I haven't played yet but just wanted to point out my opinions on the install. Note: I installed the mod manually as I find it easier that typing in the location of the game in your batch installer. So my observations are from a manual install view - your batch installer may make these points moot.
1) On the main page of this forum post for installation you have the following instructions:
In the FAQ you state:
Q: Instructions?
A: In the Archive
At the bottom you state:
-=[Install Instructions]=-
Drag & Drop everything into your game installation to install.
According to the Install.txt in the MAIN download:
Go into the Release/ Folder and Extract the files to the DATA/ Folder of the Game.
I would change that message on the main page to match or just delete those two instructions and state to follow the instructions in the Install.txt.
2) In the resources download:
When I extracted it there was a sub folder with the exact same name. I assumed this was a mistake and went down one more level and extracted the two folders (object / texture) and overwrote in the /data. As stated above, according to your install instructions, a user is to just drag and drop to the main file and this could be confusing to some people. I would suggest repacking it without that first sub folder as there is no need for it. I would also include an install .txt informing the user they are to extract these files into the /data folder (Same goes for the optionals).
3) You have separate download links for the missile mod, star rover armor and mouse smoothing on MOD DB. I am wondering why since they are all included in the update download. Not knowing that, I downloaded them unnecessarily. Not a big deal but it may be a point of confusion for some.
4) Lastly in the install.txt you state:
Step 1
Drag&Drop the following Files to your main sw3cw Installation
"sw3cwEXP.exe"
"sw3cwEXP.64.exe"
Step 3
Run the Game via the "sw3cwEXP.exe"
If that is the case, what is "sw3cwEXP.64.exe" for? Also there is a file called "sw3cwEXP-8xFix.exe" in the Main folder but no instructions to move it to the game folder or how to properlly use it. Added instructions for those files should be added to the install.txt.
Tedious, I know but it's just my initial impression. Now on to gameplay!
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