:thumbup:

 

[Wishbone]

Intelligence is not (only) in the looks... RisingFury hits the right nail here.