Almost one year after its first release, I'm happy to announce GooTool version 1.0.0 today. This update contains numerous fixes and new features and is recommended for everyone. Get it here.

Of particular interest, you can now rate addins and check for updated versions from within GooTool. It now takes just two clicks to bring all your addins up to date (Authors take note: it is now even more vital that the ID and version fields in addin.xml are correct).

Other improvements: You can now change the refresh rate within GooTool. It's now compatible with the Big Fish and various Linux versions of the game. Users who already have Maks' volume control installed will no longer get errors. Various interface improvements have been made. A diagnostic report has been added to the Help menu that you can send me if you have problems with the tool. GooTool is now more tolerant to misbehaved addins that include files such as "Thumbs.db". And there's been number of behind-the-scenes updates to support forthcoming features.

Read on for the full changelog:

1.0.0, 22-October-2009

  • You can now rate addins from the Addins tab within GooTool (#0000175).
  • Added a "Check for Updates" button so you can automatically update your addins (#0000179).
  • Allow GooTool to find and work with the 1.41 (bin32/bin64) version of World of Goo under Linux (#0000218).
  • Allow GooTool to find and work with the Big Fish version of World of Goo under Mac OS X (#0000225).
  • Added a diagnostic report to the Help menu to aid debugging GooTool problems (#0000232).
  • Use RealIrrKlang.dll if it exists in the source directory, in case user manually installed Maks' volume control (#0000219).
  • Allow changing refresh rate from the Options tab (#0000182).
  • Skip Thumbs.db, .DS_Store and .svn when installing addins (#0000215).
  • Provide scrollbars for long addin descriptions in the addins tab and properties dialog (#0000226).
  • Run lengthy operations in a background thread so the GUI doesn't lock up (#0000174).
  • Rename PC/Linux to Windows/Linux (#0000221).
  • Make AddinInstaller use AddinReader, allowing installation of an addin from an extracted directory.
  • Initial work on iPhone version.
  • Goomod format 1.1: Authors can now specify a thumbnail image for addins.