love.filesystem trouble, doesn't seem to work.

[Clavus]

I've got this function (gets called in love.load) for reading a configuration text file.

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local function LoadConfig()
	
	local CONFIG_FILE = love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory().."/config.txt"
	
	print("Attempting to load config")
	print("File path: "..CONFIG_FILE)
	local cfgfile = nil
	if (love.filesystem.exists(CONFIG_FILE)) then
		cfgfile = love.filesystem.newFile(CONFIG_FILE)
	else
		print("a")
		if (love.filesystem.write(CONFIG_FILE, DefaultConfigString())) then
			print("b")
			cfgfile = love.filesystem.newFile(CONFIG_FILE)
		else
			print("c")
			error("Can't read and/or create config.txt file.")
		end
	end
	
	for k, v in pairs(cfgfile:lines()) do
		print("Line "..k.." = "..v)
	end

end

local function DefaultConfigString()

	return [[m1 +primary
			m2 +secondary
			w +forward
			a +left
			d +right
			s +back]]
end

Notice the part where it says print("a"). After that, it executes NEITHER print("b") or print("c"), the function just ended, so the only thing I can assume is that it just stops dead at love.filesystem.write, without giving a warning or error of any kind. I also noticed the CONFIG_FILE path name contained "C:/Users/.." instead of "C:/Gebruikers/..." (Dutch language pack, I'm on Windows 7 Enterprise) which my file system uses, although I don't know if that matters.

[Robin]

You don't have to use love.filesystem.getSaveDirectory(). (Or rather: you can't use that. I know, it's odd.)

What happens if you change line 3 to:

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   local CONFIG_FILE = "config.txt"

?

[Clavus]

Doesn't work either. Also, I don't see the save directory being created in the AppData/Roaming/LOVE/ folder, like the path indicates. I did use the love.filesystem.setIdentity( "gamename" ) in love.load earlier.

[Robin]

I also noticed the CONFIG_FILE path name contained "C:/Users/.." instead of "C:/Gebruikers/..." (Dutch language pack, I'm on Windows 7 Enterprise) which my file system uses, although I don't know if that matters.

This may be the source of the problems. Does C:/Users/... exist on your system?

[Clavus]

I also noticed the CONFIG_FILE path name contained "C:/Users/.." instead of "C:/Gebruikers/..." (Dutch language pack, I'm on Windows 7 Enterprise) which my file system uses, although I don't know if that matters.

This may be the source of the problems. Does C:/Users/... exist on your system?

Nope. And because this is so, it might be that love.filesystem.setIdentity isn't functioning either (thus the reason that there is no save folder).

[bartbes]

The path is supposed to be extracted from your environment variables, try finding the one that points to C:\\Users and change it to C:\\Gebruikers. (though I must say I am horrified by them even thinking about localizing such paths, microsoft never ceases to amaze me)

[Clavus]

The path is supposed to be extracted from your environment variables, try finding the one that points to C:\\Users and change it to C:\\Gebruikers. (though I must say I am horrified by them even thinking about localizing such paths, microsoft never ceases to amaze me)

On the other hand, if I type C:/Users/<myname>/AppData in the explorer bar, it does direct me to the right place. The translations might just be aliases. The problem is probably somewhere else.

[Clavus]

No other suggestions on what I could be doing wrong?

I made sure that Love.exe is run as administrator, in case that might've caused why no save directory is being created, but alas.

[Robin]

I made sure that Love.exe is run as administrator, in case that might've caused why no save directory is being created, but alas.

That shouldn't be necessary. LÖVE feels very much at on Linux, where requiring for a program to "run as administrator" when not really needed is considered a deadly sin.

[bartbes]

If you enable the console, do you see any output?