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  • Portable (USB) install using 3.6.7 from nethack.org?

    From cookie@21:1/5 to All on Fri Jul 21 11:14:29 2023
    Returning to NetHack after a while, I am trying to configure the standard 3.6.7 windows build (NetHackW.exe) to run from a root folder on a USB stick - is this still possible? Whatever I try it seems to insist on creating and using files in windoze
    folders (ProgramData and user profile). I just want a single user setup that I can run from a USB stick...
    E.g. using "sysconf" to redirect all folders:
    CONFIGDIR=d:\games\nethack\config
    TROUBLEDIR=d:\games\nethack\trouble
    HACKDIR=d:\games\nethack
    LEVELDIR=d:\games\nethack\temp
    SAVEDIR=d:\games\nethack\saves
    BONESDIR=d:\games\nethack\bones
    SCOREDIR=d:\games\nethack\scores
    LOCKDIR=d:\games\nethack\temp
    ...still recreates and uses the profile .nethackrc.
    Have I missed something obvious? There's nothing helpful on reddit and nethackwiki.com doesn't have anything relevant either.
    Any help appreciated. Mark C

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  • From Pat Rankin@21:1/5 to cookie on Fri Jul 21 15:14:05 2023
    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 11:14:32 AM UTC-7, cookie wrote:
    E.g. using "sysconf" to redirect all folders:
    [...]
    Any help appreciated. Mark C

    I believe that the sysconf directive 'PORTABLE_DEVICE_PATHS' is
    supposed to do exactly what you're asking for.

    I've never tried it. I think you need to both uncomment it (remove
    the leading hash) and change the value from 0 to 1.

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  • From cookie@21:1/5 to Pat Rankin on Sat Jul 22 05:07:22 2023
    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 11:14:07 PM UTC+1, Pat Rankin wrote:
    On Friday, July 21, 2023 at 11:14:32 AM UTC-7, cookie wrote:
    E.g. using "sysconf" to redirect all folders:
    [...]
    Any help appreciated. Mark C
    I believe that the sysconf directive 'PORTABLE_DEVICE_PATHS' is
    supposed to do exactly what you're asking for.

    Thanks very much Pat! This is not in the sysconf.template but I do remember reading about this - I found it again buried around line 5624 in the guidebook.txt.

    Now to try not to die too often as I remember how to play...

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  • From B. R. 'BeAr' Ederson@21:1/5 to cookie on Sat Jul 22 19:10:52 2023
    On Fri, 21 Jul 2023 11:14:29 -0700 (PDT), cookie wrote:

    I just want a single user setup that I can run from a USB stick...
    [...]
    HACKDIR=d:\games\nethack
    LEVELDIR=d:\games\nethack\temp
    BONESDIR=d:\games\nethack\bones

    In addition to the sysconfig "PORTABLE_DEVICE_PATHS = 1" setting Pat
    already mentioned, you probably should consider using relative path
    entries to get a _real_ portable setup, like:

    HACKDIR=.
    LEVELDIR=.\temp
    BONESDIR=.\bones

    Please note, that path settings from .nethackrc (user settings) override
    these from sysconfig (system settings). Best to check that every path
    points to the intended location with:

    NetHackW.exe --showpaths

    Some information on Windows (portable) settings can be found here: https://www.nethack.org/v367/bugmore/WinFilePaths.txt

    BeAr
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