[Scummvm-devel] Bug: Game Data path does not get remembered when games get started from the cmdline

Max Horn max at quendi.de
Sun May 25 00:45:50 CEST 2008


Hi Hans,

this sounds like a proper bug, so should be filed on our bug tracker,  
so that it won't be forgotten. Maybe you could do that... ? Or  
somebody else here.. ?

Cheers,
Max

Am 24.05.2008 um 22:11 schrieb Hans de Goede:

> Hi,
>
> I'm the Fedora packager of scummvm and free scummvm title like bass  
> fotaq and lure.
>
> The Fedora packages of bass fotaq and lure provide a menu entry to  
> launch them,
> which invokes scummvm like this:
> scummvm -f -p /usr/share/flight-of-the-amazon-queen queen
>
> If a user starts scummvm after he has used the menu entry invoking  
> the above
> command atleast once, then scummvm lists fotaq as one of the games  
> scummvm
> knows thats present and can be run. IOW scummvm has learned that  
> fotaq is
> available on this system, however starting it through the game  
> selection menu
> within scummvm results in:
>
> Looking for queen
> Trying to start game 'Flight of the Amazon Queen'
> WARNING: No path was provided. Assuming the data files are in the  
> current direct
> ory!
> Could not open resource file 'queen.1[c]'!
>
> This can be fixed by doing the following:
>
> In the game chooser select fotaq, then choise edit game, then select
> the paths tab and then edit "Game Path" and point it to:
> /usr/share/flight-of-the-amazon-queen
>
> But IMHO when started with an explicit path given, and a game is  
> found in that
> path when remembering the game is present scummvm should also  
> remember the game
> data path.
>
> Regards,
>
> Hans
>
> p.s.
>
> This was originally reported to me by a Fedora user see:
> https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=448231
>
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