Openrct2: Windows stable and portable version: no changelog at start

Created on 29 Oct 2019 · 9Comments · Source: OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2

Hello,
not very important issue but the changelog does not show on first OpenRCT2 launch, latest stable windows 0.2.4 version (64 bits portable).

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legluondunet

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We should have this fixed for the next version, added milestone.

ZehMatt on 13 Feb 2020

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Thanks for taking the time to file an issue. This is odd though, because the changelog.txt file is included — in the portable release at least. The changelog is supposed to only be loaded once, though. Is it possible you missed it when you first launched a version of the game that identifies as v0.2.4?

Just to clarify, what file did you use to install the release? A link to the source file will do.

AaronVanGeffen on 29 Oct 2019

GetDocsPath is not implemented for Windows. This needs to be set to GetInstallPath. It is also unimplemented for macOS.

IntelOrca on 29 Oct 2019

Is it possible you missed it when you first launched a version of the game that identifies as v0.2.4?

Nope, I can reproduce this issue at each first launch.

Just to clarify, what file did you use to install the release? A link to the source file will do.

latest stable windows 0.2.4 version (64 bits portable) from official OpenRCT2 page:
https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/releases/download/v0.2.4/OpenRCT2-0.2.4-windows-portable-x64.zip

legluondunet on 30 Oct 2019

It appears that the function GetChangelogPath results "data\changelog.txt" but the changelog.txt sits in the root directory. I assume on linux this would be copied into the data directory?

ZehMatt on 30 Oct 2019

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@ZehMatt On linux the changelog.txt and others txt files are located in the doc directory.

legluondunet on 30 Oct 2019

could it be possible to move all txt files from windows version to a doc folder, like for linux? It should be more easier for OpenRCT2 contributors if all release follow the same schema, whatever the OS platform isn't it?

legluondunet on 1 Nov 2019

It doesn't really matter in what folder the file is, as long as OpenRCT2 is looking in it. Which folders are looked in currently depends on the platform, anyway.

AaronVanGeffen on 1 Nov 2019

We should have this fixed for the next version, added milestone.

ZehMatt on 13 Feb 2020

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Appears to be a duplicate of https://github.com/OpenRCT2/OpenRCT2/issues/6766.