Idiot-proof the error messages in swing gui
See original GitHub issueIt has come to my attention on discord from shedaniel and the Origins discord server that apparently people do not typically want to read and try to understand the error messages that show up on the swing gui for mod dependency issues.
Typically most people seeing this GUI are users, hence they do not need the developer cruft.
Essentially the solution here is to cut out all the developer cruft from the error messages (probably just dropping them into a dropdown box) and simplify the messages into:
You need to install X
, You need to upgrade X to version 2.0.0
, X breaks Y, you need to remove one of these
.
If we want dev text, it may be better then to either display the full fat thing in a dev environment or make people pass some sort of -DBigBrain
to see the verbose developer text.
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Maybe also allow mods to add a URL to a dependancy mod? Like make [modid,URL] be an optional replacement for modid in fabric.mod.json. This could be used for direct links to the mod pages.
I like this suggestion, there are way to many people saying “Whats wrong?” when it says “requires A mod Z.C”