Packaging a "Readme.txt" file [2nd problem]
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Fawkes - Feathered Melody
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Packaging a "Readme.txt" file [2nd problem]
Is there a way to package a readme.txt file with the built in exporter / packager so that it'll be there in the main directory, not "game" directory that they'll have to dig up?
Last edited by Fawkes - Feathered Melody on Tue May 08, 2007 9:43 pm, edited 1 time in total.
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Yeah. Stick it in the directory with the name of your project, not the game directory underneath that directory.
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Thanks. I'm not sure if I should create a new thread, but...
On a related note, the packager decided to do something very strange to the file. My friend and I were trying to figure out what.
It stuck the Noctua_readme.txt file in a blank directory and is causing difficulties with certain archivers: ZipGenius (error message: "Can't create Noctua Demo\\Noctua_readme.txt") and Windows XP's native utility, which erroneously shows the file inside a WINDOWS subfolder.
Screenshot from Izarc:
Screenshot from 7zip
Screenshot from XP's own archive viewer (made in a second export where I renamed the file to just readme.txt to see if it had any effect)
It extracts properly with winzip and izarc and 7zip, however.
I put it in the directory renpy-6.2.0\Noctua Demo\ which contains Noctua_readme.txt along with the directory \game\
On a related note, the packager decided to do something very strange to the file. My friend and I were trying to figure out what.
It stuck the Noctua_readme.txt file in a blank directory and is causing difficulties with certain archivers: ZipGenius (error message: "Can't create Noctua Demo\\Noctua_readme.txt") and Windows XP's native utility, which erroneously shows the file inside a WINDOWS subfolder.
Screenshot from Izarc:
Screenshot from 7zip
Screenshot from XP's own archive viewer (made in a second export where I renamed the file to just readme.txt to see if it had any effect)
It extracts properly with winzip and izarc and 7zip, however.
I put it in the directory renpy-6.2.0\Noctua Demo\ which contains Noctua_readme.txt along with the directory \game\
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