[Scummvm-devel] Windows experience

[Travis Howell]

On 23/12/2011 10:35 AM, Willem Jan Palenstijn wrote:
> And if there's a standard location for Windows Vista and Windows 7,
> why aren't we using it? Are we really letting ancient versions dictate
> our behaviour on modern Windows versions?

More a case of few or no developers using actually Windows Vista or 7 I 
expect. Windows XP is still widely used, although older Windows versions 
are much less common.

Adding a default saved path for Windows should at least cover Windows 
NT4 onwards, where write access can be limited (depending on settings) 
and to provide a consistent location across those Windows versions.

Storing saved games in similar location (Application 
Data\user\ScummVM\Saved games\) to config file and log files 
(Application Data\user\ScummVM\), would provide a provide a more 
consistent location. And is very similar to the standard location 
(Application Data\user\Saved games\ScummVM\ ) provided by Windows Vista/7.

On 27/12/2011 11:40 AM, Johannes Schickel wrote:
> I'm not a Windows port user myself, but I think "%documents%\ScummVM"
> seems like a good place for the config file, the log file and the
> default savegame location for modern Windows (i.e. Vista/7) systems at
> least. Of course one might want to have some directory structure in
> there, like a special subfolder for saves, so it's not so easy to miss
> the config file in a lot of saves or the like ;-).

A central location for all ScummVM related files, with a sub directory 
for saved games, is a good idea. But at the Application Data location, 
where the config file and log file are already stored under Windows. 
Moving the config file again would be a bad idea, since it would mean 
the config file could be in three locations (My Documents, Application 
Data or the Windows directory), due to backwards compatibility.

I will change the default saved game path for Windows NT4 onwards to 
%USERPROFILE%\ScummVM\Saved Games, unless there are further objections. 
This will use the following paths for saved games by default:
Windows Vista/7: \Users\username\AppData\Roaming\ScummVM\Saved games\
Windows 2000/XP: \Documents and Settings\username\Application 
Data\ScummVM\Saved games\
Windows NT4: <windir>\Profiles\username\Application Data\ScummVM\Saved 
games\

Also adding a 'Saved Games (default)' to the ScummVM section of the 
Start menu, to provide easy access to that location.