I don't know if this would be possible but when looking through the site it would be cool if you could mark items for download and then hit download to get the files instead of looking, clicking download repeat. It would make it possible to be on the site and browse and then mark items while on the site and then get multiple downloads when done looking. Almost like a shopping cart where the items are added to the cart and then one click to get the items you wanted.
Idea of Possible Queueing Downloads?
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I already do that, after a fashion. When I'm browsing, I LEFT click my mouse, and select "Open link in new tab".
I keep doing that on any addon that takes my fancy.
When I've finished browsing, I'll have all the ones I'm interested in opened in new tabs. It's thin just a case of looking at each one, deciding whether to download it or not, and either closing the tap or clicking the download button. Then I move on to each one in turn, until I've decided which I want, and which I can live without. Now I have a set of open tabs, each with a "Download" button that needs clicking. I rapidly run through each one, start each download off, and then head back to the first again. Once it's actually at least started downloading, I can then either download dependencies, or close that tab.
Looks a little complex, but I can download enough addons using this technique so that I get to the stage where it starts to ask me if I'm a human or a robot! (about 20 concurrent downloads, from memory).
I must add, my downloads are usually well out of sync with most of the world, because I'm kicking them off in Australia, so the servers won't be carrying as much traffic as they do in the European / North American peak times.
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I already do that, after a fashion. When I'm browsing, I LEFT click my mouse, and select "Open link in new tab".
I keep doing that on any addon that takes my fancy.
When I've finished browsing, I'll have all the ones I'm interested in opened in new tabs. It's thin just a case of looking at each one, deciding whether to download it or not, and either closing the tap or clicking the download button. Then I move on to each one in turn, until I've decided which I want, and which I can live without. Now I have a set of open tabs, each with a "Download" button that needs clicking. I rapidly run through each one, start each download off, and then head back to the first again. Once it's actually at least started downloading, I can then either download dependencies, or close that tab.
Looks a little complex, but I can download enough addons using this technique so that I get to the stage where it starts to ask me if I'm a human or a robot! (about 20 concurrent downloads, from memory).
I must add, my downloads are usually well out of sync with most of the world, because I'm kicking them off in Australia, so the servers won't be carrying as much traffic as they do in the European / North American peak times.
I do the same thing too John. It helps when I run into an issue and have to reinstall MSFS for what ever reason. I will then start over with the MODS. I got to the point one time the downloader complained to me. I have about 15 extra tabs open. The downloader started making me prove I wasnt a robot LOL
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Ditto, and re-downloading some 800 addons takes a LOT of time, but I managed it, and have kept a backup of all my archives ever since. I think that probably the biggest stumbling block against your approach would be the amount of burst traffic such a system would subject their server(s) to. This is not a commercial concern, and I think most of their sponsorship is through faith, hope and charity, and that's almost certainly the reason why they introduced the variable delay (that gets longer as you introduce more addons into your download stream).
