None of the supported games installed: BOSS's installer should provide a blank editable path for the user to select an install location.Īll paths would be editable and have a folder selector dialog, as is normal.More than one supported game installed: BOSS's installer installs BOSS non-locally by default.Only one supported game installed: BOSS's installer installs BOSS locally for that game by default.There will also be a GUI menu for changing the game it is running for after startup, selecting from a list of autodetected games. I will also be adding a setting that lets you choose a default game to run for when there are several options, bypassing the startup selection. OK, here are some examples of what I'm talking about.īOSS will see both Oblivion and Skyrim, and you can choose which it runs for each time it runs. Please do not make the mistake of assuming everyone puts everything on drive C. Perhaps a radio button for 'local' versus 'global' to set the default in the navigation window. Provide the installer a default location with a 'browse folders' capability so they can navigate to their desired location.

(I don't see any issues with still putting the uninstaller in 'Common files'.) Isn't that what most of us do with other 'tools' for Oblivion that shouldn't be under the game folder? You might check for an existing folder at that level with 'Tools' in the name and put it under that.Īs for 'how should it operate': explain a 'local' versus 'global' choice, with your interpretation of each path as you have discovered it as examples. In this case, I would suggest your 'default' location be to it's own directory next to and on the same level as 'Oblivion'. Vista+ are just further instances validating that reasoning. I have for more than 20 years advocated installing everything that will permit it to another 'Apps' partition, for many reasons I won't bore you with here. However, given MS' apparent opinion that only their 'programs' need to modify anything in 'Program Files' once installed, I would no longer recommend that. Prior to Vista and Win7, I would have recommended Suzaral's approach of putting it in 'Program Files' by default. How should it operate? Should it continue to provide the options to install to each game and an 'Other' path? What should the default non-local install location be? As such, the installer will need to be updated to reflect these two install types.

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