Made some basic start to the config stuff. More will come later.

SrcMod/Shell/GlobalUsings.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,14 @@
 global using Nerd_STF.Mathematics;
+global using Newtonsoft.Json;
 global using SharpCompress.Archives.Rar;
 global using SharpCompress.Archives.SevenZip;
 global using SharpCompress.Readers;
-global using SrcMod.Shell;
 global using SrcMod.Shell.Interop;
 global using SrcMod.Shell.Modules.ObjectModels;
+global using SrcMod.Shell.ObjectModels;
 global using System;
 global using System.Collections.Generic;
+global using System.ComponentModel;
 global using System.Diagnostics;
 global using System.Formats.Tar;
 global using System.IO;

SrcMod/Shell/ObjectModels/ShellConfig.cs

@@ -0,0 +1,46 @@
+namespace SrcMod.Shell.ObjectModels;
+
+public class ShellConfig
+{
+    public const string FilePath = "config.json";
+
+    public static ShellConfig Defaults => new()
+    {
+        SteamDirectories = new[]
+        {
+            "Temp"
+        }
+    };
+    public static ShellConfig LoadedConfig => p_data ?? Defaults;
+
+    private static ShellConfig? p_data;
+
+    public string[] SteamDirectories;
+
+    public static void LoadConfig(string basePath)
+    {
+        string fullPath = Path.Combine(basePath, FilePath);
+
+        if (!File.Exists(fullPath))
+        {
+            p_data = null;
+            return;
+        }
+        StreamReader reader = new(fullPath);
+        JsonTextReader jsonReader = new(reader);
+        p_data = Serializer.Deserialize<ShellConfig>(jsonReader);
+        jsonReader.Close();
+        reader.Close();
+    }
+
+    public static void SaveConfig(string basePath)
+    {
+        string fullPath = Path.Combine(basePath, FilePath);
+
+        StreamWriter writer = new(fullPath);
+        JsonTextWriter jsonWriter = new(writer);
+        Serializer.Serialize(jsonWriter, p_data);
+        jsonWriter.Close();
+        writer.Close();
+    }
+}

SrcMod/Shell/Shell.cs

@@ -1,12 +1,10 @@
-using System.ComponentModel;
-
-namespace SrcMod.Shell;
+namespace SrcMod.Shell;
 
 public class Shell
 {
     public const string Author = "That_One_Nerd";
     public const string Name = "SrcMod";
-    public const string Version = "Alpha 0.3.2";
+    public const string Version = "Alpha 0.3.3";
 
     public readonly string? ShellDirectory;
 
@@ -50,6 +48,10 @@ public class Shell
 
         WorkingDirectory = Directory.GetCurrentDirectory();
 
+        // Load config.
+        if (ShellDirectory is null) Write("[WARNING] Could not load config from shell location. Defaults will be used.");
+        else ShellConfig.LoadConfig(ShellDirectory);
+
         // Load modules and commands.
         List<Assembly?> possibleAsms = new()
         {
@@ -250,6 +252,9 @@ public class Shell
                     activeCommand.Dispose();
                     activeCommand = null;
                 }
+
+                if (ShellDirectory is null) Write("[WARNING] Could not save config to shell location. Any changes will be ignored.");
+                else ShellConfig.SaveConfig(ShellDirectory);
                 return;
             }
         }

SrcMod/Shell/Shell.csproj

@@ -13,6 +13,7 @@
 	<AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>false</AppendTargetFrameworkToOutputPath>
 	<ApplicationIcon>Logo.ico</ApplicationIcon>
 	<AllowUnsafeBlocks>true</AllowUnsafeBlocks>
+	<NoWin32Manifest>true</NoWin32Manifest>
   </PropertyGroup>
 
   <PropertyGroup Condition="'$(Configuration)|$(Platform)'=='Debug|AnyCPU'">
@@ -31,6 +32,7 @@
 
   <ItemGroup>
     <PackageReference Include="Nerd_STF" Version="2.3.2" />
+    <PackageReference Include="Newtonsoft.Json" Version="13.0.3" />
     <PackageReference Include="SharpCompress" Version="0.33.0" />
   </ItemGroup>
 

SrcMod/Shell/Tools.cs

@@ -1,9 +1,9 @@
-using System.Text;
-
-namespace SrcMod.Shell;
+namespace SrcMod.Shell;
 
 public static class Tools
 {
+    public static JsonSerializer Serializer { get; private set; }
+
     private static int loadingPosition = -1;
     private static int lastLoadingBufferSize = 0;
     private static int lastLoadingValue = -1;
@@ -12,6 +12,14 @@ public static class Tools
 
     public static bool LoadingBarEnabled { get; private set; }
 
+    static Tools()
+    {
+        Serializer = JsonSerializer.Create(new()
+        {
+            Formatting = Formatting.Indented
+        });
+    }
+
     public static void DisplayWithPages(IEnumerable<string> lines, ConsoleColor? color = null)
     {
         int written = 0;