Removing Hazeron

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First thing to know is that the Shores of Hazeron Launcher and the Shores of Hazeron Client are two totally separate things.

Launcher Removal

Shores of Hazeron Launcher can easily be removed from your computer. The removal process simply requires you to delete the Shores of Hazeron Launcher program and to delete any shortcuts you created.

Deleting the Shores of Hazeron Launcher does not prevent you from running the Shores of Hazeron Client.

Windows Launcher Removal

Use the Windows control panel to remove the Shores of Hazeron Launcher.

Mac Launcher Removal

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Unix Launcher Removal

  1. CD to the location where the Launcher folder is, and then run this command;
    $ rm -rf '/Launcher'
  2. Delete the launcher folder you created when extracting the downloaded .tar.gz files.

Client Removal

The Shores of Hazeron Client is stored in the data folders of your home folder.

You may choose to delete some or all of the data folders.

Location

The location of the data folders are as follows:

  • Windows
    C:\Users\<username>\Shores of Hazeron
    or
    %USERPROFILE%\Shores of Hazeron
  • Mac
    $HOME/Shores of Hazeron
  • Unix
    $HOME/Shores of Hazeron

Folders

There are several folders located here.

  • Programs
    This folder contains the Shores of Hazeron Client. Remove this folder to completely remove the Shores of Hazeron Client from your computer. Nothing vital is lost by deleting this folder, all its content can be re-downloaded using the Shores of Hazeron Launcher.
  • Pictures
    Screen shots taken in Shores of Hazeron when the player presses the "Take Screen Shot" button, default Alt + P, are stored here.
  • Temporary
    Temporary data files created by Shores of Hazeron are stored here. This folder can be deleted whenever you want to free up some disk space. It may cause Shores of Hazeron to download a lot of data or work hard to recreate that data but it will not harm the installation of Shores of Hazeron. There are options in the client's settings menu to easily clear data from this folder.
  • Mail
    Mails sent and received in Shores of Hazeron are stored here. Deleting this folder will delete all currently stored in-game mail.
  • Characters
    Character .chr files may be stored here by players. Shores of Hazeron does not use this folder for anything.
  • Ship Designs
    Spacecraft design .ship files may be stored here by players. Shores of Hazeron does not use this folder for anything.

Settings Removal

Shores of Hazeron saves some information, for example user settings, in the registry.

Removing these depends on the operating system used.

Windows Settings Removal

To remove any program settings that may have been stored on your computer.

  1. Run regedit.
  2. Use the registry editor to delete the following registry key:
    HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Software Engineering\Shores of Hazeron.

Mac Settings Removal

To remove any program settings that may have been stored on your computer.

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Unix Settings Removal

To remove any program settings that may have been stored on your computer.

  1. Enter the following command; surround the file path with quote marks because of the spaces in the names.
    $ rm '~/.config/Software Engineering/Shores of Hazeron.conf'