Use platform-specific user directory to store content. Create a file named portable.txt next to xenia.exe to restore previous behavior.

src/xenia/app/xenia_main.cc

@@ -44,6 +44,8 @@ DEFINE_string(hid, "any", "Input system. Use: [any, nop, winkey, xinput]");
 DEFINE_string(target, "", "Specifies the target .xex or .iso to execute.");
 DEFINE_bool(fullscreen, false, "Toggles fullscreen");
 
+DEFINE_string(content_root, "", "Root path for content (save/etc) storage.");
+
 DEFINE_bool(mount_scratch, false, "Enable scratch mount");
 DEFINE_bool(mount_cache, false, "Enable cache mount");
 
@@ -129,8 +131,35 @@ int xenia_main(const std::vector<std::wstring>& args) {
   Profiler::Initialize();
   Profiler::ThreadEnter("main");
 
+  // Figure out where content should go.
+  std::wstring content_root;
+  if (!FLAGS_content_root.empty()) {
+    content_root = xe::to_wstring(FLAGS_content_root);
+  } else {
+    auto base_path = xe::filesystem::GetExecutableFolder();
+    base_path = xe::to_absolute_path(base_path);
+
+    auto portable_path = xe::join_paths(base_path, L"portable.txt");
+    if (xe::filesystem::PathExists(portable_path)) {
+      content_root = xe::join_paths(base_path, L"content");
+    } else {
+      content_root = xe::filesystem::GetUserFolder();
+#if defined(XE_PLATFORM_WIN32)
+      content_root = xe::join_paths(content_root, L"Xenia");
+#elif defined(XE_PLATFORM_LINUX)
+      content_root = xe::join_paths(content_root, L".xenia");
+#else
+#warning Unhandled platform for content root.
+      content_root = xe::join_paths(content_root, L"Xenia");
+#endif
+      content_root = xe::join_paths(content_root, L"content");
+    }
+
+    content_root = xe::to_absolute_path(content_root);
+  }
+
   // Create the emulator but don't initialize so we can setup the window.
-  auto emulator = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"");
+  auto emulator = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"", content_root);
 
   // Main emulator display window.
   auto emulator_window = EmulatorWindow::Create(emulator.get());

src/xenia/base/filesystem.h

@@ -20,6 +20,15 @@
 namespace xe {
 namespace filesystem {
 
+// Get executable path.
+std::wstring GetExecutablePath();
+
+// Get executable folder.
+std::wstring GetExecutableFolder();
+
+// Get user folder.
+std::wstring GetUserFolder();
+
 // Canonicalizes a path, removing ..'s.
 std::string CanonicalizePath(const std::string& original_path);
 

src/xenia/base/filesystem_posix.cc

@@ -21,6 +21,21 @@
 namespace xe {
 namespace filesystem {
 
+std::wstring GetExecutablePath() {
+  assert_always();  // IMPLEMENT ME.
+  return std::wstring();
+}
+
+std::wstring GetExecutableFolder() {
+  assert_always();  // IMPLEMENT ME.
+  return std::wstring();
+}
+
+std::wstring GetUserFolder() {
+  assert_always();  // IMPLEMENT ME.
+  return std::wstring();
+}
+
 bool PathExists(const std::wstring& path) {
   struct stat st;
   return stat(xe::to_string(path).c_str(), &st) == 0;

src/xenia/base/filesystem_win.cc

@@ -12,11 +12,33 @@
 
 #include <string>
 
+#include <shlobj.h>
+
 #include "xenia/base/platform_win.h"
 
 namespace xe {
 namespace filesystem {
 
+std::wstring GetExecutablePath() {
+  wchar_t* path;
+  auto error = _get_wpgmptr(&path);
+  return !error ? std::wstring(path) : std::wstring();
+}
+
+std::wstring GetExecutableFolder() {
+  auto path = GetExecutablePath();
+  return xe::find_base_path(path);
+}
+
+std::wstring GetUserFolder() {
+  wchar_t path[MAX_PATH];
+  if (!SUCCEEDED(SHGetFolderPathW(nullptr, CSIDL_MYDOCUMENTS, nullptr,
+                                  SHGFP_TYPE_CURRENT, path))) {
+    return std::wstring();
+  }
+  return std::wstring(path);
+}
+
 bool PathExists(const std::wstring& path) {
   DWORD attrib = GetFileAttributes(path.c_str());
   return attrib != INVALID_FILE_ATTRIBUTES;

src/xenia/emulator.cc

@@ -48,8 +48,9 @@ DEFINE_double(time_scalar, 1.0,
 
 namespace xe {
 
-Emulator::Emulator(const std::wstring& command_line)
-    : command_line_(command_line) {}
+Emulator::Emulator(const std::wstring& command_line,
+                   const std::wstring& content_root)
+    : command_line_(command_line), content_root_(content_root) {}
 
 Emulator::~Emulator() {
   // Note that we delete things in the reverse order they were initialized.

src/xenia/emulator.h

@@ -47,12 +47,16 @@ namespace xe {
 // This is responsible for initializing and managing all the various subsystems.
 class Emulator {
  public:
-  explicit Emulator(const std::wstring& command_line);
+  explicit Emulator(const std::wstring& command_line,
+                    const std::wstring& content_root);
   ~Emulator();
 
   // Full command line used when launching the process.
   const std::wstring& command_line() const { return command_line_; }
 
+  // Folder content is stored in.
+  const std::wstring& content_root() const { return content_root_; }
+
   // Title of the game in the default language.
   const std::wstring& game_title() const { return game_title_; }
 
@@ -154,6 +158,8 @@ class Emulator {
                           const std::string& module_path);
 
   std::wstring command_line_;
+  std::wstring content_root_;
+
   std::wstring game_title_;
 
   ui::Window* display_window_;

src/xenia/gpu/trace_dump.cc

@@ -103,7 +103,7 @@ int TraceDump::Main(const std::vector<std::wstring>& args) {
 
 bool TraceDump::Setup() {
   // Create the emulator but don't initialize so we can setup the window.
-  emulator_ = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"");
+  emulator_ = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"", L"");
   X_STATUS result = emulator_->Setup(
       nullptr, nullptr, [this]() { return CreateGraphicsSystem(); }, nullptr);
   if (XFAILED(result)) {

src/xenia/gpu/trace_viewer.cc

@@ -122,7 +122,7 @@ bool TraceViewer::Setup() {
   window_->Resize(1920, 1200);
 
   // Create the emulator but don't initialize so we can setup the window.
-  emulator_ = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"");
+  emulator_ = std::make_unique<Emulator>(L"", L"");
   X_STATUS result =
       emulator_->Setup(window_.get(), nullptr,
                        [this]() { return CreateGraphicsSystem(); }, nullptr);

src/xenia/kernel/kernel_state.cc

@@ -31,8 +31,6 @@
 
 DEFINE_bool(headless, false,
             "Don't display any UI, using defaults for prompts as needed.");
-DEFINE_string(content_root, "content",
-              "Root path for content (save/etc) storage.");
 
 namespace xe {
 namespace kernel {
@@ -57,7 +55,7 @@ KernelState::KernelState(Emulator* emulator)
   app_manager_ = std::make_unique<xam::AppManager>();
   user_profile_ = std::make_unique<xam::UserProfile>();
 
-  auto content_root = xe::to_wstring(FLAGS_content_root);
+  auto content_root = emulator_->content_root();
   content_root = xe::to_absolute_path(content_root);
   content_manager_ = std::make_unique<xam::ContentManager>(this, content_root);