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OpenXcom => Troubleshooting => Topic started by: secret_pizza on August 05, 2014, 11:30:31 pm

Title: [SOLVED] data search path
Post by: secret_pizza on August 05, 2014, 11:30:31 pm

hi! im on dual boot with arch and win7. i already have an instance of openxcom for win7 and now i'd like to be able to run it when i'm on linux. my qustion is that is there a way to do that without having to duplicate all the data by yanking it into my linux partition (namely to /usr/share/openxcom) and having the option to parse it a search path flag instead? something like "+set fs_homepath /path/to/game" for idtech#?

thx in advance

EDIT: settled with symlinks.

Title: Re: data search path
Post by: redv on August 06, 2014, 12:14:01 am

you can try:

openxcom -data datapath -user userpath

https://www.ufopaedia.org/index.php?title=Installing_(OpenXcom)

Title: Re: data search path
Post by: secret_pizza on August 06, 2014, 12:57:45 am

thank you for your quick reply! yea that worked. partially. it loads the retail xcom data files, but it skips the data folder came with openxcom and which i overstocked with mods while on w7. is there a way to load it as well?

Title: Re: data search path
Post by: redv on August 06, 2014, 01:06:12 am

Quote from: secret_pizza on August 06, 2014, 12:57:45 am

thank you for your quick reply! yea that worked. partially. it loads the retail xcom data files, but it skips the data folder came with openxcom and which i overstocked with mods while on w7. is there a way to load it as well?

Hmm.. Sounds like a reason for bug report: https://openxcom.org/bugs/openxcom/issues/open

Title: Re: data search path
Post by: Falko on August 06, 2014, 01:16:55 am

why not use a symbolic link in /usr.../openxcom and your mods can be in your home iirc

Title: Re: data search path
Post by: secret_pizza on August 06, 2014, 01:22:06 am

well i was gonna eventually.
thanks!