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 press any letter to jump to the mod that begins with that letter, press it again to cycle through the remaining mods that start with that letter.

• Use the filter field to search for specific mods, you can select to search in the description, mod's name, creator or all of these.

• You can sort the mods by clicking on the column to sort by, example click on package number to arrange all packages by package number, click it again to reverse the order (ascending or descending order).

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

• You can hide/show columns by right-clicking the column header:

• The AEI will remember the sort order you choose, what columns you choose to display, and the window size you set it to have .

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• 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 somehow messed up or deleted the content of the mod on your local disk, or if you think you got a corrupted download, or if you know the Depot was just updated and you don't feel like re-launching the AEI or choosing "Mods>Check for updates".

• You can make an xml backup of the mod selection by using "Save Current Mod Selection" under the Mods menu and restore the selection later using the "Load Mod Selection" (this only saves the selection and not the actual mods).

• 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.