we wouldn't have to name pics anymore, just throw them in the appropriate folder!?
Basically, yes.
no offense but the folder thing seems like it might cause a few headaches. though I do think it would be worth investigating. also, while I know your file stuff was an example would it not be better to go from bdsm -> pregnant/futa/etc
rather then the reverse.
Well, what we have is already causing headaches, and is going to cause more as we get more options that can be applied in arbitrary order with no guarantee that any element will either exist, or be desired if it does exist.
As for the ordering, the idea is to make the order arbitrary, so Pregnant->BDSM is the same as BDSM->Pregnant. The worst I can see resulting from that might be a few duplicated pics.
As I see it right now, you allready have the option to name your Pics PregBDSM1 etc. to have displayed the right pictures when the girl is pregnant. Adding a futa trait (or status) would make it even more complicated.
Yeah, but there's no good support for pattern matching PregBDSM1 in the game, and certainly not for being able to add new categories without recompiling the game itself. Using folders just makes the matching easier, since each node exactly matches one and only one element. Then it's just a case of building a fetish tree to organise the pics.
And it just hit me, while I was looking through my pictures: If they are going to add another layer for futa, they might as well have to add other layers for example for big boobs or lactating (for the cool down after a birth).
Exactly. This is the sort of thing I'm looking toward here: being able to add <insert-fetish-here> to the game just by adding some pics and fiddling with the config file.
Not that it's a short term change, of course...