How to change data directory

[inpo]

I installed manaplus from source, its default data directory for sprites, maps, xml, etc. are placed in $HOME/.local/share/mana, how do i change it to somewhere else (e.g. PREFIX/share/mana) ?

[Ablu]

Hi,

In an optimal world the clients would rely on the xdg environment variables... However at least mana does not do that. So I guess manaplus does not either. So all you can do is search for .local/share in the code and change it.

Regards,
Ablu

[4144]

I installed manaplus from source, its default data directory for sprites, maps, xml, etc. are placed in $HOME/.local/share/mana, how do i change it to somewhere else (e.g. PREFIX/share/mana) ?

exist different ways.
1. use command line parameters to change dirs.
switch --localdata-dir or -L for logs, updates etc.
switch --config-dir or -C for config dirs.

2. you can place portable.xml in where manaplus binary located
Example is here: https://gitorious.org/manaplus/manaplus ... rtable.xml

[inpo]

thx guys, with portable.xml this problem has gone

[straelyn]

What I do is use git to clone tmw's github repo (https://github.com/themanaworld/tmwa-client-data), then when I startup manaplus I tell it to use that instead, like this: manaplus -u -d [directory]

The -u tells it not to update, the -d lets you specify a data dir manually. To do updates you simply go to that dir and execute 'git pull' and it'll check for new stuff. So, that's one way to do it, but not necessarily the easiest way