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I want a clod software where i can save my data google drive providing me less storage. suggest me an application that provide me more data storage.

[--conf acsetup.cfg]

https://github.com/adventuregamestudio/ags/issues/961

It's suggested for the next minor update (3.5.1, if it happens).

Glad to say 3.5.1 did get out and fixed this issue!

The solution is to:

• Run the game via --conf acsetup.cfg, or even a subfolder like --conf conf\acsetup.cfg
• In the setup (which you can reach via --setup --conf acsetup.cfg) enable Advanced and use Custom gave saves path

Not sure if it was automatic or manual by my CFG file has it as relative folder:

Code: ags

user_data_dir=.\conf

I will open a ticket for consideration about having user config  in a game folder, and maybe everything else at once, as an optional mode.

Did you end up opening it? Is there a link you can share?

Thanks!

Is this an actual problem? I could open a ticket in the issue tracker to let developers discuss this.

It's just the only thing that stands between AGS games being considered as portable programs.
It's nicer when everything happens inside the game's folder and nowhere else.

The weird thing is those settings are 100% identical to what's already inside the original acsetup.cfg, so why duplicating them and just them?

Actually, I've tried that.
By simply launching the game (by launching acwin.exe as previously suggested) it does read and use the local acsetup.cfg...and then saves a minimal one at the standard save location.
By minimal I mean this:

Code: ags

[graphics]
render_at_screenres=0
windowed=1
[language]
translation=

All of which are settings that already exist at local acsetup.cfg.

Just to clarify, I ran acwin.exe --setup, then moved the resulting acsetup.cfg into the local path, then ran acwin.exe to run the game.
The result was having 2 acsetup.cfg files - a full one locally and a minimal one at the standard save location.

Someone else's game, yes.

That's indeed what I did. Well, more specifically I used a program that can launch any program with a pre-defined individual volume.
But it's easier if the game just does it internally.

I think it should look in the game's folder before everything else.

It seems like it's the only thing keeping the games from being portable, so that's the purpose. :-)

Use them how? If there's no menu for volume control, which keys can I use to lower the volume?

Usually games have a menu button that can control skill, speech, etc.
But if a game has no such menu, is there any way to lower or raise the volume?

If you want to run someone else's game with a newer engine you may copy acwin.exe from the recent stable AGS version (3.4.3 now) into the game's folder and run "acwin.exe --setup" from command line. That will launch new setup program. Afterwards just run acwin.exe instead of the game's own exe.

It worked!

However, it still saves %USERPROFILE%\Saved Games\[game's name]\acsetup.cfg - doesn't it kind of defeat the whole purpose?

Judging on your screenshot the game was made with AGS 3.3.0 when custom savegame path was not supported.

But in newer versions, is there a command line parameter for this?

Are you looking to find where saves are stored or trying to change their location?

The latter.

Alternatively, a user may set up custom location in winsetup's advanced settings.

I know it's an old topic, but I'd like to continue it further - what if the game has no such setting?
Is there any command line parameter that can control it instead (e.g. game.exe - savedpath="c:\test\")?

Is there a way to add a visa to your inventory via cheating, and then show it to the guards?