From 280026404026209425d1509f4c789592874a6eb3 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: otavepto <153766569+otavepto@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2024 22:51:40 +0200
Subject: [PATCH] make sure mod path is absolute and normalized for current OS

---
 dll/settings_parser.cpp | 3 +++
 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+)

diff --git a/dll/settings_parser.cpp b/dll/settings_parser.cpp
index 24a399f5..ec261e19 100644
--- a/dll/settings_parser.cpp
+++ b/dll/settings_parser.cpp
@@ -822,6 +822,9 @@ static void try_parse_mods_file(class Settings *settings_client, Settings *setti
             newMod.path = mod.value().value("path", std::string(""));
             if (newMod.path.empty()) {
                 newMod.path = mods_folder + PATH_SEPARATOR + std::string(mod.key());
+            } else {
+                // make sure the path is normalized for current OS, and absolute
+                newMod.path = std::filesystem::absolute(newMod.path).u8string();
             }
 
             newMod.fileType = k_EWorkshopFileTypeCommunity;