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Mod Version Checker

Provides in-game notifications when a mod updates (within 10m of mod updating).

Install Mod, Configure GameUserSettings.ini, Profit.

This mod is EXTREMELY light weight, so no fear of causing lag! Avg Mem Footprint of 600KB

Define the ID's to check for updates on, in GameUserSettings.ini




GUS.ini

ModIDs -- Mod IDs you want to check for updates (Validate your ModIDs string[arkmods-versionchecker.herokuapp.com])

NotiLoopDelay -- How often notifications are sent when updates are available. (This is not the loop delay for the API check in, that is hard coded to 10 minutes)

MaxConcurrentNotiCount -- How many times the NotiLoop will run before auto clearing itself. If 0, it will notify until an admin clears the notification with a server restart, or with the admin command.

NotiMessage -- Message to display when a mod updates. Requires %modname% to be in the string

LogMessage -- Message to print to logs when a mod updates. Requires %modname% and %modid% to be in the string

API_URL -- Set this to the provided URL above, or host your own (Host Your Own).


To acknowledge and clear the update notifications without restarting the server, admins can run cheat command. (This does not update your server, nor does it make it joinable without updating, this only stops the notifications until the next mod update)


This mod assumes the server is up-to-date on server start up.


The nitty gritty:

Version checker gets the last update time for mods from API server on server start up. Sets those times as the initial base line. The version checker then checks in with API server every 10m, API server returns the last update time for mods. The version checker then checks the last known last update time, and compares. If more recent time, send notifications.

Mod ID: 898754545