HAC2/Post-Install-loader
HAC2 post-install instructions
HAC2's loader version 2 works a bit differently than it used to. It now, by default, downloads files to your Documents folder, specifically, Documents\My Games\HAC2\Downloads - It also creates a "preferences file" called HAC2.ini
This file contains (for now) only one setting you can change. The "release" setting. By default it's "stable" which is the general release version of HAC2.
You can set it to "release", or "beta". The beta branch is for testing the newest features. Other branches may be defined in the future.
The "etag" entries in HAC2.ini are for keeping track of file updates. These should not be touched.
Overriding the default storage location for loader
A new command-line option has been added. If you add -loaderpath to the end of the command-line (or the Shortcut Target path), loader will use <path> as the location to store HAC2.ini and the Downloads folder.
Example of a Halo CE shortcut with the loader path defined:
"C:\Program Files (x86)\Microsoft Games\Halo\Halo Custom Edition\haloce.exe" -console -loaderpath C:\temp\loader
Loader will then create c:\temp\loader and save HAC2.ini and the Downloads folder there.
Using this method, you can define different locations for each version of Halo you use. Otherwise, Halo CE and PC will both use the same location.
If HAC2's loader can not find the Documents directory (highly unlikely), or otherwise fails creating the My Games\HAC2 directory, or the -loaderpath, it will default back to the old location %TEMP% (C:\Users\<username>\AppData\Local\Temp)
