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.
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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.
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\
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