(Feature) Monitor External Installations

[MaliceGFS]

This is not the same as the already requested feature https://github.com/Nexus-Mods/Vortex/issues/407

 

--- Description ---

 

The ability for the user to toggle a watcher for the data folder for all elder scrolls and fallout games that will take note of all new files and directories that were added to the data folder, upon disabling the watcher, present the user with the option to create a new mod out of those newly created files and directories or merge them into an existing mod.

 

This feature would be very similar to the feature already present in wrye bash except it would also have the ability to merge into an existing mod (picture taken from the advanced wrye bash readme):

 

 

 

--- Why it should be added ---

 

It would allow mod users do stuff like use oblivion mod manager to install mods with omods have vortex make a new mod out of the installed mod from oblivion mod manager and then delete it from oblivion essentially importing mods from other managers that support formats vortex does not. Another really big use from this would be for mod authors to keep there workspace cleaner by allowing the manager to manage all there assets so say a mod author is making a mod with tons of loose files and has multiple mods like this they could just deploy it to the directory and remove everything else that they don't need and vice verse when they want to play the game or work on another mod.

 

--- How it would work ---

 

1) The user toggles something to enable watching the data directory

 

2) The user does there thing (either mod making or using another manager like obmm, etc)

 

3) The users untoggles the feature and vortex makes note of all the newly added files and directories in the data directory and prompts the user on whether they would like to create a new mod out of those new files and directories or merge them into an existing mod.