Script Merger - Fresh and Automated Edition

Welcome to Script Merger: Fresh & Automated Edition!

Is this your first time using Script Merger? Scroll all the way to the bottom, to the Welcome to New Script Merger Users section, or the rest will not make much sense. Not a new user (or feeling risky)? Keep reading!

TL;DR

Script Merger - Fresh & Automated Edition (SM-FAE) (no pun intended) is a new Script Merger application, based on the the original Script Merger that we all know and use. The improvements mainly lie in two areas: 1. A completely redesigned and Fresh UI, with support for Windows Light & Dark mode. 2. Several new Automation and usability features, which you can turn on/off in the Options, to allow for completely automated merging experience in many situations. So what does it look like?

Want to see a quick 90-second demo? (Note this is of beta 0. 9. 1, a new video will be made for 1. 0. 0!)

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What's Fresh?

Well, the most obvious thing is a completely redesigned user interface, with support for Windows Light & Dark Mode. By default the application will match your current Windows theme, but you can also set your preferred theme via the Options. UI clutter has been removed and the UI is more responsive. It reacts to user interaction/mouse movement, and will support almost all desktop resolutions and scaling sizes (at least up to 250%, and mostly even higher). Besides that, there have been several smaller improvements, designed to make the application more user friendly, especially for users new to Witcher 3 modding. The default options have been tweaked. New keyboard shortcuts have been added, as well as a screen explaining the shortcuts available. A button has been added to restore default settings. Buttons have been added to Create All Script Merges and Delete All Merges in a single click. And I'm not mentioning everything here.

What's Automated?

The Options screen has been updated with 5 new Automation options (detailed explanation further down):

Besides that, there are several smaller improvements, some under the hood and some visible. For example: When starting SM-FAE for the first time, it will automatically find your GOG/Steam Witcher 3 game directory. It will automatically fix a missing Mods directory. It will warn you when there are merges existing, but there is no record of them in the Script Merger history, and with your confirmation will fix it for you.

Automation Caveat

There is one thing that can't be automated though, and that's when a hard conflict occurs. A hard conflict is when two mods, chan