ModMan Bug Reporting Thread

[#endgame]

ModMan 1.05.

Just a version so you people know that it hasn't crashed.

Break it!

[Lord Nword]

Works just as good now and has a bit more to say for itself

I'm not getting the error message anymore either on this win98 machine.

[smacksim]

Party time Wayne

[#endgame]

Yeah I fixed it.

Smacksim, I noticed that it is possible to use 'if' like the boolean AND:

if (cond1) if (cond2) action

or to be more precise:

if not exist %1 if not "%1"=="." mkdir %1

so it won't try to do that mkdir . anymore.

[Natalinasmpf]

Isn't ModMan open source, since its available as a bare script file to us?

Secondly, if the Aldeberan authors would be so kind as to lend me a zip file containing all of the mod elements without an installer (because I use a SMAX for Linux by Loki version), I note that #endgame seems to (after observing a comment in the script) have experience with *nix, thus I might need assistance with tackling a second bash script...

I'm quite curious about how the GUI is made....is it really a GUI? I never knew you could do that in DOS...is it like an ncurses/curses sort of thing?

[#endgame]

It's a freeware program called WBAT, that reads text files and renders them as dialogs.
And yes it is open.
I take it you meant the comment referring to 'touch'?
Hm... bash... my knowledge about bash is limited at best.

[smacksim]

Originally posted by #endgame
Yeah I fixed it.

Smacksim, I noticed that it is possible to use 'if' like the boolean AND:

if (cond1) if (cond2) action

or to be more precise:

if not exist %1 if not "%1"=="." mkdir %1

so it won't try to do that mkdir . anymore.

Hmmm. That's one of the things I learned late in my DOS explorations for Fileswatter. Interesting that you can use that to avoid the error-check-spew. DOS is so goofy.

As to shell scripting, I've written a few, but that was long ago. Nonetheless, the thing to keep in mind Natalina is that the purpose of a script for this is just to move files around on a click (executing the script works fine). Modman got complicated because #endgame is showing off, and also because writing a file-swapper in DOS is definately non-trivial. It would be considered trivial for a real scripting language:

Check these files
Check those files
Move those files here
Move these files there
Launch Application terranx.exe.

Done.

[#endgame]

because #endgame is showing off.

Yes I was.

Most of the complication is really in the machinery of swapping, since the only way that I could think of was to make lists of things to swap in and out.

As to the gui, making a simple menu system would be much easier.

[#endgame]

ModMan 1.06

A tiny tiny tiny bug with edit.bat *sigh*

I don't think it's possible, but:

Break it!

[laurentius]

Wow

Thank you so much people!

You are the best

[Lord Nword]

Do tell us what you're using it for? Aldebaran or some other mod?

[#endgame]

Us? US!? :P
But seriously, I owe Lord Nword and Smacksim bigtime (where is Smacksim, anyway?)
But I too am interested as to what someone is actually using it for.

[laurentius]

Originally posted by Lord Nword
Do tell us what you're using it for? Aldebaran or some other mod?

I was thinking of using the Aldebaran and try out the factions from netwotknode especially the return to earth thingie when the holidays start

This is such a renaissance to SMAX! Its like the game has reborn

[#endgame]

Time for an update. All ModMan users (Yes, all 3 of you) are STRONGLY RECOMMENDED to upgrade). If someone puts, say, "format c:" in a .SM file, nothing will stop it, ModMan 1.07 will parse out anything that doesn't change an environment variable in the .SM files - which means you can't make .SM files that will blow up people's comps.

Break it !

http://apolyton.net/upload/view.php?file=46515_ModMan-1.07.rar

Please actually use it, it makes me sad to see people copying their SMAC directories everywhere, just to run mods.

ModMan ChangeLog
=--------------=

1.06->1.07
=--------=
- Fixed a security issue where a malicious modder could put arbitrary
batch commands into .SM files.
- Now requires grep and gawk to function. (Cygwin versions bundled)

1.05->1.06
=--------=
- Fixed an error where the "expansion mod" flag was not set on
the edit mod screen.

1.04->1.05
=--------=
- Swapin.bat, Swapout.bat and Run.bat are now more informative

1.03->1.04
=--------=
- Clarified some points in the readme
- Clarified swapping out of mods when using Run.bat
- Fixed a possible error with WBAT environment
variable and the main menu

1.02 final->1.03
=--------------=
- Separate Alpha Centauri.ini files are now maintained for each mod
- Fixed an LFN compatability issue in SwapIn.bat and SwapOut.bat

1.02 beta->1.02 final
=-------------------=
- Debug messages replcaced by functional swapping
- Swap routine is much faster and more efficient
- Tested under WinME,Win2K

1.01->1.02 beta
=-------------=
- Run.bat is completely rewritten and much more efficient
on the environment space
- All environment-heavy batches now called from within their
own command.com instance
- Run.bat does nothing at the moment, except spit debug messages
so 1.02 final will work
- PM me all debug messages

1.00->1.01
=--------=
- ModMan.bat clears all environment variables on termination
- Run.bat disables local echo
- Run.bat now correctly handles arguments
- Remove.bat now correctly deletes the .SM file

1.00
=--=
- Initial release

[#endgame]

Okay, I read somewhere that software rots if left unused, and this seems to be true for ModMan. I think I'll need to make code that looks for which Windows version is being run. To that end, can I get people to post the following data:

- Your operating system.
- The output from the following commands:

ver

echo %os%

Thanks for your help.