Is it possible to change location of config folder?

[spyderheart]

Hi all,
For reasons I won't go into - I need to store my config folder somewhere outside the usual location.

When TVPaint starts up it seems to look inside the following folder:

"C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\tvp animation 11"

There is a file there called "settings.ini" which points to the desired subfolder that contains all my brushes, scripts, etc.... Usually it looks like this:

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[system]
config=default

I know that I can change "default" to something like "my_config" and TVPaint it will look for or create a "my_config" folder to use as the config.

However, when I try changing the value "default" to a folder path elsewhere on my system, TVPaint won't start up.

Does the config folder need to always be in"C:\Users\David\AppData\Roaming\tvp animation 11" next to "settings.ini" or should I be able to change the location to anywhere on my machine by editing the settings.ini file?

If not, this is a feature request for custom config location

Thanks,
David

[Xavier]

Open TVPaint preferences, then go to the Startup tab. Change the "startup configuration" to "open startup panel", then restart TVPaint.

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At startup you should have this tiny panel that lets you choose your config location :

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[Xavier]

Well that's how I assumed it should work ... but this panel doesn't seem very accurate.

[spyderheart]

Well that's how I assumed it should work ... but this panel doesn't seem very accurate.

What's not accurate about it?

In any case, this is what I see:

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Is it a pro only feature?

[Xavier]

Is it a pro only feature?

Yes you're right, sorry: I checked the code and it's available on pro versions only.

What's not accurate about it?

I mean that it doesn't seem to relocate your config folder anyway.

[spyderheart]

Oh well...
Thank you for looking into it.