[quake3] fs_homepath write protected, Windows 2000

[Ludwig Nussel]

Henry Garcia wrote:
> Was unable to get this function to work using ---> \fs_homepath
> 
> It seems that I don't know how to get ioquake3.x86.exe to deal with spaces
> in the Windows Operating System.
> 
> If you start ioquake3 as follows:
> ioquake3.x86.exe +set fs_homepath "c:\Program Files\Quake III Arena"
> using quotation marks or not using them
> 
> then fs_homepath returns "c:\Program"
> 
> As soon as it finds a space it cuts out. Are there any ways to deal with
> this situation other than not putting the home path  in a directory without
> spaces?

The whole command line parsing and startup code (com_consoleLines)
is broken in that regard. Additional quotation might work:
ioquake3.x86.exe +set fs_homepath "\"c:\Program Files\Quake III Arena\""

cu
Ludwig

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