fix: 🐛 moved default profile creation to _init() (#530)

Added `ModLoaderUserProfile.is_initialized()` and a fallback to the default config in `ModData.load_configs()`. Moved default user profile creation and user profile `mod_list` updates to the mod loader `_init()`. With these changes, all config and user profile data is available on the first run.

closes #465 #468

Author: KANAjetzt

addons/mod_loader/api/profile.gd

@@ -199,6 +199,13 @@ static func get_all_as_array() -> Array:
 	return user_profiles
 
 
+# Returns true if the Mod User Profiles are initialized.
+# On the first execution of the game, user profiles might not yet be created.
+# Use this method to check if everything is ready to interact with the ModLoaderUserProfile API.
+static func is_initialized() -> bool:
+	return _ModLoaderFile.file_exists(FILE_PATH_USER_PROFILES)
+
+
 # Internal profile functions
 # =============================================================================
 

addons/mod_loader/mod_loader.gd

@@ -61,7 +61,13 @@ func _init() -> void:
 	ModLoaderLog.info("game_install_directory: %s" % _ModLoaderPath.get_local_folder_dir(), LOG_NAME)
 
 	# Load user profiles into ModLoaderStore
-	var _success_user_profile_load := ModLoaderUserProfile._load()
+	if ModLoaderUserProfile.is_initialized():
+		var _success_user_profile_load := ModLoaderUserProfile._load()
+
+	# Create the default user profile if it does not already exist.
+	# This should only occur on the first run or if the JSON file was manually edited.
+	if not ModLoaderStore.user_profiles.has("default"):
+		var _success_user_profile_create := ModLoaderUserProfile.create_profile("default")
 
 	# --- Start loading mods ---
 	var loaded_count := 0
@@ -125,6 +131,9 @@ func _init() -> void:
 
 	ModLoaderLog.success("DONE: Loaded %s mod files into the virtual filesystem" % loaded_count, LOG_NAME)
 
+	# Update the mod_list for each user profile
+	var _success_update_mod_lists := ModLoaderUserProfile._update_mod_lists()
+
 	# Update active state of mods based on the current user profile
 	ModLoaderUserProfile._update_disabled_mods()
 
@@ -203,14 +212,6 @@ func _init() -> void:
 
 
 func _ready():
-	# Create the default user profile if it doesn't exist already
-	# This should always be present unless the JSON file was manually edited
-	if not ModLoaderStore.user_profiles.has("default"):
-		var _success_user_profile_create := ModLoaderUserProfile.create_profile("default")
-
-	# Update the mod_list for each user profile
-	var _success_update_mod_lists := ModLoaderUserProfile._update_mod_lists()
-
 	# Hooks must be generated after all autoloads are available.
 	# Variables initialized with an autoload property cause errors otherwise.
 	if ModLoaderStore.any_mod_hooked:

addons/mod_loader/resources/mod_data.gd

@@ -107,7 +107,10 @@ func load_configs() -> void:
 		_load_config(config_file_path)
 
 	# Set the current_config based on the user profile
-	current_config = ModLoaderConfig.get_current_config(dir_name)
+	if ModLoaderUserProfile.is_initialized() and ModLoaderConfig.has_current_config(dir_name):
+		current_config = ModLoaderConfig.get_current_config(dir_name)
+	else:
+		current_config = ModLoaderConfig.get_config(dir_name, ModLoaderConfig.DEFAULT_CONFIG_NAME)
 
 
 # Create a new ModConfig instance for each Config JSON and add it to the configs dictionary.