Anniversary Edition/Installer/Change log

The current Installer, AEI2, can update itself, thus its releases are no longer tied to the AE releases. Therefore all AEI2 releases are documented below, and the pre-2.0 Installer's history is a part of the AE change log.

2.00

released 2013.04.02
Initial release as part of AE7.

2.01

released 2013.04.03

• Fixed potential race condition.

2.02-2.04

released 2013.04.12

• Now tracks what files come in a tool/patch package so it can remove files that were renamed from the previous version of a package when performing an update.
• No longer replaces all core tool packages on each launch, but makes note in log if the user has changed/replaced any of the files.
• Added "Clear filter" button and "Show only: Installed" filter.
• Added "Help" menu item (doesn't appear on Mac yet).
• Added "Copy currently installed mods to clipboard" menu item.
• Fixed bug where loading mod selection XML didn't update "Size of files to download".
• Only remakes level files that are affected by newly-installed and -uninstalled mods.
• Now warns user to hit Install after Initialization and before running Oni for the first time.
• Fixed bug with install button not working if the IncompatibleWith field in Mod_Info.cfg had an invalid number.

2.05-2.06

released 2013.04.13

• Better text-wrapping in mod description panel.
• Description field now uses full width of mod description panel.
• Help (?) button added on Macs to make up for lack of menu item.

2.07

released 2013.04.30

• Localization now supports all UTF-8 characters.

2.08

released 2013.05.02

• Any text field in mod description panel can now be copied to clipboard.

2.09-2.10

released 2013.05.03

• Now supports use of Internet proxy in user's connection.
• Uses new Depot cache format.

2.11

released 2013.05.08

• Added "Mods>Rescan local packages" menu item.
• Now optionally notifies user about new mods on Depot at launch.

2.12

released 2013.05.09

• Bug fixes for Settings dialog and "Rescan local packages".

2.13

released 2013.05.14

• Fixed startup crash caused by >1TB of free HD space.

2.14

released 2013.05.20

• Added startup tips window to address common problems reported by users.
• F5 added as shortcut for Mods>Rescan local packages.
• Fixed bug where Settings window would not close.

2.15

released 2013.06.03

• Restored a previous version's treatment of newlines in Depot descriptions so that lines are not bunched together.

2.16

released 2013.06.24

• Moved "Help" menu item ("?" button on Macs) to Help>View online help.
• New Help>Request help... menu item will email AEI logs to members of AE Support mailing list.
• Mods>Check for updates now properly re-checks Depot for updated mods.

2.17

released 2014.02.04

• Now can utilize XmlTools version 2.

2.18

released 2014.03.29

• Mods>Show core packages now called Mods>About core packages.
• AE support request emails now include daodan.ini.

2.19

released 2015.03.23

• AE support request emails now include the sizes of files in filelist.txt.
• Launching Oni from the AEI on the Mac now respects launch_args.txt.
• Plus sign in path to Oni should no longer break anything.
• Mod packages can now use the plain/ directory like tool packages, though only to place files in GameDataFolder/ (allows movie packages).