Do INI and ARR files still get overwritten on update?

[DistantJ]

Just a quick question. When I first put out Awesome Land, the INI file would get overwritten when the updates came out. I believe I read that CT moved the files to a different location and that this meant they wouldn't get overwritten?

I just want to double check this is true, and that it also applies to array files, as I have a project in mind that works with a much more complicated save game and some which use non-consumable IAP, so I'd like to double confirm before I go ahead,

Anybody?

[Julian82]

Very important Question! - as long as you're not keen to have an angry customer mob chasing you after each update

[Anders]

INI files are located in the APP's 'Documents' folder. Updating the app should not touch any of those files at all.

When you connect your device to your PC/Mac the Documents folder should get synced to it depending on your settings (AFAIK)

Around the internet people complained this was happening for their generic iOS apps but it often turned out they stored absolute paths for their files which can change after an app update.
We only store relative paths which will always work.

[DistantJ]

Thanks Andos, and that includes array files now too?

[Anders]

The extensions all use the same loading system (except for the iOS video object because the videos typically are very large) so yes that will work for the array obejcts as well

[DistantJ]

Good job Andos, thanks! Not that I doubted CT's intuition, but always better to be sure before risking it! :-)