joagamo/gamevault-app

Frontend for the self-hosted gaming platform for drm-free games

gamevault-app

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Library Technical Decision Matrix

This is probably irrelevant to you if you are not a developer. GameVault internally needs to behave different in each of the following scenarios.

Scenario 1: No paths exist

Path	State
D:/GameVault/Downloads/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	empty or non-existent
D:/GameVault/Installations/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	empty or non-existent

When does this happen

• The Game was not even downloaded yet.
• The Game was deleted.

What needs to be done

• Don't show the game in download or library tab (obviously).

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Scenario 2: Download Path exists

Path	State
D:/GameVault/Downloads/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	contains the (partial) game.zip
D:/GameVault/Installations/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	empty or non-existent

When does this happen

• The Game is still downloading.
• The Game was freshly downloaded but not installed.
• The Game was installed sometime ago but then deleted but the download was never cleared (unlikely)

What needs to be done

• Identify the game using the id
• Show the Game as "Downloaded" in the Downloaded Tab
• Show the Game in the library but grey out the play button, inform the user that they need to install the game into the folder D:/GameVault/Installations/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/ to play and track it using gamevault.
• Change Download button to play button in Library View -> Game Details, link it to the Installations -> Game entry with greyed out play button.

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Scenario 3: Both paths exist

Path	State
D:/GameVault/Downloads/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	contains the game.zip
D:/GameVault/Installations/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	contains game files (.exe)

When does this happen

• The Game has been freshly installed and User has not deleted the download yet
• User forgot to delete download files or wants to keep it for offline/archival purposes.

What needs to be done

• Identify the game using the id
• Make the game playable in Installations tab
• Offer User to clear the download folder using "Clear All" button, now that the game is installed to save some space.
• Change Download button to play button in Library View -> Game Details, link it to the Installations -> Game entry.
• Cracktime Daemon monitors Game Folder for running exes

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Scenario 4: Installations Path exists

Path	State
D:/GameVault/Downloads/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	empty or non-existent
D:/GameVault/Installations/(74) Assassin's Creed Unity/	contains game files (.exe)

When does this happen

• The Game has been installed and the Download deleted.

What needs to be done

• Identify the game using the id
• Make the game playable in Installations tab
• Offer User to clear the download folder using "Clear All" button, now that the game is installed to save some space.
• Change Download button to play button in Library View -> Game Details, link it to the Installations -> Game entry.
• Cracktime Daemon monitors Game Folder for running exes

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License

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