Quote Originally Posted by DrByte View Post
I personally have found the auto-installer to be a show-stopper, especially when I'm trying to integrate with a site that's making many other changes to similar files. And especially with FEC (now, admittedly there were several other addons adding more complications, especially the css/js loader mess, but that's a side issue and I don't mean to mix other matters into this thread).

I confess that I've not studied all the documentation greatly in recent days, but last I looked it didn't seem like there was an obvious way to bypass all the safeties built-in to the autoinstaller so I could just merge the necessary changes into the core files which needed it.

It actually was the biggest task for an upgrade I was doing to an otherwise heavily customized site. I was amazed that it took much longer to do IH4 than everything else. Granted, I suppose if I were up to speed on all the inner workings of the mod then maybe that might have made things different. Actually the more I think about it, I think I just skipped using IH altogether.

Maybe it deserves another try. I'm just writing this in response to niccol's last post, to cast my vote for skipping all the automated file changes, at least for those who wish a more conventional approach.

JMHO
the auto installer doesn't prevent one from integrating changes in common files at all. There is a section of the readme which explicitly does cover it. Now perhaps it's because I helped write the instructions that it's second nature for me, but I am quite open for suggestions as to how to improve the instructions. if how to merge changes in common files is NOT clear in the readme I can make it clearer if it is needed..