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Verify Integrity of Installation from Guides

Jul 13th, 2018
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  1. Random thoughts about the utility:
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  3. What an user usually do when following a mod guide is this:
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  5. Read instructions from Guide
  6. Go to Nexus' page of requiered mods
  7. If MO is used for downloading the mods
  8. Then
  9. The mod files and the .meta are stored in the MO's Download folder
  10. Else
  11. Only the mod files are stored in a harddrive folder
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  13. Now you have the following possible outcomes for the files downloaded:
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  15. 1. Mod files with the original name or a different name
  16. 2. .meta files with info or no .meta files
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  18. Mod author provides the template with the required mods for download
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  20. The APP check in the user download directory to check if the required mods are downloaded
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  22. The APP tells the user what mods are missing
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  24. Now the user starts installing the mods according to the guide.
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  26. The user chooses the mod installer and do the procces, here the user should use the suggested name for the mod in the guide
  27. but sometime the user use another name.
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  29. The APP check in the user MO's mods folder the installed mods and check the required mods installed.
  30. The APP will tell the user what mods are missing for installation and if any mod is installed different to the guide.
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  32. The user usually runs LOOT for plugin sorting, however sometimes specific plugin order is required.
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  34. The APP check in the user MO's profile folder for the avaliable plugins and loadorder.
  35. The APP will tell the user what plugins are missing and ideally from what MOD and also checks the order and inform the user what is different from the guide.
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  37. The APP also could check for integrity of the whole or partial installation using a calculated HASH for the MODs installed.
  38. That way, one can check if the mods were installed exactly like the guide instructed.
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