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Currently the in-game mod installation and update tool restarts the game a lot; also downloading the list of available mods takes a while (at least on my connection). Suggestions:

• Cache the list of available mods and only auto-update if >1 day old (there are already refresh buttons)
• Don't auto-restart after mod installation / update; just write "Restart required" somewhere on the screen and replace the "play" button with "restart"

Personally I would like to be able go back from the install mods screen to the mod selection screen, and enable some or all of the mods I just downloaded,and perhaps enable or disable some of the other mods that were already installed, then once I'm happy with my mod selection, press back to leave the mods menu. At that point I'm happy for the game to restart. I suggested that in viewtopic.php?f=23&t=51367.

The current workflow often means I need to restart the game after downloading mods, then again after selecting which mods I want to use.