Anniversary Edition/Installer

AE Installer 2 (AEI2) is a Java app, for ease of bi-platform development; the old Installer (last at v1.1), was C-based but difficult to build. Alloc labeled his AEI "2.0" due to its new features and his having started the codebase over from scratch. In Windows, the Setup app that you download to get started will also install a local JRE (Java machine) in case you don't have Java installed. On the Mac it's a bit more complicated to bundle Java, so we've left it up to you to install Java yourself (but the Setup app contains a couple useful URLs to point him in the right direction). The app also requires .NET 2.0 in Windows and Mono on Macs. The AEI2 support thread is here.

The AEI talks to the Oni Mod Depot and gets a list of available mods (it actually reads a cache which is updated every two minutes, so if you're expecting to see your Depot change take effect immediately, you might be confused). It then offers those for download and installation. It will also detect when an installed mod has an update available, and can even update itself using the supporting Java program AEInstaller2Updater. The AEI itself should overall be self-explanatory, but here's some power-user tips:

• Status column - Each mod starts off with "___", three blank spots. The first will become 'I' when the mod is "installed", the middle space will become 'U' if an "update is available, and the last becomes 'D' when you've "downloaded" the mod.

• As long as the mod list is the active window pane, you can start typing the name of a mod to jump to that part of the list.

• Sort by the "Last change" or "Added" columns to see what's new on the Depot.

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• The AEI remembers the window size you set it to have.

• You can hide/show columns by right-clicking the column header (and the AEI will remember your choices for next time):

• You can right-click a mod to go to the mod's page on the Depot, go to the package on your HD (if downloaded), delete the mod locally (if downloaded), or force a re-download; this might be useful if you know the Depot was just updated and you don't feel like re-launching the AEI or choosing "Mods>Check for updates", or if you think you got a corrupted download.

• Also, don't forget to check out the AEI's Preferences. Notice that the AEI copies over outro by default, but not intro.

• The AEI also supports localization (easy translation into other languages). Currently the AEI only supports English and German, but if you want to contribute a translation, read this page. You can email Alloc with your strings when you're done.