From 1a1562c46719f24a9a4d779f1e5eccf2ef63c83f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: art0007i <art0007i@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jul 2023 15:33:24 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] add fallback for config failure

---
 NeosModLoader/ModConfiguration.cs | 6 ++++--
 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/NeosModLoader/ModConfiguration.cs b/NeosModLoader/ModConfiguration.cs
index 04badc8..1f8f8da 100644
--- a/NeosModLoader/ModConfiguration.cs
+++ b/NeosModLoader/ModConfiguration.cs
@@ -492,8 +492,10 @@ private bool AnyValuesSet()
 			catch (Exception e)
 			{
 				// I know not what exceptions the JSON library will throw, but they must be contained
-				mod.AllowSavingConfiguration = false;
-				throw new ModConfigurationException($"Error loading config for {mod.NeosMod.Name}", e);
+				mod.AllowSavingConfiguration = true;
+				var backupPath = configFile + ".bak";
+				Logger.ErrorExternal($"Error loading config for {mod.NeosMod.Name}, creating new config file (old file can be found at {backupPath}). Exception:\n{e}");
+				File.Move(configFile, backupPath);
 			}
 
 			return new ModConfiguration(mod, definition);