Profile-specific mods / multiple installations

[Tannin42]

Problem is that if we allow users to reconfigure where they store the database it opens up an entirely now field of ways users can break it.

I'd need a reaaaaally good reason for that. This isn't one, the extension variant is the better solution.

Consider the single config like your windows registry, how many tools allow you to reconfigure where they store their stuff inside the registry?

 

Besides: How do you configure where you store your configuration? You then have a configuration for your configuration and how long is it going to take before someone wants

to be able to configure where they store the configuration for the configuration?

[kamikatze13]

Problem is that if we allow users to reconfigure where they store the database it opens up an entirely now field of ways users can break it.

I'd need a reaaaaally good reason for that. This isn't one, the extension variant is the better solution.

Consider the single config like your windows registry, how many tools allow you to reconfigure where they store their stuff inside the registry?

 

Besides: How do you configure where you store your configuration? You then have a configuration for your configuration and how long is it going to take before someone wants

to be able to configure where they store the configuration for the configuration?

tbh i deploy standalone/portable apps wherever i can, which obviously store all configuration they need alongside/inside their root folders ^{just as mo did}. i also reinstall windows on a monthly basis, so not having programs to be reinstalled is a major boon.

 

again, i'm obviously not in the target user group VO is catering to and multi-instance support isn't a thing an average user would ever need. i also recognize a dedicated storage location simplifies development and debugging. i fail to see, however, how a fixed location in %appdata% is any different from a fixed location inside the root folder.

 

EDIT: r/w permissions is the obvious point. now this is a bit harsh (and probably arrogant) - but is a user, who is about to mod the game (possibly to its death and beyond), really ready for it if he doesn't understand basic file permissions? i can see you argue that he is, and that it's what VO is for, and you'd have a solid point.