VaM 1.x How do yall store Var's, In folders organized or just piled in addonpackages folder????(Answered)

[SWEETS]

How do yall store Var's, In folders organized or just piled in addonpackages folder????

Genuine question

 

[SlimerJSpud]

Creating subfolders in AddonPackages is a good way to end up with duplicate files, which will likely break things. I don't. YMMV.

 

[murn]

I have each creator in their own subfolder. I don't separate things like looks, scenes, clothing tho; use to but don't anymore.

 

[SWEETS]

Creating subfolders in AddonPackages is a good way to end up with duplicate files, which will likely break things. I don't. YMMV.

so just all in addonpackages correct? just to be clear *my bad*

 

[SWEETS]

I have each creator in their own subfolder. I don't separate things like looks, scenes, clothing tho; use to but don't anymore.

love it thank, im like been using this for years and did exactlky what yall said not to do, i am an idiot no more

 

[atani]

I do subfolders based on type of VAR content, like looks, plugins, etc. This is purely a file manager option to manage my VARs, which I do manually, keep only the latest versions and extensively remove and alter the VARs.
Duplicate VARs are ignored by VAM but they're a waste of space and show up in the Error Log. Should you take up subfolder use, duplicated VARs won't break anything and their overall impact is negligible, but you should still try to avoid them.
There's a bonus to doing this that wasn't mentioned, is that if you move VARs to specific places you get a good idea of what VARs you have, from what creator and what the're for. That knowledge is useful too.

 

[SlimerJSpud]

so just all in addonpackages correct? just to be clear *my bad*

Yeah, I just leave everything in the AddonPackages folder. I often look for things I don't want anymore and either delete them, or stuff them in a folder Vam doesn't look in. Since every var name starts with the creator's name, I see no advantage in subfolders. Windows Explorer sorting by name, date, and the search function serve me well enough.