I'm not sure what I am doing wrong, I installed oblivion to the default location, and nehrim to a non-default location, and I can get this to run and save the settings for one or the other, but not both. That withstanding, this is a great idea, and it seems that some people are getting it to work, so thank you for your efforts.
Yeah, the files are all in the same places as the oblivion ones(Except under fallout 3), the directories you said are all correct,(How did you magically know that it is the fallout.ini instead of the fallout3.ini? I guess you either looked it up or are a skilled guesser(or magician)). Thanks for the awesome file(Though I haven't used it yet.).
Would this in theory work for Fallout 3, kinda just curious, but it would be helpful if it did.
I'm afraid not, it is coded to read and copy the ini file as oblivion.ini i dont have fallout 3 installed, but if you PM me the names and locations of the ini and plugins files, and the loaction of the saves folder i willl happily edit the program to work with fallout for you.
if the locations are similar to oblivion it would be something like ini: <username>/documents/my games/fallout 3/fallout.ini plugins: <username>/appdata/local/fallout 3/plugins.txt saves:<username>/documents/my games/fallout 3/saves/
You must have administrative rights for this to work. Otherwise you can't write to the game directory. This feature was implemented to support limited users.
My saved games are in the folder saves right in the game folder as is my Oblivion.ini and my Plugins.txt and DLCList.txt. Thus each game is now self contained. Nehrim Oblivion and MERP each have a folder. Larger files such as Oblivion - Meshes.bsa, that are common to all games, are now cloned as hard links from one folder (The original Oblivion) thus saving space.
This fulfills my needs well for now. Good luck with your project though, it is a move in the right direction.
@Apprentice Harper the paths should have slashes in them. did the quote delete them?
Try running the switcher as administrator. that may solve the problem.
hmm, It has saved though - firstrun is 0, activegame is 2. try manually adding the game to the ini file (incluing the numgame and active game) i'll see if it can find hte problem. thanks for the feedback and keep me updated!
On my computer Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe is not saving to its own INI file
I do the add game path setting press save then close Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe. the folders are made and the files are copied but the Switcher.ini never changes.
Plugins=Eocuments and SettingsILocal SettingsApplication Dataoblivion INI=Eocuments and SettingsIMy DocumentsMy Gamesoblivion
[Game1]=Oblivion Location=F:OblivionOblivion.exe INIBakLoc=Eocuments and Settings<account>My DocumentsMy GamesoblivionSwitcherOblivion PluginBakLoc=Eocuments and Settings<account>Local SettingsApplication DataoblivionSwitcherOblivion
[Game2]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game3]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game4]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game5]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game6]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
Correction while the Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe is open the ini has the correct settings but as soon as Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe closes the ini is as above.
It is not clear if one should use the save under files menu item. I tried both using this save and not.
Plugins=E:\Documents and Settings\I\Local Settings\Application Data\oblivion INI=E:\Documents and Settings\I\My Documents\My Games\oblivion
[Game1]=Oblivion Location=F:\Oblivion\Oblivion.exe INIBakLoc=E:\Documents and Settings\I\My Documents\My Games\oblivion\Switcher\Oblivion PluginBakLoc=E:\Documents and Settings\I\Local Settings\Application Data\oblivion\Switcher\Oblivion
[Game2]=test Location=F:\Oblivion-MERP\Oblivion.exe INIBakLoc=E:\Documents and Settings\<account>\My Documents\My Games\oblivion\Switcher\MERP PluginBakLoc=E:\Documents and Settings\<account>\Local Settings\Application Data\oblivion\Switcher\MERP
[Game3]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game4]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game5]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
[Game6]= Location= INIBakLoc= PluginBakLoc=
the test game shows when I start Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe. The settings stay when I close Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe. But I tried to add a new game again with the User interface and it was not added to the Switcher.ini file.
The "\\\\\\\\"s above are being deleted by the editor here so all path information above will be effected
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My magic is level 255
theres also falloutprefs.ini (i researched that one
I'm afraid not,
it is coded to read and copy the ini file as oblivion.ini
i dont have fallout 3 installed, but if you PM me the names and locations of the ini and plugins files, and the loaction of the saves folder i willl happily edit the program to work with fallout for you.
if the locations are similar to oblivion it would be something like
ini: <username>/documents/my games/fallout 3/fallout.ini
plugins: <username>/appdata/local/fallout 3/plugins.txt
saves:<username>/documents/my games/fallout 3/saves/
i only run as admin windows xp
Now I am using the Game setting bUseMyGamesDirectory=0
This fulfills my needs well for now.
Good luck with your project though, it is a move in the right direction.
the paths should have slashes in them. did the quote delete them?
Try running the switcher as administrator. that may solve the problem.
hmm, It has saved though - firstrun is 0, activegame is 2. try manually adding the game to the ini file (incluing the numgame and active game)
i'll see if it can find hte problem. thanks for the feedback and keep me updated!
I do the add game path setting press save then close Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe. the folders are made and the files are copied but the Switcher.ini never changes.
Correction while the Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe is open the ini has the correct settings but as soon as Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe closes the ini is as above.
It is not clear if one should use the save under files menu item. I tried both using this save and not.
UPDATE I manually set the ini as bellow
the test game shows when I start Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe.
The settings stay when I close Oblivion Settings Switcher.exe.
But I tried to add a new game again with the User interface and it was not added to the Switcher.ini file.
The "\\\\\\\\"s above are being deleted by the editor here so all path information above will be effected