Thanks! Inserted on the main topic

Digging the new icon as well!

I still don't understand what I'm supposed to do with this as a modder.  What am I missing?

Well, give to end users the possibility to install / unistall mods with no pain.... 

What I mean is, what am I supposed to do to my mod to make it work?

It took me awhile to figure this out. What you do is the following:

This is for your improved faction color mod

First get your zip file with the mod

save this file

https://dl.dropbox.com/u/8654092/Configuration/Improved%20Faction%20Colors%20v3-13-v3.configuration.femm

as configuration.femm and place it in the root directory of your zip file.

so it has your configuration.femm file and the directories that contain your mod.

You should then be good to go.

For your other mod you may have to edit the configuration file (go ahead and look at my files to give you an idea of how it's done).

Ops!  Sorry,  too tired to undertand nd a simple question 

Ok.

I think I can handle that.  It should be in the next version of AA.

Added

Manual for configuration.femm (work in progress)

Manual for modders completed.

Please tell me if it is good or bad (I'm not very good at writing manuals / guides)

Good work.

The XML is easy enough to figure out, however the bit that is confusing (to me anyway) is what to do with the files once you've created them. 

You need to put that somewhere in you explanation, or in the OP.

No support yet for Master's Affliction, correct?

mqpiffle, Glazunov1  Look here 

Update (v1.0.1 only for online setup; standalone setup when v1.1 is ready)

            + automatic discovery of FE INSTALL, MODS and MAPS folder
            + deselect all mods change text on install button to “Uninstall”

enjoy!

P.S: Delete file "user.config"  in folder "\<docuemnt Folder>\<user>\Local Settings\Application Data\FE_ModManager"  to test automatic discovery

Looks good.  Thanks!

...now we'll just wait for the people who show up and complain about how difficult it is to expand an archive and create a new one of a different type out of its contents.  Could take oh, two button presses.  Maybe three.

Hi all!

A little info for modders, I think I forgot to tell you that  the <item> tag in the <module> section can contains a list of id, comma separated

i.e.:

<Module>
           <name>Test</name>
           <description>Test description </description>
           <item>2,5,8</item>

<Module>

Selecting the module Test, the item defined in FileStructure with id 2, 5 and 8 will be installed

Ciao

Should we use these comma to ensure that required items are installed, or can we leave them off of these items that are already flagged as required?

Well, there is a 'little' design error....

this:

 <Module>
           <name>Test</name>
           <description>Test description </description>
           <item>2,5,8</item>
<Module>

and this:

<item>
    <id>2</id>
    <type>MODS</type>
    <category>Folder</category>
    <name>Test</name>
    <destination></destination>
    <required>0</required>
    <requirements>5,8</requirements>          
</item>

do the same thing (from the point of view of the installed files)

If you write a configuration like this, item 5 and 8 will be installed 2 times

Multi installation happen also when an item with required=1 is inserted in a module item or in a item requirements

So, if you define an item as required, this item should not appear in module or other item.

Why mantain this two similar configuration possibility

in this case

<Module>
           <name>Test</name>
           <description>Test description </description>
           <item>2,5,8</item>
<Module>

<item>
    <id>2</id>
    <type>MODS</type>
    <category>Folder</category>
    <name>Test</name>
    <destination></destination>
    <required>0</required>
    <requirements></requirements>          
</item>

the user see one module; the program install 3 item

in this case

<Module>
           <name>Test1</name>
           <description>Test description </description>
           <item>2</item>
<Module>

<Module>
           <name>Test2</name>
           <description>Test description </description>
           <item>5</item>
<Module>

<item>
    <id>2</id>
    <type>MODS</type>
    <category>Folder</category>
    <name>Test</name>
    <destination></destination>
    <required>0</required>
    <requirements>5,8</requirements>          
</item>

<item>
    <id>5</id>
    <type>MODS</type>
    <category>Folder</category>
    <name>Test</name>
    <destination></destination>
    <required>0</required>
    <requirements></requirements>          
</item>

the user see 2 module, selecting module Test1 also select module Test2 (deselecting Test2 also deselect Test1); the program install item 2,5 and 8

If 8 is not a module, insert it into module item or in item requirements is the same; if both inserted, double installation of that item (not a problem, only a loss of time)!

[edit] In the second case, the user can select and install only Test2

Update!

If you add an image file in jpg format with name "FEMM_image.jpg" on the root of the archive, this image is displayed on the right bottom box (when your mod is selected).

2 questions:

1. do you think this feature is useful? Maybe I can manage different image, one for mod and one each module...
2. Since the box is small, any ideas on how to redesign it?

Thanks!

FEMM_image.jpg

Not really something I would find useful. Plus extra files in the archive confuses manual installers.

uhm.. I think you're right...although I liked the idea of having an image to represent the mod 

Well, 180 seconds used for this feature, if no one uses it I did not take much..

I built a version for my GinsuKnives mod, but there's one issue -- Ginsu uses the mods/gfx folder for some image files.  No matter how I put them there, the entire mod/gfx folder is removed when the mod is uninstalled.  Is this an assumed risk?

@rlane48 I believe so...

I've added a new mod for the manager... TentStyle - the new building tent style.