Originally Posted By: near_blind
Originally Posted By: Linebacker

What does it take to get a “SimHQ_” tacked onto the front of the SimHQ mod folder names around here?!


1) Unpack the modpack using your compression library of choice in a place that is not your Arma 3 install.
2) Right-click the folder you want to rename and select rename from the right-click menu.
3) The entire folder name will be highlighted, click in front of the folder name, but after the @ sign to de-highlight the name.
4) Type SimHQ_.
5) Hit enter on the keyboard.
6) Repeat steps 2-5 as needed for each folder.
7) Copy the the folders into your Arma 3 install.

Sarcasm aside, it's not unreasonable to expect a player that runs multiple modpacks to be able to self manage versioning conflicts between them.


Getting this thread back on track (I think it’s gone off the rails) ...

I just realized the steps above are a complete waste of time.

You just have to create a folder in your root ARMA3 folder called SHQV4 (or whatever) and move any mods you want to keep separate there (which would be all the mod folders included in the SHQV4 download).

This bypasses having to change the folder names and keeps authors who don’t want their folder names changed happy.

Maybe the mods in any future SHQ offerings could be structured this way, for example, all the mod folders contained in a root SHQV5 folder. Install the SHQV5 folder to your root ARMA3 folder and Bob's your uncle! smile