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Thilock_Dominus

November 29th, 2009 07:36 AM

[Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

As most games/apps in Linux have the user settings/save/configs in hidden files or folders. Why not Dominions 3?

I personally find it annoying and I hate cluttered home directory. Wouldn't it be better to follow the "standard" regarding user config/settings files?

So instead of ~/dominions3 then set it to ~/.dominions3

I know it's a little thing :o

Quitti

November 29th, 2009 08:14 AM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

I think you can change it somehow, I remember Lch talking about it on IRC few days ago. You might want to pop in and ask him, or try to dig out a relevant post somewhere here in the forums.

Gandalf Parker

November 29th, 2009 10:23 AM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Part of it might be that while the development is done on Ubuntu, its a personal desktop setup. Altho I do wish there was more of a shared server recognition to parts of the Dom3 linux install. Primarily in the saving of the serial key file.

Thilock_Dominus

November 29th, 2009 12:22 PM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Quote:

Originally Posted by Gandalf Parker (Post 720042)

Like writing the serial key in the installation window? Or had you a text based installer in mind for CLI based servers?

Gandalf Parker

November 29th, 2009 12:28 PM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Ive suggested encrypting it. Even a very basic encryption would be good. And maybe not naming it "key"

lch	December 2nd, 2009 10:46 AM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Regarding the original question:

Quote:

Originally Posted by Thilock_Dominus (Post 720034)

So instead of ~/dominions3 then set it to ~/.dominions3

Set the environmental variable DOM3_CONF to '~/.dominions3/'. I have the following in my .bashrc:

Code:

DOM3PRE="DOM3_CONF='~/.dominions3/'"

DOM3OPTIONS="--scoredump -afcn --nograss"

alias dom3="$DOM3PRE dominions3 $DOM3OPTIONS"

The DOM3PRE sets the config directory like you want, the DOM3OPTIONS are my personal preferences for playing the game.

thejeff

December 2nd, 2009 12:20 PM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Just to quibble, wouldn't it be simpler to set the DOM3_CONF in .bashrc directly? Or is something else going on there that I'm missing?

And isn't the actual executable 'dom3' already? I don't have a 'dominions3' executable.

lch	December 2nd, 2009 01:31 PM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

The actual executable is called dom3, that's right, but you run it by calling a shell script that is called dominions3. At least that was the situation when I installed it. And I have more than one alias for starting the game, with different DOM3_CONF values.

Thilock_Dominus

December 2nd, 2009 03:51 PM

Re: [Suggestion] Regarding Linux dom3 settings/save folder

Thanks for that :) Quite useful as I also run Dominions 3 with different values.

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