The Auto Mod Installer is a client windows application which allows you to schedule auto download mods and components according to filters you set. Apart from that you can go on the Match Maker website and download the mod files as well with a click of a button. This app not only download the mod and its components, but it also validates them and installs them for you. Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/jtijrcyhinzizla/rFactor2AutoModInstallerSetup_1.1.exe Requires .NET 4.5 http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 Web app: http://servers.proracing.club Note: Special Thank You goes to Noel Hibbard for sharing information about mod manager. Version Notes: 0.9.0.0 Initial Beta release 0.9.0.1 Fixed an app crash issue due to windows permissions Added "Skip Component Validation" in settings since at times the signatures in the mod and in the package itself do not match Enhanced the app to install a component with the same file name as an existent one but having a different version 1.0.0.0 Official release 1.1.0.0 "Join Server" is now functional However, I am trying to go further with this one. Thus I'm adding the Get Mod functionality, where user can click on a server, check if mod is installed and if not, it downloads the mod and its components and installs everything automatically. For this to be possible, the server has to have the package name setup on the server and valid component download links. This is for example a mod where the user has all the required components. This is a mod where some components are missing and requires downloading the component first This of course works ONLY when the users installs a client app on his machine (which still being tested) Then I went even a step further...and that is to schedule and automate the mods and its components automatically based on specific filters set by the user. For example, as seen below, I set 4 schedules based on player count, server name, mod name and track name. So, you could set it up and leave it by itself. In the morning/after work/whatever, you come to your pc and all mods are downloaded and auto installed. Some settings Hopefully this project will be beneficial for some. Let's see Please give me a couple of weeks to finish and test the client app properly. Cheers
Dammit... No connection could be made. Please make sure the Get Mod windows app is running. Looking good mate.
A little update So, from the little time I had, this weekend I have updated the app to handle multiple downloads at the time...that means that all required components will be downloaded at the same time for better speed. I also added the installation progress, the file size, received bytes, download speed and also an estimated time so that you can have an idea when it will be ready. This UI is not ready yet (apart from refining)....all this data will be saved by the app itself. So you will see a history of what you installed, what failed etc. If some fail, you'll have the option to try again. Now the interesting part is that if some components have missing URL...the app will check your history and see if it can find it from somewhere else. I tested the schedule too and really worked nicely. Set a filter of what I want and when I came back found everything installed and ready NOTE: This app relies heavily of Server Admin setting the correct package and URLs as otherwise it will be useless. Also this wont work with password protected servers.
Some updates... Added Install History..this is saved so that one can see what was installed and what happened. Plus the user will be able to go back and re-try if something went wrong with install. Note that all required downloads are done in parallel. The download/install progress is also shown on the web Installation complete.... The scheduler where one can specify what to be downloaded and installed while he/she is away......
Wow, this tool looks great. Can't wait to use it! They need to buy this from you and incorporate it into the game!
This week I found some more time to work on this and its nearing the internal beta testing. Here is a video of how it works when you want to use it through the scheduler [video]https://youtube.com/v/LS7cl8u3qUA?rel=0&vq=hd1080[/video] and her through Match Maker [video]https://youtube.com/v/YdBg2S4RLnY?rel=0&vq=hd1080[/video]
OK, here is the first BETA Download Web app: http://servers.proracing.club Client app: http://www.mediafire.com/download/r7vfi653qdv4fvh/rFactor2AutoModInstallerSetup.exe Please report any bugs here so that we make this app useful for the community! Cheers
If you have Windows 8, don't bother installing it for now as there is a permission issue which prevents the app to write to disk and crashes. I'll need to figure out this Win 8 issue and will re-upload the file. Cheers
Quick update.......the crashing issue (which was a permission issue to read/write data) has now been solved but I have come across another issue where same components (like cars or tracks) had the same file name but with different version. So now I'm also adding the component version for uniqueness. Will upload a new beta version today. Cheers
Beta version 0.9.0.1 is now available. The following is the update log: 1. Fixed an app crash issue due to windows permissions 2. Added "Skip Component Validation" in settings since at times the signatures in the mod and in the package itself do not match 3. Enhanced the app to install a component with the same file name as an existent one but having a different version NOTE: Please uninstall your current version before installing the new one! ---> Match Maker web can be found here: http://servers.proracing.club ---> Client application BETA Download: http://www.mediafire.com/download/fdbqkjcorxpw52b/rFactor2AutoModInstallerSetup.exe Thank you to all those reporting the bugs Please try this new version and let me know of issues. Cheers