modMerge.js

[Fader_Berg]

modMerge.js appends your mods menu_1024_768.ini items to the users customized one without a fuzz, (well not for sure - it's still in alpha stadium - but almost).
Read the source for more details... and see http://www.subsim.com/radioroom/showthread.php?t=166246 for an example.

Features:
- Appends items to respective group by giving it the next free item number.
- Generates a new ItemID if necessary.
- If a new object got the same name as a existing one, the user gets a question whether to replace or append the object.

Instructions:
To install ModMerge, simply put the modMerge.js script in your SH3 directory.

To merge a mod, drag and drop the mods *-objects.ini file on to the modMerge script. It will merge, (or replace) the new objects in a new menu_1024_768.ini file. It will not overwrite your existing one. That part will be left for JSGME.
The new menu file will be created in .\data\Menu from where the *-objects.ini file is located. If the path exists that is, otherwise it will be created in the same directory as the *-objects.ini file. So...

A good way to install a mod that supports modMerge is...

1. Unzip the mod into your MODS folder.
2. Drag and drop the *-objects.ini file on to the modMerge script.
3. Enable the mod in JSGME.


Download here.

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0.3.1
    - Changed the ini parsing method.
 
      Before the items in ini-files had to be separated with one empty
      line. This is no longer necessary.
 
0.3.0
    - Changed the way modMerge treats the SH3 path.
 
      Before modMerge used the installation register value to find out
      where SH3 was installed. This was a problem with multiple installs.
      From now on, modMerge expect to be located in the SH3 directory and
      simply uses the menu.ini-file for that particular installation.