CivMods: Civ7 Mods Manager discussion v0.8.1

[Lunkan]

Awesome! Would you like to update the review mentioning the issue and the solution? So that other people could easily find a solution

I tried, but it said I couldn't edit a post after you had replied to it? But I'll make a new one of I can!

Edit: It wont let me make a new one either. However, as soon as you post the next update, I will leave a new one and make sure anyone reading will know it works excellently!

 

[Shadow_Wolf_8045]

Ok, I must be missing something. Where is the actual download for this mod? I click the go to download button up top and it takes me to GitHub site, and I do not see download or anything I must be blind, which is highly possible. I am not new to mods but not very familiar with having to use GitHub.

 

[Lunkan]

Ok, I must be missing something. Where is the actual download for this mod? I click the go to download button up top and it takes me to GitHub site, and I do not see download or anything I must be blind, which is highly possible. I am not new to mods but not very familiar with having to use GitHub.

On the page it takes you to, scroll down a little, and you will see a bunch of links. Click this one:

CivMods_0.4.2_x64_en-US.msi


If you are on PC at least. That should start the download and you can install it.
If you are on MAC, I am not sure which is the installer of the choices, but then you should know better than I if you are on MAC

 

[Finwickle]

Ok, I must be missing something. Where is the actual download for this mod? I click the go to download button up top and it takes me to GitHub site, and I do not see download or anything I must be blind, which is highly possible. I am not new to mods but not very familiar with having to use GitHub.

On that GitHub page scroll down a bit to the assets list, and if you're on Windows choose this one. Then run it after downloading.

Edit: for some reason I didn't see the post above mine, Sorry for the double post

 

[Shadow_Wolf_8045]

On the page it takes you to, scroll down a little, and you will see a bunch of links. Click this one:

CivMods_0.4.2_x64_en-US.msi


If you are on PC at least. That should start the download and you can install it.
If you are on MAC, I am not sure which is the installer of the choices, but then you should know better than I if you are on MAC

Found it, thank you

 

[minigig]

I just tried this with the lastest version CivMods_0.4.2_x64_en-US.msi and I just get a blank white window. I am on Windows 11. I did try to run it as admin as well with no change

 

[leonardify]

hi! yeah but is still working weird. So it can be installed, only through "choose version".View attachment 725498

I needed to update the version data on the server side too; now it's okay

 

[leonardify]

I just tried this with the lastest version CivMods_0.4.2_x64_en-US.msi and I just get a blank white window. I am on Windows 11. I did try to run it as admin as well with no change

Can you send a screenshot? Plus the Logs in C:\Users\<yourusername>\AppData\Local\com.civmods.desktop\logs . You can zip them before attaching them here

 

[leonardify]

leonardify updated CivMods: Civ 7 Mods Manager with a new update entry:

Simplified download links on CivMods.com

I've released a new page on CivMods.com to make it easier to download the correct installer based on your OS. Now, the "Go to Download" link here on CivFanatics redirects to this page. Additionally, the buttons on the homepage now correctly download the latest version.

I hope this makes it easier for new players to download the mods manager.


View attachment 725577

Read the rest of this update entry...

 

[notque]

How do I add the icon to my mod for display on there? Is that a setting in modinfo I am unfamiliar with?

EDIT: Add Icon on the resource in civfanatics. Got it.

 

[Finwickle]

I love how this mod manager is progressing. It's looking pretty good. I've still not used it myself (control freak and I adapt many mods to my wishes), but I've added the button to my mod pages.

 

[leonardify]

I love how this mod manager is progressing. It's looking pretty good. I've still not used it myself (control freak and I adapt many mods to my wishes), but I've added the button to my mod pages.

Great news and thank you for contributing!
PS: CivMods recognizes automatically mods which are different from published version and it disables auto-updates from them

 

[notque]

Great news and thank you for contributing!
PS: CivMods recognizes automatically mods which are different from published version and it disables auto-updates from them

I noticed, great feature. I'm working on the next version, and I was happy it didn't include it in the updates. But I locked it regardless.

 

[leonardify]

I noticed, great feature. I'm working on the next version, and I was happy it didn't include it in the updates. But I locked it regardless.

Yes locking is always a deeper security level (I've put like three layered checks on it in the install process), better safe than sorry!

 

[Finwickle]

Great news and thank you for contributing!
PS: CivMods recognizes automatically mods which are different from published version and it disables auto-updates from them

Yeah, I just noticed. Cool feature! That helps a lot and keeps my edits safe.

I have a few wishes/suggestions to make it even more awesome (some of these are maybe already mentioned):

• It would be nice if the app remembers the last window size, so I don't have to resize every time (and also start bigger the first time, because it started really small).
• I would love an option to sort the mods alphabetically, and filter/sort on status like "update needed", "not on current version", "locked", etc.
• I would personally like some control on folders names, but I can imagine it doesn't fit with an easy-to-use no-questions-asked tool like this. Maybe as an advanced setting? I prefer the mod name (preferably with version as well), but I would already be happy with an option to keep the current folder name when updating (especially if you can combine it with smart version number replacing ).

 

[notque]

Yeah, I just noticed. Cool feature! That helps a lot and keeps my edits safe.

I have a few wishes/suggestions to make it even more awesome (some of these are maybe already mentioned):

• It would be nice if the app remembers the last window size, so I don't have to resize every time (and also start bigger the first time, because it started really small).
• I would love an option to sort the mods alphabetically, and filter/sort on status like "update needed", "not on current version", "locked", etc.
• I would personally like some control on folders names, but I can imagine it doesn't fit with an easy-to-use no-questions-asked tool like this. Maybe as an advanced setting? I prefer the mod name (preferably with version as well), but I would already be happy with an option to keep the current folder name when updating (especially if you can combine it with smart version number replacing ).

I'm not sure what others think, but I'd like every mod I have installed at the top before any other sorting.

 

[Finwickle]

I'm not sure what others think, but I'd like every mod I have installed at the top before any other sorting.

Since there are separate sections for Installed and Available mods, I'd rather not see the installed mods in the Available category at all. Available to me means "mods I can install".

 

[Finwickle]

You might also want to exclude the mod manager itself from the list. It's a bit weird reading that you don't support yourself, and you can be very sure it is installed already:

 

[leonardify]

Thank you for the awesome feedback. I think these are all very nice ideas, I'll see how to schedule all of them

 

[AdventurousEagle410]

I'm not sure what changed, I was able to download 4 mods without issue using the Mod Manager, but now all of a sudden I'm unable to install any more as I'm getting an error saying "Error: Failed to parse filename or extension." For what it's worth, the ones I did get installed were Auto Exploration, YnAMP, TCS Improved Plot Tooltip and Policy Yield Previews. Any thoughts?