SUGESTION: Version specific defaut game folder settings

[RickJ]

In the preferences dialog box, is the "New Game Directory" setting version specific?  In other words if there are two different versions  of AGS installed does each version have it's own setting or do they share the same one? 

If not then I would like to make a suggestion that this be made version specific so that each installed AGS version would have it's own setting.  I would also like to suggest that this setting also be used for the "Open Game" dialog. 

The reason for this is that many, if not all, of us keep separate game folders; one  for each version of AGS.  So if I open the AGS 2.72 editor I would like it to be directed to the V2.72 games folder by default so that this would be the default location of newly created games or it would be the default location to look for existing games to be opened. 

One other suggestion would also be to cleanup the open game dialog so that instead of having to specify the game file one could just select the game folder instead. 

[Pumaman]

I'm not sure, it seems that this is more a personal preference of how you organise your games .. would anyone else find this useful?

[RickJ]

Just to be clear;  I am not asking that a specific directory usage be codified; just asking that some or all of the editor preferences be specific to a particular version of the editor so that one may have multiple versions of the editor installed and so that they do not affect one another.

Specifically speaking this might be accomplished by changing the registry class (I don't know if class is the correct term) name in future versions of the editor from this:

     HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Adventure Game Studio->AGS Editor

to something like this:

     HKEY_CURRENT_USER->Software->Adventure Game Studio->AGS Editor Vx.xx

where Vx.xx is the editor version.  I am assuming that this would have the effect of giving  subsequent editor versions their own independent set of preferences.

[Pumaman]

This is a possibility -- obviously when installing a new version it would have to automatically find and inherit settings from any previous version as its initial settings.

Would anyone else find this useful?

[Snake]

I would, Chris. I think it's a great idea.

[Wonkyth]

Certainly!