rec.games.trading-cards.jyhad

what is the latest plugin update?

5 messages from 5 participants · 21 February 2023 – 27 March 2023 · vekn.net/forum
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talonz

Someone gave me a link to the krcg update and im now having to rebuild all my decks as they are corrupted and missing cards. Is this the latest update, and will continue to be so, so I dont have to go through this again???

beslin igor

i think this: lackey.krcg.org/updatelist.txt

Bloodartist

> talonz wrote: > Someone gave me a link to the krcg update and im now having to rebuild all my decks as they are corrupted and missing cards. Is this the latest update, and will continue to be so, so I dont have to go through this again??? > The link Igor gave above is correct. To avoid corrupting your decks, I recommend you store them in .txt format. I found this avoided the file corruption that sometimes happened with lackey updates, and additionally you can read the decklist in clear, normal language in the lackey directory. Use the "export as txt" button after you have saved your deck. This stores the deck in text format in the same directory. Just load the txt file when loading a deck, you dont have to change anything else. Smoking craters tell no tales. —Tex talks Battletech

Ankha

> Bloodartist wrote: > > > talonz wrote: > > Someone gave me a link to the krcg update and im now having to rebuild all my decks as they are corrupted and missing cards. Is this the latest update, and will continue to be so, so I dont have to go through this again??? > > > The link Igor gave above is correct. > > To avoid corrupting your decks, I recommend you store them in .txt format. I found this avoided the file corruption that sometimes happened with lackey updates, and additionally you can read the decklist in clear, normal language in the lackey directory. > > Use the "export as txt" button after you have saved your deck. This stores the deck in text format in the same directory. > > Just load the txt file when loading a deck, you dont have to change anything else. > I prefer to keep all my decks in text format (and on VDB) and export them to Lackey when needed. If I ever do a tweak on lackey, I report it on my source file. Prince of Paris, France Ratings Coordinator, Rules Director

lip

As others pointed out, we advise you store decks in .txt format and/or use external deck builders like Amaranth or VDB. Because of how Lackey plugins work, it is guaranteed that any future update including new cards will mess up .dek format decks every time. It is independent of the URL or the plugin "provider". It has to do with how the plugin system work and how new plugins are generated. Sadly there's no clean way today to ensure stability for the .dek format: worse, it's guaranteed to be messed up upon update when new cards make the list.