[4.25.2] Custom ini in packaged project? (shipping)

Development Programming & Scripting C++
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I want to include a custom ini config file to store position data for UI elements. This is working fine while using the editor, but I need it to work in the final product too.
Currently(as a placeholder while I was setting everything up in C++ and the editor) I have been using a hard set FString for the file path:

“…/…/…/…/…/…/…/Contents/MyDocs/Unreal Projects/MyGameProject/”

Contents > MyDocs > Unreal Projects being the directory where I am working on the project. Obviously this does not work in the packaged project.

I have two issues:

  1. Im not familiar with how to get the install directory of the game once it is packaged.
  2. Im not sure how the packaged game will react to attempting to write/ read to a custom config file that doesn’t exist, or how to have the install create the custom config file in the first place.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Unreal loads INI files for you, assuming they’re installed correctly.
Have you read this section of the docs?
https://docs.unrealengine.com/en-US/…les/index.html

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@**jwatte **
Yes I have. That mostly pertains to default ini configs. Which I am not using. I was trying to write to custom file in a custom directory, which I have since figured out.

  1. I found FPath calls for various path locations. In this case: FPaths::ProjectConfigDir(), works for my needs.
  2. GConfig->Find( GamePath+FileName, true ); This function will search for an Ini file, and if the second bool argument set to true create it if it does not exist.