opening text files

[usul]

I'm trying to write to a text file, but for some reason it creates this text file in my home folder instead of creating it in my game folder. Is there a way to tell it to write to the game folder in a way that will work regardless of the OS of the end user after the game is published?

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python:
        f = open('texts/somefile.txt', 'w')
        f.write('Hello, ')
        f.write('World!')
        f.close()

[PyTom]

Fundamentally, no. You can look at config.gamedir, but that directory may not be writable.

[usul]

What is config.gamedir? Is there another way to handle data (written to disk) with Ren'Py?

[PyTom]

config.gamedir is the path to the game/ directory. Apart from the standard python ways, there isn't a way to write data to disk.

[usul]

I don't know where to look for config.gamedir? I don't see it in the options file.

[PyTom]

Ren'Py sets it automatically - you can just use it.

[usul]

can you give an example? I'm clueless as to where to put it and how it works.

[PyTom]

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python hide:
    import os
    fn = os.path.join(config.gamedir, 'myfile.txt')
    f = file(fn, "w")
    f.write('Hello, World.\n")
    f.close()
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