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Where exactly .dat files should go on Linux?

Open pawzoflion opened this issue 1 year ago • 10 comments

I've installed it from flathub, and now I want to enable fulltilt data with CADET.DAT but I just don't have a clue where should it go.

pawzoflion avatar Nov 17 '23 18:11 pawzoflion

I don’t know how to pass files into Flathub packages, since it is isolated from the host. @kowalski7cc might know more about Flathub package. In my opinion, Flathub package should just include FT CADET game data out of the box.

One way to bypass Flathub limitations is to build the game from source. To get all valid data locations run the game without game data.

k4zmu2a avatar Nov 20 '23 07:11 k4zmu2a

I'll look into it

kowalski7cc avatar Dec 09 '23 19:12 kowalski7cc

I tested that files in /home/$USER/.var/app/com.github.k4zmu2a.spacecadetpinball/data/SpaceCadetPinball are correctly found, but you cannot switch between FT PB and 3D PB data.

kowalski7cc avatar Dec 12 '23 20:12 kowalski7cc

3DBP/FT switch works only when both game data sets are in the same folder. Otherwise, the game loads the first data set found regardless of the option. I made it this way to avoid potential confusion with mixed data directories.

An alternative approach would be to search all data locations for one particular data type at a time. This way 3DBP and Cadet data could be stored in different locations and still be both accessible in game.

k4zmu2a avatar Dec 28 '23 06:12 k4zmu2a

@kowalski7cc Could you share a screenshot of how the file structure in that directory should look?

I could not get it to load the full tilt space cadet version :/

p0kR avatar Feb 28 '24 07:02 p0kR