First of all if the save path changes, should the config file be moved too? Ugly. Of course one can add some ScummVM internal migration tool for that, but then we should be sure that we moved the path to a real good location.Īctually I'm all against moving the config file into the (default) save path. For example if we would now change the savepath to %APPDATA%/ScummVM too, users migrating from an old ScummVM version, without a customly setup savepath, wouldn't be able to see their old savegames anymore.
#SCUMMVM SAVE GAME WINDOWS#
I guess the savepath being '.' on Windows has historical reasons. AFAIK many recent Windows games are using %APPDATA% for their config files too. Back in the old days, the scummvm.ini file on Windows was in "C:\Windows", so this is definitely an advantage, since %APPDATA% allows multiple users to have their own ScummVM config file. We can't help that, but AFAIK Microsoft even suggests to use %APPDATA% for that usage case.
(This *is* messy, since a user could create a shortcut, which executes ScummVM in another directory).Īs I said the ScummVM config file is inside %APPDATA% that path seems to change on different Windows versions too. As I pointed out the default save path for ScummVM on Windows should be ".", thus the dir were you execute ScummVM in. Now since ScummVM is placed in "C:\Program Files (x86)", Windows uses this path you described instead of placing the files inside "C:\Program Files (x86)". Thus they create a fake path, were all data written to "C:\Program Files (x86)" is placed in. Well Windows is using this since "C:\Program Files (x86)" isn't writable on Vista, at least not without admin rights. It would probably reduce the help requests here at least.īobdevis wrote:- For WinVista 64bit and the current ScummVM SVN (first time install) It might be a good idea to think about switching to a system where the savegames and the config file are both in the same dir, so you only have to worry about one path per platform.
#SCUMMVM SAVE GAME HOW TO#
I have no idea where the config file is or how to look for it. Savegames are in /users//Documents/ScummVM Savegames For OSX 10.4 and the current ScummVM SVN (first time install) The savegames went to C:\Users\\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Program Files (x86)\ScummVM The config ini went to C:\Users\\AppData\Roaming\ScummVM For WinVista 64bit and the current ScummVM SVN (first time install) For Linux and the June 30th ScummVM SVN (have been using this one for half a year or so) The config ini goes to C:\Documents and Settings\\Application Data\ScummVM
#SCUMMVM SAVE GAME INSTALL#
Savegames go to to C:\Program Files\ScummVM (the install dir) For WinXP and the current ScummVM SVN (first time install)