ARGH I CANT FIND MY LOG FILES (win7 issues)

[Apothem]

So I'm trying to generate some logs for some fun stuff, and I cant seem to ever find the logfile I make in the console in a folder related to my doom stuff. I'm using Windows7, and a file search for the log indicates that the files are going into some windows system folder. Any way to fix this?

[InsanityBringer]

Out of curiosity, where is your zdoom installation? There are certain places such as Program Files where Windows redirects writes to virtual folders, for security reasons.

[Apothem]

in a root directory under \DoomII\zdoom. I've never known that putting something there without running any form of installer would do that. O_o

[ChronoSeth]

It... shouldn't...

I have a similar setup but don't have this problem.

[Enjay]

I too have a similar setup and it's OK. The most common place where I have heard of the problem that InsanityBringer mentioned is, in the Program Files(x86) or Program Files directories (as IB said).


What happens if you specify a full path explictly for your log file?

[Tapwave]

Are you running it as admin? My Gzdoom doesn't write anything (and thus doesn't save saves and parameters) unless i'm running it as admin.

[Apothem]

Okay so when I run ZDL and try to create a log, it makes the log in the folder where my wad files are. But if I just run zdoom by itself or by clicking and dragging, it seems to still show up in some random windows folder O_o

[NeuralStunner]

Sounds like it's failing at properly setting the current directory.

You can try putting an absolute path into the log file command.

[Apothem]

Okay, I think I solved the problem. It seems that my log files were going to my users document folder. Also, it seems while the game is running and didnt have admin rights, it would cause the logs to get put in a Win7 temp folder. Only to be deleted after you close the game it seems...