LUA Edit Manager

[Scott-S6]

It seems to me that something we need is a DCS specific mod manager to manage LUA edits. Regular mod managers do file replacement which means that when files get changed by the devs restoring our edits removes those changes. Plenty of threads where people have caused themselves problems by doing this. 

What I'm envisaging is a simple application with three functions:

1. Scan the aircraft folders looking for edits (identified by specific comments above and below them). Record the edits and the edited files. (this will be slow but you only need to do it if you've made new edits)

2. Go through the list of edited files, check to see if the edit is there and if not put it back in.

3. Go through the list of edited files, check to see if the edit is there and if so remove it. (for playing on servers that permit no LUA edits)

 

This gives a cleaner and more reliable solution for restoring edits after an update. It also gives an easy way to revert to pure files for servers that require it.

Any interest? Any suggestions? I'm considering making something to do this but if no-one else is interested then I won't bother to make an interface or package it.

Edited January 15, 2023 by Scott-S6