STVi Dependencies

[jaminben]

Hello,

I've been thinking of a way to save on plugin coding and was wondering if its possible or even if its the right thing to do.......but can I have an STVi plugin dependant on another STVi?

So for example, I'd want Plugin A to install, load and restart and then have Plugin B install, load and restart all via one click from the plugin manager.... Plugin B would be dependant on Plugin A being installed first.

Cheers

Ben

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by jaminben

Hello,

I've been thinking of a way to save on plugin coding and was wondering if its possible or even if its the right thing to do.......but can I have an STVi plugin dependant on another STVi?

So for example, I'd want Plugin A to install, load and restart and then have Plugin B install, load and restart all via one click from the plugin manager.... Plugin B would be dependant on Plugin A being installed first.

Cheers

Ben

I think you can do that but they would both be installed and then restarted at the same time not separately I believe.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by PLUCKYHD

I think you can do that but they would both be installed and then restarted at the same time not separately I believe.

You are correct......I just tried, I guess I was being lazy before and thought it would be easier to ask rather than create

Is there any issues that anyone can think of when doing it this way? I didn't see anything in the logs when I ran my simple test.

Cheers

Ben

[PLUCKYHD]

Originally Posted by jaminben

You are correct......I just tried, I guess I was being lazy before and thought it would be easier to ask rather than create

Is there any issues that anyone can think of when doing it this way? I didn't see anything in the logs when I ran my simple test.

Cheers

Ben

No as long as your dependencies are listed correctly they should be imported in order

[GKusnick]

This is exactly the idea behind my STVI Configurator plugin. It provides a common framework that other STVIs can depend on and hook into.

Or if you're making a mod to someone else's mod, this it how you'd do it, using an STVI dependency to make sure their mod gets loaded first so yours has a place to hook into.

[jaminben]

Originally Posted by GKusnick

This is exactly the idea behind my STVI Configurator plugin. It provides a common framework that other STVIs can depend on and hook into.

Or if you're making a mod to someone else's mod, this it how you'd do it, using an STVI dependency to make sure their mod gets loaded first so yours has a place to hook into.

Cool, I couldn't work out what this tool was..... I'll take another look at this as it sounds like another one of your tools that I'll really need to use

Cheers

Ben