Is it possible to rename 3rd party mods?

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  1. marvelharvey

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    Occasionally I find 3rd party mods challenging to locate in rFactor2 due to some odd naming conventions. For example:

    -A thread is then posted to announce 'Supercar GTX67 1.0 download available!'
    -The downloaded filename is called GTX67.zip
    -The rfcmp is called Supercar_v1.0.rfcmp
    -It appears in mod manager as marvelharvey_SC_GTX
    -Finally, the in game menu item is hidden under 'Expensive Road Cars'> V12s > GTX67

    I'm an idiot and the inconsistancy makes my brain confused, so I'd like to rename everything to something like:

    -Keep the rfcmp file the same 'Supercar_v1.0.rfcmp'
    -In mod manager it appears as 'Supercar_v1.0'
    -In game it appears under 'Supercar' menu as 'Supercar_v1.0'

    Is this kind of editing possible? How would one go about repackaging 3rd party mods? I only race against the AI, so I'm not bothered about breaking online.
     
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  2. PRC Steve

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    +10000000000000000........

    was the same in rfactor1. I don't know why modder do that [​IMG]
     
  4. marvelharvey

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    Hopefully there's a way. As due to their menu-names, I keep forgetting that I've certain mods installed. Fingers crossed there's a solution.
     
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  5. pay2021

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    You have to unpack the _teams.mas and edit the .veh files, then take all .mas files from mod and pack them with MAS2 tool, there you put the names you want.
     
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    ... and you have to edit the *.rfm file, if it exists, for the mod name, but all that can only be done when the MAS-files are not protected.

    The much better way would be, if the modders would take more care for the naming. ;)
     
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    OK, didn't try it yet. :)


    But nevertheless....

    The much better way would be, if the modders would take more care for the naming

    ;)
     
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    Indeed
     
  9. nultweezes

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    Haha his is so annoying.
    Sometimes I think a mod is broken, but then I just can't find it. And later I bump on it on accident.
     

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