SS2 Blue Mod Manager

[6744530eaf488voodoo47]

hmm, doesn't seem like the gamesys mod gets moved to the lowest priority spot if set incorrectly - I was expecting it would pop to the proper place once I hit the Apply button. or should I be looking at something else?

[6744530eaf89dMarvin]

Oh, just when you activate it. It doesn't auto-apply to current config.

[6744530eaf9f8voodoo47]

ah, I see - so a regular mod, when activated, is assigned a top active spot, while a gamesys mod is assigned the lowest active spot. I'm ok with this.

[6744530eafb05Marvin]

User must still be able to override whatever the manager has in mind. One could additionally also reorder when any mod is activated. Could be annoying though.

[6744530eafc0avoodoo47]

yeah, this is pretty ok, as I've said. or to be precise, I don't have any idea how to make it better.

[6744530eafdedJML]

Still no warning at all. Also no "Issue detected" thingy for duplicate folders (could be implemented)
In the ss2bmm.log I can even see the duplicate folders.

[6744530eaff6cMarvin]

I fear that Wine emulates case-insensitivity in certain parts and neglects to do so for others, or that's at least what I gather from several internet posts (including some about mod troubles, ironically). This is the code in the manager:

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std::list<std::string> allSubDirs;
wxString nextDirName;
wxString currentDirName;
bool isDirFound = dir.GetFirst(&nextDirName, wxEmptyString, wxDIR_DIRS | wxDIR_HIDDEN);
while (isDirFound)
{
currentDirName = wxString(nextDirName).MakeLower();
// go through all folders and collect for later case-sensitive check
allSubDirs.push_back(currentDirName.ToStdString());

// check existence of any data directory
for (auto& dirName : dataDirectories_)
{
if (dirName.compare(currentDirName) == 0)
mod.setHasOther(true);
}

isDirFound = dir.GetNext(&nextDirName);
}

// Wine-only check
if (!allSubDirs.empty()) {
unsigned int dirNumberIncludingNonUnique = allSubDirs.size();
allSubDirs.unique();
if (dirNumberIncludingNonUnique != allSubDirs.size())
mod.setHasDuplicateFolders(true);
}
Since wxWidgets uses Windows API calls, dir.GetNext() could very well yield any folder only once irregardless of case.

[6744530eb0078Marvin]

Note: Did not abandon again, just need a free weekend at some point... fingers crossed.

[6744530eb0239voodoo47]

we may want to make the manager complain a bit if two mods which include the same mission/map are active at the same time - I don't think there is a situation where a regular user would want to do this. just a warning would suffice, "you better be sure you know what you are doing there"..

[6744530eb0362Marvin]

Ok. Finally found some time to get back to it.

[6744530eb04f1Marvin]

Currently adding:
* Basic drag&drop support
* Profiles

Will include map overwrite warnings as well. If you've got any ideas what other kinds of validation you'd want, now would be a good time as I'd like to update that part anyway.

Looked into mod groups but decided against implementing them: Basically requires a full rewrite of the main GUI code. If this project was redone in 2020, you'd just build a browser SPA, add some basic JS and CSS and be done with it. This super-specific GUI framework code is ridiculous.

[6744530eb0621voodoo47]

very simple, two maps with the same filename are active = warning.

[6744530eb082bZylonBane]

Does it already warn on multiple mods with a *.GAM file?

[6744530eb0d83Marvin]

very simple, two maps with the same filename are active = warning.

Ehm, yes, that's what I meant by "map overrides".

Does it already warn on multiple mods with a *.GAM file?

Yes.

[6744530eb0ebfvoodoo47]

ah, missed the "other" bit there. good to go then.

[6744530eb0ff5Marvin]

Next test:
* Drag and drop support added
* Profile manager added: Nothing fancy such as hashed directory comparisons. Writes mod_path attribute to file and loads it when imported. Therefore does not work if (relative) mod directories change. Hopefully good enough.
* Warning for multiple mis files added.
* Various other bug fixes
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[6744530eb10d9Marvin]

Updated again cause previous mis file check only worked with two mis mods in total.

[6744530eb11b5voodoo47]

I will test this later this week.

[6744530eb12a8Marvin]

That's fine. I might add some stuff/fixes, so probably download the manager when you actually start testing just to be sure.

[6744530eb13cdMarvin]

Project is now hosted on GitHub: https://github.com/pshjt/ss2bmm

[6744530eb150bvoodoo47]

finally some time to check things out. map mods (just mis files) now show as unrecognized (ok with 1.15, and even some of the older 1.16 betas). maybe "only one mod with mis files should be active" would be better than "do not use mods with overlapping mis files".
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[6744530eb1608Marvin]

Good catch. Updated exe.
I like the message as it is better because it correctly explains what is going on. You can have different mis mods active, only not with overlapping mis files. Granted, it's very unlikely to have such a setup...

[6744530eb174evoodoo47]

do not underestimate the capabilities of a pokemon mod collector.

[6744530eb1882Marvin]

Any comments about the profile manager? That's the one thing I would expect the most issues to crop up with.

If that's good to go, I would only update the icons for the profile manager and that's it.