PICO-8 and DROPBOX

Wed, 09 Nov 2016 06:08:45 UTC

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.

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

Tomatko [Lexaloffle Blog Feed]

PICO-8 and DROPBOX