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@DarthLilo DarthLilo released this 10 Jun 05:49
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PBLC Update Manager 0.3.0

This was a really long update to develop, it took around a month of work to get it to this new and improved state.

A lot of suggestions and ideas were implemented from friends and thank you to all my friends who helped (suffered) me test the beta versions of this launcher and get it ready for release!

Credits

  • ExoticBuilder
    • Update Manager Testing
    • Suggestions and Ideas
  • KJMineImator (A Windows Boi)
    • Update Manager Testing
    • Suggestions and Ideas
    • Code improvements / feedback
  • Jossamations
    • Update Manager Testing

Changelog

While the changelog may not look as long as it might've considering the time it took to develop, most systems needed to be rewritten from the ground up or heavily modified to support new features like multithreadding.

Additions

  • Added Downloading UI

    • Elapsed time

    • Individual mod progress

    • Total modpack progress

    • Mod Icons + Statues

  • Custom Patches System

    • Users can now load custom patch.json files provided which will install a set of custom mods into their Lethal Company folder

    • Mods can easily be uninstalled through the launcher, it will keep track and only remove what is needed

    • Multiple patches can be installed at once (Developer Patch, Silly Patch, etc)

  • Added configuration system

  • Mods UI will now display progress when checking for updates

  • Popup progress bars have been added when doing smaller downloads

  • Launcher will check for updates daily (Can be configured)

  • Added logging system

    • Logs will be generated on startup
    • Will log error messages
    • Keeps track of current thread when logging

  • Various popups will appear now instead of relying on the console

  • Added redownload all mods button

  • Addex export installed mods button

Changes

  • UI is now rendered on a separate thread (No longer freezes)

  • Console is hidden to prevent user tampering

  • Homepage and Extras menus remade to be more user friendly

  • Multithreaded Downloads

    • UI will display 6 threads along with their statuses

    • Each thread will avoid conflictions and write to their own folders

    • Much quicker performance compared to single threaded

    • Will cache all required mods to download before actually starting download to lower amount of API calls

  • Mod Database no longer stored into single file, changed to be a directory tree system

  • Mods UI is now sorted alphabetically on startup rather than in the actual file

  • Google Drive System

    • Old system would break if a file was accessed an excessively within
      a short window of time

    • Will now divert requests to a dropbox alternative when if needed

  • Beta options are hidden by default

  • Mods are no longer cached on startup unless specified to by the user

  • Performance mode switch will now download the required mods and config instead of toggling them

  • Won't perform actions if Lethal Company is open, prompts the user to close it

Fixes

  • Mods UI will no longer redraw the entire thing when adding a new mod

  • Fixed some elements breaking when resizing

  • Mods will now check for new dependencies when updating, prevents issues where a mod has gained a new dependency after release

Unused

  • Added a file called "version_compare.py" which is inaccessible to the launcher as of this update

    • It can compare two Lethal Company installs provided paths to their BepInEx folder and list differences between them, useful for debugging

    • May be added at a future date

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