messy plugins folder

[monino87 0]

Hello!! One year ago i downloaded some patches and i added them in the plugins folder. Unfortunately now i can't see in the folder which files i put in it and i don't remember which they are..... I wonder if I colud find a programme which could help me tiding the folder up, something that could manage things better! can anyone suggest me??

Thanks a lot!

[earwax_man 18]

I'd pay someone for a programme like this

[JakeMD 107]

It looks like the link above was broken..

Here's the link

[Darth Apple 54]

try this:

0.

create a complete backup of your plugins folder , just to be safe.

0.5 READ the step above , its important.

1.

every time you delete a mod , put it in a special folder , if you need it again , just refer to this.(also , make one sub-folder for each category in this special folder.)

2.

organize in category based-named folder what you can deduce by looking at the names , do as much as you can ahead of time , put all category based folders in another sub-folder named so you can have all progress separate.

3.

make a log of all the files in the plugins folder... it sounds hard , but it can be helpful for the next steps.

4.

run any uninstallers in your plugins folder , one at a time , see what files are gone , reinstall them in catagory-based named folders in your plugins folder(this helps you see what some of the files are , so you can move them.)

5.

re-download all the plugins you know you have... search for these files(looking for the same files in the re-downloaded plugin) and move them to category-based-named folders.

6.

look for read-me files , and try to organize from what you can see here.

6.5

read step 0 , make sure its done!!!!!!

7.

of the remaining plugins , remove ONE of them , and test your cities , and see what has change , try to figure out what the plugin is by that , and move them accordingly.

8.

repeat th steps above until your plugins folder is complete.

9.

place all remaining plugins in a folder named "Other".

10.

place all read-me or manual files in a folder named "manuals".

last of all , don't mess up your plugins folder again!

Hope this helps.

[earwax_man 18]

Wow.

That's just crazy.

[Darth Apple 54]

well , it might be worth it if your plugins folder is really bad... you don't need a program.

I have done a lot of what i\s above on my own , but only to about 50% of its intensity , maybe I don't know what its really like to do all that... but I know how it feels to have a pretty bad folder...

It might take about 24 hours , but it is probably worth it!

ps:

the bsc cleantool helps get rid of old dependancies , its over at sc4devotion.com

you have to register once for the lex , and once for the forums , but its worth it!

Hope this helps.