#FOMOD INSTALLER SKYRIM INSTALL#
#FOMOD INSTALLER SKYRIM MOD#

I expect to encounter a lot of hurdles when integrating this into the WB code base so I'm not comfortable giving a 'release date'. I am quite content to have others finish first and have their version used. I haven't mentioned my dabblings before because I want to take my time and just enjoy the process. I've been testing that code by writing unit tests. I put lots of python code into Bouml and last week generated the code.

However, initially it probably won't handle logic related to file dependencies based on the state of other mods in the load order. It will handle all conditional flags, etc. I haven't reused anyone's code, only ideas. Most tags/attributes are optional so good defaults are used. If a required tag or attribute is missing I'll abort by reporting an incomplete fomod file. I also don't validate the xml files therefore it's very forgiving in the order it encounters tags. I don't add any new dependencies (just using ). I've spent several months studying the fomod code in MO, NMM and Mator's mod-analyzer. I look forward to seeing your fomod code in a few weeks I've also started coding a fomod installer to BAIN project. Well, reading the above comments is interesting and timely.

#FOMOD INSTALLER SKYRIM INSTALL#

The following is a thread offering confirmation of the stated predicament for Wrye users from two popular Skyrim authors: ДЇor further evidence of the issue I will point to the today's release of icecreamassassin's v19 update to Legacy of the Dragonborn (the myriad required patches in the patch download, specifically) as an example of something that would be quite difficult (impossible for 95% of the Nexus user base) to attempt to install using the current iteration of Wrye.

#FOMOD INSTALLER SKYRIM MOD#

Requiring the installation of another mod manager simply to handle an install script seems an odd design choice when native FOMOD support could simply be added to Wrye (as it was added to Mod Organizer). The only other option for Wrye users is to: 1) install Nexus Mod Manager or Mod Organizer in addition to Wrye 2) install the mod in question through NMM or MO 3) repack the result into Wrye and install again. Unfortunately, written instructions aren't included in the archives so Wrye users have to interpret an xml file to find out what they should be installing (manual instructions are no longer always supported by authors). At time of posting the vast majority of complex mods or patch series use FOMOD to determine which assets are to be installed. FOMOD installers have proliferated enormously as the Skyrim modding community has evolved.

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