As ZOs decided to remove this annoying chekcbox "Allow out of date addons" and the check against the apiversion with the next update (finally!!!) this lib will not be used any longer in the future. If addons do not work tehy won't work. But not because of any txt file comparison against a number written to the current game's patch level.

Thanks for the explanation. I was just confused by the fact that there is no information about this library in the AddOns and SavedVariables folder)

It is added along with the AwesomeGuildStore addon.

Virus, Trojaner? Joking.
The libs/dependencies are also sometime shipped with addons of other devs that's why they are "libraries" -> re-usable code for many addons.
And some addons come with included libraries, so you do not have to download them yourself.
You may not explcitly notice they get downloaded together with an addon.
But the dependencies, and optional dependencies, are normally mentioned at the addons you download, so you can check the description and find them listed there. If not: Tell the devs to list them properly please.

Btw: You can just disable them in the ingame addon manager like every addon/library as well.

Hello. I don't have any add-on from you, but when I go into the game I have this library and it is inactive, does it affect anything and how did it get to my computer if I did not download it?

Please calm down and try to think about users who like the idea to get noticed about "not actual addon versions". This lib was born to help.
What is the problem with a reminder every once a month and after the game updated the API version?

If you do not like the reminder just deactivate this library in your addon manager.
If there is no library to deactivate search your AddOns for "launig" and just delete the folder in your addons (not sure which addons are using it, added to their subfolders. Tell these addon devs to remove it and let the users install the library on their own instead please).
After all it's your choice to install (or not) the addons using this lib.
And it's one click on the "Later" button to close the popup. This is way less effort then writing in 2 forum threads and rant about the "surveillance", throw key words like "police" and spread bad vibes to all

Oh and btw: ZOs has build in the same stuff and you notice it after EACH API patch: The "allow outdated addons" checkbox is disabled and addons show as outdated in the addon manager, even after enabling the checkbox. Please use /bug ingame to inform ZOs about this annoying procedure you need to click and do each time as well...

So either I guess your forum name is the truth here and we cannot argue at all with you,
or you are able to read and follow my posted suggestions above.

But if you want to rant again here in the comments and start some fight because of your personal dislike, be warned that I'll remove these comments, if they do not provide any value.

It would appear the authors of this library took it upon themselves to police the updating of addons that we use.

So, if we CHOOSE to continue to use outdated addons, because those addons are useful but no longer being updated, for example, it will annoy us with a reminder to update them, regardless?

What's next? You'll check the list of addons we have installed and then force us to remove any addons you don't "approve" or you'll pop up more "reminders"?

I guess Phinix uses some addons to show the "preloading chat messages" (before event_player_activated) as well as the message he and you see are thrown at exactly that moment (before chat is loaded and shown).
PChat does this if you enable it in the settings (maybe it's standard settings is set to be enabled as well).

Some addons which do a d("debug message here..") output during addon loading won't show these until any addon enabling the "pre player activated chat messages" will do so.

I am getting the same message except for that pChat is the only addon with it and I didnt install it as standalone.

Thanks Phinix, will have a look.

I am getting the message "The library 'Launig' was already loaded!" every time I log in or reload.

It appears to happen when another addon loads this addon as an included library when it is also installed as standalone. To fix it I changed line 69 to read:

Also...

LMAO! XD

The pics are randomly taken from DLC images ingame so if it's broken you:
-either need to logout, delete the file ShaderCache.cooked in your live folder and login again (takes some time)
-or the graphic is missing ingame and we cannot change it (ZOs problem!)

pic broken?

Edited to add:

In the spirit of adding a productive suggestion to this, would you consider supplementing this featurs that might make it a much better -- in my opinion, obviously -- tool for achieving the goals?

First, give addon authors like Harven, mentioned below, the ability to opt-out by setting an appropriate field in their addon, or something like that. That way, if their policy is explicitly that they do not update the API version in the manifest, they can use a deliberate opt-out facility to prevent the alert when their addon is loaded.


Too grumpy ranting you should ignore follows, preserved for posterity or something

So.... uh, could you maybe go talk with Harven about addons such as Harven's Improved Skills Window, which he doesn't rush to update the API version on, because it still works fine.

Having acquired this indirectly by way of another addon, it pretty much sucks to get a painful warning when there is no specific action required, I'm not real inclined to hack the manifest just for this, and the upstream author isn't ... in agreement with your motivational position.

Not to mention that there isn't a "maintained" alternative.

I understand your motivation, and don't think you are exactly wrong. I just think that you are taking an unfortunately scattershot approach, and one that will not be very effective in achieving the goal.