Subject: bug#60361: renpy-launcher can't be used to create new projects

From: Morgan Willcock <[email-masked]>
Date: Tue, 10 Jan 2023 17:50:12 +0000

Yash Tiwari <[email-masked]> writes:

> Running renpy-launcher and trying to create a new project fails
> with error "The selected projects directory is not writable"
> Trying to change the projects directory in preferences fails 
> with the same error.
>
> Setting the projects directory using the renpy build from the 
> renpy website allows renpy-launcher to work as required.

As a workaround you can use the command line interface and the launcher
game to set the projects directory.

For example:

  renpy-launcher set_projects_directory ~/projects/

Unfortunately the configuration data is effectively the save game data
for the launcher game, so I don't think it is possible to manage the
data reliably as part of the system configuration.

Thanks,
Morgan