save changes

[nam5]

hey guys,

I have BG running on a thumb drive so I can take it to and from work, play at work and at home. Problem is I started the game at work and it saves to the localapp/ on the hard drive of said computer.

I have read the FAQ and inserted the command lines in the exult.cfg.example AND exult.cfg

(savegame_path)
e:\exult
(/savegame_path)
(gamedat_path)
e:\exult
(/gamedat_path)

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now the thumb drive is e: and to get to exult.exe is in e:\exult

it keeps creating the save file on start up at the appdata location on the c:.


I have a basic understand of commands and such.

thanks for any direction you can give me.

[Dominus]

See the command line options in the documentation

[nam5]

Yes, I have read that, I am guessing here that

-c configfile
Specify alternate config file (relative or absolute paths work).

is what applies?

so which .cfg file am I rewriting with the new directories?

exult.cfg.example?

of the one that is created in the localapp data file on the c:?

I guess i am not as knowledgable as i thought.

[Malignant Manor]

You should use the -p command line option. It will default to the old way Exult saved games.

[marzo]

FYI: I deleted the post on the wrong thread.

[Dominus]

-p
Portable option for Windows only. Exult will read cfg file from the folder it got installed to (or make one) and will also save to gamename folders in the Exult install folder.
For example if Exult got installed to E:\Exult, a BG game will be saved to E:\Exult\blackgate.
Be careful that you have actually writing permissions in the Exult folder or this will fail.

[nam5]

so how would I change/do that? where do i put the -p?

sorry you'll really have to spell it out for me.

GREATLY GREATLY APPRICIATED

[Dominus]

Write a text file with just the line
exult -p

And save it as exultstart.bat in the folder where you have exult.exe. Now instead of starting exult, doubleclick that file exultstart.bat

[nam5]

so i did that, and i still have the same problem,

when i click journey onward it says i need to start a new game, and still creates the file in app data...

[Malignant Manor]

Download the latest snapshot and use that.