maxashen
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1 year ago The screenshot directory appears to be hardcoded by the Minecraft: Java Edition executable relative to the working directory (.minecraft directory). However, in theory you could work around this limitation by using Prism Launcher's existing custom commands feature. You'll have to write a short program that takes the absolute path of the instance as a command line option and moves all screenshots to the desired folder. Then simply have Prism call that program whenever you exit the game, from Settings->Custom Commands->Post-exit commands.
I successfully tested this work around on Windows 10 with the following program (Java; you could write a shell script instead):
package moveall;
import java.io.File;
import java.io.IOException;
import java.nio.file.Files;
import java.nio.file.FileVisitResult;
import java.nio.file.Path;
import java.nio.file.Paths;
import java.nio.file.SimpleFileVisitor;
import java.nio.file.attribute.BasicFileAttributes;
import static java.nio.file.FileVisitResult.CONTINUE;
import static java.nio.file.StandardCopyOption.*;
public class MoveAll
{
public static class MoveAllFileVisitor extends SimpleFileVisitor<Path>
{
private final Path dst;
public MoveAllFileVisitor(Path path)
{
this.dst = path;
}
@Override
public FileVisitResult visitFile(Path file, BasicFileAttributes attr)
{
if(attr.isRegularFile())
{
try
{
Files.move
(
file,
this.dst.resolve(file.getFileName()),
REPLACE_EXISTING
);
}
catch(IOException e)
{
}
}
return CONTINUE;
}
}
public static void main(String[] args)
{
if(args.length == 2)
{
File dst = new File(args[1]);
dst.mkdirs();
MoveAllFileVisitor fv = new MoveAllFileVisitor(dst.toPath());
try
{
Files.walkFileTree(Paths.get(args[0]), fv);
}
catch(IOException e)
{
e.printStackTrace();
}
}
}
}I compiled with Java 17, but it should work with Java 7+ or whenever NIO was added.
javac -d out\ MoveAll.java
jar cfe MoveAll.jar moveall.MoveAll -C out\ moveall
And I used this option in the Prism Launcher, Settings->Custom Commands->Post-exit:
java -jar "C:/path/to/MoveAll.jar" "$INST_MC_DIR/screenshots/" "C:/path/to/pictures/folder/$INST_NAME/"
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Riva3000
Role
I have many different instances that I use regularly and I take many screenshots.
Suggestion
I want a central screenshot folder, where all screenshots of each instance are stored.
Benefit
Searching every instance for "that one screenshot" is tedious and time consuming.
This suggestion is unique
You may use the editor below to elaborate further.
By having a central screenshots folder it is easier to browse all of your screenshots. You also don't need to worry that when you delete an instance, that you forgot to backup your screenshots.
If that is not possible because Minecraft's programming prevents it, an alternative could be a 'browse screenshots' button / window, where you can browse all of your screenshots from all of your instances, in the top bar.
Something like this, for example: