refactor: ♻️ reworked disabling mods via user profile

addons/mod_loader/api/profile.gd

@@ -196,34 +196,32 @@ static func get_all_as_array() -> Array:
 # Example: If "Mod-TestMod" is set in disabled_mods via the editor, the mod will appear disabled in the user profile.
 # If the user then enables the mod in the profile the entry in disabled_mods will be removed.
 static func _update_disabled_mods() -> void:
-	var user_profile_disabled_mods := []
 	var current_user_profile: ModUserProfile
 
+	current_user_profile = get_current()
+
 	# Check if a current user profile is set
-	if not ModLoaderStore.current_user_profile:
+	if not current_user_profile:
 		ModLoaderLog.info("There is no current user profile. The \"default\" profile will be created.", LOG_NAME)
 		return
 
-	current_user_profile = get_current()
-
 	# Iterate through the mod list in the current user profile to find disabled mods
 	for mod_id in current_user_profile.mod_list:
-		if not current_user_profile.mod_list[mod_id].is_active:
-			user_profile_disabled_mods.push_back(mod_id)
-
-	# Append the disabled mods to the global list of disabled mods
-	ModLoaderStore.ml_options.disabled_mods.append_array(user_profile_disabled_mods)
+		var mod_list_entry: Dictionary = current_user_profile.mod_list[mod_id]
+		ModLoaderStore.mod_data[mod_id].is_active = mod_list_entry.is_active
 
 	ModLoaderLog.debug(
-		"Updated the global list of disabled mods \"%s\", based on the current user profile \"%s\""
-		% [ModLoaderStore.ml_options.disabled_mods, current_user_profile.name],
+		"Updated the active state of all mods, based on the current user profile \"%s\""
+		% current_user_profile.name,
 	LOG_NAME)
 
 
 # This function updates the mod lists of all user profiles with newly loaded mods that are not already present.
 # It does so by comparing the current set of loaded mods with the mod list of each user profile, and adding any missing mods.
 # Additionally, it checks for and deletes any mods from each profile's mod list that are no longer installed on the system.
 static func _update_mod_lists() -> bool:
+	# Generate a list of currently present mods by combining the mods
+	# in mod_data and ml_options.disabled_mods from ModLoaderStore.
 	var current_mod_list := _generate_mod_list()
 
 	# Iterate over all user profiles
@@ -246,18 +244,17 @@ static func _update_mod_lists() -> bool:
 	return is_save_success
 
 
-# Updates the mod list by checking the validity of each mod entry and making necessary modifications.
+# This function takes a mod_list dictionary and optional mod_data dictionary as input and returns
+# an updated mod_list dictionary. It iterates over each mod ID in the mod list, checks if the mod
+# is still installed and if the current_config is present. If the mod is not installed or the current
+# config is missing, the mod is removed or its current_config is reset to the default configuration.
 static func _update_mod_list(mod_list: Dictionary, mod_data := ModLoaderStore.mod_data) -> Dictionary:
 	var updated_mod_list := mod_list.duplicate(true)
 
 	# Iterate over each mod ID in the mod list
 	for mod_id in updated_mod_list:
 		var mod_list_entry: Dictionary = updated_mod_list[mod_id]
 
-		# If mod data is accessible and the mod is loaded
-		if not mod_data.empty() and mod_data.has(mod_id):
-			mod_list_entry = _generate_mod_list_entry(mod_id, true)
-
 		# If mod data is accessible and the mod is not loaded
 		if not mod_data.empty() and not mod_data.has(mod_id):
 			# Check if the mod_dir for the mod-id exists
@@ -327,7 +324,10 @@ static func _set_mod_state(mod_id: String, profile_name: String, activate: bool)
 		return false
 
 	# Handle mod state
+	# Set state for user profile
 	ModLoaderStore.user_profiles[profile_name].mod_list[mod_id].is_active = activate
+	# Set state in the ModData
+	ModLoaderStore.mod_data[mod_id].is_active = activate
 
 	# Save profiles to the user profiles JSON file
 	var is_save_success := _save()

addons/mod_loader/mod_loader.gd

@@ -61,8 +61,6 @@ func _init() -> void:
 
 	# Load user profiles into ModLoaderStore
 	var _success_user_profile_load := ModLoaderUserProfile._load()
-	# Update the list of disabled mods in ModLoaderStore based on the current user profile
-	ModLoaderUserProfile._update_disabled_mods()
 
 	_load_mods()
 
@@ -101,6 +99,9 @@ func _load_mods() -> void:
 	else:
 		ModLoaderLog.info("No mods were setup", LOG_NAME)
 
+	# Update active state of mods based on the current user profile
+	ModLoaderUserProfile._update_disabled_mods()
+
 	# Loop over all loaded mods via their entry in mod_data. Verify that they
 	# have all the required files (REQUIRED_MOD_FILES), load their meta data
 	# (from their manifest.json file), and verify that the meta JSON has all
@@ -154,6 +155,11 @@ func _load_mods() -> void:
 	# Instance every mod and add it as a node to the Mod Loader
 	for mod in ModLoaderStore.mod_load_order:
 		mod = mod as ModData
+
+		# Continue if mod is disabled
+		if not mod.is_active:
+			continue
+
 		ModLoaderLog.info("Initializing -> %s" % mod.manifest.get_mod_id(), LOG_NAME)
 		_init_mod(mod)
 
@@ -265,7 +271,7 @@ func _setup_mods() -> int:
 			ModLoaderLog.info("Skipped setting up mod: \"%s\"" % mod_dir_name, LOG_NAME)
 			continue
 
-		# Init the mod data
+		# Init the mod data for each mod
 		_init_mod_data(mod_dir_name)
 		unpacked_mods_count += 1
 

addons/mod_loader/resources/mod_data.gd

@@ -33,6 +33,8 @@ var is_loadable := true
 var is_overwrite := false
 # True if mod can't be disabled or enabled in a user profile
 var is_locked := false
+# Flag indicating whether the mod should be loaded
+var is_active := true
 # Is increased for every mod depending on this mod. Highest importance is loaded first
 var importance := 0
 # Contents of the manifest