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AppGameKit Classic Chat / [Tier 1] Can I save a file right in the games directory?

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basicFanatic
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Posted: 15th Nov 2017 12:11
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Normally, AGK2 lets you save files in this obscure directory:

C:\Users\USERNAME\AppData\Local\AGKApps\GAME\media\

Which somehow is perfectly logicial, I guess. But the player has no way of knowing that the files will be saved there. So for userfriendlines sake, I would much prefer to be able to just save the files right in the games directory.

Is there a way to do this?
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Mobiius
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Posted: 15th Nov 2017 16:30
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Look at the raw write commands.
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Posted: 15th Nov 2017 19:42
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if you filename begins with "raw::" you can reference any file anywhere
ie: "raw:c:/my documents/word/word doc.doc"
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Conjured Entertainment
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SetRawWritePath( GetReadPath() )

that works for me regardless of where they chose to place the exe

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"Conjured Entertainment" wrote: "SetRawWritePath( GetReadPath() )"


O! What a devious trick -- not sure it's entirely legal but it WORKS!
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Posted: 15th Nov 2017 22:08 Edited at: 15th Nov 2017 22:09
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there is also a command for user documents path at pc.
GetDocumentsPath ()

paul gave us this command because this path was used before AppData^^
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If the App Path is in Program Files, then you won't be able to reliably save any files there.
Use the Documents folder as suggested by Markus for a reliable and easily found solution.
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Quote: "If the App Path is in Program Files, then you won't be able to reliably save any files there.
Use the Documents folder as suggested by Markus for a reliable and easily found solution."

I'll try that.

SetRawWritePath( GetDocumentsPath () )

Thanks guys

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"Conjured Entertainment" wrote: "SetRawWritePath( GetDocumentsPath () )"


Tried it, and it created a \media subfolder in my Documents folder. Not really what I wanted! So I think I'll abandon SetRawWritePath() and instead do like this:

SaveImage( imgStuff, "raw:" + GetDocumentsPath () + "\Spoon Game\image_GOAT.png" )

One problem: The code should check if the directory \Spoon Game exists and if not, create it. But how do I check the existence of a directory?
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setfolder() should return 0 for an invalid folder
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Thanks, but setfolder() seem to go nuts if you try to make it do stuff outside the default read/write directories.
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you should be able to just make a folder using
MakeFolder("raw:" + GetDocumentsPath () + "\Spoon Game")
if the folder already exists it won't do anything (all files inside are kept etc).
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You know, that works! Thanks!
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