Create file in localization of app

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Create file in localization of app

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love.filesystem.newFile(love.filesystem.getSource( ).."file.txt") that don't working :/
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Re: Create file in localization of app

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Just do love.filesystem.newFile("file.txt")
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Re: Create file in localization of app

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raidho36 wrote: Wed Jul 19, 2017 5:07 pm Just do love.filesystem.newFile("file.txt")
That will create file in C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming\LOVE\project name\file.txt
I want in place where is app.
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Re: Create file in localization of app

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Well you can't. There's a solid number of very good reasons for that, trust me, it's better that way and saves you a ton of trouble on weird issues.
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Re: Create file in localization of app

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Oh I can use lua functions ... http://lua-users.org/wiki/FileInputOutput
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raidho36 is correct, you don't want to write in the install folder and depending on the user's permissions it might not work at all.
Also, please note that "localization" is something entirely different as opposed to "location". :)
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Lua functions won't work if you make a .love file. They may work but you probably won't easily know where the file ends up. They're not even guaranteed to work if you run the project as a folder.
lf = love.filesystem
ls = love.sound
la = love.audio
lp = love.physics
lt = love.thread
li = love.image
lg = love.graphics
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Re: Create file in localization of app

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So it's impossible to read info from .txt file in same folder where is app?
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App folder is read only, you can't write to it. If the project runs from fused file or compressed package, then the package is accessible instead of folder.
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