From c41e47859fdd58e493a98af0567b27a344b56523 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: aclist <92275929+aclist@users.noreply.github.com>
Date: Thu, 24 Sep 2026 13:35:59 +0900
Subject: [PATCH] change: more explicit error message

---
 dzgui/init/dayz.py | 11 +++++++++--
 1 file changed, 9 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/dzgui/init/dayz.py b/dzgui/init/dayz.py
index 01bc271..490cae6 100644
--- a/dzgui/init/dayz.py
+++ b/dzgui/init/dayz.py
@@ -4,17 +4,24 @@ from pathlib import Path
 
 from dzgui.api.steam import get_app_path
 from dzgui.config.query import lookup
-from dzgui.const.constants import APPID_DAYZ, APP_NAME
+from dzgui.const.constants import APPID_DAYZ, APP_NAME, APPNAME_DAYZ
 from dzgui.const.enum import Preferences
 
+from dzgui.strings.preconnect import resync
+
 
 logger = logging.getLogger(APP_NAME)
 
 
+class VDFSyncError(Exception):
+    pass
+
+
 def is_dayz_installed(config: Path) -> None:
     try:
         path = lookup(config, Preferences.DEFAULT)
         get_app_path(Path(path), APPID_DAYZ)
     except Exception as e:
         logger.critical(e)
-        raise e
+        msg = resync.format(APPNAME_DAYZ)
+        raise VDFSyncError(msg)