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Smashpatch
Thanks for creating a product that (combined with subjecting myself to truly doing every single step in the S.T.E.P. guide, presently https://wiki.step-project.com/STEP:2.2.9.2) accidentally made me go where my brain refused to go before: into somewhat understanding which files tend to be in mod archives (from the Nexus, mostly), so which files do what and tend to "overwrite" one another from one mod package to another... to another. I can almost see "the big picture" of mod files, thanks to MO.
But I still can't do what I want/need to be able to do, that I think many others will also find crazy useful (and crazy handy too) to be able to do: open mods in the left pane no differently than we can (with arrows and checkboxes next to each file and folder) see and do with each mod when installing them (via the "Manual" button or if MO can't find the mod archive's data folder).
Without the dialog box/window, the interface used to install mods (not right-click, "Information..." > "Filetree". It has no checkboxes to select/deselect any file or folder as the installer interface does and it's also disconnected and unintuitive compared to what I'm proposing), I'd like to see that same internal interface used in the left MO pane by putting an arrow graphic to the left of each mod's checkbox (left pane) so that we can "open" any mod right in the left pane to see what's in its belly (but with no dialog window; just with folders and files inside an open mod displayed right in the left pane as a filetree under the mod's main folder), and with the ability to open two or more mods/folders at the same time in the left pane to compare files and (at minimum) "manually"/tediously be able to see files inside two or more mods are conflicting; right in the left pane.
If the icons/flags for "Overwrites files", "Overwritten files", "Overwrites & Overwritten", "Redundant" (and any more there may be) could also be "choosy" once a mod is "opened" in the left pane (once the new arrows next to each mod's checkbox are clicked on; or double-click, which currently opens the "Information..." interface with the "INI-files" tab selected in my MO. I don't know why double-clicking on a mod would open an ini file interface), so that we could see which mod(s) or even which file(s) (and/or entire folder(s)) in one or more other mods are being overwritten or are doing the overwriting.
Having those icons ("Flags") appear on just about every mod doesn't tell me anything but that I have the typical mess of "conflicting" mods (possibly; it depends if I want to "overwrite", which should be called "override" or "overridden" because MO doesn't overwrite anything, or none of this major bonus feature contemplating would be possible).
By default, I guess it's fine if it's all that can be done at present... a glyph/icon ("Flag") that shows me that just about every mod I've installed is overriding files in who knows what mod(s) above it, and has files of its own that are being overridden by who knows what mod(s) below it. :)
I think that just a single-click/select one mod should put the focus on that mod and then only show the "Overrides files", "Overridden files", "Overrides & Overridden", etc. ("Flags") that are relevant (if any) to the selected mod should be displayed... which would be a gift from the heavens. Imagine those flags changing every time we selected a given mod, clearly showing us which other mod(s) above had files being overridden by the selected mod, and which mod(s) below had files that were being overridden by the currently-selected mod... along with the ability to "open" any number of mods right in the left pane (via a new arrow graphic to the left of each mod's checkbox or double-clicking on it, which always means "open", but not currently in MO) to see exactly which files were conflicting with one another... and via checkboxes, to be able to select or deselect any file or folder "in" any given mod, to resolve conflicts. It would be heavenly. :)
We might actually be able to see what we're doing for the first time ever, effortlessly with an interface that just makes sense.
"Hiding" files is very awkward and the interface is totally disconnected (hidden), when it can be in plain view in the left pane and using checkboxes to "hide/unhide".
Even if MO has to rename files behind-the-scenes so that Skyrim ignores them, that still belongs backstage behind the curtains. MO doesn't (visibly to users) rename mods that are "hidden"/deselected/unchecked via checkboxes in the left pane, so it should be no different with files and folders in mods... that it just makes sense to be able to open easily from the left pane.
Edited by SmashpatchThanks for reading and for any feedback.
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