SSE Mod Install List Compiler Software?

[twowolves80]

Not sure if this is possible (never imagined I'd ever be posting in this forum, either, but there ya go).

Was wondering if it's possible to make a bit of software that will scan esps/bsas, look for FOMODs and whether there are meshes/textures present, and then compile a list of those mods in priority of installation based on whether the esps/bsas call for parent mods to be present prior to their install.

So...a LOOT for mods not installed yet?

The way I envision this is: We download our mods to a working folder on the desktop. All of them. Nothing installed yet through NMM or MO or anything. Everything still vanilla. We point this software (much in the way NifOptimizer works, for instance) at that folder. It scans the mods, does it's thing, spits out a suggested install order list to ensure that when installing the FOMODs with patching options that require parent mods to be present, those mods are installed in the correct order.

I don't think this would be too difficult to implement, but I'm looking with an armchair amateur's eyes. This isn't a mod, per se, so I'm not requesting anything be made, just wondering if this is possible to do, or if the CK itself (or another tool) already has the ability to do this before any mods are installed.

The manual way that has been suggested to me in this thread for doing this while compiling my install list (to be able to install the same mods over and over in the exact same order) is thus:

"the best way for you to check about a specific mod is to just open the archive , and see which files are installed with the patches

if it's only a plugin , and the installer allows you to select a patch without the parent mod , you should have no problem doing it this way (aside from cases where installation order is actually important , but this isn't the case in general)"

I figured there might be a way to create a small bit of software to do this automatically (and this might actually be useful to the point where it would reduce much of the noob mistakes when installing we see in the help forums).

Just food for thought. Thanks for reading! Any responses greatly appreciated!

Edited November 5, 2017 by twowolves80