6 files changed, 42 insertions, 6 deletions
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj
index 4997b322..fc3d0fbe 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj
@@ -315,6 +315,7 @@
     <ClInclude Include="modlocalisation.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="modmanager.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="pch.h" />
+    <ClInclude Include="pdef.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="playlist.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="miscserverscript.h" />
     <ClInclude Include="securitypatches.h" />
@@ -352,6 +353,7 @@
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|Win32'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
       <PrecompiledHeader Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Release|x64'">Create</PrecompiledHeader>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="pdef.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="playlist.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="securitypatches.cpp" />
     <ClCompile Include="scriptmodmenu.cpp" />
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj.filters b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj.filters
index 99f45f39..59a5cb19 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj.filters
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/NorthstarDedicatedTest.vcxproj.filters
@@ -579,6 +579,9 @@
     <ClInclude Include="miscserverscript.h">
       <Filter>Header Files\Server</Filter>
     </ClInclude>
+    <ClInclude Include="pdef.h">
+      <Filter>Header Files\Shared\Mods\Compiled</Filter>
+    </ClInclude>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <ClCompile Include="dllmain.cpp">
@@ -671,6 +674,9 @@
     <ClCompile Include="miscserverscript.cpp">
       <Filter>Source Files\Server</Filter>
     </ClCompile>
+    <ClCompile Include="pdef.cpp">
+      <Filter>Source Files\Shared\Mods\Compiled</Filter>
+    </ClCompile>
   </ItemGroup>
   <ItemGroup>
     <None Include="include\spdlog\fmt\bundled\LICENSE.rst">
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.cpp b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.cpp
index de06fb73..66e6d048 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.cpp
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.cpp
@@ -184,6 +184,11 @@ Mod::Mod(fs::path modDir, char* jsonBuf)
 
 ModManager::ModManager()
 {
+	// precaculated string hashes
+	// note: use backslashes for these, since we use lexically_normal for file paths which uses them
+	m_hScriptsRsonHash = std::hash<std::string>{}("scripts\\vscripts\\scripts.rson");
+	m_hPdefHash = std::hash<std::string>{}("cfg\\server\\persistent_player_data_version_231.pdef"); // this can have multiple versions, but we use 231 so that's what we hash
+
 	LoadMods();
 }
 
@@ -356,8 +361,6 @@ void ModManager::LoadMods()
 void ModManager::UnloadMods()
 {
 	// clean up stuff from mods before we unload
-
-	// do we need to dealloc individual entries in m_modFiles? idk, rework
 	m_modFiles.clear();
 	fs::remove_all(COMPILED_ASSETS_PATH);
 
@@ -373,6 +376,8 @@ void ModManager::UnloadMods()
 		mod.KeyValues.clear();
 
 		// write to m_enabledModsCfg
+		// should we be doing this here or should scripts be doing this manually?
+		// main issue with doing this here is when we reload mods for connecting to a server, we write enabled mods, which isn't necessarily what we wanna do
 		if (!m_enabledModsCfg.HasMember(mod.Name.c_str()))
 			m_enabledModsCfg.AddMember(rapidjson::StringRef(mod.Name.c_str()), rapidjson::Value(false), m_enabledModsCfg.GetAllocator());
 
@@ -390,11 +395,13 @@ void ModManager::UnloadMods()
 
 void ModManager::CompileAssetsForFile(const char* filename)
 {
-	fs::path path(filename);
+	size_t fileHash = std::hash<std::string>{}(fs::path(filename).lexically_normal().string());
 
-	if (!path.filename().compare("scripts.rson"))
+	if (fileHash == m_hScriptsRsonHash)
 		BuildScriptsRson();
-	else //if (!strcmp((filename + strlen(filename)) - 3, "txt")) // check if it's a .txt
+	else if (fileHash == m_hPdefHash)
+		BuildPdef();
+	else
 	{
 		// check if we should build keyvalues, depending on whether any of our mods have patch kvs for this file
 		for (Mod& mod : m_loadedMods)
@@ -402,7 +409,6 @@ void ModManager::CompileAssetsForFile(const char* filename)
 			if (!mod.Enabled)
 				continue;
 
-			size_t fileHash = std::hash<std::string>{}(fs::path(filename).lexically_normal().string());
 			if (mod.KeyValues.find(fileHash) != mod.KeyValues.end())
 			{
 				TryBuildKeyValues(filename);
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.h b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.h
index e1c246b1..cc3442ec 100644
--- a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.h
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/modmanager.h
@@ -102,6 +102,10 @@ private:
 	bool m_hasEnabledModsCfg;
 	rapidjson::Document m_enabledModsCfg;
 
+	// precalculated hashes
+	size_t m_hScriptsRsonHash;
+	size_t m_hPdefHash;
+
 public:
 	std::vector<Mod> m_loadedMods;
 	std::unordered_map<std::string, ModOverrideFile> m_modFiles;
@@ -115,6 +119,7 @@ public:
 	// compile asset type stuff, these are done in files under Mods/Compiled/
 	void BuildScriptsRson();
 	void TryBuildKeyValues(const char* filename);
+	void BuildPdef();
 };
 
 void InitialiseModManager(HMODULE baseAddress);
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.cpp b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.cpp
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..75ce3656
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.cpp
@@ -0,0 +1,13 @@
+#include "pch.h"
+#include "modmanager.h"
+#include "filesystem.h"
+#include "hookutils.h"
+#include "pdef.h"
+
+void ModManager::BuildPdef()
+{
+	spdlog::info("Building persistent_player_data_version_231.pdef...");
+
+	std::string originalPdef = ReadVPKOriginalFile(VPK_PDEF_PATH);
+	spdlog::info(originalPdef);
+}
+\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.h b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.h
new file mode 100644
index 00000000..eb5f668b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/NorthstarDedicatedTest/pdef.h
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+#pragma once
+
+const fs::path MOD_PDEF_PATH = COMPILED_ASSETS_PATH / "cfg/server/persistent_player_data_version_231.pdef";
+const char* VPK_PDEF_PATH = "cfg/server/persistent_player_data_version_231.pdef";
+\ No newline at end of file