[Possible Bug] Minion keeps "unlisting" my addons

[Sidney]

Mods keep disappearing from my list in minion.

I've had to manually delete folders/mods and re-download the mods.

I think what's happening is when an author updates the mod or changes it name - they are doing something that causes minion to no longer recognize the old version.

As a result, we're left thinking our mod have no updates, ever. I noticed this a while back and thought it was maybe just 1 mod author's fault for doing something squirrely with the name but it's happening with a lot of mods now.

I didn't write down the names of which mods so I can't list them. I still think it has something to do with authors deciding to rename their mods.

[Dolby]

If the AddOn was originally installed with minion it will keep track of the AddOn using the UID so the author changing the name won't have any affect.

Please post your minion.xml so I can see if there is any misconfiguration done by Minion in the config file that is causing this. The file is locate in your windows user folder under .minion. C:\Users\<your windows username>\.minion\


With out looking at the minion.xml I suggested going to the installed tab, right click uninstalling all AddOns listed. Then go to the find more tab and re-install them. That will ensure Minion has capture the UID of the AddOn.

[Sidney]

Originally Posted by Dolby If the AddOn was originally installed with minion it will keep track of the AddOn using the UID so the author changing the name won't have any affect. Please post your minion.xml so I can see if there is any misconfiguration done by Minion in the config file that is causing this. The file is locate in your windows user folder under .minion. C:\Users\<your windows username>\.minion\ With out looking at the minion.xml I suggested going to the installed tab, right click uninstalling all AddOns listed. Then go to the find more tab and re-install them. That will ensure Minion has capture the UID of the AddOn.

I always install using minion. When I first discovered it existed, I noticed right away it didn't auto detect and so I got rid of everything I had and installed through minion.

As for re-downloading, that's the whole reason I am posting here. I shouldn't have to do that. It means I have to manually keep track of my mods which was the reason I installed minion - to do it for me. :P If I have to manually track and look for updates on my own then there's no point in having minion at all.

What I'm saying is I download a mod with minion. Then one day it just disappears from minion. And then I have to manually remove it, and redownload it again with minion. Sometimes the names of the mods have changed when this happens, other times not.

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<minion>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>67df20b7e2a9cfa3fdd7e51b26878b169892aa6e</build>
<client>
        <concurrent-updates>2</concurrent-updates>
        <game-scan-depth>4</game-scan-depth>
    </client>
<user>
<ga-user-id>48f47b89-4b9d-4fd2-ab51-511fb011fc02</ga-user-id>
<access-token>81fac0eb06e7029b73dfa41e556980c1db156780</access-token>
<refresh-token>166b8e52b6d6ceeebb47236434f1e14f6b94f4be</refresh-token>
<login-id>REMOVED</login-id>
</user>
<games>
<game addon-path="S:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns" auto-update="false" game-id="ESO" last-auto-update="April 08, 2014 6:38PM" unique-game-id="ESO-1">
<addons>







<addon md5="f932b241ff58703995f9f53348cb5de3" ui-version="1.0" uid="141"/>

<addon md5="496b0b72a785723ede4114dc9fdae5d2" ui-version="1.1.0" uid="115"/>

[Dolby]

It looks like your minion.xml is malformed unless you forgot to copy the last bit of xml. That could cause a problem. It's missing the addons and games end tags. It's also the older version of the config file. The config file only shows 2 AddOns it's tracking too. See the UID 141 and 115? So minion is having trouble adding new AddOns to that list and it might be because of the missing end tags.

I suggest deleting the minion.xml, restart minion so it makes a new one the. reinstalling any missing AddOns hopefully for the last tim.

I'll talk to our java programmer to see what could cause the missing xml that should be at the end of your minion.xml.

[Sidney]

Originally Posted by Dolby It looks like your minion.xml is malformed unless you forgot to copy the last bit of xml. That could cause a problem. It's missing the addons and games end tags. It's also the older version of the config file. The config file only shows 2 AddOns it's tracking too. See the UID 141 and 115? So minion is having trouble adding new AddOns to that list and it might be because of the missing end tags. I suggest deleting the minion.xml, restart minion so it makes a new one the. reinstalling any missing AddOns hopefully for the last tim. I'll talk to our java programmer to see what could cause the missing xml that should be at the end of your minion.xml.

Yea, I did miss some! Thanks I should have hit control+A. There was such huge space that I thought it was the end of it.


Either way, I deleted the file anyways and re-logged in.

It is even smaller now. It did, however, just create a backup that didn't exist before.

I kept copies of both.

Here is all of the original old one:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<minion>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>67df20b7e2a9cfa3fdd7e51b26878b169892aa6e</build>
<client>
        <concurrent-updates>2</concurrent-updates>
        <game-scan-depth>4</game-scan-depth>
    </client>
<user>
<ga-user-id>48f47b89-4b9d-4fd2-ab51-511fb011fc02</ga-user-id>
<access-token>81fac0eb06e7029b73dfa41e556980c1db156780</access-token>
<refresh-token>166b8e52b6d6ceeebb47236434f1e14f6b94f4be</refresh-token>
<login-id>REMOVED</login-id>
</user>
<games>
<game addon-path="S:\Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\AddOns" auto-update="false" game-id="ESO" last-auto-update="April 08, 2014 6:38PM" unique-game-id="ESO-1">
<addons>







<addon md5="f932b241ff58703995f9f53348cb5de3" ui-version="1.0" uid="141"/>

<addon md5="496b0b72a785723ede4114dc9fdae5d2" ui-version="1.1.0" uid="115"/>

















<addon md5="6a53348b4b325026d99cbfad6c29a5f8" ui-version="0.08" uid="120"/>















<addon md5="cc5f8f514a4d3831914fb948d62ee260" ui-version="1.1.2" uid="80"/>










<addon md5="e1127fba60b32ef6cf5d71646057b741" ui-version="0.4" uid="29"/>













<addon md5="b468fdba25f2cd1d5ff32b85ec40cfa8" ui-version="1.02" uid="210"/>
























































<addon md5="15b7fcc84a5b20d5599a44797401d49f" ui-version="1.3" uid="121"/>




















<addon md5="6f6765979c30bdd20bb586023977dcc0" ui-version="1.06" uid="17"/>


















<addon md5="dbe52fe0ea0f000f245e273b8b836aba" ui-version="2.0" uid="73"/>
<addon md5="715e056b7c96717351765c3fb9927676" ui-version="1.2" uid="87"/>

<addon md5="be0df82279dc9e3e9d77806994ebcbec" ui-version="0.4" uid="30"/>






<addon md5="6a7b6cbda705e7bb8edefeeb0b46975a" ui-version="1.0.0" uid="90"/>








<addon md5="33cfe2ae0de91c00b61869ccd22af190" ui-version="1.0.2" uid="340"/>


<addon md5="6d368e3d221ca917757bb16e3e66cfc8" ui-version="0.3" uid="328"/>







<addon md5="757ce2d87c223bbd1a231b3dc5bcb882" ui-version="0.6.7b" uid="111"/>








<addon md5="9adfd12a56632af92b62b6c377ddf082" ui-version="14.4.30.1" uid="148"/>


<addon md5="d9592e124840dc67b884616786237648" ui-version="0.21" uid="257"/>




<addon md5="d6d1ee1bffc112cf836b4c85a108e04d" ui-version="1.6" uid="231"/>





<addon md5="c257a45f977b1b72148a3ecd45ea1553" ui-version="14.5.3.2" uid="310"/>

<addon md5="c2612060387b41679d2a40a0d2069894" ui-version="0.6.1" uid="298"/>




<addon md5="d47cacb609a20ee9b5a30512c2b3ed5a" ui-version="1.0" uid="128"/>







<addon md5="0d6366069a442801d1f114d0ca9235e8" ui-version="0.3.1" uid="300"/>
<addon md5="bb484d27df3668a43f2111f1d3e1f1c2" ui-version="0.52 Beta" uid="157"/>
<addon md5="c37210c72b91424c8fedfdfb71bab752" ui-version="3.3" uid="187"/>



<addon md5="416c2edf360ea8504f907e3ef798e802" ui-version="v1.9" uid="258"/>
<addon md5="9ce3586f279e5e3ddb7f21e2c11e5b79" ui-version="0.4.3" uid="81"/>








<addon md5="2bd097addadcf4c47b513287b7955960" ui-version="1.2" uid="151"/>
<addon md5="efdda0f8915f7ccc250c4fa3d5f560ec" ui-version="0.30" uid="28"/>
<addon md5="d3a9cfa09145cfa545457a71ff1c8f71" ui-version="0.7.2" uid="97"/>
<addon md5="51c39d8dd78e71925908a351540999b8" ui-version="1.7.1" uid="35"/>
<addon md5="efcbca25b5b508bca5b6ad0f55482272" ui-version="0.7.1" uid="288"/>


<addon md5="92ec8a23d6a6978364607fc07b346ca4" ui-version="0.4.1" uid="230"/>
<addon md5="1e677a41c1db3d83419e7b21bae3ace7" ui-version="1.5.3.2" uid="13"/>
<addon md5="20e155e2070a80917ea6b39d60bdab21" ui-version="1.15" uid="142"/>
<addon md5="ced27771b2a081134fcab59a348d7e85" ui-version="1.4.21.1" uid="8"/>
<addon md5="1ae33ead5b5dd074b22204e670d45781" ui-version="1.2.3" uid="405"/>
<addon md5="7e3f48e481382295f094914eedd9cab8" ui-version="1.8b" uid="299"/>
<addon md5="c160f91559ff3a093c5991f955f7e38d" ui-version="v1.13" uid="163"/>

<addon md5="50d049036227d416d8f29301179930be" ui-version="0.72" uid="281"/>
<addon md5="3cdbb1465c47920b47b4d466b2b484d6" ui-version="1.0.3" uid="444"/>
<addon md5="4d68eef050fe4fc2f1b388144583caaa" ui-version="1.1" uid="278"/>
</addons>
<auto-updated>
<addon date="04.07.2014 5:22PM" title="SkyShards" version="0.2"/>
<addon date="04.07.2014 5:22PM" title="SkyShards" version="0.2"/>
<addon date="04.08.2014 6:38PM" title="Research Assistant" version="0.4.3b"/>
<addon date="04.08.2014 6:38PM" title="Craft Research Timer" version="0.3.1"/>
<addon date="04.08.2014 6:38PM" title="Craft Research Timer" version="0.3.1"/>
<addon date="04.08.2014 6:38PM" title="Research Assistant" version="0.4.3b"/>
</auto-updated>
</game>
</games>
</minion>

And the new one:

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8" standalone="no"?>
<minion>
<config-version>2</config-version>
<version>2.0.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
<build>67df20b7e2a9cfa3fdd7e51b26878b169892aa6e</build>
<client>
        <concurrent-updates>2</concurrent-updates>
        <game-scan-depth>4</game-scan-depth>
    </client>
<user>
<ga-user-id>70d26609-56ab-49a8-af84-c4c27efcd4a4</ga-user-id>
<access-token>dbe78515e5a3c84525d21a3bfe6bd04cea79bd30</access-token>
<refresh-token>b1f4be2d09ad2eb645996576e8b584f1d577bd75</refresh-token>
<login-id>REMOVED</login-id>
</user>
<games>
<game addon-path="UzpcRG9jdW1lbnRzXEVsZGVyIFNjcm9sbHMgT25saW5lXGxpdmVcQWRkT25z" auto-update="false" display-name="Elder Scrolls Online" game-id="ESO" unique-game-id="ESO-1"/>
</games>
</minion>

Very sorry about that!

Those spaces weren't added by me though, it was just like that. Which copy should I use?

Edit: Decided to delete every single mod again, deleted minion.xml again, reloaded, re-downloading all.

Minion is being laggy now though when I'm typing in the search bar. It wasn't before. I think this program dislikes me =P