[Gtkradiant] What is a "magic path word"???

[ydnar]

If your version of Q3Map2 already supports tremulous natively, then  
that option will not be necessary. Part of the game_t struct has a  
homedir path to look in.

Randy


On Dec 6, 2006, at 9:46 AM, LinuxManMikeC wrote:

> So what would be the sytax for multiple basepaths?  My guess is:
> -fs_basepath "/usr/games/tremulous:/home/mike/.tremulous"
>
> On 12/6/06, ydnar <ydnar at shaderlab.com> wrote:
>> You can supply multiple -fs_basepath arguments. Q3Map2 creates an
>> ordered directory list of all combinations of fs_basepath and fs_game
>> (as well as defaults).
>>
>> Randy
>>
>>
>> On Dec 6, 2006, at 8:30 AM, LinuxManMikeC wrote:
>>
>> > Thanks for the reply Randy.  Nice to hear it straight from the  
>> horse's
>> > mouth :-).  Looks like "tremulous" was a good guess for the magic
>> > path.
>> >
>> >
>> > However, -fs_game does not do what I'm looking for.
>> >
>> > -fs_game tremulous
>> > ...gives...
>> > /home/mike/.q3a/tremulous
>> >
>> > ...what I am suggesting is...
>> >
>> > -fs_userdir tremulous -fs_game base
>> > ...which would give...
>> > /home/mike/.tremulous/base
>> >
>> > (I know I would still need -fs_basepath :-) )
>> >
>> > Tremulous is no longer a Q3 mod, but a stand-alone game using  
>> the GPL
>> > Q3 engine.  When it was a Q3 mod, q3map2 would work fine as is.   
>> Now
>> > Tremulous needs a game_tremulous.h in the source with the proper
>> > settings (just as Jedi Knight 1 and 2, Wolfenstein, etc...).  I was
>> > just suggesting a way to specify some of these changes for future
>> > games without changing the q3map2 source.  This seems to be more  
>> of a
>> > problem for Unix/Linux systems as all Q3-based games I've seen on
>> > Windows don't have per-user directories, but I don't fully  
>> understand
>> > all details of the code yet.
>> >
>> > Still would like to know if you'd want to merge the Tremulous  
>> support
>> > into your dev tree when I'm finished.
>> >
>> > Thanks again,
>> >
>> > Mike
>> >
>> > On 12/6/06, ydnar <ydnar at shaderlab.com> wrote:
>> >> There is the -fs_game option as well. The magic word code is only
>> >> used as a fallback when -fs_basepath isn't specified.
>> >>
>> >> The code is already part of the GtkRadiant tree--it always has  
>> been.
>> >>
>> >> Randy
>> >>
>> >>
>> >> On Dec 5, 2006, at 8:27 PM, LinuxManMikeC wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > Working on adding support to q3map2 for the game Tremulous.
>> >> Since Q3
>> >> > went GPL they altered the Tremulous mod into a standalone game.
>> >> Now
>> >> > q3map2 doesn't know to look in user directory of .tremulous and
>> >> > instead looks in .q3a .  I got all the basics taken care of  
>> and it
>> >> > seems to be working fine, but I have no idea what a "magic path
>> >> word"
>> >> > is.  Can someone please explain?  I currently have it set to
>> >> > "tremulous" and it worked fine with it set to "quake" (the  
>> default
>> >> > before my changes) and both seem to be no problem.  Does it even
>> >> > matter?
>> >> >
>> >> > Also, would you include this in the GTKRadiant source tree  
>> when its
>> >> > finished?  Or should I just see about Tremulous forking q3map2
>> >> code?
>> >> > In any case I would suggest that in addition to the -fs_basepath
>> >> > option, to have a -fs_userpath or something to make it easier to
>> >> > support new games.  I was thinking of implementing this myself
>> >> after I
>> >> > finish the Tremulous code, but others are welcome to do it  
>> instead.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks,
>> >> >
>> >> > Mike
>> >> >
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