satisfactorymodding / satisfactorymodding/SatisfactoryModManager
Improve error message display to convey which install was being modified when the error occurred
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Description
Would help clarify confusing error cases like this one, with multiple installs and 1 of them out of date: https://discord.com/channels/555424930502541343/1366099396860711026
Current error message:
{"time":"2025-04-27T19:10:03.6409423+02:00","level":"ERROR","msg":"failed to validate installation","action":{"type":"update"},"error":"Because every version of Cartograph: Buildings on Map (Cartograph) depends on Satisfactory (FactoryGame) \">=383729\" and Satisfactory CL273254 is installed, Cartograph: Buildings on Map (Cartograph) is forbidden.\nSo, because installing Cartograph: Buildings on Map (Cartograph) \">=0.0.0\", version solving failed."}
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Research direction
Start from the UI path that displays the “failed to validate installation” error and reproduce the case with multiple installs, including one that is out of date. Use the example error in this issue as the baseline; done means the displayed error identifies which installation was being modified when validation failed.
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Assessment
- Domain
- frontend
- Issue type
- Feature
- Difficulty
- 3/5
- Estimated time
- 1-2 days
- Activity status
- Stale
- Clarity
- Mostly clear
- Newbie friendliness
- 45/100