Licenses - 1.19.0 Release Candidate 1 (Patreon)

This is a release candidate. Projected release by Wednesday, October 2nd at the latest.

Appears to be stable after some personal testing.

RC 1 beta 9, of what's notable, only contains some localization changes that differ it from beta 7. Here, 1.19.0 is trying to continue what 1.18 started, which is to create a better interface for users that are newly activating Licenses. This meant the inclusion of that clean and simple System Overview page.

Some documentation:

The "Cache Index" item on the System Overview page's right-side might stand out as a bit confusing. Its output is meant to provide your game with a unique identifier that helps both you and I gauge specifically, and only, the potential unreliability of cached quest variables. The Cache Index provides only 'at a glance' information, nothing in-depth or certain.

Output template: [A,B]

[A] subtracts the cached version minor number from the current version minor number. As a reminder, the MCM script caches a version number on activation and does not update this value in a continuing playthrough until its script version is manually incremented. The resulting output simply tells you how many minor updates your save file has experienced since the last MCM script reload.

[B] takes the cached version patch number and casts the provided string as an integer. As a reminder, the MCM script prompts a refresh if 1) the patch number is 0; and 2) the script version was incremented. So, [B] indicates the 'version of the minor version' that was first installed. Its other use case is to identify beta versions: string "2" is cast as int "2," but string "2-beta.1" is cast as int "0."

Example:

[3,2]

The first number indicates that your save file has been upgraded with or past three minor updates.

The second number indicates that you had installed the second patch of a minor version or was last prompted to refresh your script with patch 2.

Justification:

This all seems too convoluted, especially for a fledgling modder such as I. But Skyrim is a messy game, and it gets even messier whenever you update mods and change game files. The information the Cache Index exposes is what I want to see as a mod user.