[sofakng]

I'm trying to load my DUK3D.GRP from a Windows network share but it doesn't work properly.

I'm running EDuke32 r10167-1a90b9883 with the following command-line:

eduke32 -game_dir "\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour"

The message log displays the following:

Started at 2023-03-06 10:58:53.072
EDuke32 r10167-1a90b9883
Built Jan 23 2023 22:28:37, GCC 12.0.0, 64-bit
Using directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Ion Fury/
Application parameters: -game_dir \\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour 
Using directory E:/Emulators/eduke32/
Using directory /debian/tank_software/Classic Games - Required Files/Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour/
OS: Windows 10 (build 10.0.22621)
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
Initializing SDL 2.0.22
Detecting video modes for display 0 (Generic PnP Monitor)...
Searching for game data...

I've also tried specifying the GRP directly:

eduke32 -gamegrp "\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour\DUKE3D.GRP"

However, if I use a local directory (ie. "C:\Game Files\Duke3D") then it works fine. It also works if I map the network share to a drive letter (ie. "net use S: \\debian\tank_software\...") so I wonder if the problem is the backslash escape character?

[dwtietz]

I doubt this would work, and I can't try it out right now, but maybe try something like this:

Quote

eduke32 -gamegrp "\\\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour\DUKE3D.GRP"

or

eduke32 -gamegrp \\\\"debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour\DUKE3D.GRP"

I don't really think that will work though as I suspect that it only works with local drive letters (which is why it does work if you map the folder as a drive).

[sofakng]

dwtietz, on 06 March 2023 - 08:42 AM, said:

I doubt this would work, and I can't try it out right now, but maybe try something like this:

Thanks very much for the suggestions. Unfortunately they don't seem to work.

I haven't looked through the code enough, but I was hoping it was using the native OS file open functions which should work even using a network drive. (for reference, gzdoom and raze both work; raze also uses the same gamegrp parameter name)

Regardless, when I use the gamegrp parameter, I don't see anything in the log where it's trying to open the file?

eduke32 -gamegrp "\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour\DUKE3D.GRP"

Started at 2023-03-06 12:36:43.900
EDuke32 r10167-1a90b9883
Built Jan 23 2023 22:28:37, GCC 12.0.0, 64-bit
Using directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Ion Fury/
Application parameters: -gamegrp \\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour\DUKE3D.GRP 
Using directory E:/Emulators/eduke32/
OS: Windows 10 (build 10.0.22621)
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
Initializing SDL 2.0.22
Detecting video modes for display 0 (Generic PnP Monitor)...
Searching for game data...

It shows the 'Application parameter' but doesn't show any attempts to actually open it.

However, when I use the game_dir parameter, it does show it:

eduke32 -game_dir "\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour"

Started at 2023-03-06 12:38:07.289
EDuke32 r10167-1a90b9883
Built Jan 23 2023 22:28:37, GCC 12.0.0, 64-bit
Using directory C:/Program Files (x86)/Steam/steamapps/common/Ion Fury/
Application parameters: -game_dir \\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour 
Using directory E:/Emulators/eduke32/
Using directory /debian/tank_software/Classic Games - Required Files/Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour/
OS: Windows 10 (build 10.0.22621)
CPU: 13th Gen Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-13700K
Initializing SDL 2.0.22
Detecting video modes for display 0 (Generic PnP Monitor)...
Searching for game data...

You can see that it modifies the path though:

\\debian\tank_software\Classic Games - Required Files\Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour

becomes

/debian/tank_software/Classic Games - Required Files/Duke Nukem 3D - 20th Anniversary World Tour/

I've tried double-escaping the backslash characters and other things... It looks to be translating it to a unix-style path for some reason.

I'm hoping the game_dir parameter works instead of gamegrp, because game_dir also changes where the savegames are stored too.

[dwtietz]

Yeah, I was just takin' a wild guess there, but I really didn't expect that to work. Would be cool to hear if you do manage to find a way to get it to work though.

[oasiz]

Likely needs escape characters to work.. (\\\\debian\\tank_software\\C etc)

I would recommend using pushd and popd, these create temporary network drives that persist for the session.
Something like: "pushd \\debian\tank_software\C"
Will create a temporary network drive Z, put you there as root dir of Z and then you can run whatever commands you want to after it.

Typically used when dealing with batch files.

[sofakng]

Thanks for the reply and the information.

I've tried using escape characters exactly as you described but unfortunately it didn't work. I also appreciate the suggestion of using pushd and popd but I really think this should be an command-line argument so a batch file isn't required, etc.