fizzwhizI doubt that it's necessary to have a whole application just for an fps config, but I like how it easily packs desired presets and addons into one nice VPK.
Some issues:
- Why does it strictly require that a valid TF2 game folder be given? What if one just wants to generate a VPK for any reason?
- Will the source code compile on macOS? I'm not a programmer.
- Why is the program larger than 150 MB? Does it need to be this way?
- For a simple config-generator application, does it need such a flashy UI?
- Why does the program require installation? Version 7.0.0a3 worked just fine being portable. Now the program will dump files all over various data folders and it will be a pain to clean them up after uninstallation. (Going forward, should there then be an additional procedure in the uninstaller to delete its own registry entries?)
- How much has the config itself improved over version 6?
Keep it small, simple and sane. Avoid overwhelming new users of the config with apparent convenience. It used to just involve dragging the VPK into the "custom" folder, something all players looking to customise TF2 should know how to do. Custom HUDs which are much more complex do not require extra programs, so why should this?
If you want the VPK, then download it from the releases. The application is there to manage modules easily.
The source code will compile on macOS. Just run yarn dist or npm dist in the app/ directory of the repo.
Having a friendly UI is very useful for people, and I think as you see the program evolve, you will realize that this app is very valuable.
I'm not sure if that's a typo, but 7.0.0a3 was not any more portable than a4. The program always used data files to store information about user choices.
6.8.0 implemented pretty much all the optimizations that made it into 7. There's just been some bug fixes since then.
It's not very overwhelming, and most of the feedback and data about previous installation methods and this app don't match what you're saying about this. And again, I think you're looking too much at the short term of this application rather than the many possibilities that will implemented before it officially releases.
whitepuzzleIssue: cannot get preset to change after setting it first time. All graphics options stay at medium when I go into settings to change preset to high/ultra/low.
There is currently a bug where it captures your module settings as user set even if they were set by the preset.