Author:			Number Six <number6@number6.n6>
Author date:	5 years ago (7/10/2014 01:22:12)
Commit date:	5 years ago (7/10/2014 01:40:35)
Commit hash:	f9a3c176846342d2b575867f3759f4acdfdb74bf
Parent(s):		87c24260f9

File system overhaul.

  * Game now has the concept of a "basedir", which is the root directory
    under which all files are located. This is automatically determined based
    on the location of the executable that is run. Each directory is searched
    for either a "data" or "piggs" subdirectory, up to 4 levels up from the
    executable. If one is found with either of those, it is the basedir.

  * Lots of old c:\game, c:\gamefix, gamedatadir.txt, autogamedir, etc.
    cruft removed. Game now only has one default data directory, located
    under [basedir]/data, and one default pigg directory, under
    [basedir]/piggs.

  * The current working directory that the executable is launched from is no
    longer significant.

  * A new file layout for the client is implemented. It can be activated with
    the -newlayout command line parameter and may become the default in the
    future if the launcher that uses it gains significant traction. The new
    layout organizes the client like this, from the basedir:
      Account/[accountname]/ - playerslot.txt, chat logs, player notes
      Bin/ - Client exe and DLLs go here instead of in basedir
      Costumes/
      CustomCritters/
      CustomVillainGroups/
      Demos/
      Data/ - Override files only, settings files no longer go here
      Missions/ - PlayerCreatedSouvenierClues.txt relocated here as well
      PowerCust/
      Screenshots/
      Settings/ - keybinds, options, window settings

  * The game will no longer try to create debug files in c:\ or
    c:\cryptic\scratch. All of these files are no longer created by default.
    Both the client and mapserver support a new -filedebug flag to turn on
    debug files. The mapserver creates most of them as it dumps incoming
    and outgoing containers. These files are now created in [basedir]/Debug/
    instead of in the root.

  * The client supports the following new command line paramters:
    -oldlayout : Force use of the old file layout (current default)
    -newlayout : Force use of the new file layout
    -basedir [dir] : Disable auto detection and manually specify basedir
    -datadir [dir] : Override default data directory ([basedir]/data)
    -piggdir [dir] : Override default pigg directory ([basedir]/piggs)
    -filedebug : Enable creating default files

  * -patchdir, along with the new directory command line parameters, fixed
    to work correctly with paths containing spaces. The wrapper around main()
    was unexpectedly adding quotes to these even if they did not exist in
    the original command line.

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