feature request: auto repair

[ohitstom]

would it be possible to setup an nssm service and have vencord check if its installed and if not reinstall/repair on system boot? or something similar?

[JayBe13]

LOL I just came here to ask the same question.

[Vendicated]

this is not a bad idea, but i don't like the implementation

It would be much simpler to

• download the cli
• create a shortcut (or .desktop file on linux) that calls vencord-installer-cli --install --location C:\Path\To\Discord && discord. the user can then just use that shortcut instead of the normal discord shortcut and it'll always patch discord before launching it

[ohitstom]

this is not a bad idea, but i don't like the implementation

It would be much simpler to

• download the cli
• create a shortcut (or .desktop file on linux) that calls vencord-installer-cli --install --location C:\Path\To\Discord && discord. the user can then just use that shortcut instead of the normal discord shortcut and it'll always patch discord before launching it

it could also very easily be made a service using that exact same set of steps, and then the user doesn't have to do it.

[lewisakura]

installing a system service is extremely undesirable and i will outright say the worst possible solution - it usually requires admin privileges and that should be completely unnecessary to install a client mod...

[ohitstom]

installing a system service is extremely undesirable and i will outright say the worst possible solution - it usually requires admin privileges and that should be completely unnecessary to install a client mod...

it does not require admin services to create a service, nor would this be undesirable. It could be a simple additional option for those who don't want to have to redownload and repair vendors every discord update.

Many other client mods, self hosted, and various other projects rely on services.

[lewisakura]

it does not require admin services to create a service

windows does, there's no concept of a set of user services (i am wrong, but it still requires admin to install and configure) and every service should really run under a service account (either one of the existing ones or something under the NT SERVICE\ domain), not a user account (see previous correction). you can't even start and stop services without admin, let alone install one.

nor would this be undesirable

you can't.. state that our own viewpoint is wrong. we see it as undesirable and we won't be doing it like this. we have our own plans for implementation that involves shortcuts like vee previously mentioned.

Many other client mods, self hosted, and various other projects rely on services.

just because another project relies on services doesn't mean we should too. also, what on earth is using services to maintain a discord client mod? are you sure it's not just an app that runs on startup (which is VERY MUCH not a service)?

[ohitstom]

it does not require admin services to create a service

windows does, there's no concept of a set of user services (i am wrong, but it still requires admin to install and configure) and every service should really run under a service account (either one of the existing ones or something under the NT SERVICE\ domain), not a user account. you can't even start and stop services without admin, let alone install one.

nor would this be undesirable

you can't.. state that our own viewpoint is wrong. we see it as undesirable and we won't be doing it like this. we have our own plans for implementation that involves shortcuts like vee previously mentioned.

Many other client mods, self hosted, and various other projects rely on services.

just because another project relies on services doesn't mean we should too. also, what on earth is using services to maintain a discord client mod? are you sure it's not just an app that runs on startup (which is VERY MUCH not a service)?

so what you expect users to overwrite every discord shortcut manually just to have vencord auto repair? if anythings undesirable it's exactly that

[lewisakura]

no, we create a shortcut for you as part of the install step, you dont have to do it yourself

[ohitstom]

no, we create a shortcut for you as part of the install step, you dont have to do it yourself

what about users that have multiple shortcuts, shortcuts on the taskbar, start menu, file explorer? you expect them to manually change them all

[lewisakura]

we dont expect users to change anything, we're giving them a shortcut to use instead, they can just repin it to the taskbar or whatever.

we will NOT do a service because installing one varies on the operating system and varies in permission level, plus overall it is a very strange thing for a client mod installer to run a service on someone's system in the background. doing it on linux, for instance, will be a nightmare because different service managers exist and we'd have to write a user service unit for each one to ensure full compatibility. usually it's systemd, but sometimes it isn't. doing it on windows still requires admin and there is no way of getting around that.

i'm just going to lock this for now because this is getting awfully silly when nothing productive is happening in terms of progress on implementing the feature - discussion can continue in #vencord-dev on discord if desired.