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Hello there.
This is my first post. I will try to write about PICO-8 from a view of amateur who try to solve problems and write about them. Write about his first steps in programming, music creating etc.

CHAPTER ONE: PICO-8 and DROPBOX

It was not so hard to see, where to start. PICO-ZINE makes great introduction especially with the SQUASHY game. But lets start with something other.

How to start pico in another directory:
If you got Dropbox and you are using PICO-8 on more than one computer, than is a really good way to store your project on Dropbox. I`ve got really trouble to change the config where the directories are for PICO. So lets see how to do it:

This steps will be for those, who are running PICO-8 for the first time.
If you got config.txt, just skip to step 6.

  1. Run PICO-8
  2. Type FOLDER and press ENTER
  3. You will see, where the main directory of PICO8 is.
    Don't be fooled, if you don't see any config.txt
  4. Exit PICO-8 (now PICO-8 writes a config.txt)
  5. If you haven't see config.txt, now you should see it.
  6. Just edit it and change the thing you would like (paths...)
  7. RUN PICO-8 and see if something changes.


Does it works for you ?

For me not. It always point to the USERS directory.
So i find a neat SOLUTION:

pico8.exe -home c:\work\dropbox\programming\pico-8


and woala - this works like a magic. So if you create a BAT file with that command line inside, it will work without any problems :)

UPDATE:
thanx to deKay i try it once again. And you know what ? This time it was working. The problem seems to be (on my computer) with slashes :) when i put \ it doesn't work. If i put / it works without any problem.

P#32352 2016-11-09 06:08 ( Edited 2016-12-13 16:33)

The config file you need to change is in:

C:\Users[username]\AppData\Roaming\pico-8

(on Win7 at least)

I edited that file to point at a folder in Dropbox, and it works just fine.

This is what I have in mine:

// Location of pico-8's root folder
root_path C:\Users\deKay\Dropbox\PICO-8\carts\

// Location of cartridge save data
cdata_path C:\Users\deKay\Dropbox\PICO-8\cdata\

P#32359 2016-11-09 12:06 ( Edited 2016-11-09 17:06)

Hi,

For me there is only that solution that works :

In Icon launcher, link :

"C:\Program Files (x86)\PICO-8\pico8.exe" -home X:/DropboxPATH/pico-8

Have a good day with your Pico 8 ;-)

P#33447 2016-12-13 11:33 ( Edited 2016-12-13 16:33)

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