working_directory
Returns: String.
Working_directory can actually return two different values depending on what you are using it for. If you are writing a file to disk, working_directory points to the area of local storage that is reserved for your game on the target device (in windows this is "%LOCALAPPDATA%/gamedir/" where the "gamedir" is the directory with the name of your game). However, when reading from disk, working_directory can be either the local storage or the area where the included files are stored.
NOTE: the working_directory variable wiil return the path including the final backslash.
For example, if you have a default *.txt file included
with your game and read it into memory using
working_directory, then that file will be taken from the
area where the included files are stored. If you then choose to
write that information to a text file using
working_directory, this will write the file to the target
platforms local storage, where it will be read from the next time
unless you instruct GameMaker: Studio to delete the file, in
which case working_directory will once more point to the
area where the included files are stored.
WARNING! This function may not work as you expect due to
GameMaker: Studio being sandboxed! Please see the section on
File System Limits for
more information.
ini_open(working_directory + "temp_ini.ini");
This will open an ini file from the working directory of the game (creating it if it does not already exist). This could be the local storage, or the area where the included files are depending on whether the file being looked for exists in either place.