From d4e309fa757408a05ad388b3c52ff950f871e82d Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sibir Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 22:10:55 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 1/3] Provide alternate download locations Apparently, some ISPs block `githubusercontent.com` but not `github.com`, so offer a mirror for the prelude & masterlists. --- docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html index 9cd21b9..d8a2582 100644 --- a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html +++ b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ title: FAQs

If you're on Windows 7, this may be because on the 22nd of February 2018, GitHub disabled support for connections using a version of TLS older than 1.2, and Windows 7 doesn't support TLS 1.2 by default. Windows 7 users must ensure they have the latest Windows updates, and that they have enabled TLS 1.2 support.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control. You can update it manually by downloading this file, selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, download the masterlist for your game from this location and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. Note that Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Also note that you'll want to disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control. You can update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, download the masterlist for your game from this location (or this ZIP, just extract the masterlist.yaml file from it) and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. Note that Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Also note that you'll want to disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

LOOT shows the wrong or no version number for some plugins. Why?
From 282031d6ea0a2fd23cc5ef5f7f20a777f3091136 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sibir Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 22:35:18 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 2/3] Minor tweaks for grammar & clarity Mostly to address some questions I've seen some users ask about these instructions. --- docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html | 2 +- 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html index d8a2582..d68b737 100644 --- a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html +++ b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html @@ -83,7 +83,7 @@ title: FAQs

If you're on Windows 7, this may be because on the 22nd of February 2018, GitHub disabled support for connections using a version of TLS older than 1.2, and Windows 7 doesn't support TLS 1.2 by default. Windows 7 users must ensure they have the latest Windows updates, and that they have enabled TLS 1.2 support.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control. You can update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, download the masterlist for your game from this location (or this ZIP, just extract the masterlist.yaml file from it) and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. Note that Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Also note that you'll want to disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control (e.g., a temporary outage or your ISP blocking the domain the masterlists are downloaded from). You can attempt to update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, replacing game in the link first, download the masterlist for your game from this link (or this ZIP, just extract the masterlist.yaml file from it) and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. N.b., Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist, and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Finally, disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

LOOT shows the wrong or no version number for some plugins. Why?
From cae32f61b2c806c55d2212a00e3e82afd050d287 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: sibir Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 22:45:46 -0800 Subject: [PATCH 3/3] Use a table to simplify instructions The current instructions are quite a mess, so tidy them up with an HTML table. We can also utilize the table to do away with the link/path replacement & just list each link & path explicitly in a much neater format. The note can be removed too since the links aren't directly exposed to the user, avoiding most of the potential confusion it was attempting to address. --- docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html | 70 +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++- 1 file changed, 69 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html index d68b737..8e02eb4 100644 --- a/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html +++ b/docs/help/LOOT-FAQs.html @@ -83,7 +83,75 @@ title: FAQs

If you're on Windows 7, this may be because on the 22nd of February 2018, GitHub disabled support for connections using a version of TLS older than 1.2, and Windows 7 doesn't support TLS 1.2 by default. Windows 7 users must ensure they have the latest Windows updates, and that they have enabled TLS 1.2 support.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control (e.g., a temporary outage or your ISP blocking the domain the masterlists are downloaded from). You can attempt to update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, replacing game in the link first, download the masterlist for your game from this link (or this ZIP, just extract the masterlist.yaml file from it) and place it in games\<game folder>\. Depending on your game, replace game within the URL with morrowind, oblivion, skyrim, skyrimse, skyrimvr, fallout3, falloutnv, fallout4, fallout4vr or enderal, and <game folder> within the folder path with Morrowind, Oblivion, Skyrim, Skyrim Special Edition, Skyrim VR, Fallout3, FalloutNV, Fallout4, Fallout4VR, Nehrim, Enderal or Enderal Special Edition. N.b., Oblivion and Nehrim share the oblivion masterlist, and Enderal and Enderal Special Edition share the enderal masterlist. Finally, disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

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If LOOT still can't update its masterlist, it's likely due to connectivity issues that are beyond our control (e.g., a temporary outage or your ISP blocking the domain the masterlists are downloaded from). You can attempt to update it manually by downloading this file (or this ZIP if you can't access the previous site, just extract the prelude.yaml file from it), selecting "Open LOOT Data Folder" within LOOT's File menu and placing prelude.yaml in the prelude folder. Then, using the following table, download the masterlist.yaml file for your game from the masterlist link (or extract it from the alternative ZIP) and place it in the corresponding game folder. Finally, disable the "Update masterlist before sorting" option in LOOT's settings until your connectivity issues have been resolved.

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GameLinksGame Folder
MorrowindMasterlist, ZIPgames\Morrowind
OblivionMasterlist, ZIPgames\Oblivion
SkyrimMasterlist, ZIPgames\Skyrim
Skyrim Special EditionMasterlist, ZIPgames\Skyrim Special Edition
Skyrim VRMasterlist, ZIPgames\Skyrim VR
Fallout 3Masterlist, ZIPgames\Fallout3
Fallout: New VegasMasterlist, ZIPgames\FalloutNV
Fallout 4Masterlist, ZIPgames\Fallout4
Fallout 4 VRMasterlist, ZIPgames\Fallout4VR
NehrimMasterlist, ZIPgames\Nehrim
EnderalMasterlist, ZIPgames\Enderal
Enderal Special EditionMasterlist, ZIPgames\Enderal Special Edition
LOOT shows the wrong or no version number for some plugins. Why?