Pointing TDM To A Specific Folder

[Ricebug]

I have two issues:

1. I installed TDM on my F: drive. However, the FMs are stored on my H: drive. Is there a way to have the executable (TheDarkModx64.exe) load those FMs from H: instead of F:? 
2. Why doesn't TDM's native file handler list the FMs in alphabetical order?

[Bikerdude]

Typically FMs are always in the FMS folder, but if you really want to have a separate folder, you can create a per-Fm short cut - 

" E:\Darkmod\TheDarkModx64.exe +set fs_currentfm <name of the fm> "

[datiswous]

39 minutes ago, Bikerdude said:

" E:\Darkmod\TheDarkModx64.exe +set fs_currentfm <name of the fm> "

This still points to the same location.

15 hours ago, Ricebug said:

Why doesn't TDM's native file handler list the FMs in alphabetical order?

I think there is a filter for this in the ui to set it to alphabetic order

15 hours ago, Ricebug said:

I installed TDM on my F: drive. However, the FMs are stored on my H: drive. Is there a way to have the executable (TheDarkModx64.exe) load those FMs from H: instead of F:? 

Why not move them to your F drive?

 

Edited April 29 by datiswous

[Bikerdude]

4 hours ago, datiswous said:

This still points to the same location.

Ah yep, Not sure if you specify a full path in there, @Ricebug would have google it.

[stgatilov]

You can try to make a junction (aka softlink for a directory on Windows) for fms directory.
Then F:\tdm\fms will transparently redirect all accesses to G:\my_fms, for example.

But in general, TDM completely has a principle "everything is inside a single TDM root directory", there is no other supported way.

I'm not sure what you mean by "native file handler list".

1. Some in-game mission lists sort missions by release date, but in this case there is a small GUI element at the corner which you can click and change ordering to be "by name".
2. Note that filesystem sees the codenames of the missions like e.g. "stlucia" which the game never displays. The game usually displays readable title, which is like "Mission 2: Tears of Saint Lucia".
3. English language is full of articles, and there was some effort to automatically remove articles like "The" or "A" at the beginning of the title before sorting missions. Not that I like this practice...

[stgatilov]

6 hours ago, Bikerdude said:

" E:\Darkmod\TheDarkModx64.exe +set fs_currentfm <name of the fm> "

I heavily doubt it would work.

[Bikerdude]

1 hour ago, stgatilov said:

• You can try to make a junction (aka softlink for a directory on Windows) for fms directory. Then F:\tdm\fms will transparently redirect all accesses to G:\my_fms, for example.
• But in general, TDM completely has a principle "everything is inside a single TDM root directory", there is no other supported way.

@Ricebug Whats Stgatilov is referring to is 'symnlinks' - https://www.howtogeek.com/16226/complete-guide-to-symbolic-links-symlinks-on-windows-or-linux/

But like I said before and he said above, your better off putting all the FMS inside the TDM folder.

[freyk]

How about adding the following config-line to your darkmod.cfg file,
so you can store the FM folder somewhere else:
set fs_ModSavePath "h:\darkmod/fms"
More info:
https://forums.thedarkmod.com/index.php?/topic/20991-using-system-wide-file-locations/#findComment-462471

Or just move the whole TDM folder to the H-drive.
Because the TDM folder is "portable", it keep all the files inside it, as stgatilov posted.  
(unles you change things in the darkmod.cfg file)

Edited April 30 by freyk
Added configline

[Bergante]

would ? perhaps " Angel-Loader " fix this Problem 
I think it starts Tdm from " Path to game executables " and choose Fms from a : " FM archive paths "

P.S.: if that works (and if you use different TDM versions -> don't forget to indicate in the comments which TDM versions (and mods) you played the FM in ! otherwise the saves will probably not be available ---
but you might only be able to address one tdm-exe, so you might also need multiple Angel loaders

Edited April 29 by Bergante