Can an exported godot project have 'portable' persistent data?

toughbrook

For desktop, I want a project to have its executable, resource as a package, and persistent save directory, all under the same directory. Is it possible to set user:// to point to somewhere in the game directory? If not, then what's another way to do this?

cybereality

You can save files to any directory, provided you have permissions. But you'd need to know what the directory is. I haven't looked into how to find the current game directory, but it may be possible. So far I have just saved files using a hard-coded path to my computer, so I know that works.

cybereality

Looks like you can get the directory of a script. So in your save script, do this to get the folder:

var dir = get_script().get_path().get_base_dir()

fire7side

If you use the user// prefix, godot will store it according to the OS. https://docs.godotengine.org/en/stable/tutorials/io/data_paths.html

cybereality

Yes, but then it is not portable. It is saved to an OS and user specific folder. The OP wants to save in the game directory, so the whole thing can be run from let's say a USB stick and be persistent, without changing files on the OS.

toughbrook

@cybereality said: Looks like you can get the directory of a script. So in your save script, do this to get the folder:
var dir = get_script().get_path().get_base_dir()

This worked about as I was hoping in an exported test project