New Installation Tool (Simstaller)

[Reader 2,030]

 

[St Mawgan 1,385]

Because people don't know how to install add-ons? 

[MarcG 3,013]

1 hour ago, St Mawgan said:

Because people don't know how to install add-ons? 

One thing I've come to realise since becoming addicted to fight Sims in recent years, is how there's a section of enthusiasts who can fly complex aircraft blind, but they cannot do the fundamental basics of PC usage. They struggle with windows explorer, they can't use discord, they've never gone into windows settings etc etc.

I see this tool as something perfect for them, they don't need to worry about managing zip files, extracting, copying and pasting etc, it's all done for them nice and easily.

So this tool is catered to some but certainly not all.

[Amon1973 1,421]

13 hours ago, Keven Menard said:

You can also download 20 liveries and have it install them automatically as they finish downloading or manually install them all at once.

Keven, can you use this app with add-on linker?

[threexgreen 3,142]

So what this does is automate the extract to location process or am I misunderstanding the installation part of the program? Essentially, it saves you from a couple of clicks only, doesn't it? Like when you buy an addon within the Contrail or Orbx apps for example and they auto install.

Edited January 3 by threegreen

[Reader 2,030]

15 minutes ago, threegreen said:

So what this does is automate the extract to location process or am I misunderstanding the installation part of the program? Essentially, it saves you from a couple of clicks only, doesn't it? Like when you buy an addon within the Contrail or Orbx apps for example and they auto install.

As I understand it, it gives you an auto install for something that is delivered as a compressed file, such as anything freeware from flightsim.to

[Keven Menard 658]

2 hours ago, threegreen said:

So what this does is automate the extract to location process or am I misunderstanding the installation part of the program? Essentially, it saves you from a couple of clicks only, doesn't it? Like when you buy an addon within the Contrail or Orbx apps for example and they auto install.

It is made to give you a similar experience to Contrail or Orbx in the sense that it makes your installs faster (on-click).

You can leave it open/monitoring and simply download things from flightsim.to or other sources in your browser. You then don't have to worry about installing things as it is done automatically in the background once the files are done downloading.

Edited January 3 by Keven Menard

[Keven Menard 658]

2 hours ago, Amon1973 said:

Keven, can you use this app with add-on linker?

Yes, you can have it install wherever you want so it gets captured by AL after.

[Keven Menard 658]

5 hours ago, MarcG said:

I see this tool as something perfect for them, they don't need to worry about managing zip files, extracting, copying and pasting etc, it's all done for them nice and easily.

Since we make mods that people install in their Community folder, it is surprisingly common for users to nest folders into each other (e.g. Community/p42-util-flow-pro-2023-221/p42-util-flow-pro) and reach us for support.

Edited January 3 by Keven Menard

[St Mawgan 1,385]

8 minutes ago, Keven Menard said:

You then don't have to worry about installing things as it is done automatically in the background.

When I got my first computer in 1981 I honestly thought we would be a little more advanced than this by 2024. If people really do 'worry about installing things' like this then the world is doomed, and deserves to be. 

[Keven Menard 658]

2 minutes ago, St Mawgan said:

When I got my first computer in 1981 I honestly thought we would be a little more advanced than this by 2024. If people really do 'worry about installing things' like this then the world is doomed, and deserves to be. 

When this is the default community path ...

C:\Users\[User]\AppData\Local\Packages\Microsoft.FlightSimulator_8wekyb3d8bbwe\LocalCache\Packages\Community

... it is definitely something a new user would worry about.

[MarcG 3,013]

39 minutes ago, Keven Menard said:

Since we make mods that people install in their Community folder, it is surprisingly common for users to nest folders into each other (e.g. Community/p42-util-flow-pro-2023-221/p42-util-flow-pro) and reach us for support.

I'm an advanced PC user so your tool, as good as it looks, is of no use to me 🙂

[Keven Menard 658]

Just now, MarcG said:

I'm an advanced PC user so your tool, as good as it looks, is of no use to me 🙂

Thank you for the compliment 🙂 

[regis9 4,016]

While I’m perfectly capable of installing my own mods and updates, I currently have 11 mods I’ve downloaded from .to that are sitting in my download directory waiting for me to get my act together and install them…overcoming my laziness is where I see great potential with this program 😀

[Reader 2,030]

@Keven Menard

Could you explain a little more about the possible ramifications of the list of overrides that this tool provides please?