From e6416e2e5fea1d2bfb763ea6f70f05c308c40311 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: Fabian Greffrath <fabian@greffrath.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Dec 2024 12:01:51 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] create savegame directory only when saving the game

---
 src/d_main.c | 2 --
 src/g_game.c | 2 ++
 2 files changed, 2 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-)

diff --git a/src/d_main.c b/src/d_main.c
index 25260a753..765e7d4fe 100644
--- a/src/d_main.c
+++ b/src/d_main.c
@@ -1789,8 +1789,6 @@ void D_SetSavegameDirectory(void)
             basesavegame = M_StringJoin(oldsavegame, DIR_SEPARATOR_S,
             M_BaseName(wadname));
             free(oldsavegame);
-
-            M_MakeDirectory(basesavegame);
         }
     }
 
diff --git a/src/g_game.c b/src/g_game.c
index 9803f2206..400170db1 100644
--- a/src/g_game.c
+++ b/src/g_game.c
@@ -2373,6 +2373,8 @@ static void DoSaveGame(char *name)
   char *description;
   int  length, i;
 
+  M_MakeDirectory(basesavegame);
+
   description = savedescription;
 
   save_p = savebuffer = Z_Malloc(savegamesize, PU_STATIC, 0);