Bug Report - Other: Unable to make mod with different title register as update to existing mod

[VortexFeedback]

Vortex Version: 1.0.0 Memory: 7.91 GB System: win32 x64 (10.0.17763) I have downloaded Stardew Valley Expanded 1.6.1, but the mod creator's name for the package is "- Stardew Valley Expanded -", and this is preventing it from showing up as an update to the existing one. I have renamed both to the same name ("Stardew Valley Expanded"), made sure that the Nexus update IDs matched, and even manually renamed the backend folder to not have the hyphens in the name. None of these work. What gives?

Reproduce steps:

• Download Stardew Valley Expanded 1.6 and install.
• Download Stardew Valley Expanded 1.6.1 and install.
• Observe that they are listed as two separate mods rather than one.
• "Guess ID" for both mods. Rename both mods to "Stardew Valley Expanded".

• They still do not merge into the same place on the list.

  External file: tmp-8128n1ty8bMdcV2H.7z

  Reported by: orngjce223

[TanninOne]

Can't be helped. As you can see the mod Stardew Valley Expanded has two main files (at this time): "-Stardew Valley Expanded - Version 1.6.1-" and "Immersive Farm 2 Remastered - Version 1.6.1". Both belong to the the same mod and both have names different from the 1.6 version (because the mod author put the version number into the file name).

Because mods like these exist (and many have more inconsistent naming between versions) Vortex can't just go by the mod id to group mods, otherwise it would consider "Immersive Farm 2 Remastered 1.6.1" an update to "Stardew Valley Expanded 1.6" and have it replace that.

That's why Vortex errs on the side of caution and doesn't group mods unless the information the mod author provides makes it clear which files are updates of which old versions. In this case you'll just have to manually uninstall/disable the old version. For a human brain that's a lot easier than for an application.