smaller fixes for utils json as dict

addons/mod_loader/mod_data.gd

@@ -46,7 +46,7 @@ func load_manifest() -> void:
 	var manifest_path := get_required_mod_file_path(required_mod_files.MANIFEST)
 	var manifest_dict := ModLoaderUtils.get_json_as_dict(manifest_path)
 
-	ModLoaderUtils.log_info("%s loaded manifest data -> %s" % [dir_name, manifest_dict], LOG_NAME)
+	ModLoaderUtils.log_debug_json_print("%s loaded manifest data -> " % dir_name, manifest_dict, LOG_NAME)
 
 	var mod_manifest := ModManifest.new(manifest_dict)
 

addons/mod_loader/mod_loader.gd

@@ -298,7 +298,7 @@ func _load_mod_configs():
 				var new_path = mod_config.load_from
 				if new_path != "" && new_path != str(dir_name, ".json"):
 					ModLoaderUtils.log_info(str("Config JSON: Following load_from path: ", new_path), LOG_NAME)
-					var new_config = ModData._get_json_as_dict(configs_path + new_path)
+					var new_config = ModLoaderUtils.get_json_as_dict(configs_path + new_path)
 					if new_config.size() > 0 != null:
 						mod_config = new_config
 						ModLoaderUtils.log_info(str("Config JSON: Loaded from custom json: ", new_path), LOG_NAME)

addons/mod_loader/mod_loader_utils.gd

@@ -178,19 +178,29 @@ static func get_file_name_from_path(path: String, make_lower_case := true, remov
 	return file_name
 
 
-# Parses JSON from a given file path and returns a dictionary.
-# Returns an empty dictionary if no file exists (check with size() < 1)
+# Parses JSON from a given file path and returns a [Dictionary].
+# Returns an empty [Dictionary] if no file exists (check with size() < 1)
 static func get_json_as_dict(path: String) -> Dictionary:
 	var file := File.new()
 
 	if !file.file_exists(path):
 		file.close()
 		return {}
 
-	file.open(path, File.READ)
+	var error = file.open(path, File.READ)
+	if not error == OK:
+		log_error("Error opening file. Code: %s" % error, LOG_NAME)
+
 	var content := file.get_as_text()
+	return get_json_string_as_dict(content)
+
 
-	var parsed := JSON.parse(content)
+# Parses JSON from a given [String] and returns a [Dictionary].
+# Returns an empty [Dictionary] on error (check with size() < 1)
+static func get_json_string_as_dict(string: String) -> Dictionary:
+	if string == "":
+		return {}
+	var parsed := JSON.parse(string)
 	if parsed.error:
 		log_error("Error parsing JSON", LOG_NAME)
 		return {}