ACCEPTED Grass Cache Helper NG (by Shizof)

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19 hours ago, Mercury71 said:

Would this go in 03 - Resources?

 

14 hours ago, DoubleYou said:

I would say 02 - Extenders.

 

Our Flowchart definitions let NGIO fit into all of these ModGroups, but the 'flow' itself matches 19-Utilities first. GCH matches 02-Extenders first.

Lighting and Weather as well as Post Processing mods are exceptions to the 'flow', but we do have a number of mods outside of those optional ModGroups that break from that flow (particularly in 09-Fixes and 16-Interface)

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• GCF NGIO --> produces LO-specific output that is itself used in another mod and provides hard-coded INI settings (should probably be in 09-Utilities, since it matches that MG first)
• GCH --> produces LO-specific output that is itself used in another mod via script and dynamically adjusts INI settings (should probably be in 02-Extenders, since it matches that MG first)
• NGIO GCF --> provides dummy grass cache files and provides hard-coded INI settings (produces no output)... so is effectively 03-Resources in this respect, but it also adds a plugin to make changes, which precludes it from 03-Resources (but this is still the best MG)

We're evidently letting 09 - Fixes and 16 - Interface override the flow if the mods perform a fix or alter the interface. In other words, 'function' overrides 'form' for these (like Gameplay mods). We should probably update the Flowchart to reflect for consistency.

[DoubleYou]

You are confusing NGIO with GCH above. NGIO would be Utilities and GCH would be Extenders. GCH doesn't generate any files, whereas NGIO does (the grass cache).

 

GCF was a resource because it provided files (blank grass cache files) that are needed to use gid grass cache. 

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8 hours ago, DoubleYou said:

You are confusing NGIO with GCH above. NGIO would be Utilities and GCH would be Extenders. GCH doesn't generate any files, whereas NGIO does (the grass cache).

 

GCF was a resource because it provided files (blank grass cache files) that are needed to use gid grass cache. 

Yep, I pulled the old switcheroo. Will correct this.