"Portable" version of Doom Builder 2?

[Sgt Dopey]

Hi all, I was wondering if there is a portable version of doom builder 2 or a way to make it portable. Also by portable mean not use appdata to save the configurationfiles, because on my school laptop it's forbbiden to save files into there.

So would anyone be able to help?

[Nash]

I'm curious too. Not sure how feasible this is... considering how even as it is, it requires you installing stuff like SlimDX and .NET framework and things like that...

[Syfo-Dyas]

Count me in, I would love to know more about this too! Having all my DOOM tools on a USB stick would be a major boon!

[GooberMan]

The only thing that's not portable is the .NET framework. SlimDX should just be a set of DLLs that can be placed in the same folder as DB (assuming manifests haven't made that impossible).

[printz]

Does .NET carry some DRM that prevents portable programs from using it as such? Let's assume the host computer has .NET runtimes installed for other apps… Maybe for reasons like this it would be worth releasing a Windows build of Eureka Doom Editor, or use SLADE3 map editor if complete.

[Xaser]

Does .NET carry some DRM that prevents portable programs from using it as such?

Why would it do that? Where did you get this idea? o_O

[GooberMan]

Probably from my mention of manifests - which are a compile-time thing that Microsoft introduced to try to get around DLL hell. I haven't played with them too much, but they might try to find the exact DLL in the exact location they expect. I think they might also break the injection method that a lot of modern PC game mods use (such as DSFix).

tl;dr - I need to investigate manifests more myself.

[The Zombie Killer]

To make Doom Builder not use APPDATA then all you have to use is a simple batch file:

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echo off
set appdata=%cd%
cls
"%cd%\Builder.exe"
exit

For the other stuff, I would assume you'd just put the dependencies in the Doom Builder folder.

-TZK

[printz]

Does APPDATA set to that arbitrary value only while Builder.exe and that batch are running?

[The Zombie Killer]

It will only have any effect on a program opened with the batch file, it won't mess with anything.
Think of it as a virtual environment.

-TZK

[Graf Zahl]

Does this even work? Not many programs use the environment variable. Most get the path directly from the registry.