How do you manage your addons?

[MeDiCS]

So, I got curious. How do the people here manage 'em?


EDIT: I personally use Git. Can't find a better method .

 

[streb2001]

Jones Mod Enabler.

 

[Moach]

i don't... i have quite a mess i my hands :lol:

i've just gotten to get around Git... seems very useful, indeed... but i haven't found a "dummies guide" on it... most tutorial assume you're well used to command lines and stuff... i'm not quite yet

 

[Izack]

I have several installs:
"Construction" for station building and LEO launchers, "Beta" for (you guessed it) the current beta version (mostly to drool at the L14 Earth), "Sci-Fi" for when I get bored of realism (not often anymore), and an awful mess of everything else I just called "Bunch."
There are some others lurking around, but I don't use them, and should get around to cleaning them out.

What is this Git thing, anyway?

 

[MeDiCS]

What is this Git thing, anyway?

http://git-scm.com/.


Basically, a program that tracks the development history of source code, but can also be used with lots of other stuff. In this case, it's useful as it detects conflicts (when two addons modify the same file, such as Earth.cfg) and helps you fix them. It also stores all files quite efficiently (nothing is duplicated), helps separate addons (you can seamlessly remove or add any number of addons to your install), manage 'profiles' and some other nice things. It can be thought as a very advanced JGSME.


It's a bit hard to start using though, but the effort pays off.

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i've just gotten to get around Git... seems very useful, indeed... but i haven't found a "dummies guide" on it... most tutorial assume you're well used to command lines and stuff... i'm not quite yet

There are GUI frontends available for it, but I've never used any of them so I can't tell you how good they are. Getting used to CLI isn't as hard as it seems, you just, you know, type .


EDIT: List of Git GUI frontends.

 

[insanity]

JSGME works well for me, all my addons in one place.

 

[statickid]

hahah, i don't. my orbiter folder is a giant loony bin of crazyness. i mostly "organize" my addons by including or disincluding them in scn files.

 

[bwog]

I have 4 Orbiter installs. I wonder who has the record.

 

[Face]

So, I got curious. How do the people here manage 'em?


EDIT: I personally use Git. Can't find a better method .

I use Mercurial. Better fit for me on Windows, especially with TortoiseHG (and please don't try to evangelize me, I know Git quite well ).

I even started this for addon management.

regards,
Face

 

[garyw]

I use subversion...

 

[eveningsky339]

I have my addons scattered around various folders. I also have about five Orbiter installations... :lol:

But I've been thinking about trying git or svn.

 

[MeDiCS]

and please don't try to evangelize me

I don't evangelize, but only try to push my own visions based on my word alone . COI is very helpful for beginners BTW.

Anyway, I am surprised. I thought option three would be less voted than option one (and two)...

 

[vonneuman]

I used to have just one orbiter install full of addons with one clean install to help with getting rid of addons. It was a mess. I had too many problems with misbehaving addons and addons that I did not want anymore that it got to a point were I just had to delete my orbiter install and get a fresh one using JSGME.
I like that one because it is so easy to delete addons I don't want anymore.

 

[Mandella]

You need an option for both JSGME *and* multiple installs all scattered about (with multiple instances of JSGME also).

In other words, a total mess.

What I'd like to have is my own private version of Orbit Hanger residing on my network. A system where I could have pictures and short descriptions of each addon and addon group, all browser navigated.

 

[NukeET]

5 different folders with JSGME in each.

 

[bwog]

I hold the record at nine installs.

One big install of 2009 beta with loads of addons
Two shuttle fleet installs, one of them failed as it was 2009
One Outer planet install, with the moons for the outer planets.
One big install of 2006-P1, with loads of addons
Two OGLAclient installs, none have worked. :beathead:
One Rag Tag fleet install
One Testing install, for addons that don't like each over.

I use this open source program to manage my addons. Don't know the name, as the name is in Chinese. Or Japanese.

9 is a lot. If you give me a screenshot of the program I can tell you if it's Chinese or Japanese. I can't read them, but I can tell the difference. Or just do it yourself:
http://www.wikihow.com/Tell-Chinese,-Japanese,-and-Korean--Writing--Apart

 

[silent_protagonist]

When I'm actually using orbiter a lot (I haven't in a while because of school) I usually keep 2 or 3 installs with JSGME (one for deep space, one for Earth-Moon, one really messy one just for messing around). But recently I've been tending more towards keeping a single baseline install with scenery (LOD is your friend), mfds and basic ships like the XR's, along with a large repository of addons, and simply building a new install for whatever kind of flight I want to do.

 

[MeDiCS]

and simply building a new install for whatever kind of flight I want to do.

You build an Orbiter install just to fly a mission?

 

[tblaxland]

I used to use option 2, but now use option 3 (COI/Mercurial).

 

[Quick_Nick]

You need an option for both JSGME *and* multiple installs all scattered about (with multiple instances of JSGME also).

Same. But I chose JSGME in the poll.