[SOLVED] data search path

[secret_pizza]

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.

[redv]

you can try:

openxcom -data datapath -user userpath

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

[secret_pizza]

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?

[redv]

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

[Falko]

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

[secret_pizza]

well i was gonna eventually.
thanks!