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Vyxenne

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None of the available Showcase formats is a Mod List. All of them are afflicted with extraneous information and framing characters like

===========================

mod name

some irrelevant info

more irrelevant info

more irrelevant info

more irrelevant info

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Some HTML garbage about unknown subjects including single strings of at least 10,000 gibberish characters (see example below)

more irrelevant info such that each mod takes up at least 15 lines of text

 

Here is the upper 1% or so of my current Showcase output (Plain Text setting):

Mod Showcase: Vyxenne ModList 20210529
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Exported from Vortex by Vyxenne
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Engine Fixes (Part 1) 5.6.0
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By aers - Nukem - Ryan for Skyrim Special Edition 
====================================================

skse64 plugin to fix various issues with the Skyrim Special Edition engine.

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Installed 4/7/2021 from Nexus Mods (Bug Fixes) 
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17230/
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Engine Fixes (Part 2) - skse64 Preloader and TBB Lib 2020.3
====================================================
By aers - Nukem - Ryan for Skyrim Special Edition (Engine Injector)
====================================================

skse64 plugin to fix various issues with the Skyrim Special Edition engine.

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Installed 4/6/2021 from Nexus Mods (Bug Fixes) 
https://www.nexusmods.com/skyrimspecialedition/mods/17230/
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01 - Leyenda Skin 4.0 UNP 2K 4.0.0
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By HeroedeLeyenda for Skyrim Special Edition 
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The last string above continues for pages and pages of plain text Times New Roman font size 12. Sadly, there are many such mega-lines throughout my 326-mod SSE setup list.

 

Please, will you put an actual Mod List capability into Vortex? It should contain one line per mod (similar to LOOT's Plugins List, but listing all mods not just plugins) instead of 26 lines (or sometimes 1000 lines) per mod. It should be in plain text (or rich text) format and contain only the following info:

 

Header section with name of Game, Name of List, date/time produced, name of player/list owner, number of mods, total number of plugins, number of esm, esp and esl plugins

 

Then ONE LINE PER MOD containing 5 columns:

  • Mod Name (truncated to 49 characters (50 characters including trailing space)
  • Plugin Type (if any) i.e. esm, esp, esl (5 characters including leading and trailing spaces)
  • Date/Time installed (15 characters including leading and trailing spaces) in format YY/MM/DD HHMM
  • Load Order (if any) in Decimal notation (6 characters including leading and trailing spaces)
  • Load Order (if any) in Hexadecimal notation (4 characters including leading space)

It should be sortable on any column. Using the above format, no mod can take up more than one line There should not be any framing characters or other embellishments other than possibly a separator between the header and the actual mod list.

 

I have posted this request at least twice on the Bugs/Feature request page, and both times it has been brushed off with a comment that the Showcase extension covers it. It does not cover it at all. Even if the Showcase extension actually worked (see example above) it still is what its name implies- a showcase, a marketing tool touting each mod by regurgitating its sometimes excruciatingly-long author Description. Showcase is not at all a usable solution for anyone needing an actual mod list.

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i found it, it appears to be a vortex extension.

 

In the listing you provided, the line that contains the massive stack of hex seems to be attempting to read a jpeg file which is part of the mod description (maybe?) and display it as hex. presumably because you've directed the generated list to a plain text file. it seems that because the destination is a plain text file which can't display anything other than text, the extension is attempting to convert the jpeg into hex and adding that to the report.

 

Have you reported that to the extension author? it looks like something they need to be aware of and fix up so that in the event of writing to a plain text file, that jpeg file doesn't undergo any kind of conversion/transformation.

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Vyxenne Collaborator

Vyxenne

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  On 5/29/2021 at 3:12 PM, 1ae0bfb8 said:

i found it, it appears to be a vortex extension.

 

In the listing you provided, the line that contains the massive stack of hex seems to be attempting to read a jpeg file which is part of the mod description (maybe?) and display it as hex. presumably because you've directed the generated list to a plain text file. it seems that because the destination is a plain text file which can't display anything other than text, the extension is attempting to convert the jpeg into hex and adding that to the report.

 

Have you reported that to the extension author? it looks like something they need to be aware of and fix up so that in the event of writing to a plain text file, that jpeg file doesn't undergo any kind of conversion/transformation.

Well, thank you! No, I haven't reported anything to the Showcase extension creator because I do not believe that Showcase can ever meet my needs - it's designed to be what it says it is, a MOD SHOWCASE full of author hype and other meaningless junk content instead of what I actually need: a functional, one-line-per-mod list containing useful information with zero hype or fluff.

 

So since I'm not planning to use it, I don't feel qualified to report whatever it generates as "errors." I'm sure it's doing what the author intended.

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@Vyxenne. I gave you a way to get a MOD list on your other post which was on the same topic. But you dismissed it without even reading what I wrote, saying that it would only give you plugins because you thought it it was for the data folder.

 

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@Vyxenne, use the the dir -n > mods.txt command on the Vortex staging folder, for example: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods. It will give you all your mods, not just plugins. Only downside is that if you have any mods that are disabled but not uninstalled (such as version updates) they look like duplicates. But I suppose you could either clean up and remove any uninstalled mods with Vortex or edit the generated results. Mine looks like this:
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  On 6/29/2021 at 11:59 AM, Zanderat said:

 

*snip*

 

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@Vyxenne, use the the dir -n > mods.txt command on the Vortex staging folder, for example: C:\Users\Chris\AppData\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods. It will give you all your mods, not just plugins. *snip*

 

you made me want to try this. But, how do I get to the command prompt?

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I did do some duckduckgo'ing :cool: and was able to create 2 sorts of mod lists. Both options included a little more info than I needed, (some Vortex info, disabled mods, etc.) but I don't think it was too onerous. Some of the info was from here on the forums.

First, I went to the mod staging directory and opened a Command window by going to the address bar and typing cmd.

I know, a lot of people know this, but for those who, like me, didn't, I'm including the info. Highlight the address to overwrite it. When you type 'cmd' the command dialog box will open up with the directory info: 'C:\...\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods>'.

 

Option 1, type: dir /b > list_of_directories.txt ENTER

This is a sample of what you'll get: (it includes disabled mods and a handful of extra items.)

"(Part 1) Engine Fixes-17230-5-8-0-1637340889
(Part 2) Engine Fixes - skse64 Preloader and TBB Lib-17230-2020-3-1611367474
AchievementsModsEnablerSSE-245-1-0-1-1
AddItemMenuSE_114_SKSE2019-17563-1-14-1598741692
Address Library All in one-32444-2-1582543914
Advanced Adversary Encounters - Ultimate SE-6843-3-7
... snipped for brevity ...
Well Armored Vigilants 1.20-21062-1-2-1559772594
XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended-1988-4-80-1610196777
YeOlde - MCM Settings-29437-1-1-4-alpha-1571790499
__vortex_staging_folder"

 

Option 2, type: dir /n > mods.txt ENTER

This is a sample of what you'll get: (it also includes disabled mods and a handful of extra items plus a little more info.)

" Directory of C:\...\Roaming\Vortex\skyrimse\mods

11/22/2021 01:04 PM <DIR> .
11/22/2021 01:04 PM <DIR> ..
11/22/2021 09:26 AM <DIR> (Part 1) Engine Fixes-17230-5-8-0-1637340889
11/22/2021 09:26 AM <DIR> (Part 2) Engine Fixes - skse64 Preloader and TBB Lib-17230-2020-3-1611367474
11/22/2021 09:26 AM <DIR> AchievementsModsEnablerSSE-245-1-0-1-1
... snipped for brevity ...
11/22/2021 09:41 AM <DIR> Unread Books Glow SSE 2.2.1-1296-2-2-1
11/22/2021 09:51 AM 46,508 vortex.deployment.dinput.msgpack
11/22/2021 09:51 AM 2,384,561 vortex.deployment.msgpack
11/22/2021 09:41 AM <DIR> wampas 4 sse-26166-4-1625168190
11/22/2021 09:41 AM <DIR> Weightless Ingredients-36343-1-0-1590231699
11/22/2021 09:41 AM <DIR> Well Armored Vigilants 1.20-21062-1-2-1559772594
11/22/2021 09:44 AM <DIR> XP32 Maximum Skeleton Special Extended-1988-4-80-1610196777
11/22/2021 09:44 AM <DIR> YeOlde - MCM Settings-29437-1-1-4-alpha-1571790499
11/22/2021 01:02 AM 69 __vortex_staging_folder
5 File(s) 2,435,543 bytes
94 Dir(s) 116,515,520,512 bytes free"

 

Hope this helps somebody.

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