Oh thanks a bunch for going out of your way to help man!
So, could you make a script - put it on an object in the scene, and put this line in:
void Start(){
Debug.Log(Application.dataPath);
}
Then build and run a Linux version and tell me what the Player log says. I don't know how much you remember about Unity but you can find the Standalone Player log in the console tab
[Edit] Ah, I see you make games so I'm probably over-explaining this 😄
Thanks Timeearl!!
Ok, so after some testing it seems like the <Project_Name>_Data folder is targeted by Application.dataPath, but when i tried moving a file named platformsettings.txt containing just the line "moving=true" into it, it didn't work.
I tried approximating what you did (read file, discard white spaces, ignore capitalization and compare) and the code
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(Application.dataPath + "/platformsettings.txt");
bool platformMoving = string.Concat(reader.ReadToEnd().Where(c =>!char.IsWhiteSpace(c))).ToLower().Contains("moving=true");
Debug.Log(platformMoving);
returned True for the file "platformsettings.txt" containing
randomMOVING = True letters
Does your implementation differ from mine substantially?
hmm, mine differs a little, but not massively. I still don't see why it wouldn't work. You're doing things in a slightly more smart way, replacing all the blank spaces. This is my exact implementation
using System.Collections;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using UnityEngine;
using System.IO;
public class Level10 : MonoBehaviour
{
public MovingPlatform movingPlatform;
string normalPath;
string normalPath2;
public MovingPlatform bug;
string bugPath;
string bugPath2;
void Start()
{
normalPath = Path.GetFullPath(Application.dataPath + @"\platformsettings.txt");
normalPath2 = normalPath.Replace(@"\ThatGame_Data","");
bugPath = Path.GetFullPath(Application.dataPath + @"\bugsettings.txt");
bugPath2 = bugPath.Replace(@"\ThatGame_Data","");
}
void Update()
{
if (!movingPlatform.forceMove)
{
if (File.Exists(normalPath))
{
if (ReadString(normalPath))
{
movingPlatform.forceMove = true;
}
}
if (File.Exists(normalPath2))
{
if (ReadString(normalPath2))
{
movingPlatform.forceMove = true;
}
}
}
if (PlayerPrefs.GetInt(gameObject.transform.parent.name) != 1)
{
if (File.Exists(bugPath))
{
if (ReadString(bugPath))
{
bug.forceMove = true;
}
}
if (File.Exists(bugPath2))
{
if (ReadString(bugPath2))
{
bug.forceMove = true;
}
}
}
}
public bool ReadString(string path)
{
StreamReader reader = new StreamReader(path);
if (
Read(path, reader, "moving = true")
|| Read(path, reader, "moving= true")
|| Read(path, reader, "moving =true")
|| Read(path, reader, "moving=true"))
{
reader.Close();
return true;
}
else
{
reader.Close();
return false;
}
}
public bool Read(string path, StreamReader reader, string check)
{
reader = new StreamReader(path);
if (reader.ReadToEnd().Contains(check))
{
reader.Close();
return true;
}
else
{
reader.Close();
return false;
}
}
}
I'm a little confused, not really sure what to suggest... I'll have a think but seems my brain isn't working this evening 😅Sorry about the blocked progress in the game!
Also thanks again for doing that :)
Found the Problem. I didn't think about it before, but the file separator for Windows is "\" and for Linux it is "/". I had that problem in another project before so i'm a bit mad at myself for not noticing. The Proper way of doing it is
Path.GetFullPath(Application.dataPath + Path.DirectorySeparatorChar + filename);
Path.DirectorySeparatorChar replaces the "/" or "\".
I tested it and it works for Linux. Since it changes the char according to the Operating System it should work for Windows and Mac as well.
I created a file named ThatGame_Data\platformsettings.txt in the Folder which contains the ThatGame_Data Folder and was able to finish the Level that way xD
Oh, siiick. Thanks so much for finding that. What a weird problem! You've definitely saved me a LOT of time and frustratiomn looking for the problem, I can't thank you enough :)
Ok I'll implement that fix v. v. soon. I messed some stuff up in the project (improving the editor dragging) But once I've fixed this I'll upload a new version for you.
Cheers man!!
No Problem, without me the Problem wouldn't exist at all so that was the minimum i could do.
Thank you for taking the time to fix it.
Not too many devs care about non-mainstream operating systems so this was a quite pleasant change of pace :]
If you ever need some help with testing for Linux let me know ^_^