Things that prevent WeiDU successor or alternative?

[DavidW]

On 3/18/2024 at 6:13 AM, lynx said:

I'm surprised this time nobody suggested using an existing version control system yet.

It's a little more complicated than just using a backup tool on the main game (though probably solvable). Some mods also place marker and data files somewhere else, usually weidu_external. You would need to make sure changes there were reverted too - but (at least if you're coexisting with WEIDU mods) you don't want to back up the whole of weidu_external, because that's also where many mods store their backup directories.

[lynx]

Sounds easy to solve, but in the ideal case the problem would go away on its own. If weidu was to use a VCS itself, it wouldn't need to generate backups anymore and the main file tree would be devoid of these backup dirs.

[AL|EN]

Or, weidu could have a command line switch, like "--disable-backup" so the 3rd-party tool could take over the job. It's also useful when a player has no intention to reinstall any mod aka he always starts from a clean installation, like myself. The "BACKUP MyMod/backup" problem can be easily mitigated by weidu itself.