keep ship settings in user directory (SVN)
Posted: Tue Feb 26, 2008 9:08 pm
I wasn't sure if this is a bug or a feature request, so I posted it here. please move the thread if appropriate.
I just updated my SVN version the hard way (deleting and reinstalling) because I had some persistent crashing errors.
after reinstallation I realized that my ship (the llama from the beginning) was reset to default in all my save games. I figured that this happens when I delete the file vegastrike.xpm in the data.4.x directory. so apparently the ship's upgrades get stored there instead of the save games.
I think that all user specific settings should be stored in the user directory (~/.vegastrike in linux) as is customary for all linux, OS X and most windows programs (see also this thread).
This is especially important for the SVN versions since it makes updating and testing easier, since that way wiping out the ~/.vegastrike directory will reset all settings to default and make reinstalling the SVN version the hard way unnecessary .
I just updated my SVN version the hard way (deleting and reinstalling) because I had some persistent crashing errors.
after reinstallation I realized that my ship (the llama from the beginning) was reset to default in all my save games. I figured that this happens when I delete the file vegastrike.xpm in the data.4.x directory. so apparently the ship's upgrades get stored there instead of the save games.
I think that all user specific settings should be stored in the user directory (~/.vegastrike in linux) as is customary for all linux, OS X and most windows programs (see also this thread).
This is especially important for the SVN versions since it makes updating and testing easier, since that way wiping out the ~/.vegastrike directory will reset all settings to default and make reinstalling the SVN version the hard way unnecessary .