Use Saved Games folder on Windows

[grant]

On Windows there is a folder inside the user's home directory called "Saved Games". It was added in Windows Vista and it can be moved by the user. It'd be nice if we could make the "cerberus://internal/" path point there. Something like "Saved Games/publisher-name/game-name/"

Currently if I set #GLFW_APP_LABEL="game name" and #GLFW_APP_PUBLISHER="my name" the internal directory will point to a folder in app data which is really nice, but I think the Saved Games folder would be nicer.

How to find the "Saved Games" folder programmatically in C/C++?

I am writing a game. I am planning to store saves in the "saved games" directory. How to find the location of the Saved Games folder programmatically? It needs to work on non-English Windows. Hacks

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[MikeHart]

Nope, Breaks currently applications. And not everything made with CX is a game There should be a different method.

 

[grant]

Like a config setting.

 

[MikeHart]

BTW, you already posted a solution there, why don't you create a module so you can determiniert the path and use that? Unless more user need this, I think there is no need for adding more complexities for a windows only feature.

 

[grant]

Here it is. ✌️

Module to retrieve Saved Games directory on Windows

This module has a function called getSavedGamesPath() that returns the "Saved Games" folder that is typically located inside the users home directory on Windows. The Saved Games folder was added in Windows Vista and is supposed to be where game save files are placed. The user can move the...

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