I've given it a try, and it's great! I've downloaded quite a couple mods recently, and since I'm spending more or less all of my days in front of the computer (talking the my family over Skype, working on an investment project in Budapest, playing SS2 or Project Wingman...), I tend to get quite tired and to get lost in folders, subfolders, settings ...

Continuing here: https://www.systemshock.org/index.php?topic=4790.0

@JML
* Concerning read denied warnings: Do you just get a warning in the console or are there actual problems with the functionality? I'm just using basic wxWidgets file system functionality, reduced to the limited NTFS feature set of Wine. No changes at all since the project started, so no idea what I could do to fix.
* Saved profiles not shown immediately: This is intended. However, the use button should have stayed disabled. Fixed
* Cut-off deletion sentence: Probably one of a couple of million different things that can go wrong with string manipulation between operating systems.
* Missing symbols: Wine issue with Unicode symbols and Windows BOM. I tried several ways to implement Unicode symbols, this is the only one that worked consistently on Windows. Shame about Wine.
* Cut-off popup: Does the terminal tell you anything interesting when that happens? The deletion dialog is the same as any other standard dialog. Does this always happen with a certain mod folder, maybe containing invalid characters?
* Drag and drop: Shame. The feature relies on certain refresh timings working correctly. Win only then. Thanks for the feedback!
* Wording: Where exactly does it still say "Exit and start game" anymore? I thought I changed that everywhere.

I'm a bit late to the party, but I finally took some time to properly test this beauty. Here's what I found:

After starting the BMM 1.16.1 I get the following line in the terminal running Wine: "wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\", FS volume label and serial are not available."

Does not close on "X" any more, has to be force quitted. Can't replicate that now, probably just bad luck the first time around.

Profiles are saved, but not automatically shown when going back to "Manage profiles..." but rather have to be reimported via "Load file...". This works, however after pressing "Use" I get that same "wine: Read access denied for device L"\\??\\Z:\\".

Automatically extracting .7z files works properly and even shows the elapsed time. The last digit of the seconds is cut at the midpoint but doesn't really matter.

"Increase priority" and "Decreade priority" have no arrows, but just rectangles (see screenies). Other than that they work as intended.

About page works with link and licence.

"Install mod archive(s)" and selecting a .7z file in the DMM folder brings a tiny popup (see screenie). After pressing Enter I can choose the .7z file again. Then comes a bigger popup (see screenie), telling me I am stoopid. Also cut off a tiny bit in the end. Also it's "Cancel" (or "Abbrechen" in your case) and not "Abort". You might want to add to the message, that the user could reopen the modmanager to extract these mods automatically (since it always does that just on the startup, not when you copy mods in there with it already running). Suggestion: Do not select archives from the DMM (mods) folder.
They are installed automatically.
Simply restart the Mod Manager
or select an archive from a different folder.
"Install mod archive(s)..." works properly when selecting from a different folder (as is intended).

"Delete" and pressing Del/Entf on the keyboard both work as intended. Popup cut off though. Sometimes the popup is tiny, similar to the other tiny popup. Can only press enter (which closes since "Yes" is preselected),  also when it's tiny like that. Can't resize. Alt+N (No) or Alt+Y (Yes) work though.

"Lookup mod (WWW)" works as intended.

"Open ReadMe file" works as intended, very nice addition!

"Open mods folder" opens the mod folder in a Wine window (and not the installed file manager, Nemo in my case) and is ugly af. Don't care tho, since most people know how to navigate to the DMM folder anyway.

"Select game folder..." seems to work well and finds SS2.

Duplicate folder name warning works, you good, good man!

Drag'n'drop does not work.

Ctrl+S saving works.

Button is called "Launch game", not "Exit and start game" as the releasenotes in Github say. I vaguely remember there being a discussion to rename the button to something else or whatnot. I preferred the "Exit and start game" but it doesn't really matter. It does what it's supposed to do.

Wine build: 5.0

Anything else you'd like me to look into?
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I'd just leave the name be. don't fix something that ain't broke.

I'm always open for ideas. Dark Mod devs taking offense would be very amusing, though.

even better ! thanks

thank you !

That question was probably asked 10000 times, but what file is responsible for managing what mod is activated or not, and in what order ?
If I want for example to share my modlist.

Won't be able to work on this for a few weeks, but tested the current build on Linux and it seems to work well, so don't expect any more code changes. I want to clean up the pipeline.
If @voodoo47 or anyone else wants to get a Thief fanpatch ready, just use the current build: https://github.com/pshjt/dmm/releases/download/v1.0.0-beta1/dmm.exe

You know icons are displayed for programs when they aren't running, yes?

On the one hand, yes, that's a valid remark, on the other hand: We're talking about an unimportant, tiny single-developer tool for a highly detail-oriented audience. Everything is a bikeshed.

Sorry to be so blunt, but it's a terrible practice to keep separate builds (build script, artifacts) just for the sake of having a different icon when there is exactly zero benefit to it, and unless someone can convince me this is a much-needed feature, I won't do it. I'm certainly not keeping anyone else from doing it, either.

Not possible afaik. You can only have one main icon, and if you set multiple, windows explorer still picks the first one in an alphabetical list.
Setting it programmatically during execution would be possible but inane.

Yes, the comments would end up in the old thread. Sorry, if I've been unclear.

I assume DMM will replace BMM as the mod manager for SS2. In that case it would be best if all outside links currently pointing at BMM will end up pointing at DMM in future. This can be achieved by creating a copy of the first post, then splitting off all comments here and attaching them to the new thread, which leaves you with one post under the original (BMM) URL which you can rewrite for DMM. It's a bit of a hassle, but quite effective for SEO and user comfort. Give me a sign if you're interested. Of course you can alternatively just link to the new thread in the first post.

Nicely done, I feel well informed. 

Fixed a tooltip in SS2BMM and uploaded a new release, also uploaded the v1.15 release here for preservation (or catalogizing, depending on if you believe GitHub to go down).

GitHub does not allow to fork one's own repository, so I created a new one: https://github.com/pshjt/dmm

DMM sounds just fine.

In science, with biology and physics being the worst offenders, there's a very annoying habit of trying to shoehorn the most ridiculous acronyms into anything from protein names to microscopy techniques. It's gotten so bad that it is impossible to renember the actual name of some method because spelling out its 10-letter acronym makes you have an aneurysm.

Thankfully, the world of System Shock is still very healthy in this regard, and I intend to keep it that way.

People love acronyms

"Gosh, I'd sure love to try some mods!"
"No problem, first download DEMO."
"Okay, I downloaded the demo. How does that help?"

Yeah, that would work our great.

Well if you put it like that... Dark Engine Mod Instance Universal Rollout Guided Expander

Explain what the point would be of changing the word "manager" to "organizer".

I'd like to keep everything in one place. I agree with ZB's idea. Making a "wrench & hammer" icon, maybe overlaid on the Mechanist's gear, seems doable.

Edit: Progress so far. Works somewhat even for small sizes but needs some detail and shine.
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Words as an icon is like, icon design "Don't Do That" rule #1.

If there won't be separate builds, then I'd recommend some manner of custom symbol that combines the iconography of Thief and SS2. Not an easy task since their aesthetics are so different. Perhaps a Hammerite hammer across an SS2 wrench. Or the Thief 2 gear icon but redrawn in the SS2 style.