Launcher Mod Updater

If you want to use LMU to update your server's mods more quickly:

1: Copy your VintagestoryData folder (the one used by the game installed on your computer), and place the copy wherever you want, giving it a different name so you remember it's for your server - for example, "VintagestoryServerData".
2: In "VintagestoryServerData", empty the Mods folder, keeping only "Creative Mode", "Essentials", and "Survival Mode" by Tyron (you can empty the Saves folder too if you need space on your drive).
3: In the Mods folder, put a copy of all your server mods.
4: Create a new shortcut from the original Vintagestory.exe file (located in C:\Users\%USERNAME%\AppData\Roaming\Vintagestory), and name it something like "VS server mods check".
5: Right-click on it, and select Properties.
6: In the "Target" field, don't delete anything - instead, go to the very end, press spacebar once, and then write "--dataPath your:\path\here --addModPath your:\path\here". The first "your:\path\here" will be the absolute path of your server data folder ("VintagestoryServerData" here), and the second will be the absolute path of the Mods folder in it. (Pay attention to quotation marks inside that target field. If the absolute path to your game's install directory contained spaces, the contents of the target field will likely already be enclosed in quotation marks, so the operating system understands it.)
7: Launch the game from this shortcut, and create a creative blank world (fastest to load).

[If the game keeps loading the mods you usually use, open the server data folder ("VintagestoryServerData" here), then the "clientsettings.json" file, scroll all the way to the bottom of the file, and below "modPaths", change to the path of the Mods folder located in the server data folder.]

🔄 Now when you want to check for updates, you'll just have to launch the game from the "VS server mods check" shortcut, load the creative world, and quit. If Launcher Mod Updater did download new mod updates, just copy the contents of the Mods folder located in "VintagestoryServerData" (our example) to your actual server's mods folder. (You may need to remove the 3 mods by Tyron.)

The game versions of your "VintagestoryServerData" and on your server must be the same for this method to work.