[physfs] Getting every instance of overlapping files

Haydn Harach hharach at gmail.com
Sat Aug 23 04:33:40 EDT 2014


Problem is, I want .png files to be overwritten, but not .map files.  When
the mod is loaded initially, it's just a big .zip archive, there could be
.png or .map files within it's sub-directories.


On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 2:13 AM, Sik the hedgehog <
sik.the.hedgehog at gmail.com> wrote:

> Two options:
>
> - Mount them in separate directories and just deal with the fact (I
> ended up doing this to prevent mods in my game from overwriting
> configuration and savegame files).
>
> - If the data is going to permanently stay in memory (i.e. you won't
> need to read the files after initially mounted), then load the files
> the moment you mount them (before mounting the subsequent archives).
> The obvious upshot is that if you want you can unmount them after
> loading (since the data is in RAM already).
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