Open Beta for Minion 4 (ESO/Windows only).
Why is it here and not on ESOUI/MMOUI? Version 4 has been in the works for a looooong time, but the admins over there sadly don’t have time to support it right now and it has been on ice for far too long. With the upcoming console addons introducing dependency handling, I decided something has to be done, so I asked if I can upload it here for the time being.
That being said, if you want to support future work on Minion 4 please consider becoming a patron!
WARNING: There be bugs. Use this software at your own risk! Make sure you read the Known Issues below before installing!
If you want to report an issue, please use the Minion 4 forum over on ESOUI.
NOTE: If you have participated in the Minion 4 closed beta before and want to keep your config, you will have to manually copy the .minion folder from where you extracted it, to %UserProfile%/.minion.
Features:
- dependency handling – libraries are now installed automatically
- suggested actions – clean up unused libraries, migrate to optional patches by other authors, repair addons that are missing files
- manuall addon installation detection – automatically recognizes when something has changed in the AddOns folder
- project content view – shows bundled addons, libraries and their dependencies
- improved design – leaves more space for the actual content
- new dark theme – for people who value their eyes
- improved bbcode support – addon details and changelogs now look (almost) like on the website
- http cache – all web resources are cached locally for faster access
- addon update log for any modifications, not just auto updates anymore
- upgraded to Java 17 – guess you can figure out how long it has been on ice now
- several command line arguments for advanced control over how Minion behaves
- much faster start time
- new installer
- and countless other improvements
Known Issues:
- only works on Windows and for ESO right now
- suggested actions sometimes don’t update correctly until Minion is restarted
- the new design is a work in progress (especially the classic theme)
- some menus have not been updated yet (backups, global settings, etc)
- addon update log currently often shows an addon has been uninstalled when it was updated
- memory usage has not been optimized yet, so it may use up more RAM than Minion 3
- sometimes Minion will show suggestions that don’t appear to make sense (e.g. a migration to an older addon version). There is a million reasons why this can happen, but most likely it has something to do with the AddOnVersion specified in the manifest file by the addon author.
- when updating from Minion 3, you will currently see a dialog asking you if you want to delete your data. If you want to keep your version information, you should press no, otherwise Minion 4 will have to reinstall all addons.
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