choosing a new folder for VDFS doesn't start at the existing one on windows.

[mark-usher]

On windows...
Line 1016 in gui-allegro.c
if ((chooser = al_create_native_file_dialog(vdfs_get_root(), "Choose a folder to be the VDFS root - ", "*", ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_FOLDER))) {
even though the vdfs root is correct and being returned, it isn't being set as the initial path in the allegro created dialog in windows.
Allegro 5 bug?

[SteveFosdick]

This seems to be a feature of Allegro 5. Looking at the code in https://github.com/liballeg/allegro5/blob/master/addons/native_dialog/win_dialog.c when the flag ALLEGRO_FILECHOOSER_FOLDER is passed in, almost all the work is done by a separate function that ignores the initial path specified and ends up calling a completely different Windows function than the one that browses for files.

The next step is probably to check if Allegro have this logged as a bug.

[SteveFosdick]

I have raised one: liballeg/allegro5#1449

[mark-usher]

Thanks Steve :) I thought it was looking to be on the Allegro side as the variables were holding the expected values before it was handed off.

[joecarl]

The next Allegro release will fix this issue