OK, big update. Since now I added a lot of the features I was planning on, I think it is time for v1.00 and can be renamed '7th Heaven'
There are a lot of changes so I would recommend unzipping it to a
new folder entirely and not putting it in the 7thWrapper folder. Also I would recommend using a new folder to store mods again (the program will create this for you when you run it for the first time). Don't worry, you can move your existing mods over once it is set up and running, and it will detect them and let you use them.
Since not much is happening with making
workshop style site, I thought maybe I would add something like this. So some images explaining how things work are probably good...
1) When you run 7thHeaven for the first time it will ask you to set up your paths etc. It will try and guess some settings from your FF7 install but please check it to make sure it is OK.
I suggest you run as Administrator. It mostly works fine for me without this, but it seems some computers really need to run as Admin.
Subscription URL will be explained below
The options I hope make sense, probably you want them all in except perhaps 'auto download'.
2) The new interface separates things into three tabs. First, 'Active Mods' which are the mods you have turned on to use in the game. You can see there is also a 'Activate all' button to turn everything on if you want
Deactivate of course turns a mod off, Config configures any options for a mod, and the arrows move a mod up/down the priority list.
Second is 'Library' which is all the mods installed on your computer. You can activate/deactivate the mod to put it in your list of active mods, or right click to uninstall (delete) it. Also there is a search bar at the top - although unless you have hundreds of mods I suppose you might not need to use this
Last is 'Catalog' which is where the subscription setting is used. You can tell the program to monitor catalog files which lists mods, then from the catalog tab, search for mods and click to download/install them:
If you click to download a mod, the program will download it...
...and afterwards it will show up in your library as Installed and ready to run:
The program will check the catalog files every day and if they update with a new version for a mod you have installed, the program will offer to download and update your installed mod.
I have set up a (very!) small catalog to test with, the subscription URL to put into the settings screen is:
iros://MegaSharedFolder/#F!DYQWTZ7B!FWil2nif2HQF_Dr7RxvOLA,,catalog.xml
or if that doesn't work:
iros://Url/http$pastebin.com/raw.php?i=Rct9XwiQ
It just has a few mods in it that I picked from the big list of FF7 mods, in order to test things. I don't plan to maintain a catalog myself but I hope somebody else who has time will do so!
I don't know what is best - to maintain a big list of every mod, or maybe there will be a few lists for different authors or types of mod ... I think that is best for people on the forum to work out what is good
So if anybody wants to maintain a catalog please say and I will explain how to set one up. There is a screen in the program that will help generate the catalog files so you don't have to type in all the XML manually.
Because there is
a lot of new code I am sure there will be some bugs in this so if things don't work please give details
Download link for v1.00 is
https://mega.co.nz/#!HZB1EBgQ!SgJGImGGvBgc_D6hcFbhcAQ07JQzF8uuFhu9gkB6MYsAlso this has
basic support for the 2012 release. It should work to point it at your FF7_Launcher.exe and run the game from there. The launcher will probably crash after you have started the game, so probably cloud saves etc. will break, but the game will at least start I think!