Hotfix P4AO 1.40 b03 available

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

Hello @ll,

the issue introduced in version 1.40 b02 has been resolved.

Nevertheless: before you use a new version of P4AO, please create a backup of your config files with the old one (on the tab "Backup/Restore" in P4AO)

 

Best regards

 

Edited April 12, 2019 by Lorby_SI

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

bump...

[rickgo 64]

Just a couple of items....

1. When using bo2 I could not restore from backup because I had uninstalled  2 addons in the interim.. I kept getting "unhandled exception error" and a notice about which

addon was missing..So I reinstalled the 2 addons, ran restore backup again , all is good now... Is it normal for restore to fail if a addon is uninstalled after backup? Shouldn't it

just notify about unfound addon and just continue?

2. bo3....... I uninstalled  an  adddon through windows apps/feature  and when I cranked up b03 I received error message about missing addon..abort...retry..ignore.. 

should I just choose ignore? I dont rremember seeing this message before.

  

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

11 minutes ago, rickgo said:

Just a couple of items....

1. When using bo2 I could not restore from backup because I had uninstalled  2 addons in the interim.. I kept getting "unhandled exception error" and a notice about which

addon was missing..So I reinstalled the 2 addons, ran restore backup again , all is good now... Is it normal for restore to fail if a addon is uninstalled after backup? Shouldn't it

just notify about unfound addon and just continue?

2. bo3....... I uninstalled  an  adddon through windows apps/feature  and when I cranked up b03 I received error message about missing addon..abort...retry..ignore.. 

should I just choose ignore? I dont rremember seeing this message before.

  

Hi,

1. I will have to check that myself. Sounds odd, the restore shouldn't care about what is there and what isn't. You didn't make a screenshot of the exact error message by any chance?
2. The purpose of the message is to alert you that something is missing that should be there. In this case, the addon may have been uninstalled, but it left behind a reference. What you do now is up to you - if you are certain that the addon is supposed to be gone, press "Ignore" - that will just clean up the reference for good.

Best regards

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

29 minutes ago, rickgo said:

Just a couple of items....

1. When using bo2 I could not restore from backup because I had uninstalled  2 addons in the interim.. I kept getting "unhandled exception error" and a notice about which

addon was missing..So I reinstalled the 2 addons, ran restore backup again , all is good now... Is it normal for restore to fail if a addon is uninstalled after backup? Shouldn't it

just notify about unfound addon and just continue?

  

OK, I see where that is coming from. P4AO expects that the directory still exists where the config file that has been backed up was saved before.

In the next P4AO version I will make sure that the restore doesn't crash in that particular case. Instead it will restore the directory too - I have no way of knowing if it is missing by accident or because you consciously uninstalled something.

Edit: b04 is available now, issue has been fixed.

Best regards

Edited April 12, 2019 by Lorby_SI

[edpatino 1,959]

Hi Oliver:

Will it be a P4AO version updated to the latest status, with the previous bug fixed?. I don´t like the idea of hotfixing a previous version if it can be replaced by a completely revised new one.

Sorry if I´m missing something.

Thanks again for your excellent utility.

Cheers, Ed

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

43 minutes ago, edpatino said:

Hi Oliver:

Will it be a P4AO version updated to the latest status, with the previous bug fixed?. I don´t like the idea of hotfixing a previous version if it can be replaced by a completely revised new one.

Sorry if I´m missing something.

Thanks again for your excellent utility.

Cheers, Ed

Hello Ed,

in this case there is no difference between a hotfix and a new version. P4AO is a program, a single executable, and every new build is essentially a new version. I just named the b03 a "hotfix" to stress the importance of it.

Right this moment, P4AO has 11.237 lines of C# code in 41 classes. I prefer to take little steps with an app of that size, so there is less chance of unintended side effects. I have been adding and fixing small things in that fashion for over a year now, and except for today's screwup it served me well.

Best regards

Edited April 12, 2019 by Lorby_SI

[rickgo 64]

Oliver, Thanks for the fast response

[somiller 694]

Oliver,

In a couple of post you reference "CLI" - what is that?

I tried b04 and it didn't remove anything from my "C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\add-ons.cfg"

I thought it was supposed to remove entries like the highlighted one below:

[Package.0]
Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\12bPilot\SODE\P3Dv4
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
[Package.1]
Path=C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\AIGAIM - OCI\OCI-Configuration
Title=AIGAIM AI Traffic
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

Kind Regards,

[Lorby_SI 2,036]

6 hours ago, somiller said:

Oliver,

In a couple of post you reference "CLI" - what is that?

I tried b04 and it didn't remove anything from my "C:\ProgramData\Lockheed Martin\Prepar3D v4\add-ons.cfg"

I thought it was supposed to remove entries like the highlighted one below:

[Package.0]
Path=C:\Program Files (x86)\12bPilot\SODE\P3Dv4
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE
[Package.1]
Path=C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\AIGAIM - OCI\OCI-Configuration
Title=AIGAIM AI Traffic
Active=TRUE
Required=FALSE

Kind Regards,

Hello Stephen,

1. "CLI" is an acronym for "Command Line Interface". You can call the prepar3d.exe with a set of parameters, for example to add or remove addons:

Learning Center -> Software Development Kit (SDK) -> Add-ons -> Add-on Configuration Files

Excerpt:

Quote

Installation Examples

[Add-on Package] This command will add an entry named My Add-on to the add-ons.cfg to look for the add-on.xml in the file directory: C:\Program Files\My Company\My add-on. This entry will be added to the ProgramData add-ons.cfg file by default since no FileLocation was specified which will make it available for all users. The entry name is not the name that displays in the Add-on UI, instead it is a unique name that the developer may remove by uninstalling the Add-on package.

Prepar3D.exe "-Configure: Category=Add-on Package, Operation=Add, Title=My Add-on, Path=C:\Program Files\My Company\My add-on"

[Add-on Package] This command will add an entry to the the Roaming (AppData) add-ons.cfg to look for the add-on.xml in the file directory: C:\Program Files\My Company\My add-on. Because Roaming (AppData) was specified using the FileLocation option, the package is loaded only for the individual user. Since there is no entry name, the package must be uninstalled by its path name.

Prepar3D.exe "-Configure: Category=Add-on Package, Operation=Add, FileLocation=Roaming, Path=C:\Program Files\My Company\My add-on"

[Content] This command will add an entry to the default effects.cfg to look for effects in the file directory C:\Program Files\My Company\My Effects Product\data:

Prepar3D.exe "-Configure: Category=Effects, Operation=Add, Path=C:\Program Files\My Company\My Effects Product\data"

[Content] The following command will add an entry named My Scenery to the scenery configuration to use scenery inside C:\Program Files\My Company\My Scenery Product\data. The required option dictates that this item cannot be deleted from the Scenery Library UI.

Prepar3D.exe "-Configure: Category=Scenery, Operation=Add, Path=C:\Program Files\My Company\My Scenery Product\data, Title=My Scenery, Active=True"

2. Path=C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\AIGAIM - OCI\OCI-Configuration

This is not an autodiscovery path, strange as that may sound. Prepar3D will only find an add-on.xml (automatically) on the first level of subfolders in "\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\".
- The sim will find "C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\AIGAIM - OCI\add-on.xml"
- but not "C:\Users\Owner\Documents\Prepar3D v4 Add-ons\AIGAIM - OCI\OCI-Configuration\add-on.xml" - that package must be added with the CLI or P4AO.

Best regards

Edited April 13, 2019 by Lorby_SI

[somiller 694]

Oliver,

Thank you for the detailed explanation...I think I actually understand some of it, lol.

Kind Regards,