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DOC: Document data-local

See merge request OpenMW/openmw!4929
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.. note::
Flatpak sets ``$XDG_DATA_HOME`` to ``$HOME/.var/app/$FLATPAK_ID/data``, so screenshots will be at ``$HOME/.var/app/org.openmw.OpenMW/data/openmw/screenshots`` if you use the Flatpak.
Override directory (data-local)
-------------------------------
This is the directory in which OpenMW-CS saves generated content files.
Additionally, this is always the last-loaded data directory in OpenMW, overriding any which came before it.
This can be useful, for instance, for placing automatically-generated plugins created by external tools or to be very certain that particular assets are always overridden regardless of load order.
You may define your own, custom ``data-local`` directory by using it as a key in ``openmw.cfg``, e.g. ``data-local=C:/Games/OpenMW/data``.
+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| OS | Location |
+==============+====================================================================================================+
| Linux | ``$XDG_DATA_HOME/openmw/data`` or ``$HOME/.local/share/openmw/data`` |
+--------------+----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Mac | ``$HOME/Library/Application\ Support/openmw/data`` |
+--------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| Windows | File Explorer | ``Documents\My Games\OpenMW\data`` |
| +---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | PowerShell | ``Join-Path ([environment]::GetFolderPath("mydocuments")) "My Games\OpenMW\data"`` |
| +---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
| | Example | ``C:\Users\Username\Documents\My Games\OpenMW\data`` |
+--------------+---------------+------------------------------------------------------------------------------------+
.. note::
Flatpak sets ``$XDG_DATA_HOME`` to ``$HOME/.var/app/$FLATPAK_ID/data``, so data-local will be set to ``$HOME/.var/app/org.openmw.OpenMW/data/openmw/data`` if you use the Flatpak.
Custom configuration directories
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