[Bug]: winget cannot find pokemon showdown version and always thinks there is an available upgrade

[ix0rai]

Brief description of your issue

When installing pokemon showdown through winget, winget always acts as if there is an applicable update to 0.3.0 for it and claims that the current installed version is Unknown

Performing the upgrade does not fix the issue, the version is still Unknown

Steps to reproduce

1. install winget
2. install Smogon.PokemonShowdown
3. run winget upgrade
4. see that the version is unknown and there's an available upgrade

Expected behavior

the latest version of showdown should have been installed and recognised by winget

Actual behavior

winget does not recognise that showdown is already on the latest version

Environment

Windows Package Manager v1.1.13405
Windows: Windows.Desktop v10.0.19044.1415
Package: Microsoft.DesktopAppInstaller v1.16.13405.0

[lychichem]

It is because pokemon showdown doesn't write displayversion registery key, so winget cannot read it from ARP list. You should ask the developer of pokemon showdown to make their installer write this key.

[jedieaston]

This issue was fixed (or at least mitigated) in microsoft/winget-cli#1765, and that should be in the next preview release.

[Trenly]

Just for reference, here is their nsi script -
They probably want a dynamic version, but it doesn't seem like they push out new builds to the website that often so ¯_(ツ)_/¯
https://github.com/smogon/pokemon-showdown-client/blob/master/desktop/pokemonshowdown.nsi

[ix0rai]

going to close this as it seems to be entirely on showdown's side