GG - Please restore writing files directly to the game folder

After TGB 1.5 the ability to write files directly to the game folder was removed, and all file writing now has to be done into the users application data folder.

Please restore the ability to write to the game folder. I can see no benefit in the restriction, but plenty of problems.

The main problem is that players cannot find the written files. The folder that files are now written to is...

C:\Users\Username\AppData\Roaming\Publishername\gamename\game\ on Windows Vista and

C:\Documents and Settings\Username\Application Data\Publishername\gamename\game\ On Windows XP.

The average user cannot find this folder. To add to the problem, this folder is hidden by default, and the average user does not know how to unhide hidden files and folders. The end result is that users cannot modify the game settings if they are stored in a text file.

With my TGB 1.5 games I could put in the readme file "If you want to change any of the game settings, just edit the settings.txt file in this folder".

I cannot do that any more and this greatly reduces the quality of the user experience.

I understand that the restriction is in place because if a player is playing on a non-administrator account they will not have write access to the game folder. This is not an issue however as almost all windows users are running in administrator mode. Those few who are not are probably using business computers not suitable for gaming.

My game Harpooned, which was written with TGB 1.5.2, and wrote files directly to the game folder, was downloaded by over fifteen thousand players and not one complained that the game didn't work. I think this shows it is perfectly acceptable to write to the game folder directly.