After recent hotfix update to the workbench tool, a new issue appeared that causes a crash on startup while running in filepatching mode with mods loaded.
Snippet from RPT logs of workbench (Full RPT + MDMP attached)
21:32:44.989 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (299 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\VPPDeathmatch/d\entities\scriptedlightbase\spotlightbase\carlightbase\carrearlightbase\offroadhatchbackrearlight.cscripts/4_World/entities\scriptedlightbase\spotlightbase\carlightbase\carrearlightbase\offroadhatchbackrearlight.c" 21:32:44.989 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (308 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\Profiles\Users\DaOne/rld\entities\scriptedlightbase\spotlightbase\carlightbase\carrearlightbase\offroadhatchbackrearlight.cscripts/4_World/entities\scriptedlightbase\spotlightbase\carlightbase\carrearlightbase\offroadhatchbackrearlight.c" 21:32:44.991 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (281 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\VPPAdminTools/d\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.c" 21:32:44.991 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (281 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\VPPDeathmatch/d\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.c" 21:32:44.991 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (290 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\Profiles\Users\DaOne/rld\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitepainkillertablets.c" 21:32:45.10 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (287 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\VPPDeathmatch/scripts\4_World\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitevitaminbottle.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitevitaminbottle.c" 21:32:45.10 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (282 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\Profiles\Users\DaOne/rld\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitevitaminbottle.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\singleuse\medical\actionforcebitevitaminbottle.c" 21:32:45.21 [ERROR] File path exceeds max filename length. (283 > 280) "C:\Program Files (x86)\Steam\steamapps\common\DayZ Tools\Bin\Workbench\VPPDeathmatch/scripts\4_World\classes\useractionscomponent\actions\continuous\medical\actioncollectsampletarget.cscripts/4_World/classes\useractionscomponent\actions\continuous\medical\actioncollectsampletarget.c" =======================================================
This exact setup (rolling back to older version) works fine. This setup uses Symbolic & hard links between directories