[quake3] fs_homepath write protected, Windows 2000

[Henry Garcia]

On 10/8/07, Justin Barrera <tech.salvager at gmail.com> wrote:
>
> you shouldn't use, ioquake3.x86.exe +set fs_homepath "c:\Program
> Files\Quake III Arena"
> on 2k and above you should use ,ioquake3.x86.exe +set fs_homepath
> "%programfiles%\Quake III Arena"
> I don't have a C: drive and hard codeding it to there isn't good
>

I agree using the %PROGRAMFILES% environment variable is preferable to hard
coding. But using that variable, nevertheless, still gives the same result.
: The console reports that fs_homepath is "C:\Program"  default is
"C:\Documents and Settings\blah...blah\blah"

The last message to pop up when using the %PROGRAMFILES% variable in the
console is the following: fs_homepath is write protected.

Apparently whenever the code catches a space in the fs_homepath parameter it
automatically spits out the message, fs_homepath is write protected and the
sets all the letters before the first occurring space as the fs_homepath.

There must be some way to tell the program about a space in the fs_homepath
parameter: %APPDATA% has spaces all over the place and yet it is saved in
the program correctly by default--unless you try to use
ioquake3.x86.exe+set fs_homepath "%APPDATA%\Quake3"

then it sets fs_homepath to "C:\Documents"

Hank
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