# Paradox Mod Merger
A piece of shitty code i wrote to simplify merging Paradox Interacive's game modifications. 
Works for HOI4 and Stellaris.  

## Installation
1. install 7z and add it to path
2. install dotnet7.0 sdk  
3. copy `Makefile` in a new directory where mod merging will be happening
4. set `CSPROJ_FILE` and `WORKSHOP_DIR` in `Makefile`
5. Build mod merger and copy it to your directory. On windows use `/usr/bin/make` (from MSYS2 repository) instead of `/mingw64/bin/make`
    ```shell
    make update_merger
    ```
6. Prepare directories for each mod cathegory
    ```shell
    make create_dirs
    ```
7. Copy mods from workshop directory to human-readable directories.
	Automatically deletes trash files mod developers forgot about. Downloads mod descriptions from steam workshop.
    ```shell
    make clear_workshop
    ```
8. Copy mods from src/ to separate/ according to their cathegory.
    - Example: `src/src_1999.12.31/Merger of rules` -> `separate/pre/Merger of rules`

9. Now you can merge each cathegory using command `make <cathegory>`. See other options of **stellasis-mod-merger** by command `./merger -h`.

## dir structure
```xpath
separate/ mods sorted by categories
├── content/ 
├── graphics/
├── localisation/
├── post/
├── pre/
├── ui/
└── unused/                 
src/                      
├── src_yyy.MM.dd_hh-mm-ss/  
│   └── ... unsorted mods copied from steam workshop copied by clean_workshop task   
└── ...  
merged/
└── ... merged mod categories
````