Standard directories for save data-Win/Linux/Mac?
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| So for my current game, I need to save game data. I want to save the data in the proper standard locations, and I have a few questions: Windows The two places in windows that seem to be the place to store user data are: [drive]\Users\[username]\Documents\[appname] [drive]\Documents and Settings\[username]\Documents\[appname] Which one is the proper one to use that will have the greatest compatibility on all platforms? Also, how do I detect the proper username/path values from inside BlitzMax? Linux From what I understand, the two places to store the data are: [volume]/etc/[appname] [volume]/home/[username]/[appname] The etc directory is where to store info for all users, and the home directory is where to store user-specific information, am I correct? Do many Linux dist deviate from these standards? And once again, how do I detect the proper username/path info from inside BlitzMax? Mac [volume]/Applications/[appname] for application data [volume]/Users/[username]/[appname] for user specific data Is this correct? And once again, how do I detect these values from inside BlitzMax? |
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| You can find out all the user document and application paths using Brucey's fantastic cross-platform Bah.Volumes module... I was hoping to see if I could get these added to the official mods, but Brucey hasn't got back to me yet... :-( |
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| ...Obviously of no use to anyone... |
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| Wouldn't it be better organised in functions rather than global wobals injected into the code? :D |
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