This tool allows packing VDF/MOD files for the Gothic Game series (Gothic 1 & 2)
Help output
> vdfsbuilder.exe -h
example:
vdfsbuilder.exe [options] *.vm
options:
-b string
base directory (substitution for ".\")
-o string
override output filepath
-ts string
a Timestamp in the format "YYYY-MM-dd HH:mm:ss". E.g "2021-11-28 12:31:40"
Given the following Scripts.vm file, a call to this tool might look like this:
Scripts.vm
[BEGINVDF]
Comment=This is a comment for the VDF that will be generated
BaseDir=.\
VDFName=.\Scripts.vdf
[FILES]
# Try to include everything from _WORK\*
_Work\*
*.md -r
[EXCLUDE]
DESKTOP.INI -r
# exclude all *.md & *.txt files
*.md
*.txt
[INCLUDE]
# after excluding, allow README.md if it's in BaseDir
README.md
# also allow all ocurrences of "notes.txt" in every subdirectory or BaseDir
notes.txt -r
[ENDVDF]Commandline call:
overriden "BaseDir"
|| || custom output filename
\/ \/ \/ custom timestamp \/ Path to the vm file
> vdfsbuilder.exe -b "C:\modding\gothic\" -o "Scripts v44.vdf" -ts "2033-12-31 23:56:33" Scripts.vmSee here for a full example with versioning and publishing a release:
https://github.com/kirides/ninja-manareg/blob/master/.github/workflows/release-linux.yml
name: Build Vdf
# on:
# ...
jobs:
build:
runs-on: ubuntu-latest
steps:
- name: Checkout
uses: actions/checkout@v4
- uses: kirides/vdfsbuilder@bf80e39372967d9b473f3e1e6520e725e602f73e
with:
in: example.vm
# out: custom_name.vdf # optional
# baseDir: src # optional
# ts: '2037-01-01 12:00:00' # optional
- name: Upload artifacts
uses: actions/upload-artifact@v3
with:
name: dist
path: example.vdf # name of the vdf file