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Problem with file dialogue (changing folder)

by Soln · in Torque Game Engine · 12/08/2005 (12:28 pm) · 1 replies

I can't seem to locate any new directories outside of the base of SDK with the file-dialogue control in the demo. Save-File-As won't allow me to leave to any top-level directories. What gives? Thx.
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12/08/2005 (2:13 pm)
Torque's resource manager is "sandboxed" to protect end users from someone using the fileio functions built into Torque to maliciously change file unrelated to the game. Imagine installing a script update that deletes everything it can from C:\Windows\System32!

If you poke around a bit in the resource manager code, it will become clear how you can "disable" this feature. Honestly though, this could easily lead to bad habits and you may find yourself forgetting to include a file in your packaged game because it was off in some random directory on your harddrive and not in the game's folder.