Hello. As 1.1 is in sight, i'd like to discuss the question of savegame/settings location under Windows. There was a big debate on that subject on IRC a few days ago, but no conclusion.
As it is now, settings and such are stored in 'userdata', sudirectory of game installation location. Some people (disclaimer: i'm one of them!) think the correct location, for Win2k/XP, would be in the user's data subdirectory (%APPDATA%, or My Documents), and definitely not in installation directory. I'm afraid i'd misrepresent arguments for 'installation' directory group, so i'll let others give'em :) Arguments I see for using user's directory are: * game can run without write access to installation directory (usually program files) => more user-friendly if not running with enough privileges * mutliple users on the same computer can have different settings * that's what it's there for in the first place :) (of course, Win9x doesn't have any user specific directory afaik) Note that patch #481 https://gna.org/patch/?func=detailitem&item_id=481 will do that change nicely (haven't tested it, but seems ok at first sight, not totally broken) If this list isn't the right place to discuss, then maybe the forum? Nicolas "Ryo"
