Seeking Clarification about Mod Manager / Mod Updates
My main concern is that I want to be alerted when a mod is updated, and get a chance to review the patch notes before I decide if I want to apply the mod update.
I see on the left-hand panel in the mod manager a section called "Updates" where it then says "No mod/SMM updates right now" and below it says "Check for updates".
And I see in the Mod Manager Settings that there is a setting called "Update Check" and a setting called "Queue".
I think there are a few clarifications I need.
1. The update check setting can be set to "On start", "on exit", and "Ask when found". Does this mean if one of the first two are selected, that it doesn't ask and just applies the update without asking? And if "Ask when found" is selected, does this mean it doesn't check for udpates on start or exit? meaning if "Ask when found" is selected, it doesn't automatically check for updates at all? The setting is confusing because it seems to be about two things. When the app checks for updates, and whether or not the app asks before applying updates. If understand correctly, this should be two separate settings or it should be clarified.
2. Does the "Queue" setting apply to just new mod downloads, or does it apply to updates as well? Again, it is a bit confusing and maybe should be clarified better in tooltips.
2 Replies
1. That setting refers to SMM updates, not mod updates. Regardless of that option, SMM updates are applied on exit, but if it's set to "on start" it will update before launching if an update is available, and ask when found will show the update popup when an update is found
2. No, by the way updates work they can't be queued
For mod updates - you get a green button on left saying "updates available" that opens a pop-up. You can then view release notes for every mod that has update and ignore ones you don want to update.
If you want to avoid updating the mod manager itself, choose to "ask when found" then click cancel after closing the mod manager, because it wants to update after closing anyway.
