Poll: Should mods download other mods?

[Succubism]

The question is about mods downloading other mods without asking or even telling the user - not about mods bypassing other mods' adf.ly links.

If you kept reading, I got to that.

As for whether it downloads it whether you want it or not, then again. Under conditions.

Understand that the user would be perfectly aware that Mod Y derives and relies on Mod X. If they want the mod then they should understand that Mod Y comes for it so they must download it. For them to complain that they are being forced to download Mod X for the sake of Mod Y.

Besides, of mod Y relies on a such a game-changing primary mod, and yet they enjoy it anyway, the primary mod mustn't be that bad in the first place.

 

[SonOfABirch]

Except TiC is not doing this, dunno about extra utils though...

Edit: Nope ExtraUtilities does not do this either...

just going from what the OP said..

And Extra Utilities. And Tinker's Construct.

I use the RR pack so wouldn't know what gets downloaded when you grab these from their MCF pages.

 

[Wekmor]

I'd say never.

Just because of the bad things that can be done with this. Giving the user a note that some other mod would work great together with a mod and then putting in the url to the page is good. But not automaticly downloading.

 

[Hyperme]

The situation presented in the OP would be entirely unacceptable. In fact, I'm fairly sure downloading addition software without a user's consent is illegal, so it shouldn't be done anyway. Additionally, combinations of Minecraft mods can be an anti-paragon of stability when you know what's been added. If something gets added without the user knowing, fixing errors becomes much more difficult.

 

[TheAbstractHippo]

My two cents here. If you feel differently, that's cool.

I think it's convenient. I don't have to worry about having a wrong version of a mod. In most cases, they're mods I actually want to have in my world.

 

[kittle]

Id say never.
If a mod requires some other mod thats not present, it should stop with an error message.

Also - the whole notion of "its a well known mod, so its fine" Well known to WHO? something thats well known to the ftb community (TiC) is not well known to a newbie minecraft player.

It just takes 1 disgruntled mod developer to use this "download another mod" ability to install a virus or bot-net to put the whole community in a world of hurt and probably legal trouble as well.

NO auto-downloading of other mods.

 

[Rafael F.D. Freitas]

Yes, if they alert me what mods it's trying to install with a brief description of what it does and a confirmation to download it through a secure connection to some sort of official mods server.