kellyelton/OCTGN — Issue #29: recompile card database / refresh installed files button
Author: brine
Created: 2012-01-31 16:22:01+00:00
State: open

If you make any non-image changes to a set file, those changes won’t be seen in the deck editor or play zone unless you reinstall that file. Probably because the card data is recorded into the database file.

If a “refresh installed files” button were added, it would re-write the database file to include any changes made to the set files without having to reinstall them. In addition, if the set file is no longer in the original location (the user moved, renamed, or deleted it) this button would prompt the user to relocate the file in a explorer window.

So a button like this would be useful in fixing several known issues at once.

https://octgn.16bugs.com/projects/3602/bugs/167283

This would also fix issues with OCTGN's card database corrupting. I get several crash reports from the forum and chatroom, where the "fix" is to delete the database and reinstall the game and set definitions.

The refresh button would hopefully be able to rewrite the database if necessary, so users don't have to go into OCTGN's hidden files and start deleting things.