From: Markus Koschany <apo@debian.org>
Date: Sun, 7 Aug 2022 22:14:04 +0200
Subject: 01_abspath

---
 renpy.py | 9 ++++++++-
 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/renpy.py b/renpy.py
index dbd96e6..78a35e1 100755
--- a/renpy.py
+++ b/renpy.py
@@ -137,6 +137,13 @@ def path_to_saves(gamedir, save_directory=None):
         print("Saving to", rv)
         return rv
 
+    if gamedir.startswith("/usr/share/games/renpy"):
+        # The gamename is the final component of the path to the gamedir
+        gamename = gamedir[len("/usr/share/games/renpy"):]
+        if gamename.endswith("/game") or gamename.endswith("/data"):
+            gamename = gamename[:-5]
+        return os.path.expanduser("~/.renpy/") + gamename + "/saves"
+
     if renpy.ios:
         from pyobjus import autoclass # type: ignore
         from pyobjus.objc_py_types import enum # type: ignore
@@ -208,7 +215,7 @@ def path_to_renpy_base():
     Returns the absolute path to thew Ren'Py base directory.
     """
 
-    renpy_base = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(sys.argv[0]))
+    renpy_base = "/usr/share/games/renpy"
     renpy_base = os.path.abspath(renpy_base)
 
     return renpy_base