[L|Alpha3] Needs write access to install directory

[poncho]

I've installed the game to /opt/rimworld to make it available to all users on the system.

Since Alpha3 this is no longer possible because the game needs write access to its install directory.
The config files used to be in ~/.config/unity3d/Ludeon\ Studios/RimWorld/ but are now written to the install directory (eg RimWorld408Linux)

[Tynan]

This is by design, for now. Most users seem to find savegames and configs easier to manage when they're right in front of them.

I'm thinking about how to handle this to gain the benefits of user-specific files as well as the simplicity of everything being in the folder together.

[poncho]

Thanks for your answer.

I think "everything being in the folder together" is a bad design decision.
In older versions the user specific configs were stored in  $XDG_CONFIG_HOME which is the proper location for these files on linux (http://standards.freedesktop.org/basedir-spec/basedir-spec-latest.html)

Please reconsider this change.