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alshapton · #1 Post by **alshapton** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:47 am

... is there a way to stop Ren'Py creating a ".....save....." directory when it starts ?

The reason being, I would like to run my almost completed game from a CD (which of course is read-only).

At present, it generates an error which isnt helpful !!!

Thanks for any help

Andrew

monele · #2 Post by **monele** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:24 am

I'd like to see that possible too, if only for "demo" projects or other non-VN projects.

#3 Post by **PyTom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:45 am

I need to think about this. One problem is that the save directory needs to be created early in the process, so persistent can be around during the init phase. I also like the idea of it reporting an error early in the process, as I don't want people to start playing a game, and only an hour in realize that saving has been disabled.

I'll consider this, but I'm not in a big rush to implement it.

DaFool · #4 Post by **DaFool** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:54 am

Hint: another way to distribute Ren'Py / a Ren'Py game

1.)Windows
2.)Mac
3.)Linux
4.)Handheld
5.)runnable from CD version

#5 Post by **PyTom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 10:11 am

Okay, update: Ren'Py doesn't need a save directory at start, it needs it at end. I've made it so that my copy doesn't require this directory, and I'll worry about the consequences some other day.

alshapton · #6 Post by **alshapton** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:21 pm

Py'Tom - any chance you can tell me what you did ?
Will you put this functionality (optional) in a new release of Ren'Py ?

#7 Post by **PyTom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 2:36 pm

Basically, it now ignores errors saving the persistent file, and it deals with the case where the save directory doesn't exist properly.

alshapton · #8 Post by **alshapton** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:53 pm

PyTom - any chance you can post the changes you made to allow the ignoring of errors

Thanks !

#9 Post by **PyTom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 4:55 pm

How soon do you need it? It'll be in the next release. (6.2)

alshapton · #10 Post by **alshapton** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 5:48 pm

I really could do with it by the weekend, as I need to cut CDs by Tuesday of next week, but realistically - when is the next release out ?

#11 Post by **PyTom** » Tue Mar 20, 2007 9:40 pm

I'll try to sneak it into 6.1.1, since I need to cut a final release of that anyway.

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