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Originally Posted by JimmXinu
It would also help to know exactly how you are invoking FFF when this happens.
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Hey!
Turns out this was the issue, I think! I've been using shortcuts for a while, and the issue is that my shortcut to "Download Fanfiction Books from URLs - Update EPUB if new chapter" will
only do that!
At first I was confused because testing with other things seemed like it was working again! I only figured it out when I cycled back around to trying the different ways with a different fic and it didn't work - with my shortcut!
Then after even MORE testing I noticed that even though my settings say it should default to 'update calibre metadata from website', which I had changed to while doing all my metadata changes - eventually i'll have to update the metadata of my whole 17k library (in short bursts, ive read the FAQ!) and I use it now to test each change I make.
So I used my shortcut with a fic that had a duplicate, and every single option I clicked in the drop down returned with "More than one identical book etc etc" or if there was only one in there, "Already contains X chapters."
What made this difficult for me to notice is that when adding new books, it works just fine! And that's of course what I use it for 90% of the time. This only became a problem when I tried to download duplicates of fics to test metadata changes.
So yeah, the shortcuts are specific and only allow you to do the one option you chose for the shortcut, even if you try and change it in the pop up window. Good to know!
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(Unrelated - Are you deliberately ignoring the "always_reload_first_chapter doesn't work in [www.fanfiction.net]" warning?)
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The honest answer to this was yes I was! Because when I added that line along with a couple of others I was able to download and update ffn fics for the first time in like a year, and i could have tested which bit of code had fixed it, but I was so relieved it was working, and didn't want to accidentally break it again (I'm good at that) that I resigned myself to clicking the "save anyway" button on the popup each time!
You'll be releaved to know that line is no longer in my personal.ini I'm sure!
(Also I'm a very visual person so I took screenshots of my steps along the way and I'm gonna add them below even though it's not 100% necessary!)