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Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 8:55 pm
by ficolas
Is there any way to run factorio directly from a pen drive, without installing any programs in the computer?
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:08 pm
by drs9999
Yes it is possible . Use the *zip- package instead of the installer and you are fine.
Just to be sure i tested it and it works for me ( 32bit Windows-version)
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Mon Mar 11, 2013 9:45 pm
by ficolas
K thx
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 2:42 am
by 1kftabove
to note: the game save files will be left on the computer
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 3:37 am
by FreeER
what do you mean they'll be saved on the computer? I know some of the older versions did but at least the new 2.10 is set by default to save within the current factorio directory (when using the zip). I know this because, the saves for the factorio I use for testing go into factorio\saves.
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 8:27 am
by drs9999
Yes by default the saves are stored at Users/Name/AppData/Roaming/Factorio ("Installer- Version")
or in Factorio/saves (*zip- Package)
But you can change it by editing the config-path.cfg or the config.ini (not sure which one exactly and i didnt tried it)
Re: Running factorio directly from a pen drive??
Posted: Tue Mar 12, 2013 11:41 am
by kovarex
Important is the file config-path.cfg in the factorio root.
When the file is not there the game uses system directories for config and saves.
If it is there, it reads from this file where the config file is:
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config-path=__PATH__executable__/../../config
....
In the config, there are two important values:
When are these values set this way, the files are stored on the computer in C:\User ...
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[path]
read-data=__PATH__system-read-data__
write-data=__PATH__system-write-data__
But when they are set this way all data are local.
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read-data=__PATH__executable__\..\..\data
write-data=__PATH__executable__\..\..
The second one is standard in zip installation file and the first in exe file, but it can be changed manually.