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Client does not find default song file "RuleBritannia.abc"

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  1. Ravalox

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    2/27/2018 4:13 PM
    Title: Client does not find default song file "RuleBritannia.abc"
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    Details: "By default the game begins with a copy of RuleBritannia.abc already installed" (ref: https://www.shroudoftheavatar.com/forum/index.php?threads/importing-music-to-play-in-sota.38250/) from R22 instructions.

    Since then the Songs folder was changed to "%appdata%\portalarium\shroudoftheavatar\Sheet Music"

    I have many songs in the sheet music folder that play fine. But even with a FRESH install of SotA, RuleBritannia.abc is *still* located in the "program files\portalarium\Shroud of the Avatar\Shroud of the Avatar_Data\Data\Songs

    If I copy it into the new default sheet music folder it works fine, but the game client cannot locate it in the folder Portalarium places it in by default.

    Steps to Reproduce:
    1. remove the %appdata%\portalarium directory tree (archive then delete the Portalarium folder tree)
    2. Install a fresh copy of SotA
    3. check the Songs folder within the program directory tree.
    4. check the Sheet Music folder in the %appdata% directory tree. (no files should be listed)
    5. If still not convinced, run game, and try to execute "/play RuleBritannia" which will fail.
    6. Being a non-believer, I am sure you will next execute a "/playlist" and then see that nothing is listed.

    Suggested solutions:

    A. Easiest path ... Just add the "songs" folder in the [installation specified %programfiles% path] into the client's music search paths. This would also be beneficial by segregating user supplied abc files from Portalarium abc files that may (erroneously) get deleted by the player and provided a safe landing place for any possible future "freebee" abc songs Portalarium may decide to add to the game client for player use.

    B. Change the destination of RuleBritannia.abc to the %appdata% structure "Sheet Music" folder, and patch the existing installed clients to move the file.

    C. Not completely related... but... Making a change to move the Portalarium user data from it's current location in the **HIDDEN** "%appdata%/Portalarium" directory tree to the more easily accessed "%userprofile%/documents/Portalarium" directory tree would make the average player's ability to find and populate the "Sheet Music" folder with ABC files much easier to document and use without having to have advanced windows structure knowledge to do so.

    NOTE: other games (such as Elder Scrolls Online) have now standardized on using the Documents folder for this like this, addons, client logs, notes and screenshots.

    See screenshots below: :-D

    User Specs:
    OS: Windows 10 (10.0.0) 64bit
    CPU: Intel(R) Core(TM) i7-6700K CPU @ 4.00GHz (8) System RAM: 62285
    GPU: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 980 Ti GPU RAM: 6097
    SotA.EarlyAccess.LIVE.Win.64.737.Date.02.27.18
    Area: POT_forest_metropolis_02_template/Darkshire Hills
    Area Display Name: Darkshire Hills
    Loc: (132.9, 36.2, -122.0)
    Debug: UE9UX2ZvcmVzdF9tZXRyb3BvbGlzXzAyX3RlbXBsYXRlfERhcmtzaGlyZSBIaWxsc3woMTMyLjkwMywgMzYuMTg5LCAtMTIyLjAxNCl8KDAsIDAuOTEyLCAwLCAtMC40MDkpfDI0MC4yOTcyfDE4LjEwNjAxfDQuNTQxODMx

    This screenshot shows that RuleBritannia.abc (as noted in the right hand folder inset) is not present in the Sheet Music folder (left inset), and the game chat window indicates that it cannot find the file.
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    This screenshot shows a fresh install of SotA from 2/15/18 which placed a RuleBritannia.abc file in the Songs folder instead of the new Sheet Music folder.
    [​IMG]
     
    Last edited: Feb 27, 2018
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