Link to appdata/Factorio folder

[bk5115545]

In the game install directory, it'd be nice to have a hard link to the %appdata%\Factorio folder.

[TheVeteraNoob]

Then just make one. Right click on somewhere click new then shortcut. Type in the same app data jazz

[ssilk]

Default hard links are never a good idea for installation. Too many constraints.

[bk5115545]

Then just make one. Right click on somewhere click new then shortcut. Type in the same app data jazz

I'm thinking more along the lines of the below.
(Windows -- from the chosen install directory)

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mklink /J factorio_appdata %appdata%\Factorio

(Linux -- must use full paths)

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ln -s /usr/lib/Factorio ~/factorio_data # The Linux source path is probably wrong.

These make links that are indistinguishable from the actual location where as a shortcut is a file that requires application support to be used whereas Windows junctions and symbolic links are literally entries in the filesystem table that work like aliases.

Default hard links are never a good idea for installation. Too many constraints.

You're right. God I must be old to have confused soft links, hard links, and junctions.

My point is that it's rare for a game to store anything persistent (mods) in %appdata% instead of "Documents\Factorio." It's easy enough to open the install directory from steam; it would be easy enough to find the Factorio directory in "Documents;" it's unintuitive to find Factorio in %appdata%\Factorio (but still not hard)

[ssilk]

This is the way, Microsoft proposes.

Some stupid googling around:
https://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/lib ... 62614.aspx
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/librar ... s.85).aspx -> search for appdata

This is similar to MacOS, where applications store data below Libary/Application Support/. Even in Linux there are similar efforts.

My idea around the problem is, that the game has anywhere a menu-point "Open Application Folder in Explorer/Finder/Shell..."