Bug report: 'DAVAProject' folder under Documents

[Eowinn]

The game runs fine, time to release it ;)

However, I found it created a folder called 'DAVAProject' under my 'Documents' folder. This really should go in the standard location Documents\My Games if you want it public, or in the appData\Local folder. And obviously it should be named something pointing to WOTBlitz, not DAVAProject!

(on Windows 7 64bit)

[3ICE]

Also, the uninstaller fails to clean up after the game properly. This DAVAProject folder was left on my machine after I ordered a complete uninstall of WoT:B (I tried the game for a short while)
It's now polluted my backups and filer history, as it sits in My Documents.

[RJM]

This folder is still mislabeled and clogging up the documents folder.

[EL_Din_46]

Originally posted by RJM:

This folder is still mislabeled and clogging up the documents folder.

The DavaProject folder contains the framework for Blitz. It is essential for Blitz to run.

Among other things, it contains a large number of cache files and all of your replays. If you delete the folder the game will just download a new copy, but you will lose all of your replays.

[3ICE]

Yeah it's sorely mislabeled. Bad place for storing replays. Shame!

[EL_Din_46]

Microsoft describes the Windows My Documents folder this way: “By default, the My Documents folder is a folder in the user's profile that is used as a default storage location for saved documents.”
https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/topic/configuration-of-the-my-documents-folder-dfd9a90d-8f80-18d6-e7cc-f1566fc3b10b

Since the DavaProject folder contains replay and other saved files the My Documents folder may be the right place for it to be.

[3ICE]

We're asking for 2 things:
• Put it in \Documents\My Games\ where every other game already is. Don't pollute the root \Documents\ directory!
• Rename it to World of Tanks Blitz, instead of the currently meaningless nonsense name of "DavaProject"

[3ICE]

Here's the entire contents of my Documents folder, see for yourself widespread standards-compliance:

Good games using My Games subfolder correctly (I have over 25!):
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Reckoning\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\FasterThanLight\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Runic Games\ (good developer)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Crossout\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\World of Warcraft\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Path of Exile\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Ironclad Games\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Offworld\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Ashes of the Singularity - Escalation\
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Terraria\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\UnrealEngine3\ (bad folder name)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Ashes of the Singularity\ (duplicate)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\TerraTech\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\ONINAKI\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Borderlands 2\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Rainbow Six - Siege\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Grim Dawn\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Asteria\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Titan Quest - Immortal Throne\
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\XCOM2\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Skyrim\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Magicka SaveData from other PC\
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Realms of Ancient War\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Firefall\ (dead game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Age of Empires 3\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\AlienBreedEp1Game\ (good game)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\My Games\Torchlight 2\ (good game)
[...]

Bad games NOT using the My Games subfolder (only 5):
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\DavaProject\ (this nonsense)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\OpenTTD\ (very old game, pre-standard, easily forgivable)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Timberborn\ (new guys, inexperienced, hope they fix)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Paradox Interactive\ (unforgivable, complaints here and here)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Black Desert\ (terrible game)

Programs, not games, may pollute root:
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\OneDrive2\ (my fault)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\ViberDownloads\ (stupid)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Custom Office Templates\ (useless)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Blackmagic Design\ (reasonable)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Outlook Files\ (okay)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\WindowsPowerShell\ (default)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Remote Assistance Logs\ (ok)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Visual Studio\ (ok)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Fiddler2\ (ok)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\Processing\ (ok)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\WPA Files\ (what)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\DonationCoder\ (ok)
C:\Users\Daniel3ICE\OneDrive\Documents\GitHub\ (ok)

[EL_Din_46]

And exactly what problem is this causing you? I understand that you don’t like seeing it there, but you will probably will find all sorts of files created by other programs there as well. Programs are supposed to store files there that they need to save. There may be other locations that could be used, but it is Micosoft’s default location.

If you have have stopped playing Blitz, go ahead and delete the DavaProject folder. You don’t need it anymore.

If you are still playing Blitz, go ahead and delete the folder anyway if you want to. You’ll loose your replay files but Blitz will download a new copy the next time you open the game.

There could always be a better way to code the necessary programs. If you know how to do that and meet other requirements Wargaming.net may be interested in a job application from you. You can find 269 current job announcements at https://wargaming.com/en/careers/.

Even if you don’t meet those requirements now, you have started asking questions about the best way to program games. Learn and do enough and you might meet them in the future.

[EL_Din_46]

In case you are interested, when Bltz was first developed DAVA Consulting developed the engine for the client program that players downloaded.
http://forum.wotblitz.eu/index.php?/topic/243-overlords-blog-wotb-pictures-and-info-about-dava/