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@0neGal 0neGal released this 24 Jul 21:34
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ADDED SUPPORT FOR PACKAGES FOLDER

Recently Northstar has added a new folder called packages, this is where all mods installed through Thunderstore are supposed to go. This separates it from the normal mods folder, which is now currently just for manually installed mods and core mods.

This means Viper has had to have added support for reading mods through this folder, and being able to properly manage, install and uninstall them. This version adds support for this. In conjunction with this it simultaneously also adds support for installing packages with plugins in them.

This folder will also make it much easier for mod managers to work together seamlessly. Mods are now far more likely to install correctly, be detected correctly. This folder also makes it far easier for Viper as a whole to manage mods.

But fear not, the mods folder is still here to stay, and manually installed mods will still go there.

If you still have mods in the old mods folder that you installed through Thunderstore, then you'll have to either re-install them, or update them, this can be done from the mod browser. Most mods will automatically be capable of having their older folder deleted and will only have the newer and better one. There are some mods where this however will not work, and in those cases you'll simply have to delete the old mod from the mod list, then install it again from the mod browser.

NOTICE: This version could accidentally lead to a few bugs happening in the install or discovery process of mods, it has been well tested for quite a bit, and it shouldn't have anything major, but nothing is able to be predicted, and with changes as big as these, it is always possible that something will break. If this were to be case, then a bugfix release should be imminent after a bug is found.

If you do discover a bug or similar, make sure to create an issue and fill it out properly!

OTHER CHANGES

  • Northstar's core mods now have a default icon
  • Fixed clarity and spelling errors in some Spanish translations
  • Smaller changes to the codebase to make it overall easier to maintain
  • The "Launch" button will now become disabled and change into "Running..." when the game is currently running
  • Added tooltips, some buttons when hovered will now have a small tooltip that tries to explain what the button does
  • Added colored console output, now if you're debugging or developing Viper you can look at pretty colors instead of plain text with no colors
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