Changed default options to not emit log files for every plugin seperately

IPA.Loader/Config/SelfConfig.cs

@@ -56,6 +56,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config
                     case "--condense-logs":
                         CommandLineValues.Debug.CondenseModLogs = true;
                         break;
+                    case "--plugin-logs":
+                        CommandLineValues.Debug.CreateModLogs = true;
+                        break;
 #if false
                     case "--no-updates":
                         CommandLineValues.Updates.AutoCheckUpdates = false;
@@ -117,6 +120,12 @@ namespace IPA.Config
             public static bool CondenseModLogs_ => (Instance?.Debug?.CondenseModLogs ?? false)
                                                 ||   CommandLineValues.Debug.CondenseModLogs;
 
+            // This option only takes effect after a full game restart, unless new logs are created again
+            public virtual bool CreateModLogs { get; set; } = false;
+            // LINE: ignore 2
+            public static bool CreateModLogs_ => (Instance?.Debug?.CreateModLogs ?? false)
+                                              ||    CommandLineValues.Debug.CreateModLogs;
+
             public virtual bool ShowHandledErrorStackTraces { get; set; } = false;
             // LINE: ignore
             public static bool ShowHandledErrorStackTraces_ => Instance?.Debug?.ShowHandledErrorStackTraces ?? false;
@@ -164,9 +173,9 @@ namespace IPA.Config
         // LINE: ignore
         public static HashSet<string> GameAssemblies_ => Instance?.GameAssemblies ?? new HashSet<string> { "Assembly-CSharp.dll" };
 
-        [JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)] // Used for documentation schema generation
         // LINE: ignore
-#if false
+#if false // Used for documentation schema generation
+        [JsonProperty(Required = Required.DisallowNull)]
         public virtual string LastGameVersion { get; set; } = null;
         // LINE: ignore 2
 #endif

IPA.Loader/Logging/StandardLogger.cs

@@ -131,7 +131,7 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
             logName = $"{parent.logName}/{subName}";
             this.parent = parent;
             printers = new List<LogPrinter>();
-            if (!SelfConfig.Debug_.CondenseModLogs_)
+            if (SelfConfig.Debug_.CreateModLogs_ && !SelfConfig.Debug_.CondenseModLogs_)
                 printers.Add(new PluginSubLogPrinter(parent.logName, subName));
 
             if (logThread == null || !logThread.IsAlive)
@@ -153,7 +153,8 @@ namespace IPA.Logging
             }
 
             logName = name;
-            printers.Add(new PluginLogFilePrinter(name));
+            if (SelfConfig.Debug_.CreateModLogs_)
+                printers.Add(new PluginLogFilePrinter(name));
 
             if (logThread == null || !logThread.IsAlive)
             {

docs/articles/command-line.md

@@ -83,15 +83,13 @@ Here's a quick list of what they are and what they do.
   > that behaviour, and restricts it to only create a global log and mod logs.
   >
   > Overrides the config setting `Debug.CondenseModLogs`.
-  >
-- `--no-updates`
 
-  > Disables automatic updating.
-  >
-  > By default, BSIPA will check [BeatMods](http://beatmods.com) for all of the loaded mods to see if there is a new version
-  > avaliable. If there is, it will be downloaded and installed on the next run. This flag disables that behaviour.
+- `--plugin-logs`
+  
+  > Causes each plugins' log messages to be written to files in their own folder for ease of debugging.
   >
-  > Overrides the config settings `Updates.AutoCheckUpdates` and `Updates.AutoUpdate`.
+  > This was the default through 4.1.6, however is now disabled by default.
   >
+  > Overrides the config setting `Debug.CreateModLogs`.
   
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