VaM 1.x "clean" delete duplicate, and re-arrange VAR files help.

[plopy]

Im looking for the easiest way to "clean" my VAM Addon folder who is starting to be a mess, i have a lot of duplicate cloth for some reason etc.
Im using BrowserAssist to make some sorting, but I noticed it didn't deleted everything related to a var for some reason.

If you guys have some easy solution, im all ears

 

[SlimerJSpud]

A lot of creators repackaged existing resources for their own convenience, probably to avoid having a dependency that might be removed and break their scene or look. Vam does have a terrible problem with duplicate resources. There is no simple fix. You could start by figuring out which vars you really don't need and deleting them, or moving them to a holding area outside Vam until you're sure it's safe to delete them. Duplicate hair is just as big a problem. Go search for "Lee Pompadour" under male hair to see what I mean.

 

[plopy]

This is already what im doing, but its very tedious and takes so much time...

 

[SlimerJSpud]

My updated version of the list all dependencies script may help. You need to have Python installed to run it. I use this a lot to figure out vars that nothing else depends on.

Script for listing all dependencies

I've found what looks like a bug in the script. If a custom preset exists, the script seems to skip, or not report actual var dependencies. The first pass below is with the preset removed. The second pass is after I put it back in Custom/Atom/Empty. This tripped me up a couple of times. I use...

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