Dynamic paths, possible feature request...

MarcusRaven · Post by **MarcusRaven** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 2:01 am

I'm wondering if ZSNES is compatible with dynamic paths. What I mean is that I have ZSNES and my corresponding files on an HP Pocket Media Drive. On my desktop, the drive letter is K, and (I think this is a Vista thing) I can reassign the drive letter to whatever I choose. On my laptop, which doesn't have that many drives defined (my desktop has a multi-card reader built in) the Drive letter is E. Since the drive will be moved around between my computers, I was wondering if ZSNES can have just a simple dynamic drive path in the paths menu.

Example:

Instead of K:\Folder\ZSNES\Games

is it possible to do something along the lines of \Games, \Saves, \Screens?

That way I can just plug the drive into whatever computer I'm using and all my paths are always correct. I like to keep my games, saves, and screens in their own folders. If there is a way to do this, how would I go about it? (I tried using my example method, thinking it would work, to no avail.)

If there isn't a way to do this, then I would like to suggest it for a future version. It makes the program much more convenient that I don't have to type in an entire path (some of which can be very long) and also I don't have to worry about retyping my path every time I move my drive.

Palin · Post by **Palin** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:27 am

Umm, as far as I know it accepts relative paths, like you mention. At least, older versions did.

If you have say "C:\Emulation\ZSNES\" and "C:\Emulation\Roms\" you should be able to point the path variable to "..\Roms\"

*edit* used the wrong form of "accepts." Maybe I should hire a proofreader

franpa · Post by **franpa** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 3:37 am

Palin wrote:"..\Roms"

Is it not ".\Roms" since .. is Up One Level in DOS?

wait, nevermind xD.

MarcusRaven · Post by **MarcusRaven** » Sat Apr 19, 2008 4:11 am

Alright. That's great to know. I never tried the periods in there. Didn't know. Thanks!

Ph4n70m · Post by **Ph4n70m** » Tue Apr 22, 2008 7:52 am

ZSnes accepts relative paths, but it will overwrite the relative path with the absolute path when it closes...
You can turn cfgdontsave to 1 in zsnesw.cfg to prevent this, I think it will work.

Post by **Nach** » Thu May 01, 2008 11:24 am

Development code has had improved relative directory support for quite a while, it'll be in the next release.