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Description

After uploading my mod and then closing workbench, my project folder has been completely emptied. Every time I have published a new version, the directory (and everything in it) gets forced into read-only mode and I have to clone all the files into a new directory. This time, it just deleted everything in the directory. Is there a fix for this and is there any way I can get my files back?

The only thing I've done differently with this mod is that I once had to abort publishing it and I also once changed the windows directory name.

Details

Severity
Minor
Resolution
Open
Reproducibility
N/A
Operating System
Windows 11 x64
Category
General
Steps To Reproduce

Publish new version
Close workbench
Open workbench
Files read-only or deleted entirely.

Event Timeline

Geez changed the task status from New to Need More Info.Apr 23 2024, 6:28 PM
Geez added a subscriber: Geez.

Hello Schwarzenheimer.
What did you set as "Output folder" in "Pack Project"?

Hi Geez, thanks for the response.

I'm not sure what changed, but I restarted my workbench and my mod files have reappeared. Although, they are still locked as read-only.

Where can I find "Pack Project"? Sorry, I'm somewhat new to this.

Shwarzenheimer added a comment.EditedApr 23 2024, 10:42 PM

Actually, I just noticed another one of my mods is completely gone from the directory. It seems to happen after I hit publish.

Geez added a comment.Apr 25 2024, 1:08 PM

Pack Project == "Publish to Workshop" in Resource Manager

I was linking my mods manually by loading the -addonsDir in steam for testing and I think that when the game would update a mod, it would wipe the old one from the addons directory, if it was in there.

Geez added a comment.May 6 2024, 11:43 AM

addonsDir adds mods to addon list. If you are using folder, where mods downloaded from workshop are loaded then it is basically telling engine to read data from there, instead from his project folder. You should stop using addonsDir and use https://community.bistudio.com/wiki/Arma_Reforger:Mod_Project_Setup#Adding_Other_Existing_Projects this instead and make sure that read only version of is not listed in Enfusion Workbench Launcher