CindersManager

This script is a result of using ChatGPT to help me organize my idea for managing my Cinders for DarkSoulsIII. OG script is included for historical purposes, that I tried writing, badly, and use registry keys :KEKW:

CindersManager.bat is the new script written with the help of ChatGPT, can probably still be improved.

Pre-Req's for Script Use

Needs to live in DARK SOULS III\ Folders that must exist inside of DARK SOULS III, DARK SOULS III\Game,DARK SOULS III\Mods,DARK SOULS III\Mods\Cinders,DARK SOULS III\Saves, DARK SOULS III\Saves\Clean, DARK SOULS III\Saves\Cinders (create them if they don't exist) - this script won't touch the actual Cinders folder in DARK SOULS III\Game\Cinders

Instructions READ FIRST AND CAREFULLY

Purpose

This script is intended for the people who switch between two Steam Accounts in order to play Cinders and not incur a softban on their primary account. I use https://github.com/TCNOco/TcNo-Acc-Switcher because it is godtier

How Saves are Handled

Saves are kept in %appdata%\DarkSoulsIII and the game creates a folder with long string as a name, associated to the currently logged in Steam Account Make note of which folder is your "Clean" save (non-Cinders steam account) and which is your "Cinders" save (Cinders steam account) Stay in your current Steam account, launch DS3 without Cinders, Copy your "Clean" save folder to DARK SOULS III\Saves\Clean from %appdata%\DarkSoulsIII, delete after copying. Switch to Cinders Steam account, launch DS3 with Cinders, copy your "Cinders" save folder to DARK SOULS III\Saves\Cinders from %appdata%\DarkSoulsIII, delete after copying. You should have two folders inside of Dark Souls III\Saves, Clean and Cinders and they both contain differently named save folders that match each Steam profile.

Setup & Use

The script lives at the root of your Dark Souls III folder. It will look for paths Game, Mods/Cinders, and Saves. EBABLE / DISABLE - It will move the Cinders mod files (not the Mod folder itself in Game but modengine and hoodie dll/ini), in and out of Game and Mods\Cinders

Enabling will copy the current "Clean" save folder from %appdata%\DarkSoulsIII to your Dark Souls III\Saves\Clean path, move modengine.ini, hoodiepatcher.ini, etc from Mods\Cinders to Game (thus enabling the mod) and remind you to switch Steam logins, as well as copy your "Cinders" save folder from Saves\Cinders to %appdata%\DarkSoulsIII

Disabling will do the same the opposite, your previously copied Cinders save is copied back to DARK SOULS III\Saves\Cinders, your DARK SOULS III\Saves\Clean save is copied back, the mod files are moved out of Game back to Mods\Cinders.