Okay, from an IC point of view, writers completely finish their ages before they visit them the first time - but to be honest, I don't. Actually, I see myself exporting it many times a day to check if it looks or works as expected, when new stuff is added.
It made me crazy that Blender does not remember the folder I selected to export the age to - each time I had to browse to the folder again, or select it from the history (which disappears when Blender got closed) and make sure the age name is typed correctly, without all my version number stuff.
Now the trick:
Open the file prp_Export.py (located in <Your Blender Folder>\.blender\scripts\PyPRP) with a text editor (e.g. Notepad, NOT Word!), scroll down to the bottom and find this line:
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fname = Blender.sys.makename(ext = "." + w[1])
Assume your URU installation is located in:
"C:\Uru - Ages Beyond Myst"
and your age is called:
"MyAge"
then comment the line mentioned above out (add a "#" in front of it) and add a replacement for the line, which directly contains your installation path and the age's name; it should look like this now:
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#fname = Blender.sys.makename(ext = "." + w[1])
fname = r"C:\Uru - Ages Beyond Myst\dat\MyAge." + w[1]
(the little r in front of the path string just avoids the necessity to escape the backslashes)
Save the file, restart Blender (or do "Update Menus" under Scripts).
Be sure to enter the text exactly as shown (yes there is a dot after MyAge), don't forget the \dat\ between folder and age name, avoid typos - and to be safe, keep a backup of your original prp_Export.py file.
Enjoy.
Note: Yes, this is a hack, but can be easily reverted - or changed if you start a new age. And you can still browse to other folder or export other ages - it just replaces the *default* export selection. To revert, uncomment the first original line and comment your own line out, or restore your backup.
(Refers to PyPRP 1.6)
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