Earlier version and logging initialization

core/src/mindustry/Vars.java

@@ -441,8 +441,18 @@ public class Vars implements Loadable{
 
         settings.setAppName(appName);
 
+        loadFileLogger(settings.getDataDirectory().child("last_log.txt"));
+    }
+
+    public static void loadFileLogger(Fi file){
+        if(loadedFileLogger) return;
+
+        if(!file.parent().exists()){
+            file.parent().mkdirs();
+        }
+
         try{
-            Writer writer = settings.getDataDirectory().child("last_log.txt").writer(false);
+            Writer writer = file.writer(false);
             LogHandler log = Log.logger;
             Log.logger = (level, text) -> {
                 log.log(level, text);
@@ -467,7 +477,7 @@ public class Vars implements Loadable{
         settings.setJson(JsonIO.json);
         settings.setAppName(appName);
 
-        if(steam || (Version.modifier != null && Version.modifier.contains("steam"))){
+        if(steam || Version.isSteam){
             settings.setDataDirectory(Core.files.local("saves/"));
         }
 

core/src/mindustry/core/Version.java

@@ -22,6 +22,8 @@ public class Version{
     public static int build = 0;
     /** Revision number. Used for hotfixes. Does not affect server compatibility. */
     public static int revision = 0;
+    /** Whether the Steam version of the game is requested. This is different from Vars.steam (Steam initialization can fail) */
+    public static boolean isSteam = false;
     /** Whether version loading is enabled. */
     public static boolean enabled = true;
 
@@ -38,6 +40,7 @@ public class Version{
         modifier = map.get("modifier");
         commitHash = map.get("commitHash", "unknown");
         buildDate = map.get("buildDate", "unknown");
+        isSteam = modifier.contains("steam");
         if(map.get("build").contains(".")){
             String[] split = map.get("build").split("\\.");
             try{