DCoder
13.12.2005, 13:28:38
I, being an advanced user, don't mind letting this patch modify my installation, but I bet some people just aren't comfortable with that idea.
Also, you can be sure there will be people who try to use the wrong version, and when it fails, blame you for "bad coding" and spread that rumor everywhere they see a discussion about it.
Remember, for most users "the default answer to every message/dialog is `Cancel`", they don't bother to read what the message actually says. Even if your message says ("Wrong version, please download the <correct language> version of the patch from <link>").
Not to mention this way you're going to hit an even bigger rock should you decide the mixes need another round of patching. Or if the user played DZ's mod and now has a patched langmd.mix. Or if TFD (First Decade) includes yet different mix(-es).
One possible way to avoid that would be to have the patcher set the "read only" attribute on the mix, so that other patchers can't toast it. not very reliable, but still an option.
And let's not forget people _will_ want to uninstall this pack for one reason or another, adding one more layer of problems...
Quite a dilemma, indeed. I am curious to know what filesize are we talking about, if you don't patch the files?
And I wouldn't count on Apoc, honestly. Because if he does help with this, next thing you know people will start pushing him to do the same with Generals and ProGen, and whatever else... it would open a whole new can of worms for EA.
Also, you can be sure there will be people who try to use the wrong version, and when it fails, blame you for "bad coding" and spread that rumor everywhere they see a discussion about it.
Remember, for most users "the default answer to every message/dialog is `Cancel`", they don't bother to read what the message actually says. Even if your message says ("Wrong version, please download the <correct language> version of the patch from <link>").
Not to mention this way you're going to hit an even bigger rock should you decide the mixes need another round of patching. Or if the user played DZ's mod and now has a patched langmd.mix. Or if TFD (First Decade) includes yet different mix(-es).
One possible way to avoid that would be to have the patcher set the "read only" attribute on the mix, so that other patchers can't toast it. not very reliable, but still an option.
And let's not forget people _will_ want to uninstall this pack for one reason or another, adding one more layer of problems...
Quite a dilemma, indeed. I am curious to know what filesize are we talking about, if you don't patch the files?
And I wouldn't count on Apoc, honestly. Because if he does help with this, next thing you know people will start pushing him to do the same with Generals and ProGen, and whatever else... it would open a whole new can of worms for EA.