Folder permissions are borked; no persistence whatsoever.

[BluetoothBoy]

I've had the Steam version of Blockland for a while now, and I haven't bothered with trying to seriously fix this problem yet, but it's finally getting on my nerves. So here's what went down.

I transferred my key to Steam and downloaded Blockland. After doing that, I replaced the new cache.db, config, saves, and Add-Ons folders to the Steam directory. Then I opened Blockland, and that's where the issues began. Here's a list of what I can't do:

- Save builds
- Save changed preferences (including controls, clan tags, avatar, etc.)
- See any player decals, face and shirt included
- Modify/download add-ons through the game (e.g. Auto-Updater won't update)

So, it's rather annoying by now. I'm running Mac OS X 10.9 Mavericks, but this problem still existed when I was on 10.7. I've tried deleting cache.db, changing the permissions of all the folders to read/write/execute for all, and verified game cache multiple times, all to no avail.

Help. (;~;)

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[Mr Queeba]

The Steam Mac version has numerous issues.

Badspot, make the game better for mac users.

[phflack]

have you checked all the folder permissions all the way from where the file is up to the root directory?

[BluetoothBoy]

have you checked all the folder permissions all the way from where the file is up to the root directory?

No, I should do this. I've only backtraced the permissions up through the main Steam directory. However, if the application uses a global path instead of a local one, that could be the issue.

[phflack]

and/or steam directory is read only somehow

[Doomonkey]

If permission changes apply, you could always write a batch file as a launcher. Use a few lines to rewrite the permissions properly and then then a line to launch the Blockland launcher.