v0.10.0

[th3w1zard1]

This will be the last update to KOTORModSync for a while. I have started classes this week and won't really have much time to be working on this until break. I wanted to get everything stable and release one more update before I stepped away, so I bring you v0.10.0

What's Changed

Linux/Mac updates:

• Add case-insensitive pathing option for Unix-based operating systems: Since most mods are written for TSLPatcher on Windows, there are many that don't use case-sensitive paths which are major issues for Linux/Mac. This release fixes the problem for KMS pathing, and partially implements the same into the PyKotor CLI. The way we do this is by determining which part of a path string is already case-sensitive and determining the part that doesn't exist, then we iterate the parent directory to find the case-insensitive remaining portions.
• Add 'find and resolve duplicate files/folders' functionality: This is done because KOTOR uses case-insensitive file/folder lookups, so duplicates can cause a myriad of undetected problems as the game can potentially choose a random file/folder if it's duplicated. Button is available in the UI on the right.

New features:

• Add multithreaded IO option: Behind the scenes, KOTORModSync always did multi-threaded IO for file read/writes to disk. However, this isn't efficient at all on HDDs, and can even increase wear and tear without improving performance at all, due to drive thrashing. In this release, multi-threaded io features are now DISABLED by default. Users who are using SSDs should enable this option in the UI for serious performance improvements.
• Color-code the console window: Warnings are highlighted yellow, errors red, and verbose logging is a dull grey. Increases readability.
• Use relative pathing for logging: The KOTORModSync logs are large enough already, we shorten them and make them more readable by using relative pathing based on the mod directory and the destination directory.

Bug Fixes:

• Fixed many PyKotorCLI bugs present in prior releases. Please let me know if this release introduced any new ones.
• Fixed the mod move/reordering buttons in the UI.
• Disable Console Quick-Edit: The console window can freeze/hang the main UI if a user left-clicks and selects any text on it. We turn QuickEdit off to avoid this problem. Use the built-in Output Window button or check the log file if you need to copy any logs.
• Refactor file/folder enumerations: Use safe methods of acquiring files/folders in a directory to avoid errors related to permission issues.
• Fixed the LookupGameFolder and PlaintextLog hooks for some TSLPatcher mods.

Other changes:

• Set progress window as Always-On-Top
• Update Avalonia to 11.0.3
• Add more useful tooltips to the UI

Full Changelog: v0.9.3...v0.10.0

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This discussion was created from the release v0.10.0.