[Bug]: CKAN wants Ferram Aerospace Research to be reinstalled every time I launch KSP

[Clayell]

Is there an existing issue for this?

• I have checked the existing issues for an existing issue. I even actually looked at the ones that are pinned to the top!

Operating System

Windows 11

CKAN Version

1.35.2

Games

KSP 1

Game Version

1.12.5

Did you make any manual changes to your game folder (i.e., not via CKAN)?

Principia and KSPTOT Connect

Describe the bug

I believe something within FAR or another mod is deleting some files, causing ckan to want to reinstall it every time I launch KSP. Specifically, it seems to be FARForceDataUpdate.cfg and Plugins/PluginData/FerramAerospaceResearch (the 2nd one is present, but ckan wants it to be a file instead of a folder?)

I don't think this is necessarily a CKAN bug, but CKAN should not want to reinstall a mod every time that the file format is different from expected (or should at least allow you to tick an option that makes it ignore when a file format is different from expected).

I have put my modlist into the logs below.

Steps to reproduce

• Install FAR via CKAN
• Launch KSP
• Exit KSP
• Refresh CKAN
• CKAN wants you to reinstall FAR due to missing files

[HebaruSan]

Hi @Clayell, thanks for the report. Yes, FAR deletes one of its own files in-game 😵‍💫.
See #4213 for how to make a label to skip the missing file check for this mod.

[HebaruSan]

Duplicate of #4204