REQUEST: Include Extension version details in the Launcher

**Zeus** · September 8th, 2010, 09:37

One for the Smiteworks devs.

Would it be possible to update FGII's Launcher code to include extension version details?

It would be incredibly useful to have extension version numbers displayed in the Launcher on the Load Campaign page under Campaign Details as at present only the extension name is listed.

I know I can add a version number to the name of the extension however I would prefer not to for the simple reason that future updates of the extension would change the name of the extension which would then require re-selecting the extension in the Launcher before starting the campaign (something which can be easily overlooked following an extension update).

Hopefully not a big change but a useful one.

**Moon Wizard** · September 9th, 2010, 03:06

How about in the tooltip, like the author and dependency information?

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**Zeus** · September 9th, 2010, 07:44

That could work but it would still require the user to hover the mouse over the extension before the detail is displayed. I guess I was hoping to have the version information displayed as a field alongside the name (sort of similar to Rulesets name and ruleset tags) and thus always displayed and visible.

Either way I guess its better than having no version info.

**bmos** · September 30th, 2020, 12:31

I would just like to say that this would would still be an excellent idea.
Especially because of the advise given here to name all versions of the extension the same thing (with different version numbers in the xml file and announcement message):
https://www.fantasygrounds.com/forum...ing-convention

EDIT: Extension filename (Zygmunt Molotch's idea) and version number (and perhaps author) would be so helpful. Loading Unity just to check a version number in an announcement is a pretty slow process.
While I can check it in the xml file, a lot of users don't know how to do that sort of thing.

**Zygmunt Molotch** · September 30th, 2020, 12:34

necromancy at it's finest

the tooltip isn't a bad idea, then you can at least know the full file name...

**Granamere** · September 30th, 2020, 18:56

I would say add this to the wish list.

https://fg2app.idea.informer.com/

**bmos** · September 30th, 2020, 19:06

Originally Posted by Granamere

I would say add this to the wish list.

https://fg2app.idea.informer.com/

That's fair

https://fg2app.idea.informer.com/proj/fg2app?ia=134595

**Granamere** · September 30th, 2020, 19:28

I added my vote!

**Zygmunt Molotch** · October 1st, 2020, 08:04

it's got my upvote

**JohnD** · October 4th, 2020, 00:22

10 years... that's High Necromancy.

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