COMMON: Invalid save path leads to crash/debugger coming up

[raziel-]

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Having a missing or invalid savepath set leads to a crash and/or the debugger coming up.

Case a:
Windows version
Setting the savepath manually to "H:" (a partition that doesn't exist) will bring up the debugger (on starting the game), telling me
ERROR: Invalid attempt to create file - /saves/goldenwake-prog.agw!

Case b:
AmigaOS version
Leaving the savepath at default (saves/) without actually having such subdirectory (e.g. on a completely fresh start with no .ini file present) will lead to a crash during start of the game, because "timestamps" could not be written (see crashlog)

Maybe the easiest solution would be to silently create the subdirectory the game asks for and move on (maybe with a debug warning about the missing directory)?

A Golden Wake (English)

AmigAOS4 - BE - SDL - PPC
gcc (adtools build 11.3.0) 11.3.0

[raziel-]

added two logs, one is the Grim Reaper log from AmigaOS4, the "timestamps crash.txt" is the serial log, which "may" hold more information.