Some mods rely on case insensitive filesystem

[jkahrman]

Some mods ship with the library directory in the case "Library" (and in at least one case "LIbrary"). Since Windows uses a case insensitive filesystem, this does not pose a problem on that platform. Linux and Mac use a case-sensitive file system and therefore modloader doesn't see the files contained in the mod.

Consider looking for well know directories in a case-insensitive manner.

import os

def file_exists_insensitive(path):
    directory, filename = os.path.split(path)
    directory = directory or '.'  # Handle root directory
    filename_lower = filename.lower()
    for f in os.listdir(directory):
        if f.lower() == filename_lower:
            return os.path.join(directory, f)
    return None

Examples of mods with non-lowercase library directory:

• Nutrient paste
• PaperFox Combined Life Support
• PaperFox In-floor Power Node
• PaperFox In-Hull Storage

[SagaciousZed]

I'm more inclined to treat it as a mod issue.

I don't believe its convention for programs on Linux to search for paths in a case insensitive manner. But I think more validation would be a good thing to call out incompatibilities for some mods in the log or ui