-profiles: Difference between revisions

Revision as of 15:51, 2 April 2007

Description:

The option -profile allows you to specify a specific location for player's profile files.

The syntax would be, for example,

C:\games\ArmA\arma.exe -profiles=c:\games\armaprofiles

Note: If the profile path contains spaces, the whole parameter should be enclosed by quotation marks:

c:\armed assault\ArmA.exe "-profiles=c:\armed assault\profiles"

The path defined in the argument can also be interpreted relative to the ArmA path:

 c:\arma\ArmA.exe -profiles=profiles

would use the folder c:\arma\profiles\Users\[playername], and

 c:\arma\ArmA.exe -profiles=.

would put the user profiles directly into the game folder (c:\arma\Users\[playername]).

The way this path is interpreted depends on the game version:

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   C:\games\ArmA\arma.exe -profiles=c:\games\armaprofiles
-'''Note:''' The profiles path should ''not'' contain any spaces, otherwise only the path before the space will be used.
+'''Note:''' If the profile path contains spaces, the whole parameter should be enclosed by quotation marks:
+ c:\armed assault\ArmA.exe "-profiles=c:\armed assault\profiles"
+The path defined in the argument can also be interpreted ''relative'' to the ArmA path:
+  c:\arma\ArmA.exe -profiles=profiles
+would use the folder <tt>c:\arma\profiles\Users\[playername]</tt>, and
+  c:\arma\ArmA.exe -profiles=.
+would put the user profiles ''directly'' into the game folder (<tt>c:\arma\Users\[playername]</tt>).
 The way this path is interpreted depends on the game version:
 # '''V1.04''' and before: reads the folder <tt>c:\games\armaprofiles\PlayerName</tt>
 # '''V1.05''' and later: reads the folder <tt>c:\games\armaprofiles\'''Users'''\PlayerName</tt>