Changelog:(only recent)
0.2.2:
-Added a "Force update" option to the context menu of a plugin
0.2.1:
-Included library that is required but was only present when Minion was installed with Wowinterface plugin.
-Added support for RAR files
-Reduced size to 50% (Removed dependency to Xerces library)
0.1.7:
-If there are more than 1 plugin in 1 directory, just overwrite existing data, don't delete the directory
0.1.6:
-Added ContextMenu entry on skins to keep the SkinDefinition.xml file(s)
For a list of all changes and more details, please read
here
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FAQ:
What does it do?
As I said, this is a plugin for the the MMOUI Minion.
(
http://minion.mmoui.com/) The Minion is a Java-based application to easily update plugins for games, basically. And since LotRO is game with plugins and there is no plugin so far, I whipped this one up.
This plugin is used by the Minion to update the Plugins that you have installed in your LotRO installation.
Ok, so how does it work?
After installing the plugin and starting the minion, it asks you for the location of the Plugin directory. If you do not know where the directory is, you most likely wont have any plugins installed since you have to have it created manually before adding any plugins (thanks to Turbine being the lazy b****)!
The minion then scans your LOTRO-plugins for those that can be managed and shows them to you.
Wait, wait, wait. How do I install this LotROnion?
Simple. Download it. Unzip it. Download the Minion if you havent done so already. Start the Minion and open the "Tools->Module Center" there you hit the button "Install Module" and select the LotROnion file. Done.
I want to install LotROnion but I don't get the "Install module" button!
Right. Bummer. It seems the core module of Minion is out of date. There should be a button to update the core module instead. Hit it, load it, restart it while you're at it and voila! The "Install module" button!
I started the thing but there are no plugins/some are missing!
LOTRO plugins need to have a special file within them that is needed by the LotROnion to find out stuff about the plugin (name, author, download link, and so on)
It is the plugin author's job to create and include this file in
his/here plugin. LotROnion is no self-concious artifical intelligence
What's this "Select World of Warcraft directory" box? I thought this is for LotRO!
Indeed it is! But, my friend, you accidently installed the WOWinterface plugin too! Check this out: (Taken from the Minion installer)
So unless you want to play WOW, you have to uncheck the box in the installer.
Special file? What special file does the LOTR plugin need to be shown in the Minion?
The LotROnion is using the same file as the
LOTROPluginCompendium.
This means that:
- there needs to be a certain directory structure within the Plugin
- there needs to be a file called "
somethingsomething.
plugincompendium" in the directory structure
- the file needs to follow the schema as defined by
lunarwtr (Author of LPC)
At this point please understand that unlike the LPC from lunarwtr, LotROnion does not try to gather information about a plugin when the .plugincompendium file is missing. Nor does it have an internal list of .plugincompendium files to reference them to plugins. To maintain this list would take WAY to much time since it would need an update everytime a plugin is updated
Configuration File Schema:
For those of you plugin authors who are familiar with XML schemas I created a small one describing the configuration file that is needed for a plugin.
Download here