Directory.SetCurrentDirectory() causes script reloading to fail.

Please note: ScriptHookVDotNet is NOT ScriptHookV! If you get a FATAL error (e.g. FATAL: Unknown game version after a game update), than this project is not responsible and you instead need to wait for ScriptHookV to update.

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Version SHVDN 2.10.10 version from 3.0.3

Description I am creating a file browser class for use in a mod I am working on. I changed the directory in the mod with the Directory.SetCurrentDirectory() command. When I hit insert to reload the scripts, it fails because it is now looking for the scripts folder inside the directory I changed to.

I wouldn’t have thought that this command would have affected SHVDN, as I presumed it got its base directory from a path relative to the game folder but it seems it does.

[LeeC2202]

“One could argue that using Directory.SetCurrentDirectory is ill adviced as well”.

Nobody argued that anything was ill-advised (note the spelling), it was suggested that it might be better to do something in an alternate way… put your ego away!

And it’s very nice (and unsurprising) of you all to jump on the ill-advised bandwagon, while neglecting the fact that assuming a relative directory stays intact is just as ill-advised, if not more so. If you need something to be in a certain place, then it’s your job to ensure it is… That’s why professional applications let you set absolute paths to essential directories, instead of just assuming relative ones. It’s why the game has a registry key that doesn’t say …\Rockstar Games\Grand Theft Auto V it gives the full, absolute path.

You don’t need to question why I do anything I do, nor are any of you qualified to do so… you need to question why something in your system stops working when something happens. I called a function, SHVDN stopped working, that’s the only relevant factor. Whether it was wrong or right of me to call that function has no relevance whatsoever, because my system is full of hundreds of applications that might do it as well.

And I suggest some of you remember the saying about throwing stones and glass houses before pointing fingers. Trust me, there’s enough “ill-advised” going on in the world of API and mod development with SHVDN already. Take the blinkers off every now and again, SHVDN and GTA5 aren’t the only things on everyone’s PC.

Closed because I’m not being the subject of further hypocritical finger-pointing.

[Tanjitsu]

I would have to agree that using Directory.SetCurrentDirectory in a mod seems like the wrong choice. I would assume setting the directory is an environment level change and not something which would be used in a framework such as this.

Why would you need to force the system to use a different location as the “current” location ? It would seem more logical to just have the path to the chosen location and work with it leaving the actual current location intact.