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PQ93

a fantasy console for making small games · By transmutrix

[Windows 8.1] Issue with save directory

A topic by Gexgekko created Jun 09, 2020 Views: 311 Replies: 7
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I got this Fantasy Console on the bundle. I've already own Pico-8 for some time and played with Tic-80 and others. I have some experience with computers (I am a dev myself) but I can't seem to find a way to make the drive option work on the console.

My steps:

1 - I download the zip and extract it

2 - I read the manual to check if there's something I have to do before running. I run pq93 as I'm impatient for seeing what it has to offer. I play with it a bit.

3 - I run folder command and sends me to My Documents. None the folder I created nor the .p93 are there. I find them in %appdata%/Roaming/paq/pq93/ (Win8.1).

4 - I don't know if I have to place the config.txt inside that pq93/ or on paq/ (in the same level as pq93 folder). I have tried both.

5 - I write the the commands #config.txt [\n here] drive=F:/Gex/blah/blah/blah I've also tried with drive="F:/....." to check if it needs quotes. It doesn't work.

Developer(+1)

Hm... I haven't worked on PQ93 in a while. I will investigate this after work tonight! 

Hopefully it's a quick fix and I get back to you today. :)

And my apologies for the confusing setup!

(+1)

No problem, I understand these things take time and effort to fix and not always work from the first time

Developer(+1)

Ok, after taking an initial peek, I must confess: I cross-compiled the Windows builds with mingw in Linux, and tested them under wine, also in Linux.

It would seem the behavior of certain things differs under *real* Windows. I actually have a Windows environment these days, so I should be able to fix the problems.

But the wait will likely be until at least this weekend. Apologies!

Current Windows bug list:

  • config is busted.
  • unable to create temp files
    • boot sequence broken
  • 'folder' opens Documents instead of %APPDATA%/paq/pq93

To answer your earlier question: the config *should* be able to be placed in the pq93 directory in appdata *or* in the same directory as the exe. Either should work (next to the exe is portable, which is a desirable feature).

I'm having the same issue under Windows 10.  I've tried putting config.txt in the same directory as the exe, but it gets ignored there, too.

Developer

Hey folks: a new Windows build is available now. The config issues should be fixed. I also left my config in there as an example, as well.

Please let me know if there is any more trouble. :)

I can confirm that the new config file does indeed work, but only after a user edits the one that you provided. A had an issue that before I edited the one that you provided, "folder" would open "My Documents", but I could not see any files PQ93 or otherwise in that folder using "ls". However, once I changed the config file to point to the "proper" place, it worked as expected. This behavior is likely occurring because the example config file provided contains a directory that does not exist. Perhaps using "c:\" as the default would be better? Or, at least, use something like "c:\ProgramData\pq93" and create that directory in code if it does not exist.

Otherwise, enjoying it so far!

Developer (2 edits)

Oops! Taking a look, I see that I left my own config drive. -_- Apologies. That's what happens when one rushes.

The irony is PQ93 will create a folder in %APPDATA% by default...

Edit: fixed for future downloads!