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| 0003646 | Spring engine | General | public | 2013-03-26 19:17 | 2013-03-30 15:26 | ||||
| Reporter | jK | ||||||||
| Assigned To | jK | ||||||||
| Priority | normal | Severity | tweak | Reproducibility | have not tried | ||||
| Status | resolved | Resolution | fixed | ||||||
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| Target Version | Fixed in Version | ||||||||
| Summary | 0003646: change PortableMode trigger | ||||||||
| Description | I want to trigger portable mode when springsettings.cfg resides next to spring binary. Cause atm PortableMode is always true for windows systems (spring.exe & unitsync.dll are next to each other). But I want to change the DataDir priority there to: ... HomeDirs InstallDir ... so settings are saved by default in "My Games/". | ||||||||
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abma (administrator) 2013-03-26 19:48 |
-> springsettings.cfg is in "My Games", too? |
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jK (developer) 2013-03-26 19:55 |
Spring already uses MyGames as writedir if it doesn't got write-access to the InstallDir (90% the case for windows users). But if it got write-access to the installdir (on windows) it _always_ uses it as writedir cause it assumes it is in portable mode (spring.exe & unitsync.dll are next to each other). This was the preferred method 5years ago when WinVista was new. Now all users got used to games that install their settings to MyGames. So when you install Spring to ProgramFiles it shouldn't use the dir as writedir just cause you are lazy & not paranoid and always login with root/admin rights. |
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abma (administrator) 2013-03-26 20:01 Last edited: 2013-03-26 20:02 |
can't we make it configurable at compile time? so for win32 it would be something like this: SPRING_DATADIR='%ENV%;%APPDATA%\Spring;%PERSONAL%\My Games\Spring;...' (escaping is done at run-time) only requirement would be to create an own escaping function for %PERSONAL% (and other folders if needed) |
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abma (administrator) 2013-03-26 20:03 Last edited: 2013-03-26 20:03 |
still +1 for any change, it can't get worse as it is ;) |
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jK (developer) 2013-03-26 20:05 Last edited: 2013-03-26 20:07 |
No special rules imo. The hierarchy should similar/equal on all platforms and splitted in levels (to easy remember). -> compile defines should just contain distro relevant paths (/usr/share vs. /usr/games/share etc.) |
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FLOZi (reporter) 2013-03-26 22:16 |
"Now all users got used to games that install their settings to MyGames." Speak for yourself. If this must change, please ensure we can continue to have everything in one place. |
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Forboding Angel (reporter) 2013-03-26 23:54 |
I thought that this was the way it worked already O_O Holy... That explains so much... |
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jK (developer) 2013-03-27 00:15 |
"If this must change, please ensure we can continue to have everything in one place." I don't want to remove portable mode I just don't want it always default enabled on windows. |
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jK (developer) 2013-03-27 20:50 Last edited: 2013-03-27 20:52 |
question1: /home/USER/.springrc /home/USER/.spring/springrc /home/USER/.config/spring/springrc ? question2: always springrc hidden? question3: use and prefer springsettings.cfg under linux, too? |
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Forboding Angel (reporter) 2013-03-27 20:52 |
@Q1 Imo it belongs in .spring @Q2 I don't really see the need for it to be hidden and always thought that that was an odd choice @Q3 Imo yes, it would make the Linux <-> Windows much more uniform. Also, to any non-dev, springrc is a meaningless filename, whereas springsettings.cfg is pretty self-explanatory |
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jK (developer) 2013-03-30 15:26 |
http://springrts.com/phpbb/viewtopic.php?f=12&t=30044&p=538808#p538808 |
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| Date Modified | Username | Field | Change |
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| 2013-03-26 19:17 | jK | New Issue | |
| 2013-03-26 19:48 | abma | Note Added: 0010271 | |
| 2013-03-26 19:55 | jK | Note Added: 0010272 | |
| 2013-03-26 20:01 | abma | Note Added: 0010273 | |
| 2013-03-26 20:02 | abma | Note Edited: 0010273 | View Revisions |
| 2013-03-26 20:03 | abma | Note Added: 0010274 | |
| 2013-03-26 20:03 | abma | Note Edited: 0010274 | View Revisions |
| 2013-03-26 20:05 | jK | Note Added: 0010275 | |
| 2013-03-26 20:07 | jK | Note Edited: 0010275 | View Revisions |
| 2013-03-26 22:16 | FLOZi | Note Added: 0010278 | |
| 2013-03-26 23:54 | Forboding Angel | Note Added: 0010281 | |
| 2013-03-27 00:15 | jK | Note Added: 0010283 | |
| 2013-03-27 20:50 | jK | Note Added: 0010295 | |
| 2013-03-27 20:52 | jK | Note Edited: 0010295 | View Revisions |
| 2013-03-27 20:52 | Forboding Angel | Note Added: 0010296 | |
| 2013-03-30 15:26 | jK | Note Added: 0010324 | |
| 2013-03-30 15:26 | jK | Status | new => resolved |
| 2013-03-30 15:26 | jK | Resolution | open => fixed |
| 2013-03-30 15:26 | jK | Assigned To | => jK |
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