Best way to ensure your mods are up to date?

[Broccoli Clock]

I've come back after a little break and I am compiling a mod list for a new playthrough, some of which are already installed. QP Tools for example; the version I have installed in 1.15.2 while the current version is 1.15.3 (not a big deal I doubt the .2 -> .3 is a huge jump), however I would not know of that update unless I specifically went to that mod page and checked. 

Now, just to be clear, I am not suggesting mods are autoupdated without the user's knowledge or consent, what I would like to see is some form of indicator that the version you are running locally is not the same version that is available in the ModDB.

Until that QoL is introduced, what is everyone's preferred method of checking whether you have the newest versions of your mods installed? Is it just manual (which I'd imagine could be a pain with a long mod list) or is there some 3rd party app that will do a quick lookup via some ModDB api call? 
 

 

[TFT]

Manual checks is the only way I've been doing it. Pain in the butt since the game's mod manager is cumbersome when you have a ton of mods and you cant easily mass download a new modlist. You're gonna have to check the mod pages for your mods every so often to keep on top of things. Though there's mod managers on the mod portal now which is nice. I've yet to take a look at those, it's something worth looking into and these two looks like they'll do the job.
https://mods.vintagestory.at/simplevsmanager
https://mods.vintagestory.at/rustiquewindows

[Broccoli Clock]

2 minutes ago, TFT said:

Though there's mod managers on the mod portal now which is nice. I've yet to take a look at those, it's something worth looking into and these two looks like they'll do the job.
https://mods.vintagestory.at/simplevsmanager
https://mods.vintagestory.at/rustiquewindows

Thanks for that, I'll give those links a once over.

I've got a feeling that writing your own one wouldn't be that difficult, if it was stand alone rather than built into the game, as I am sure there must be an mod API for checking version numbers. It would be nice for it to at least do a sanity check each load up, and highlight those that are out of date.

I'm pretty lucky, I've only got about 10 mods (two of which are my own!) so it's not difficult to check, but I don't envy some who I see with 10s maybe 100+ mods.

 

[LadyWYT]

3 hours ago, Broccoli Clock said:

Until that QoL is introduced, what is everyone's preferred method of checking whether you have the newest versions of your mods installed?

While it may be a pain, I prefer to check the mods manually. Since there's currently no official updater, that cuts down on the potential for third-party software to cause issues. It also allows me to check the mod itself to see what's updated, and whether or not other users have been reporting issues with the mod. The latter point is more of a concern, since it's not unusual for things to go awry with updating code--a misplaced semicolon or forgotten lettercase can do wonders.