[Passion Project] The Stardew Valley Mod Manager is a powerful tool that is designed to be used alongside SMAPI to help you install and manage mods, automatically install modpacks and manage your game saves.
License: Other
Describe the Issue
When navigating between the mod management and game management tabs, the application adds duplicates of both tabs to the tab menu. These duplicates don't contain any data but when clicked on, add another two duplicates and they duplicate endlessly.
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Update all documentation and move from Wiki to GitDocs for better presentation and format.
Conversion to GitDocs
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Describe the Issue
The bottom bar with the version numbers, settings button and update check button are misaligned. Certain objects are lower and higher than others. It's not immediately obvious as they're separated across the different sides of the application but if you draw a ruler you can see it.
Expected behavior
All objects text to be pixel aligned
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Suggested Resolution
Set Object.Location of all objects to be placed on the same vertical axis level.
Describe the Issue
The background of the FirstRunSetup-Complete window has a grey background, whereas the rest of the experience uses a white background
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Describe the Issue
The splash screen window can be resized beyond the user interface infinitely.
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Expected behavior
The window should not be resizable.
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Splash.cs
this.MinimumSize = 478, 287;
this.MaximumSize = 478, 287;
this.FormBorderStyle = FixedSingle;
Overview:
Add a button that allows the user to launch the game straight from the mod manager. This would come with some possible roadblocks that would need to be considered:
Updating the Button
Button will have to check periodically if there is a Stardew Valley instance running as well as a SMAPI instance, determining the state of the button.
Issue:
When the user runs out of disk space when installing a modpack, the mods will be partially installed up until the point that the drive runs out of space. The program will then throw exceptions about file and folder access.
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Check disk space and file size requirements before extracting files.
While the modpack is being created (after clicking "Create"), the application will allow the user to click the create button again. The application will not understand that there is already an operation in place, causing issues when multiple modpacks are trying to be created at once.
220801, 220704 (Observed)
Windows 11
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Continue.Enabled = false on button click, Continue.Enabled = true on completion of modpack creation.
Same should probably be done for the cancel and exit button as that can be pressed mid operation, causing issues also.
Describe the Issue
Attempting to install an SDVMP file results in incomplete file installations:
Issue is present on all Windows 10 installs of the SDV Mod Manager. It is also present on some low to mid ranged Windows 11 desktops though works more often on Windows 11.
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It's possible that the installation is starting steps too quickly, overwriting activities before it happens.
Describe the Issue
When using the software updater to download the latest update (in dev build 220401) it will automatically begin cancelling the download if the application crashed previously, as it doesn't get a chance to set the Properties.Settings.Default.CancelDownload back to false
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A window that contains credits including development information, special thanks and disclaimers.
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Implement a feature so that alongside error prompts, the application will print an error log with information about the issue so that it can be easily shared with us on github.
Yes
In relation to #88, where detailed information would have been helpful.
Describe the Issue
When the modpack installer fails to install a modpack, it does not display an error. Instead, it just says "Modpack Installed Successfully".
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Currently there is no identifying whether the backgroundworker completed the operation successfully, unsuccessfully or if it was cancelled.
Add
if (e.Cancelled == true)
{
//message that the operation has been cancelled
}
else if (e.Error != null)
{
//message that an error occured
MessageBox.Show("e.Error.Message");
}
else
{
//regular result as completed successful.
}
Describe the Issue
When opening the mod update check tool, a window presents informing the user that mods must be disabled before checking for updates, however #37 added the ability to check mods for updates regardless of install status.
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When the user is delivered a prompt that an update is available, the text of the popup says that an update is available and asks the user if they would like to view the latest release instead of asking if they would like to download the latest release.
This is leftover wording in the code from when updates were done manually, where clicking "yes" would open the latest release in a web browser instead of downloading it directly from the application.
Describe the Issue
There is no way to stop the automatic SMAPI update check from taking place. Some users may not want to be reminded of a SMAPI update, especially if they're playing a modpack that requires a specific SMAPI version that is not up to date.
Environment:
Download files are currently downloaded from ryanwalpoleenterprises.github.io when the user updates the application. This was from when the RWE Labs GitHub account was called Ryan Walpole Enterprises. The link forwards but it should be updated regardless to comply with best practices.
220703 (observed)
Windows 11
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Change the download server CDN to labs.ryanwalpole.com, where the files are from.
Issue:
The application presents a warning banner informing the user that SMAPI is not detected in the Stardew Valley directory even though SMAPI is not only installed in the directory - but in some cases, the warning was not present at an earlier point despite no file changes being made.
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Suggested Resolution:
Check and adjust the way that the application detects SMAPI being installed.
When viewing the Stardew Valley Mod Manager in the Control Panel or Settings App on Windows, the display name is shown as "Stardew Valley Mod Manager version XXXXXX" with the default application icon. The links are also out of date and link to the RWE website, not the RWE Labs sites.
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A clear and concise description of what you expected to happen.
Describe the Issue
When updating the Stardew Valley Mod Manager, the application makes you do the first run setup again. This includes providing the Stardew Valley game directory which can be cumbersome for some users.
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Expected behavior
After updating to a newer version, the expected result is that the application would open up to the main window with mod management tools - as the first run setup has already been completed on a previous version.
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Suggested Resolution
Check how the application determines whether the first run setup has been completed or not.
Microsoft Windows Defender is detecting a trojan during the installation process which does not let it continue unless you allow the "threat" from within Windows Defender.
Describe the Issue
When launching the Stardew Valley Mod Manager, the splash screen seems to freeze at some point when the splash text reads "Validating Directories..."
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Expected behavior
The loading indicator should continue to animate and the window should not crash.
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Seems the UI thread may be being used by the directory validation processes. As the application has become heavier, more tasks are being completed and it's started creating a hang issue. Consider moving non UI processes to a different thread?
Describe the Issue
The settings window can be resized vertically to a size that doesn't show all of the UI elements.
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Expected behavior
The window would not resize to be smaller as that would hide UI elements - or if it was to resize smaller, scrollbars would appear to allow the user to see the hidden UI elements with the window in it's smaller size.
Screenshots
The settings window when it is opened (with all UI elements visible)
The current minimum size that the settings window supports
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Suggested Resolution
Adjust the Form.MinimumSize values to support the full UI and all UI elements or Enable Form.AutoScroll to make the window show scrollbars for any hidden content.
When attempting to install a modpack, the application throws an error when trying to copy over a mod to the inactive-mods folder.
220703 (Observed)
all versions from 220703 - 240401
Windows 10
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Describe the Issue
When the user opens the application and swaps monitors when the splash screen expires, the Main window page does not open as expected - opening behind all other windows and not appearing in the taskbar, until the window is found and selected manually from behind other windows.
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Expected behavior
The window should at the very least appear in the taskbar when it is launched, even if behind other windows - regardless of monitor location.
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MainPage.cs
this.BringToFront();
May force the application to be brought to the forefront, showing it in the taskbar?
Triage required to solve.
Describe the Issue
Version 3.15.1 was published on NexusMods but the GitHub Repository did not get the same update (for some reason). This could happen in the future as it is happening now. Since the mod manager determines the update version from the NexusMods page but downloads from the GitHub repository (due to URL structure and authentication requirements on NM), the download link does not exist and throws the unhandled exception.
Screenshots
The SMAPI updater
The releases page on GitHub
The release page on NexusMods
The unhandled exception
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Handle the exception and state that the download link could not be retrieved + open the NexusMods page so it can be performed manually.
In the application, the settings tab sees UI elements aligned with the left side of the application with a higher right margin than left. This leaves the application looking a tad left heavy.
v220702
Windows 11
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Change the sizing of the UI elements to take up more space on the right side of the tab/window
Add support for mods that are currently enabled within the mod update check utility.
When attempting to highlight multiple mods by clicking and dragging the cursor in the disabled mods list, the "Enable" button does not become accessible, staying disabled to user input.
v220703 (Observed)
Windows 11
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On further observation it might be that if you stop the click and drag outside of the control boundaries, the issue is caused.
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Describe the Issue
The enable, disable and delete mod buttons are disabled until a mod is selected - however clicking on the white space in the list of mods registers as highlighting a mod and the buttons become enabled and can be clicked. Clicking it returns an error code "Object reference not set to an instance of an object" and in the instance of using the delete button without a mod selected, the error assumes the mod you're trying to delete is not disabled(?).
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Expected behavior
The expected behaviour would be for the enable, disable and delete mods buttons to only appear when a mod is highlighted/selected and not simply when the user clicks on white psace in the disabled and enabled mods lists.
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Inspect how the interactability of the buttons is determined and evaluate other ways it can be determined.
Describe the Issue
When you close the application during the first run setup, the application stays open in the background. Closing the setup forms doesn't actually exit the application.
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Expected behavior
Expected behaviour would be for the application to exit when the setup is cancelled.
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Add the following:
Application.Exit();
To the FormClosed event for both of the setup forms
When you click "Check for updates" from within the application's dashboard and start updating, when you hit the cancel button the update window disappears as the update gets cancelled, but the main dashboard does not re-appear.
The application continues to run in the background with no window.
220703 (observed)
Windows 11
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Possible Resolution:
Change the download form to be a .ShowDialog(); instead of a .Show(); and have the main dashboard not hide when opening the download form.
Overview
Users should be able to give feedback. There should be a way from within the app to give feedback, if not, link the user to a place where they can give feedback. This should be fairly high priority.
Describe the Issue
The SMAPI update utility window can be rezied to less than 1x1 and infinitely larger.
Environment:
Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe.
Currently the majority of users are running an outdated version of SDV Mod Manager. An easy way to circumvent this is to take the manual element of updating out of the application and automate it on startup.
Describe the solution you'd like
If the user has "Check for updates on startup" checked in the settings, check for updates on startup and prompt to update if there are any available.
Describe the Issue
The main application window can be resized (not possible in earlier versions) and when resized can often break the application unless the size is returned to normal.
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Expected behavior
The window to resize elegantly or not at all.
Screenshots
The application window, broken, after resize
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Describe the Issue
When an update is available and the user opts to view the latest update, the default browser opens the page for the latest release - however the "Check for updates" label remains on "Checking for updates...".
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Expected behavior
The expected behaviour would be for the label to state "Updates Available" or something along those lines to indicate that the application has completed checking for updates. Similarly to how when there isn't an available update, the text changes to "Up to date! Check again?"
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Describe the Issue
With the migration to the gitbook format for the help and guides, the readme.md was not updated to reflect URL changes.
Update Readme with next update, as there are forwarding links.
The splash screen and main dashboard windows seem to have performance issues when loading in the UI - with UI elements "flashing" in, making it look almost like a website loading content.
Could be too much going on in the UI thread or possibly the transparent objects trying to determine the backcolor?
220502 - 220703 (Observed)
Windows 11
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Whatever theme the user has selected does not carry over after updating the application, often not even selecting "Colourful - Pink" as the default.
220901 (observed), 220802 (assumed)
Windows 11
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Add support for selecting multiple mods to enable and disable.
Describe the Issue
The new modpack installer does not know which SMAPI version the modpack is designed for. This was a key feature of the old one. Look into adding this somehow.
Describe the Issue
After checking for a mod update, if the mod is found to be up to date already the console will state that it is up to date already (expected) but the button to check for an update remains read only. This means you have to close the window and re-open it to check for another mod
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Expected behavior
After finishing any update check (whether an update is found, not found, or the logic is not present to check for updates) the option to check for another mod update should be present.
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Add Check.Enabled = true; to the code when the mod has been detected to be up to date.
Please make a button that lets me open the mod loader from the main menu.
Bean.
:P
Describe the Issue
When starting v220701, no matter what the program will say an update is available and prompt to download an update. Also when you click "No" it still doesn't launch the mod manager, rendering this version of the application useless.
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Expected behavior
When no updates are found (the software is up to date) then the application should not prompt to update.
When clicking "no" to the update prompt, the application should launch as expected.
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Feature Description:
Introduce features for save file management such as save file backup, save file deletion etc.
Managing save files from within stardew valley is cumbersome and slow. Taking backups of save files is also cumbersome as it requires limited technical knowledge and the ability to go into the windows file system and manually copy files and folders.
Solution:
A save file management tab with various different features for managing save files.
When you mass uninstall mods from your disabled mods list, a confirmation prompt is shown for each mod you are attempting to uninstall.
v220703 (Observed)
Windows 11
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A better implementation would be for a single confirmation prompt to appear with a list of mods you're attempting to uninstall.
Execute a foreach on mods to uninstall and list them in a single MessageBox.Show event rather than show the MessageBox for each mod.
Describe the Issue
If the user has installed a mod, the file dialog will record the location (whether it be Downloads, my Documents etc.) and then when the "Load Preset" button is pressed, it will go to the last used location - meaning the user has to manually go to C:\Program Files (x86\Steam\steamapps\common\Stardew Valley\mod-presets\ to access their presets.
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Expected behavior
The "Load Preset" button should always navigate to the presets directory.
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Currently the code does actually set the directory correctly
OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog()
{
FileName = "",
Filter = "Preset Configuration Files (*.txt)|*.txt",
Title = "Select a Preset",
InitialDirectory = Properties.Settings.Default.PresetsDir,
RestoreDirectory = true
};
It's also setup to restore the directory to the initial directory every time it's shown.
A possible fix would be to convert the string to a path using System.IO.Path as despite the string being a valid path, it might just be having an issue seeing it as such. This resolution would look like:
OpenFileDialog ofd = new OpenFileDialog()
{
FileName = "",
Filter = "Preset Configuration Files (*.txt)|*.txt",
Title = "Select a Preset",
InitialDirectory = Path.GetFullPath(Properties.Settings.Default.PresetsDir),
RestoreDirectory = true
};
Describe the Issue
Stardew Valley Mod Manager will return an Unhandled Exception after the initial application setup if Stardew Valley has never been run on the system (even if Stardew Valley and SMAPI are installed)
Unhandled exception has occurred in your application.
If you click Continue, the application will ignore this error and attempt to continue.
If you click Quit, the application will close immediately.
Could not find a part of the path
'C:\Users\user\AppData\Roaming\StardewValley\Saves'
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Expected behavior
For the application to launch without an unhandled exception, for the exception to be handled in code.
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Handle the exception at Form.Load. Currently the application assumes that the user has run Stardew Valley before and therefore the Game Save Management tab attempts to load all directories in the AppData\StardewValley\Saves\ folder. Simply put a catch statement to catch the Exception and present a MessageBox:
MessageBox.Show(
"We weren't able to find your Game Saves folder. This usually happens if you've never run
Stardew Valley before. If you're on a new PC, consider checking if your
Game Save files were successfully moved.",
"Game Save Management | Stardew Valley Modded Framework",
MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Warning)
//Unsure of actual name of button, but probably should
//disable the button that opens the game save directory since it doesn't exist.
ViewSaveFilesButton.Enabled = False;
Suggestion
Since moving to a tab view for the Game Save Management feature introduction in #16 - it may be beneficial for UI to move the Settings window into a new tab called "Settings"
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