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| author | tjw <tjw@edf5b092-35ff-0310-97b2-ce42778d08ea> | 2006-09-13 22:55:53 +0000 |
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| committer | tjw <tjw@edf5b092-35ff-0310-97b2-ce42778d08ea> | 2006-09-13 22:55:53 +0000 |
| commit | f84ccd76b3307be22b7be1e4baf9a432822c67e3 (patch) | |
| tree | e07df2b168ec25d683f55276632c73edcff29298 /README | |
| parent | 224d1edf37216e46d7defd8351c2546d3c85bdfe (diff) | |
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Bug 2813
* Do not detect a seperate homepath on win95, win98, or winme since it's not
truly a user-specific dir and therefore provides no advantage
* Use CSIDL_APPDATA instead of CSIDL_LOCAL_APPDATA. This means that
user-specific game data is now allowed to be part of a user's Roaming Profile
git-svn-id: svn://svn.icculus.org/quake3/trunk@907 edf5b092-35ff-0310-97b2-ce42778d08ea
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@@ -24,6 +24,8 @@ for further development. Some of the major features currently implemented are: * Support for various esoteric operating systems (see http://icculus.org/quake3/?page=status) * HTTP/FTP download redirection (using cURL) + * Multiuser support on Windows NT based systems (user specific game data + is stored in "%APPDATA%\Quake3") * Many, many bug fixes The map editor and associated compiling tools are not included. We suggest you @@ -234,6 +236,25 @@ Using HTTP/FTP Download Support (Client) it will use the value of the cvar cl_cURLLib as the filename of the cURL library to dynamically load. +Multiuser Support on Windows NT based sysems + On Windows NT based systems (e.g. Windows XP), all user specific files such + as autogenerated configuration, demos, videos, screenshots, and + autodownloaded pk3s are now saved in a directory specific to the + user who is running ioquake3. On systems using the English language, + this is usually a directory named: + "C:\Documents and Settings\%USERNAME%\Application Data\Quake3\" + + In order to access this directory more easily, the installer may create a + Shortcut which has its target set to: + "%APPDATA%\Quake3\" + Such a link would work for all users and would work on non-English versions + of Windows. + + You can revert to the old single-user behaviour by setting the fs_homepath + cvar to the directory where ioquake3 is installed. For example: + ioquake3.exe +set fs_homepath "c:\ioquake3" + Note that this cvar MUST be set as a command line parameter. + ------------------------------------------------------------- Contributing ----- Please send all patches to bugzilla (https://bugzilla.icculus.org), or join the |