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RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - nintendo_nerd - 09-15-2013

Confirmed working like a charm. Moved all my saves over and they work. Thank you!

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - delroth - 09-15-2013

Merged to master. Please report any problem you'll find with global-user-directory here.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - nintendo_nerd - 09-15-2013

(09-15-2013, 04:12 AM)delroth Wrote: Merged to master. Please report any problem you'll find with global-user-directory here.
Will do, I'll keep testing but it is working very well from what I've tested so far Cool

Edit: Tested with the x64 in Windows 7 Pro

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - oliverfrancisco - 09-15-2013

Tested under Windows 8 x64. Works fine.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - Qaazavaca Qaanic - 09-15-2013

Appdata is the "correct" way to do it, but it's less user-friendly. Minecraft went that path, I personally dislike My Documents, but it's better for Windows XP and below. Vista and up, I prefer it directly in C:/Users/username/Prologin/allFilesHere

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - nintendo_nerd - 09-15-2013

(09-15-2013, 07:27 AM)jimbo1qaz Wrote: Appdata is the "correct" way to do it, but it's less user-friendly. Minecraft went that path, I personally dislike My Documents, but it's better for Windows XP and below. Vista and up, I prefer it directly in C:/Users/username/Prologin/allFilesHere
That can be changed with Regedit, right? I mean, you can force Dolphin to store the config elsewhere...I think.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - delroth - 09-15-2013

Yes, it's explained in the first post on this thread.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - Tomkun - 09-15-2013

Win 7 x64.
3.5-2384 x64

Saves are working just fine, but I'm having trouble with the per-game settings. When I right-click 'Properties' > 'Edit Config', I should be able to edit the per game settings as before, with the new settings being saved in the new global user directory, correct?
This starts out fine, i.e it creates the new .ini file, but as soon as I click 'Close' on the properties screen it gets deleted again. I've tried it with 'Epic Mickey (SEMP4Q)' and 'House of the Dead Overkill (RHOP8P)'. I also tried with 'Family Ski and Snowboard (RYKPAF)', but for some reason that one doesn't get deleted.

[Update]
Just retried 'Family Ski and Snowboard' and it too gets deleted.

[Update 2]
It's possible to work around the issue by making the .ini file read-only through Windows explorer before clicking close. Dolphin will tell you the .ini file couldn't be saved, but the settings should stick this time.

[Update 3]
Sorry to keep updating this, but I figured it's better thank keep adding new posts.
I have a question: Is the Anisotropic filtering level controlled by MaxAnisotropy and does it work? Epic Mickey requires Anisotropic filtering to be set to 1, so I added this to the ini.
Code:
[Video_Enhancements]
MaxAnisotropy = 1

But it doesn't seem to work. I noticed in VideoConfig.cpp a todo at line 221, but I don't know if that's related.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - delroth - 09-16-2013

If your INI file does not contain anything, it gets deleted. That's by design.

RE: Testers Wanted - Global User Directory Branch - Tomkun - 09-16-2013

(09-16-2013, 01:38 AM)delroth Wrote: If your INI file does not contain anything, it gets deleted. That's by design.
But the INI files do contain something and are deleted anyway. I'll detail my steps below in case I'm doing something incorrectly. I'll use 'House of the Dead: Overkill' as an example, but it happens with all games as far as I can tell.

1. Start Dolphin.
2. Right click 'House of the Dead: Overkill'.
3. Click properties.
4. Click Edit Config.
Dolphin creates a new INI file, RHOP8P.ini and it opens in notepad.
5. Add the following to the INI file.

Code:
[Hacks]
EFBEmulateFormatChanges = True

6. Save and close notepad.
7. Click Close in the game properties window.
The INI file is deleted.

I should add that I am not using the default global user directory location, but specify a different one in the game shortcut.