Teg_Navanis
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Actually, all three options are problematic.
You have pointed out the disadvantage of the regular art folders (i.e. the way I did the Switzerland Mod) before.
The disadvantage of having the art files in the Modules folder is that you can no longer freely change the folder structure for the different modules, since you would have to correct all references to the art files after moving them around.
With PakBuild, you add an additional barrier to accessing the files, which is bad for people who either want to quickly tweak a mod, copy parts of it or simply explore it on their own to learn how it was made.
Does packing only the art files work? If yes, that would be a good compromise IMHO. The fact that you cannot 'just delete one file' is no big issue if you pack all files of your module into a single subfolder.
A quick note to your comment about packing all schemata into a separate FPK: as Impaler pointed out, different modules could use different schemata. Hence, redundancy is actually a good thing.
You have pointed out the disadvantage of the regular art folders (i.e. the way I did the Switzerland Mod) before.
The disadvantage of having the art files in the Modules folder is that you can no longer freely change the folder structure for the different modules, since you would have to correct all references to the art files after moving them around.
With PakBuild, you add an additional barrier to accessing the files, which is bad for people who either want to quickly tweak a mod, copy parts of it or simply explore it on their own to learn how it was made.
Does packing only the art files work? If yes, that would be a good compromise IMHO. The fact that you cannot 'just delete one file' is no big issue if you pack all files of your module into a single subfolder.
A quick note to your comment about packing all schemata into a separate FPK: as Impaler pointed out, different modules could use different schemata. Hence, redundancy is actually a good thing.