Vintage Story ModsUpdater

God tier. Thank you so much for this. 

Legendary; cannot live without moving forward in life. Doing gods work out here brother.

Aura_Dacella

I added the option in config.ini and arguments to choise to disable or not the dev versions.

Default (disable_mod_dev = false): it downloads ALL versions. You have to set disable_mod_dev = true to disable dev version.

I tried with -dev version. It should be OK with -pre or -rc but I couldn't find any file with this prefix.

Aura_Dacella

I guess I can add an option in the config.ini. I will see what I can do.

Could there be an option to disable grabbing dev versions of mods?

As I've already said, I'm aware of this problem, and I know it can be worrying. But there is nothing more I can do. Every executable file that have no signature neither security certificate has chance to be false positive.
Windows once blocked one of my first version too, and without any white list of my part, next versions were considered as safe...

I don't know what weirdeness you are tlaking about, but I don't think it is due to this issue. Either it is flag as positive and it is deleted/put in quarantine, or there is a strange behavior/crash and it is due to a bad use/bad codding 😅.

In any case, it's always a good thing not to trust blindly.

So I'm having the issue where when I extract the zip the v1.3.6 executable seems to being picked up by windows as a virus, specifically Trojan:Win32/Wacatac.B!ml, guessing it's a false positive.The v1.3.5 executable is fine but this might explain some of the weirdness.

Well... Strange. I don't see any reason it runs without issue with windows cmd prompt and not directly, but glad for you :)

Tried ModsUpdater from windows command prompt and it started to work. Well, great.

Manticore

Can you run ModsUpdater.exe file via the windows command prompt ? You need to navigate to the folder where ModsUpdater.exe is located if not it won't run.

Then you should see somme info about what it is going wrong.

PS: Do you have a standard or custom VintagestoryData path ?

You can also ping me on discord (same pseudo)

No debug/crash log. It does not say anything, just loads for second and then nothing happens.

Extracted all files to archive.

It did work in v1.3.5, even it stopped working after I tried new 1.3.6 (installed them both to diffrent archieves.)

I deleted old v1.3.5 archieve, so old config.ini went with it. Tried to extract v1.3.5 to new archieve, same results. It loaded for second and nothing happened, not crash messages or anything. It does not make new config.ini.

Manticore

Hello, I need some more information :

• Do you have a debug/crash log in logs folder ?
• Is it a fresh install ? I mean did you extract all files/folders from archive or only the exe file ?
• What was the last working version ? v1.3.5 ?
• Do you use an old config.ini file ?

Althought most of time you can only extract the exe file, it may be safer to delete old folder and use the new in archive (and generate a new config file).

When I click .exe, modsupdater loads for second and after that nothing happens. It worked for while when I updated VS to 1.19.5. After I updated modsupdater to 1.3.6, it again stopped working.

NekoBoiNick

It should be fixed now.

For information, the argument parser doesn't use system variables. I made some tweaks to be able to use %appdata% (and HOME for linux), so it should be OK for this one.

NekoBoiNick

Thanks fo repport. I will investigate.

Getting error when specifying a custom mods path via arguments:

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TRexTheHunter

Thanks for your feedback. I really apreciate. Glad to see the exclusion is used. It's a very specific thing I added for my need.

Many thanks for this mod! Makes my life super simple. Really easy UI and easy to add exclusions! 😍

i forgot to metnion the crashing occurs on my friend who trys to join. sorry for forgetting that.

idk why it cuases issue either, doesnt make sense to why. either way, enjoy your day :D

endey

Thanks for the feedback. I don't see any reasons that could cause this. My first thought is that there could have a kind of anti-cheat in VS (I don't know if it's right) and if it detects an exe file other than those "regular" in the game folder it closes the connection.

I never put it in the game folder, so I will try and see what happens.

i found out the hard way that if you leave the updater in the main folder of VS [not the mods folder or VSdata, the VS folder]. as i was saying, leaving this in the VS folder breaks LAN play for some odd reason. no clue why at all, but i had to move it to resolve the issue. just thought id say something. (works great btw, thank you lots.)

Travisplo

I don't really use launchers so...

There is no reason you cannot add modsupdater, it'a an executable file like any else.

Without more info I can't tell very much more. What do you mean by "not really working"? Any error message? Crash log?

You extracted the zip file and run the exe?

I will try tomorrow with GOG to see this. 

EDIT:

It seems that you only can add executable for games that GoG Galaxy knows. So indeed you may not add anything else. I tried with another exe or the .bat file. I will look further...

EDIT 2:

It works once by adding the bat file.

But you must add these two lines aat the end of the bat file to launch the game  after the script is done :

set VSGamePath=C:\Game\VintageStory (Put he path of your VS installation)

start /B /wait /D "%VSGamePath%" Vintagestory.exe

BUT you won't see any windows for the update process. So if you have many mods yuo may think nothing happens for a few minutes whereas it runs. The game will launch once updates verification finished.

It seems this way works only once. After the launch the "play" button remains grey. You have to quit Galaxy and start it again.

So in my opinion, it's not realy the good thing to do.

it's much easier to run ModsUpdater on its own. Or make a shortcut on the desktop.

I launch Vintage Story through GOG Galaxy, and I'm trying to add Mods Updater as an additional executable- it's not really working. Not sure where to get advice for this, so I figured I'd just ask if anyone had any suggestions here.

Works great! Thanks so much for putting this together. 

Transgressor Roughgalaxy

Thanks ! I really appreciate 😀

This needs to be adopted in the vanilla game asap. so good.

appreciate your work, this is so much easier now!

v1.3.4 is out. A few fixes and improvements. Next step will be an improvement of the language detection.

Gaylen

Dont' worry about delay. We have a life ;)

Once again the issue comes from a bad format of the modinfo.json in the mod file. I'm gonna fix it. Meanwhile, you can put this mod in the exclusion section of the config. In this way you could use it but it won't be updated. To do this open the config.ini file and add it like this:

[Mod_Exclusion]
# pour exclure un mod de la maj, ajouter le nom du fichier zip (avec l'extension) du mod après = (un par ligne)
mod1 = NoisyBears.zip
mod2 =
mod3 =
mod4 =

Save the file and it's ok.
You will have to delete the name from here to enable the update again.

EDIT: Fixed. Will be in the v1.3.4 today or tomorrow.

idiomcritter

Indeed it's not a mod so you don't have to put it in the mod's folder. But if you do it shouldn't causes issues (I fixed it some versions ago but I didn't try since). You're right I should add some more explications.
You just have to extract where you want (Desktop, game folder, VS folder...) and run the exe.


Thanks for your feedback !

Laerinok

seems nordvpn was preventing the file from downloading. Had to completely close down the vpn. 

After downloading, ran a scan with malwarebytes and checked out ok. 

I downloaded the file into the mods folder, from there it should do its magic yes?

oh, so that doesn't work lol.  placed the file on the desktop, unpacked it into a folder.  then ran the exe.  (suggestion (or not) for us noobs, in the description, highlite this understanding maybe.  so use to normally downloading mods straight into the VSdata>mods folder, thinking VS would run it as just another mod lol )

thanks for making this, its great

@Laerinok

Sorry for the delayed response.

I was trying the 1.3.3 version.  I am still getting the same error with the 1.3.4version.  It is always pointing to the same mod (Noisy Bears).  I deleted that mod and everything works as advertised.  Noisy bears hasnt been updated since may '23 so not surprised it has issues.

Thanks for all that you are doing!

ComradeTum

thanks 😄

Gaylen

Hello,

Which version do you have ? I thought most of this kind of crashes were fixed in the v1.3.3. Do you have a crash log file in the logs folder ? There should be the mod name displayed.

I was about to publish the v1.3.4 but before I send it, could you try it and tell me if you always crash ?

Edit:

VS_ModsUpdater.v.1.3.4.zip deleted, waiting for new upload with fix.

This might be singlehandedly the most useful mod on the ModDB, it makes it so easy to keep everyones modlist up to date for MP severs with friends. 10/10

idiomcritter
Hello,

As I've said, ModsUpdater is an executable file. Even if "classic" mods can have virus,  an exe file is more frequently flag by Antivirus because it is not known and it is a potential threat. That is a legit comportment. Problem is that there are often too agressive detections and there are many "false positive" detections and files go to quarantine. There nothing I can do about it.
You may try a another browser, again. But if it's the antivirus that  blocks it won't change anything.

All I can say is :

• Either you don't trust the file and you forget it.
• Or you get back the file from the quarantine of your antivrus, and you whitelist it.
• In some rare case (it happened to me) after a few days an antivirus doesn't block the file anymore. So, sometimes you just have to wait and try again later.

PS: Wich antivirus do you have ? When you say "virus scan fail" you mean that the you cannot scan the file or the result is clean ?

can't download, don't know why, windows 10 both firefox and chrome flagg the file when attempting to download (virus scan fail, downloading other mods appear fine)

DELTAGOD

Thanks for your feedback. I'm glad you found the application useful. 😀

This mod tool has single-handedly made playing the game after a work week a non-chore, just boot, update, and play. No more fighting with the willpower to update every mod or check for updates. Thank you!

This last version should be the good one. I think I managed most of issues due to modinfo.json.

I also fixed  a rare issue where some mods were not updated if you used a limit for the game version.

If you encounter other crashes you should now have a log file. It will help to identify issues.

It seems that some rare mods cause crash. If it happens to you, you can use this temporary version. It should help to identify mods causing troubles. A log file will be created.

Shadowise

It took times, but it's finally OK. 😅

Laerinok, the latest version works perfectly, thank you!

jshea483 Shadowise

This should be OK now.

jshea483

OK. Well. that's is the same issue I fixed this mornig at the same line... 😬
The good thing that's I know where to look.
Thks for the mod. I am going to make tests.

Edit: Ok, I see where is the problem. I'm working on it. I tried to clean the code and I guess I messed some things
Meanwhile, you can use the v1.20. It was working well for several months. The only difference is that with 1.3.0 you will be able to generate a pdf file of the mod list.

Thanks for the response. Updated to v1.3.1 today and ran into the following error.

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 294, in extract_modinfo
AttributeError: 'NoneType' object has no attribute 'group'

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 755, in <module>
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 457, in mods_list
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 304, in extract_modinfo
IndexError: tuple index out of range
[16552] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

I elimnated all the mods and traced it the Auto Panning mod, version 1.0.1. 

Shadowise

Well... It's another thing. Can you confirm you used a fresh and clean installation ? I mean you used the new lang files ? If there is a missing string, the program will crash.
Could you can also give me your mod' list please ? So I could make test to check which mod causes this issue.

Thank you, Laerinok, but 1.3.1 still crashes the same way for me.

Shadowise

My bad. Should be fixed with the v1.3.1

v1.3.0 is not working at all, just closes up without doing anything (even when saying y/yes to continue). Reverted back to 1.2.0, which has been working fine for months.

jshea483

There is always a risk of false positive with file without signature. Even Vintage Story installer has issues with some antivirus. 

The only thing I can say use other antivirus and look the result.

I tried with virustotal.

This is the result : only 6 within about 70 antivirus flag it

https://www.virustotal.com/gui/file/77942896e95ec7a137ef2fafa77c26d85a31cf005f7128b0694b38f4751df2cd?nocache=1

You can also look at sources file. 

Just downloaded the new version and my anitvirus flagged and quarrantine the executable stating it contained Win32/Sabsik.FL.A!ml Trojan.

Hello everyone,
New version of my ModsUpdater. The main new feature is that you can now make a pdf file of your mods in the mods folder.

I added some new language, translated with DeepL, so feel free to give me correction if needed. Or even new language.

Yes you have a log file with changelog of each mod updated. There is a new log fîle created for everytime you run the script and if there is an update.

A log directory is created the first time a mod is updated. 

I haven’t used this mod yet, but does it keep a log or record of recently updated mods? Often when a mod updates it might have a new bug or incompatibility. If you’ve updated multiple mods, you then have to figure out which one is causing the issue. It’s easier to detect if you’ve updated manually and this could make it harder to figure out which it is, unless it keeps a log and then you can just check that to see which ones have updated.

Yskar

I answered you in the Linux page ;)

Yo, Laerinok, i tried the Linux version on Arch Linux and got this error:

Vintage Story Mod Updater - v.1.1.2 by Laerinok
[SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self-signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1006)
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "urllib/request.py", line 1348, in do_open
File "http/client.py", line 1286, in request
File "http/client.py", line 1332, in _send_request
File "http/client.py", line 1281, in endheaders
File "http/client.py", line 1041, in _send_output
File "http/client.py", line 979, in send
File "http/client.py", line 1458, in connect
File "ssl.py", line 517, in wrap_socket
File "ssl.py", line 1108, in _create
File "ssl.py", line 1379, in do_handshake
ssl.SSLCertVerificationError: [SSL: CERTIFICATE_VERIFY_FAILED] certificate verify failed: self-signed certificate in certificate chain (_ssl.c:1006)

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 95, in check_update_script
File "urllib/request.py", line 216, in urlopen
File "urllib/request.py", line 519, in open
File "urllib/request.py", line 536, in _open
File "urllib/request.py", line 496, in _call_chain
File "urllib/request.py", line 1391, in https_open
File "urllib/request.py", line 1351, in do_open
urllib.error.URLError:

During handling of the above exception, another exception occurred:

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 537, in
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 353, in accueil
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 113, in check_update_script
NameError: name 'err_lang' is not defined
[96479] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

PS: You can count on me for testing on Linux. 😁
PPS: Dependencies aren't really a problem, Linux users are mostly tech savvy, maybe havin an py script would be even easier, or an appimage, maybe (using this: https://www.reddit.com/r/Python/comments/gia4b1/making_python_appimages_using_a_single_command/ ).

Tested on Linux Mint 21 with VirtualBox

==========

I made a pre-release version for Linux. This version is for test purpose.

You can run it through the terminal :

• Download and unzip VS_ModsUpdater_Linux
• Open a terminal and go to the folder VS_ModsUpdater_Linux (or whatever the name you gave it)
• Drag&Drop VS_ModsUpdater in the terminal to run it.

I need feedback to know if it works as intended and if it is easy to use. As I don't often use Linux I am not really comfortable.

If you tested this linux version please let it me know. If it's OK I will upload an "official" version.

Yskar

It is not a flapak, but the "pyinstaller" module I use to make executable file has an option "one-file". So you should not have to worry about dependencies.

Well Laerinok, i know a lil and can try to help you if you need, i suggested appimage because it is kinda easy to do (and there's a plenty of tutorials), i use the same nickname as user on Telegram if you need someone to test the linux version (and i need to learn to do appimage for myself anyway, so i can help you making an script to try automate that).

Appimage is kinda like all in one executable bundle on an compressed file, you just open and it works.

Yskar

I'm not an Linux user. I have a boot CD with Mint and some other tools and I sometime I use ViritualBox when needed. I even had a server under linux, but it was a long time ago and I forgot many things. So I will see what I can do but it is without any guarantee ;)

For now I have some issues to make it work under linux propably because of path errors and lower/upper case. But when It will be fixed I'll check for flatpak. I dont' really know what it is, only that it's an option to install an application.

Laerinok, if you can make it as an appimage (and/or flatpak) would be amazing, so you could pack all the prerequisted packages inside of it.

I need to make some small changes, but I think I could have a version for both, Windows and Linux.

The mod folder path is: ~/.config/VintagestoryData/Mods/
The comments being in french isn't a problem, i can use google translator 'cause i can only read in portuguese and english, lol.

I'll try the python script configurating the path as "~/.config/VintagestoryData/Mods/" and see what happens.

Hello Yskar, 

I'm thinking about making a version for linux. But I'm not sure of what I need or what is the path. I'll try with virtualbox.

But look at the source Tab, there is the. py file. But comments are in french. When I started I didn't think I will share it so I didn't used english inside, and then I didn't changed. 

Thanks Laerinok, i'm glad this just works under Arco/Arch linux using WINE, but a version as .py would be nice too.

thank you all, glad to have done something useful.

😃

Esto es maravilloso, muchisimas gracias. 💚

😄

This is a must have tbh

Laerinok

It is, awesome! Ty for the swift response

DisarmedSpy

Should be fixed with 1.1.1.

OK. It's another issue with a non standard versionning of a mod. I'll make a fix as soon as possible.

Thanks

PS : Until I make a fix, you can put it in the [Mod_Exclusion] section of the config.ini.

Crashes when updating QPTech with no error.

Thank you.
Glad to know that my app is useful 😀

thank you for your work

TerminalAccess

Hello.

Thanks, and Feel free to say your thoughts, I am learning :)
You're right, but this detection was for previous versions (before 1.18.8). I deleted this information in the description, because with v1.18.8 there is only the net7 version, in VintagestoryData. It becomes the standard. So now, no need to make the diference between those two version. I have just not deleted this funcion in the script, because I'd like to be sure that I won't use it anymore and that nobody use old version of Vintage Story.

In the facts, it doesn't mater for the script to know if you use net4 or net7, it does the same thing : To Browse mods folder and to update them. But when I was asked for a net7 exp version, the path was different (VintagestoryDatanet7). So I needed to set another path. But now, with the 1.18.8, there a unique path (VintagestoryData).

Maybe I could delete the (net4/net7) information in the title, but there is yet some people downloading previous versions.

So to sum up, the method I was using to detect Net4 vs Net7 is not used anymore, but it is always in the script. I should clean up the script, but it's not on my prior list to do :)

Loved the work on the update, however just a polite heads up, the method your using to detect Net4 vs Net7 (via looking up the VS Data folder in appdata) is very unreliable, I have 1.18.8 net7 installed and my datafolder is "VintagestoryData".

By default as of atleast 1.18.6 the default folder for both Net4 and Net7 is "VintagestoryData".

Updated to v1.1.0

New way to use the config.ini, so you can now a custom path for you mods folder.

OK. That's in a good way.

Concerning Medieval Fashion, It's a mod that cannot be automatically updated. That's is due to the way the creator made it. You must place it in the exclusion section, as you did.

I don't think any .dll file causes crash.The program only looks for .cs or .zip files. I had issues when there was zip-file which was not a mod, but it's now fixed.

For the prompt...my bad... I forgot to bypass the test if you have set the right path. I don't know how, but it will be fixed.

1. The config.ini is created and saved. It also has the right path for my mods directory:

path = D:\Vintage Story\Data\Mods

But, I'm still prompted for the data path every time I start the program. Maybe it also needs to save the data path and not just the mods path?

2. I'm on windows and running it through a CMD prompt. The window closes on failure with no input from me, so if the error is listed there I can't see it. However, I do have a temp folder, and I can see that Medieval Fashion is the one that is causing the failure. I saw mention in I think the Vintage Launcher mod about this one being problematic for downloading through the API, so I'll mess with excluding it later, but the program is probably fine.

To your other questions:
1. I extract to my desktop on my C drive and run it where it's extracted (i.e. with the lang directory present). I run it by double clicking the executable.
2. My mods directory does have a .dll, but as mentioned, the updater is failing before I get to that anyway (and I'll try excluding it if it's a problem).

Edit: After excluding Medieval Fashion and the .dll file it runs just fine for me. Still prompted each time for the data path, but that's a minor inconvenience. Thanks a lot for the help and the tool.

Zinloz

1. Weird. When I tested (with the same path - D:\Vintage Story\Data), path was saved and it worked as intended... Is the config.ini file is created in your VSData\ModConfig\ModsUpdater ?
2. If you run modsupdater.exe through the Windows console you will have more info. The error message will remains in the windows. 
   But I need more info :
   
   • Beside modsupdater.exe, is there a 'temp' folder ? Inside you would find the modinfo.json for the last mods checked.
   • How do you extract/use modsupdater.exe ? (You only have to extract the folder and run from this folder. You shall not move into another directory, or if you do, you must move lang directory too)
   • In your mods directory, are there any files other than mods files ? I tried to make tests to use only mod zip or cs, but I may have forgotten something. 

Thanks, I can run it now. However:

1. Subsequent runs prompt for the path every time - it's not saving the data path entered the first time
2. Seeing a failure when checking one mod (I'm not sure which). Window closes immediately and I don't see a log file to see what went wrong.

Zinloz

Xandyr78

v1.0.10 should be OK for custom VS datapath.

Simply run it and if the program doesn't find the defaut path of VSData at the first run, it will ask you to entry the path.

OK, I didn't know these commands.
I will check to deal with these specific configs. The most simple maybe, will be to put the config file right beside the exe file. It's on my ToDo list.

There is already a config file. But it is created in the VS data ;)

Meanwhile, I suggest :

• to create c:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData with nothing inside. It is only to create the config file.
• Then run the program once. It will be asked if you want to go on or exit, then EXIT (if you go on it will crash because it won't find path mod).
• Go and edit c:\users\yourusername\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\ModConfig\ModsUpdater\config.ini
• Change the path mod to fit yours.

Now you should be able to use the ModsUpdater.

I've relocated my entire appdata directory for Vintage Story. There are a couple launch arguments you can use:

--dataPath "D:\Vintage Story\Data"

--addModPath "D:\Vintage Story\Data\Mods"

These will cause Vintage Story to look in these locations for your data (saves, config, logs, etc.) and mods when launching.

If you're using the env var for appdata then that's probably the problem. My appdata directory is there, but there is nothing there for Vintage Story (all moved to D drive). My suggestion would be a config file included in the download (or instructions on making one) which is used by the program to find the data directory, possibly defaulting to the appdata path or using that as a fallback option if the user doesn't set the config file.

Zinloz

Your VS data is on your D drive, but, is it only the VS data or all your %appdata% drive ? Because I use a system variable to get the appdata's path. So whatever the path it should be able to get it. And I don't remeber we could choose the path for data. Only for the game. But I may miss something.
But you're right I should add more messages error. Every update of ModsUpdater already had a new error message. There are so much errors that I don't think all of them. So I update when some of you are confronted to one of them :)

Can you update this error message with more details (namely, the path)? This happens when I try to run the program for the first time. I'm guessing it's looking for the default mod location, which I don't have since my VS data is on my D drive. Maybe manually creating the config.ini would fix this, will try it later:

"Error:The system cannot find the path specified
Press any key to continue . . ."

Glad to hear that !

😀

Laerinok

Hi! Deleting the config file in the ModData folder worked! I can now update my mods with the Mod Updater! Thanks a bunch :)

It doesn't matter where your installation is. It doesn't use it.  What is matter is where the mods folder is. By défaut mods folders is in c:\users\yourusername\appdata\roaming\VintagestoryData\Mods and actualy I don't see how we could change it, unless all your system is in a drive which is not c. But Even in this case the program should find the right path.

It doesn't matter where you run the program from. It use a system variable of windows to find the right path. 

Can you run it in the windows console and give me the error message ? If you don't know how to do, check the post below, with pictures.  

I've redirected my installation to a different drive than C:\, and I can't seem to run this properly. Do I run it from inside my VS installation folder?  The Data folder?  Somwhere else?

Indeed. And I've already caught a lot of errors. Problem is that there are a lot of kind of errors and I must make a test for each. Either I didn't think of one of them, or even I don't know them.

That's why by launching with the console, the error is displayed in the windows.

As I said at the beginning, I am not a programer. I have only learned for some months. But I will try to make better to see errors :)

A nice update would be it not closing automatically when it finishes or errors. Like, Press Y to finish/close or press R to run it again (or idk, some other buttons)

Good news !

On my to do list : having a test to avoid this kind of issue.

Have fun and good play. 

Laerinok

The VS_ModsUpdater for the older version was in the mods folder :p
Going to run it now and see if i have any other problems

Update: Yep, finally it is working. It finally generated a proper update log :p

RachelTGG

I've already had this kind of error. It was when there was in the mod folder a zip-file which was not a mod-file. for example if you put VS_ModsUpdater.v.1.0.9.zip in the mod folder you probably will have the error. On my todo list there is something to set a test if a zip-file is a mod-file or not. Are you sure there is no other file than mod-file  ?

I suggest (if you've not already did it) to male a clean install by deteting all files (cf post below, to TopOnPC)

If you still have issue, could you send me your mod' list please ?

I you want, I made a small program to create a pdf file of all mods file in the mods repertory. As it was for a personal use, it is in french, and should work on any PC. But you have nothing to do, only run the .exe and the .pdf will be created.
You muste DL the 2 file (VS_ModsList.exe and banner.png) Just be aware to keep the banner.jpg in the same directory than VS_ModsList.exe

Direct Download - VS_ModsList

TopOnPC

Hello, If you're having issues when updating, the best thing to do is :

1. delete all files. I mean :
   • VS_ModsUpdater.exe
   • \lang\english.json (or en.json if it's an old version)
   • \lang\french.json.json (or fr.json if it's an old version)
   • \lang\russian.json (if present)
2. delete the config.ini file in \AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\ModConfig\ModsUpdater
3. you can now unzip VS_ModsUpdater.v.1.0.9.zip
4. At the first run it will create a new config.ini file, then ask if you wish go on updating or exit and set some mods in the exception section of the config.ini
5. It should run without issue.

I think your issue is due to an old file still present.

Edit : To run the mod updater in a console window :

1) In the windows explorer, go into the modsupdater directory and click in the adress bar and type cmd (and then 'enter'). The console opens.

2) Then drag and drop VS_ModsUpdater.exe into the windows console.

3 ) press 'enter'. The script begins

Ok, noticed one weird thing happening. Every mod its causing a error saying there is no modinfo.json in the archive, when i if look in the files, there is. And it goes directly to the error (it doesnt try to update anything else it seems)

Vintage Story Mod Updater - v.1.0.9 by Laerinok

Max game version: Any version

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 476, in <module>
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 352, in mods_list
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 216, in extract_modinfo
File "zipfile.py", line 1664, in extract
File "zipfile.py", line 1703, in _extract_member
File "zipfile.py", line 1476, in getinfo
KeyError: "There is no item named 'modinfo.json' in the archive"
[18860] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

Laerinok

Hi I had a previous version but when I installed the new version I deleted the old file and it the new one never worked. I've done the same with the update you just released and it still doesn't work. I also don't know how to run the mod updater in a console window. I can open the mod updater file but it just closes after loading the first mod or something. I'm not sure what is going on.

Thanks for all the updates!

RachelTGG

Now, with the 1.0.9 you have no limit anymore for mods-exclusion.

The alphabetic sorting is now OK, except for mods whose modname and filename are different. I am working to fix that, but I think I must rewrite a good part of codes. So it's not my priority for now.
If you have other issues don't hesitate to tell me.

Well, my bad. Indeed there is a limit with 10 files for mods exclusion. I will change this to fit the exclusion list's size. I thought I had changed it.
I will check for the order. It's not something I set, but by defaut the sort function is by alphabetical. But what it happens (I think), the mod'sort is by name file, so what you see is sorted by file name. But what is displayed in the windows is the modid, which may be different. For example, the mod YABBA Forge was named before "more molds". So the filename is moremoldsXXXX.zip. In the list it is sorted by the "M" but the displayed name is "Yabba Forge". Morever, if you use cs-file mods, they are sorted after the zip-file. The Step up mod will be displayed at the end of the list. it is due to the fact that at the begining I didn't know there were cs-file. As I can't open them at the same time than the zip-file they come at the end. Since it doesn't change the result, I didn't modify this. But I guess can do something for that.

Weird, both 1 and 2 i was having it not do that. On 1 it seemed to go by order then it started going backwards (comparing to the mod folder that is sorted by name). On 2, i added it and it just ignored it. (and yeah,i do it seems, in total 143 (!) files in the mods folder.

1. What is the order it checks  mods to update : Alphabetical order of mod-file names (I don't remember if zip-files and cs-files are separate or not). It may be different than the mod id.
2. Cant have more than 10 mods on the ignore list. Yes. You can have as much as you want. Just add one line per additional mod (mod11=... / mod12=.../ mod13=....). But you have so much mods to put in this section ?! ;)
3. Can we have a update so it skips mods it cant update and just writes to a log file but doesnt stops updating. I'm not sure. I mean to get the log, I must get before the 2 versions to compare each one, and this is what I can't do with these 2 mods. But If I find a way to get the log, It' will be the same way to get the new file, so...
   I'm gonna try to find a fix. I have some ideas to do this, but it may take some time.

1- What is the order it checks mods to update? because it seems to be going backwards (Z to A instead of A to Z) on giving me errors

2- Cant have more than 10 mods on the ignore list.

3- Can we have a update so it skips mods it cant update and just writes to a log file but doesnt stops updating?

RachelTGG

I am sorry for you, but you will have to DL Medieval Fashion (and vanilla wood) manually . The creator coded these 2 mods in a way to be easier for him to maintain them but in return we're not able to download them automatically.
You must keep it int the [Mod_Exclusion] and DL them manually.

TopOnPC

I tried with your mod's list and I didn't had any issue. So It comes from anoter thing.
Can you try to run it in the conwole windows and then give me the error message please. It would be helpful.

Question : Is it your first DL of modsupdater or you updated it from a previous version ? Because I changed the language file's name in the 1.0.8 and if it is not the new name it crashes.
You must have beside the VS_ModsUpdater.exe these 3 files :

• \lang\english.json
• \lang\french.json
• \lang\russian.json

RachelTGG

I tried with the 4 mods who gave me. The issue comes from "Medieval Fashion" whitch use a bad versioning. I suggest you to add it in the mod exclusion in the config.ini until I find a fix. It will be ignored and you will be able to update other mods.

Just add in the config.ini this line (\AppData\Roaming\VintagestoryData\ModConfig\ModsUpdater\config.ini) :

mod1 = Medieval_Fashion_v-2.01.26-VS-1.18.6-c.zip (or mod2, mod3 if you already add some exclusions)

You always can update it manually, but in this case you should change the name in the config.ini after updating it or you will have this error agin.

Laerinok

List of mods

This is what is in the modinfo.json

{
"type": "code",
"modid": "egocaribautomapmarkers",
"name": "Auto Map Markers",
"authors": [ "egocarib" ],
"description": "Automatically adds map markers to your map when you interact with certain objects. Fully configurable.",
"version": "2.6.0",
"requiredOnServer": true,
"requiredOnClient": true,
"dependencies": {
"game": "1.18.6-rc.2"
}
}

Most recent error:
Vanilla Crate Compatibility: installed version : 1.0.0 - last version : 1.0.0
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 466, in
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 348, in update_mods
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 212, in extract_modinfo
File "zipfile.py", line 1662, in extract
File "zipfile.py", line 1701, in _extract_member
File "zipfile.py", line 1475, in getinfo
KeyError: "There is no item named 'modinfo.json' in the archive"
[24696] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

This same error happens with the other mods mentioned on the other message and many others. Seems to be a bit random? Like mods that have just been updated (Vanilla Variants) do that too.

Laerinok havent changed anything. The latest mod (in the temp file) is Medieval Fashion. It is the one that gives that version number.

A few mods are causing that error:
-Medieval Fashion (either the normal or the vanilla woods version)
-QPTech
-VSBiggerWindmil
-Visible Terra Petra Particles

RachelTGG

It seems to be a versioning issue. The last time I saw this issue was when we write a wrong version max in the config.ini. Did you change it ? If it's you, why this number specifically (The version 2.01.25 seems strange. I think it should be 2.1.25). If not do you know witch mod is involved ? you can see (maybe) in the "temp" directory (beside Modsupdater.exe) in the the modinfo.json.

To be more precise, the max version in the config.ini is the version of Vintage Story (not the one of a mod). So the maximum should be less than actual version of VS. if you want to limit download.

Welp, i get this error after some mods updated
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 466, in <module>
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 365, in update_mods
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 269, in compversion
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 80, in wrapper
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 112, in compare
File "semver\version.py", line 646, in parse
ValueError: 2.01.25 is not valid SemVer string
[2416] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

TopOnPC

Hello,

Most of the time, crashes that occur now are due :

• to a file which is not a zip-file mod or a cs-file mod int he mods directory.
• be sure your internet connection is OK (It's probably the case). As the script doesn't test neither made an error message if there's no internet connection, crash may happen.
• zip-file doesn't always contain a standard modinfo.json. I tried to think all possibilities but I can forget some.
• I can have made mistakes ^^

For more info, you can check ih the temp directory is created and look int he modinfo.json (with  a simple text editor). You will see the name of last mod.

You can also run the script via the cms console. You will see the error message.

You can also send me your mods list and I will ltry.

:)

Hi! When I try to run the mod updater it opens and works for a second but then suddenly closes without any apparent reason. Any idea how to fix this? Thanks!

Localization should now be OK.
If you wish to have your language you can send it to me and I'll add it.

Well It should be OK now.

Moreover, it seems that the script doesn't detect the localization. If there are some russian users, could you tell me if the script detects the right language or if it still in english (v1.0.7)

When I have time, I will make improvements for localization, but for now I focus on fixing bugs ;)

Thauma

You're right. I should change the explication. When I wrote 1.18.x I would say 1.18.1 or 1.18.2, 1.18.3 etc... no the letter X
Maybe I will fix later for use X as a number of version, but for now you should use real numbers ;)

Edit :  Indeed, I should change the way to tell the script the max version...

Until the next fix, if it crashes, you should set the version to something like 1.18.7

[Game_Version_max]

version = 100

version = 1.18.7

OK, I saw where this issue comes from. To fix an issue with the comparison of versions, I use now a module with standard Semantic Versioning. And a version number looks like this : MAJOR.MINOR.PATCH

So either you write your version like this 1.18.7 or you can keep the hight value 100 but in this case you must write : 100.0.0

It will be fixed in the next version.

Latest version crashes when checking versions of any mod, not just the mod mentioned in the log.

Vintage Story Mod Updater (Net4). v.1.0.6 by Laerinok

Max game version: Any version

ABCSReborn: installed version : 0.1.1 - last version : 0.1.1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 458, in
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 370, in update_mods
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 267, in compversion
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 80, in wrapper
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 112, in compare
File "semver\version.py", line 396, in compare
File "semver\version.py", line 646, in parse
ValueError: 100 is not valid SemVer string
[22932] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

EDIT: Assuming that it was because of the version I changed it to 1.18.x and it still crashes, but it seems that the error is somewhere to do with the max version of the game

Vintage Story Mod Updater (Net4). v.1.0.6 by Laerinok

Max game version: 1.18.x

ABCSReborn: installed version : 0.1.1 - last version : 0.1.1
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 458, in <module>
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 370, in update_mods
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 267, in compversion
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 80, in wrapper
File "semver\_deprecated.py", line 112, in compare
File "semver\version.py", line 396, in compare
File "semver\version.py", line 646, in parse
ValueError: 1.18.x is not valid SemVer string
[38712] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

Hi,
Thanks, I am on it. Mathgeniuszach gave me some clues to solve this issue as he was confronted to the same issue. It should befixed in the next version. And russian language will be added (thanks to Vsatan)

Hey there,

So not the most important thing but I noticed that the update for prospecttogether  (https://mods.vintagestory.at/prospecttogether) isn't recognised because of their versioning:

ProspectTogether: installed version : 1.1.0-rc.3 - last version : 1.1.0

All the best

Deathscreton

Thanks a lot for you message ! Glad to see this is useful.

As you said, what I had in mind was the fact I didn't want to do anything to update. Just run the soft and go. 

You emphasise the fact that I should update the description too ! After four updates there are some fixes and additions that might be more indicated

Just wanted to say that this mod has been pretty amazing. Once I got the correct version downloaded and ran, it was literally hands off. The best part was, I was completely unaware of the fact that it will spit out a changelog for everything once done. Imagine my surprise when it did so as I was struggling to open all the browser windows so I could see the changelog myself.

This is great stuff, thank you!

Aksyl

Well I have the UAC with the default settings and I have a standard account (not an admin) and I don't have this issue. Does it always occur with the 1.0.4 ? I fixed an issue.
Which version of Windows do you have ? Maybe the security options are different... I am on Win10.

But at the first run (if the config.ini was not created before) it's normal that the program stop and exit. It is to allow you to modify the config file, if needed, before. You have a message saying the config file was created and that you should run again.

To answer your question, yes my account has wright access, but I use the prompt feature of UAC to warn me if an unauthorized program is attempt to alter files. Sometimes I forget about the directories I use this in as it isn't universally applied.

mohmaniac

It's just an issue with the exit fonction. I don't know why, but as the program would exit in any case, it's not an issue, you can use it. The config.ini file should be created and that is the most important. I will investigate where does this error come from because it didn't happen to me. I'll patch it in the next version (I hope)

EDIT : Fixed in 1.0.4

The first run results in an error message:

E:\Downloads\VS_ModsUpdater.v.1.0.3>VS_ModsUpdater.exe

First execution of the program, creation of the config.ini file done.
Please restart the program (you can add the mods to exclude in the config.ini file before)
Drücken Sie eine beliebige Taste . . .
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "VS_ModsUpdater.py", line 115, in <module>
NameError: name 'exit' is not defined
[4732] Failed to execute script 'VS_ModsUpdater' due to unhandled exception!

Is this an issue?

Aksyl

Is the directory where is the VS_ModsUpdater.exe read-only or you can write in ? Because the script needs to create a temp directory to extract the modinfo.json. It's the only reason I see for the moment. Maybe your profile has no rights to write in this directory but in Admin it's OK.

@Laerinok It created the folders and config but just closed after. Subsequent runs caused it to just close immediately until running it through cmd.

Had to run as admin, d'oh

I've made a quick release for Net7 version. It's the same that the v1.0.3 but with the path for NET7 version.

Next I will make a unique file for both, but I won't have the time this weekend.

@Loco

Well, I need to put another path for the net7 version. While waiting for my change, maybe you can rename VintagestoryData\Mods in VintagestoryData\Mods_ (or what you want), then create a new Mods folder and put inside the net7 mods. Update them and put thme back in the right net7 folder. Once done, you can  use again mods folder for net4 mods.

But I probably will make changes this aftermoon so You can just wait a while ;)

I have several versions on my pc. It updated the wrong version. I have a net4 version that it updated and a net7 version it did not update. The net 7 version is installed VintagestoryDataNet7. How can I get it to update the right place?

Secular12

You can now choose the version of the game via the config.ini file.

It's only for updates, I don't know if I can do for a downgrade.

New version online.

Now you can choose the maximum version of the game (set it in the config.ini file).

You must delete the old config.ini file before runs this release, or you can add this section:

[Game_Version_max]
# Select the desired game version (ex: 100, 1.18, 1.18.x). default: 100 (to have all versions)
version = 100

Aksyl

Strange issue. I've never had it. Do you have an error message or it just closes ?
The program doesn't create a VintagestoryData\ModsUpdater directory but \VintagestoryData\ModConfig\ModsUpdate

It seems that the program doesn't find the VintageStory mods directory.

Can you confirm that you have a \VintagestoryData\ModConfig\ModsUpdate directory with a config.ini file ? and that the section [ModPath] in config.ini has the right value for 'path'

Another question, what is the language of your system ? Maybe there are some special characters that are unrecognized.

If needed you can DM me on on discord (same pseudo on the VS server)

I couldn't get this to work by just running the executable, I had to:

1. go to cmd
2. type cd (VintagestoryData\ModsUpdater directory)
3. tell cmd to run the executable

Well, I'll see what I can do.

Is there any chance that before 1.19 comes out you can add a kind of configuration to only allow mods to update based on a version of the game it supports. Because I feel like when 1.19 comes out we won't want to update everything until a majority have updated? Also "rolling back" based on the game version support would be awesome too. So, for instance if I run for a newer version of the game, find out there is a bug, then set the config for this to a previous version of the game and then the it will roll things back? I know it is a lot to ask but some food for thought to be prepped for when 1.19 comes out.

BlueBottle

Glad you enjoy it ! 😃

@Laerinok

Wow, thats exactly what i was hoping for! thanks very much

BlueBottle

It's possible. I can scrap the page and get the changelog. But I don't know how will be the consequence on the speed of the script (it will take more time to execute). But I could set an option in the config.ini to disable this option by defaut, and those who want it just have to enable.

I'll think about it

@Laerinok

Thanks for the fix and nice work on this.

No idea how hard it would be or if its even possible, would if be possible to pull the contents of the changelog for the updated mods?

Would be amazing to see this under the updated mods in the updated section.

OK. I see. I think I could add something for that.

It's on my to do list

StepUp for example

OK. I will what I ça do. If you could give me a name of a such mod, I will have à look. 

Thanks

Laerinok They have ModInfoAttribute which contains modid, name etc.

DanaCraluminum I don't how mods works. But my script checks the modinfo.json in the zip-file and check the lastest version with the api. 

How cs-mod are packaged ?

Issues from checking version should be fixed.

For mods with incomplete modinfo.json file, I cannot do anything. I have set an error message when occurs. You could try to ask modder to put the right key 'moddid' in the modinfo.json

I have change the directory name. So delete the old directory if you have the previous version.

Thanks to BlueBottle for his report

Is it compatible with mods that are just a single .cs file?

BlueBottle

Hello,

Ok. I see what is the problem. the version number contains letters in addition to numbers so it cannot compare the version and... crashes. I think it's the problem.

Thanks.

EDIT : In fact, there are two distinct issues:

• version number with digit AND letters (like RC, pre-) so the script doesn't compare versions. (fixing in progress)
• Some rare modders doesn't set the 'modid" key in the modinfo.json. Therefore I'm not be able to get the version from the api. It's the case for Arachnid Replacer, Farmland Drop. I've added an error info when it occurs.

Hello there,

I seem to be getting quite a few errors including

"Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP.py", line 225, in <module>
File "Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP.py", line 164, in compversion
File "Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP.py", line 164, in <listcomp>
ValueError: invalid literal for int() with base 10: '0-rc'
[25940] Failed to execute script 'Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP' due to unhandled exception!"

and

Traceback (most recent call last):
File "Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP.py", line 222, in <module>
KeyError: 'mod'
[2356] Failed to execute script 'Vintage_Story_ModUPdate_V4_WIP' due to unhandled exception!

After excluding the following it finished successfully

BetterFirepit.zip (..net7)
ACulinaryArtillery 1.0.12_RC.zip (.net7 and crashed)
AnvilMetalRecovery_V0.1.19-pre.1_Debug.zip (crashed)
arachnidreplacer.zip (crashed)
Bullseye_2.5.0-rc.1.zip (crashed)
FarmlandDropsSoil-VS1.15-v1.4.0.zip (crashed)

Indeed it is a point of view. But I don't share it. Yes it's an easy way, just to click one button. But you have to go to the site, check which mod have been updated. That's OK for 5 mods. But 70+, I don't feel like to spend my time at chekcking and clicking.

And Moreover, as I've said, it originally was an exercise for me. And then I decided to share it.

You may not like the idea, but auto-update is a lack for many players I know.

Because of the great way the official mod site is laid out. It is no problem to pop in for 5 minutes a day just before you start playing and update anything that has changed.

And check out anything that is new.

And doing it that way has the benefit that you can avoid updating when the mod changes in a way you don't like.

Araiye

Well I don't know. what kind of server ? I mean, it's just an executable file for Windows. So if you can run the software on the server it should be able to update mods.

I see several cases:

• You play with "open to internet". Your PC is the server, so you will be able to update mods with the software.
• You have a dedicated server (Windows) at home. Same as above. Just run  it on your server
• You have a paid dedicated server. I don't know which tree structure where is used for vintagestorydata. If it is the case, maybe you could tell me the absolute path ? (but I guess it's the same). But in anyway If you cannot run a program on the server, It will be impossible, I think.
• And as it's a windows software, if the server runs under linux, indeed that's a problem. But it's a python script, so I could try to create something running for linux.

As I said, I am learning python. So I don't know if I will able to do something. But I will look for.

Can you create a server-side version of this? That would be amazing if you could!