I've ha a bad experience once with such stuff (not an ofp addon though), and since that I stay clear of 99% .exe crap
But there are a few things to this:
- Installing/using addons SHOULD always be "AAE", in theory
- Selecting NORMAL (.zip/.rar etc) installation methods should be a free choise
- The perfect addon should (in theory) come without any readme/install_to_folder stuff
...like if one could simly "click & play"
But I'd still like to have the opportunity to select regular unzipping; isn't it possible to just add this feature to the *extractor
So that we can choose for ourselves wether or not we wanna use the .exe or the 'manual unpacking' ?
I can't imagine that being such a difficult programming job to do
to simply add these two options to the same installer program.
Readme's are great but addons should (as I like to see them) be kept simple (not in structure but in use), so that you can actually play with them even though you may be one of the "outside_ofp'ers" who never visit forums or read any installing notes.
I don't think an addon maker can take for granted that the gamers will read his readMe; in fact, most ppl probably don't (stupid it may be). And thus: Those d00ds can use the .exe and continue their ways of gaming
while the more cautious ppl could select :
"manual installing" - or alike. That would be nice.
As for the author tag sys: it's not really an author tag system as I see it but an anti-crasher,
and as such a great way to avoid conflicts ('expelled' addons etc.)
And "quality stamps" ... well, if it boosts the autors efforts to do a better job so that they can get the
mark of pride and eternal afterlife, 10 wifes and three Rolls Royce's (and give us mortals better addons) then I'm all for that too ;D
Tombs