Question Managing/Removing unused vars/dependencies

[lararage]

Is there a simple way of managing addon content?
I've built up quite a lot over the past few years and want to remove some that I don't use. Besides going through each scenes, looks, clothing, hair etc, is there any other way of doing this that also looks at dependencies, or identifies and unused/ redundant addons?

Using the built in Package Manager can be a bit clunky.. Any advice or solutions to best practice when it comes to this?
Thanks

 

[TToby]

Hi @lararage,
this is a very good, but unfortunately not an easy question.
A tool like this was asked for several times and ther are many threads, but till now,
there is IMHO still not a satisfactory answer.
Meanwhile, there are some approaches and tools, but nothing I would suggest completely without doubsts and with a quiet conscience.
Here are some links to let you decide for yourselve.

Deleting older VAR versions

Hi Is there a tool or a batch (power-shell) script or Total Commander plug-in that would automatically delete all older versions of a VAR package in a specified folder, and leave the latest version? For example, there are following packages in a folder: KajaGoo.BestSceneEver.1.var...

hub.virtamate.com

Tool - Varbsorb

Varbsorb Get rid of Virt-A-Mate Custom and Saves files that have been made available in a .var file. This will send duplicates to your recycle bin (you can empty it after once you're happy with the result) and update .json files so they...

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[Tool] Dependencies fixing and resolving tool

Being sick of lots of missing resources in VAM error log (due to saves from Easy Mate) I've created a simple tool, that fixes a lot of problems. Currently: - it gathers all "cs", "cslist", "dll", "png", "tif", "vmb", "vap", "vaj", "vmi", "vam", "vac", "assetbundle", "mp3", "wav" file locations...

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For all those approaches: make sure you have made a copy of all your important stuff!

 

[Fferrett]

GitHub - feelfar/varManager: varManager

I've been using this for quite a while to manage Var bloat. It's certainly not perfect, but it works for me. Let's hope that MeshedVR integrates a better content management aspect in 2.0 and doesn't just fawn over new softtech in the models.

 

[lararage]

Thanks for the links both, something I can try. appreciate it

 

[TToby]

You are welcome