Soulshifter

Is anyone using this app? I know it is still installed on 120 devices at the time of this post but is anyone using it? I don't receive any information from Google other then active installs not actual activity. I don't send any information back to me unlike what this person thinks. A little feedback on how that app is working/not working would be greatly appreciated so I don't end up with a page full of these.

I would still try to zip it up for the download. I am sure there have been people seen that flag pop up and just not downloaded it or said anything. Most people don't read through all of the posts to see the messages or your replies, they see virus and move on. I know several people in WoW that never use any mods because of viruses and hacks. It doesn't matter if you make it open source or not. There are a lot of people out there that don't have VB and couldn't even begin to read the source code. Your program works with zips, shouldn't be too hard to make your updater use them also. Other then that the program is working good, a few minor problems but it is a lot of work getting it working with both systems. I haven't had but a few hours sleep the last 2 days trying to get mine updated.

Probably because the executable isn't zipped up. Downloading an uncompressed executable leaves you open to viruses so some programs will flag it as a threat.

If you double click the Squad line in the list you get an error and you have to quit. If you continue the program locks up and requires a 3 finger salute. Error: Access to the path 'C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\Kerbal Space Program\GameData\Squad' is denied

Everything is working fine in .20 except for the missing parts check on restore. For now it will show all parts as missing but you can restore it just fine as long as you know the parts are installed in KSP. I should have an update posted later tonight or in the morning. EDIT Version 1.0.7 is up on Google Play. It takes a bit to show up on there so if you can't get it check back later. The missing parts check has been fixed. It now scans the new folders as well as the legacy folder so it will work with any previously installed mods.

The plugin folder in the KSP folder is for legacy plugins, if you read the info about the changes they tell you that the old folders are still there because of backward compatibility. Eventually they will be removed. Sooner if you do like I did and uninstall KSP so I could start with fresh folders. The new changes are a pain this time but from now on it will make things much easier. Now they just need to add a menu to enable/disable the mods from the game and make the spaceport install them to your game folder then there will be no need for an external program to manage them.

After a bit of testing I am going to have to say that this mod is not very user friendly. Program configuration Make the start up alert multilingual. At least German/English. Make the header for the language box multilingual and change the button image to something more recognizable as a language setting button. Or just have the language options always on the screen. Why do I need to press a button to view them, you have plenty of screen space to make the window bigger as well. Add a browser popup to the folder configuration setting. Saved Games Tab Very cumbersome and confusing, I am still not quite sure I know what is going on here. If you select a save then use the arrow to add it to the list you can then press what I guess is the refresh button and that save will pop back up in the list so you can add it again. I have 4 of the same name in the right window of the "Add Savegames". Your refresh needs to clear all the windows or not add the used names back in. The import/export alert messages aren't using to the language settings. I am not quite sure of the purpose for the import/export function. It makes sense for an app like mine, I am copying to a mobile device to take with me. If that is the function of it and I take it by your post that it is then I still have to copy it off of my pc to a thumb drive. Can't I just do that from the KSP folder, what is the real need for this. You need to add a browser popup allowing me to save it to a thumb drive. That would make this feature usable, as it is I can do the same thing just as easy without using your app. I haven't started on adding mods yet but just looking at the screen looks very confusing. I will play with it after work.

Downloading an executable file is a bad idea, can you zip that up please? And are you going to put up a link to the source code?

It could be something similar to what I am running into. Evidently one of the new viruses closely resemble some of the dll's used by VB Net. My virus scanner has started screaming about one of the dlls created when I launch VB to work on a program. I have checked my pc numerous times and ways I know it is clean, the flag is a false positive. I have to shut down avast before I can open my project. It could also be due to the file not being zipped up. You should never download an executable file, if it's zipped you are protected until you open it. Chrome might be flagging it for that. You can always use a site like https://www.virustotal.com/en/ to check it.

Hmm, you would think there would be some way to intercept the stream and change it before it is displayed. You got my interest peaked, I am going to have to look into this(in between working on my own app ).

The new Bridge works good. I am curious as to how you solved the button problem. And also have you tried doing something in a Navigating sub, maybe change the button before it is displayed. It still shows the Download Now button for a couple seconds, if someone is having lag it might cause problems. I haven't used web browsers that much in VB so not sure if that is possible. Most of my work has been on data grids or local browsers over the LAN. There I could just modify the page I didn't need to do it mid-stream. One small request. Add a "Stay On Top" toggle option to the menu. At home I have dual monitor but when I play on my laptop it would be nice to be able to shrink the window down and move it to the corner. That way I could still see my mod list while I cruise the space port.

It shouldn't really need to save it since the mod list is basically shows you what you downloaded. It would just be nice if there was a standard way of putting a mod version and everyone would use it so we could tell what we had and if there was an update. Of course if you store the information you could add the option to delete the old file before downloading the new one to save drive space and keep things tidy.

Yeah I have dealt with that pesky little problem using datagridview in VB Net. Most of it was solved by if e.rowindex = -1 then exit sub as the first line in the sub.

It does now, I cleared out all my cookies and history maybe that fixed it.

I wish I could but this is the safest of the options and all of them will require some setup on the PC end. Even if you make a home group in Windows it still gives you a password for file and print sharing. The network wants some sort of authentication, it wants to know that you are supposed to be there. It only takes a couple minutes to set up auto log in so it's really not that big of a deal considering what the app lets you do. I will be posting a new version tomorrow. It's scanning your part folder and verifying you have all the parts installed before you restore a quicksave so you don't end up with a broken ship in space. I am working on making the database rows expandable to show more detail on the quicksave, crew, ships, complete part list. I am also adding the ability to back up the entire save folder to your phone in case of catastrophic PC failure, or you want to take it over to a friends house.