User directory

The user directory of Hedgewars is a directory in which user-specific data, settings and add-ons (HWP files) are stored for Hedgewars.

Location

Depending on the operating system, the directory is located at:
  • GNU/Linux: ~/.hedgewars
  • macOS: ~/Library/Application Support/Hedgewars
  • Windows: %USERPROFILE%\Hedgewars

Directory structure

  • Data: Many custom data such as hats, themes, voicepacks, and the like are stored here in subdirectories. This is also the place in which HWP files (add-on files from Downloadable Content) are stored
  • Demos: Contains recorded demos
  • Logs: Contains log files which log Hedgewars' activities. Only useful for developing
  • Saves: Contains saved games
  • Screenshots: Contains the screenshots you took with the screenshot key
  • Teams: Contains all the files which describe the teams
  • Videos: Contains recorded videos. These files can be played with any modern media player software. Not to be confused with “Demos”
  • VideoTemp: It contains uncompleted or failed video recordings. Until version 0.9.25, this also contains the video preview images. If Hedgewars isn't running, you can safely delete all non-PNG images to save space.
  • VideoThumbnail: Since version 1.0.0, this directory contains the preview images of videos

See also

File types

User login

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