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I recently reinstalled Eschalon on a new Linux box. I had been playing using the 1.04 version and installed 1.05 and it does not see any of my saved games. Are they not compatible?

NM. I figured it out

You changed the name of the saved games directory. It used to be ".eschalon_b1_saved_games" (a hidden file) and now it is just "eschalon_b1_saved_games".

BTW, that's a horrible filename for us Linux purists who like to keep a neat and clean Home folder.

cfurlin wrote:BTW, that's a horrible filename for us Linux purists who like to keep a neat and clean Home folder.

So what would you recommend?

Simply .eschalon-b1 would work just fine.
Or
.basilisk/eschalon-b1
.basilisk/eschalon/book-1/saves
.eschalon/book-1
.eschalon/book-1/saves

As long as it starts with a .

Yep, have to agree. I was a little confused as well when I realised that the save folder is now a regular instead of a hidden folder (like before). I'd prefer the save games to be saved in a hidden folder again as well.

BasiliskWrangler wrote:

cfurlin wrote:BTW, that's a horrible filename for us Linux purists who like to keep a neat and clean Home folder.

So what would you recommend?

I would recommend what others have said in this thread. As a person who develops software for the Linux platform, I would highly recommend a hidden folder named with the company name, Basilisk. This is customary, especially if you are planning on releasing several titles for Linux. I would use something like:

.basilisk
.basiliskgames

Then underneath this folder, you can house configuration files in folders for each of your titles, such as:

.basilisk/eschalon_1
.basilisk/eschalon_2
.basilisk/eschalon_3

It's a lot cleaner solution and makes it easier to remember where to find the files, if the need arises.

Resurrect old(ish) thread time away!

If you ever do decide to do a 1.06, you could switch it to use .basilisk_games ala Book II.

[sigh] Well there is now a v1.06, and I just upgraded to it (from v1.04) and the saved games dir is still '~/eschalon_b1_saved_games'.

Maybe for v1.07...

Is there maybe a config file we could adjust to change the default save/load directory? Just rename the directory on our systems, then update the config to match?

If you really want to change the save game directory, here are some stupid fixes courtesy of perl search and replace. Note that this is completely unsupported and not recommended by me or Basilisk Games. If you break your game, your computer, or anything else, don't blame us.

If you just want to make the saved games directory a hidden file but don't care what it's called, run this command from your Book I directory:
That will make games go into ~/.schalon_b1_games. If you want your Book I games to coexist next to your Book II games in ~/.basilisk_games/, do this:
Careful with the line breaks and spacing - that's all supposed to be on one line with no spaces between the beginning and ending single quotes. Note that this second example will give an error if ~/.basilisk_games/ doesn't exist!

In either case, then run and start the game by running eb1 rather than Eschalon Book I.