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PirateJohn
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I seem to be having trouble getting to files that are in a different directory than my game. As I've mentioned before, I'm making an Olympics game, so I created one folder for each sport (finished air rifle and am working on weightlifting) and another folder for all of the flag BMPs. However, I can't seem to get to the flag files unless I put them in the same folder as the application. Obviously, I don't want a copy of the same folder in each sport's folder.

How do I go up a directory in my app? I tried using "..\Flags\File.bmp" but that doesn't seem to work.
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RonsWare
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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 10:50
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Try

DIR ..

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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 11:51
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Quote: " I tried using "..\Flags\File.bmp" but that doesn't seem to work."
This would access the folder "Flags" in the current folder, if there was an folder called "Flags" in the current folder. I use CD ".." to go back one folder. Have fun

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Green Gandalf
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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 14:26
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Quote: "I use CD ".." to go back one folder."


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Mobiius
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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 15:07
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OR ..\..\OtherFolder\OtherFile.bla

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Hi there.

@PirateJohn You can use the whole path to folder or cd ".." as mentioned. I you are doing something like a file browser try this:



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Derek Darkly
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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 22:06
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I think ".\" goes up one folder and "..\" is for the root directory.

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ShellfishGames
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Posted: 4th Jul 2013 23:43
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I thought ".\" was the current directory and "..\" the parent directory.

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What shellfish said.

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Posted: 5th Jul 2013 05:54 Edited at: 5th Jul 2013 07:26
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Unless you need a list of all the files in a certain folder, I'd recommend avoiding .\ and ..\ and CD and DIR.

Just use the regular "relative" path names. So load a player object like:
Load Object "models\player\elf\body.x", 10

If you can't make due with relative paths then do yourself a big favor and record the programs default folder path at the beginning of your program. I can't remember the exact name of the command but its something like this:

Get Current Folder -or- Get Current Dir$

So at the beginning of the program add:
Global Game_Path$
Game_Path$ = Get Current Dir$()

Then when you need to navigate around you can do:
CD Game_Path$

And then use CD with the relative paths to end up in the proper place. You might have all sorts of functions moving that folder navigation pointer all around. Doing it this way reduces the chance they will interfere with each other. It also allows you to consistently use relative paths for everything.

On second thought I'd probably just use CD once but add the global and local paths each time. CD Game_Path$ + "\" + Local_Path$. I'd never use CD "..\".

I'll also add that I never use CD to navigate folders unless I am forced to by DBPro commands. The only reason I can think of is the file/folder checklist for getting all the files in a folder. I use it in all of my editors for loading/saving work and in the game for displaying available maps since I haven't decided on a process for listing the maps in a prettier way than a simple file list. Eventually it will be replaced with an episode title and thumbnail.

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PirateJohn
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Posted: 5th Jul 2013 07:34
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Yeah, I kinda do need all of the files in one folder. The reason is that I am making multiple sports (it's the Olympics, after all) so I have one folder for all of my shooting game files and one folder for all of my weightlifting files. As I add sports, they will all get separate folders.

The files that are unique to that sport will go into that sport's folder, but the national flags are common to all of the games, so I have to put that in a higher folder. If I were to try including all of the sports' game files in the same folder, it wouldn't be long before I ended up with one big hot mess, especially after I add a few more sports such as rowing, track, and so on.
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Posted: 5th Jul 2013 17:26
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Quote: "Get Current Folder -or- Get Current Dir$"

App Dir() - Matrix 1 plugins.

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