Addons at ease

[Leone]

We got sooooooo many posts/PMs/Emails about shortcuts that we decided when the full version of our mod comes out that the installer would create a shortcut. Believe it or not there are a lot of people out there who don't know how to make a -mod shortcut for OFP (or any game for that matter). So in the interests of making it easier for people to play, I think a good mod should make it's own shortcut. Afterall, if you know how to make/edit a shortcut, you can just change it if you need to, but if you don't know how to, then you are stuffed.

$0.02 has been credited to your account.

not everyone installs ofp in C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint




my $0.01 ***

Errr yes, I know that sunshine. I'm talking about a future release, not any previous releases

[Suma]

Questions:

Do you need to download the msi-info.bin file?

What is this file and why would you download it?

Quote[/b] ]And can u explane how the features work when installing?

Addon is considered to contain one feature and can be therefore installed completely or not at all.

[Maruk]

And how are you, BIS, going to make sure people follow the rules about AAE? like the tags and missions included, will we need to send them to you first for review and then you make a list of all AAE reviewed addons?

We can't make sure that people will do everything properly for every addon released using the installer (we will make the installer limited by the eula that says the conditions of use containing the rules but it doesn't block anyone from not doing it properly). This is a kind of open standard and we believe it's on behalf of the entire community.

What we offer is to promote the best At Ease compliant addons at our official website to give more recognition to such high quality work and it's creators.

We don't aim to try to change the way how are addons released and used in the modding community. Our main goal is to make the best addons much more accessible to general public.

Also, the entire initiative is not only for Operation Flashopint but it is also a test how to do improve it for Operation Flashpoint 2.

[Maruk]

The mod that released the rapier missile addon couldn't get it right - my OFP is installed in C:\Games\Operation Flashpoint, and their damn extractor kept putting the addons in C:\Program Files\Codemasters\Operation Flashpoint ***

1) Why don't you have it in registery properly? If you would install the game and set the path to what you want, it will work straight ahead.

2) There's a screen where you can change the directory manually to anything you want in our "damn" installer.

[Gummi]

Questions:

Do you need to download the msi-info.bin file?

What is this file and why would you download it?

When i create the msi file the tool also creates a msi-info.bin file with it... just wondering if it does do anything


ok thanks for the info

[Matthijs]

And how are you, BIS, going to make sure people follow the rules about AAE? like the tags and missions included, will we need to send them to you first for review and then you make a list of all AAE reviewed addons?

We can't make sure that people will do everything properly for every addon released using the installer (we will make the installer limited by the eula that says the conditions of use containing the rules but it doesn't block anyone from not doing it properly). This is a kind of open standard and we believe it's on behalf of the entire community.

What we offer is to promote the best At Ease compliant addons at our official website to give more recognition to such high quality work and it's creators.

We don't aim to try to change the way how are addons released and used in the modding community. Our main goal is to make the best addons much more accessible to general public.

Also, the entire initiative is not only for Operation Flashopint but it is also a test how to do improve it for Operation Flashpoint 2.

Hi Maruk (or any other BIS guy reading this),


Great work on the installer. I'm pretty sure it will become a succes. I'll do my very best to be one of the biggest supporters for the AAE system.



A question:
- Where can I find the EULA for the MSI-creator tool?

A request:
- Can you please give a template for the addon-EULA, or a textblock that can be added to the addon-EULA, ensuring the rights of BIS.

[FatWombat]

I've noticed a bug with the installer:
If you already have one addon installed with the AAE installer you can't install another one. In Add/Remove programs an addon seems to show up as "OFP Addon TAGAddonName" no matter what the addon was actually called.

Great idea this AAE initiative, hopefully this will give the OFP addon community the boost it needs. Good luck with it BIS

[Maruk]

A question:
- Where can I find the EULA for the MSI-creator tool?

A request:
- Can you please give a template for the addon-EULA, or a textblock that can be added to the addon-EULA, ensuring the rights of BIS.

Please understand this is a betaversion. Generally, the utility is free to use for anything (but we hope it'll help Operation Flashopint).

Yes, there'll be a special part that has to go to the usual EULA for the addons (and we'll give you a good template you may use for your addons).

Thanks for your support!

[Maruk]

Questions:

Do you need to download the msi-info.bin file?

What is this file and why would you download it?

When i create the msi file the tool also creates a msi-info.bin file with it... just wondering if it does do anything


ok thanks for the info

The msi-info.bin is intended for eventual creation of patches. More info will follow soon about making patches (but we don't like patches for the addons too much but we underestand it can be necessary sometimes)

[Maruk]

I've noticed a bug with the installer:
If you already have one addon installed with the AAE installer you can't install another one. In Add/Remove programs an addon seems to show up as "OFP Addon TAGAddonName" no matter what the addon was actually called.

I confirm the bug. I reproduced it on my PC easily. Shall be fixed in the final release. Thanks for reporting!