Force writing errors/output to file in case of frozen distributive

config.py

@@ -29,17 +29,16 @@ staticPath = None
 saveDB = None
 gameDB = None
 
-# TODO: move back to pyfa.py main loop
-# We moved it here just to avoid rebuilding windows skeleton for now (any change to pyfa.py needs it)
-import logging
-logging.basicConfig()
+
+def isFrozen():
+    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
+        return True
+    else:
+        return False
 
 
 def getPyfaRoot():
-    if hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
-        base = sys.executable
-    else:
-        base = sys.argv[0]
+    base = sys.executable if isFrozen() else sys.argv[0]
     root = os.path.dirname(os.path.realpath(os.path.abspath(base)))
     root = unicode(root, sys.getfilesystemencoding())
     return root
@@ -71,6 +70,8 @@ def defPaths():
 
     # Redirect stderr to file if we're requested to do so
     stderrToFile = getattr(configforced, "stderrToFile", None)
+    if stderrToFile is None:
+        stderrToFile = True if isFrozen() else False
     if stderrToFile is True:
         if not os.path.exists(savePath):
             os.mkdir(savePath)
@@ -78,6 +79,8 @@ def defPaths():
 
     # Same for stdout
     stdoutToFile = getattr(configforced, "stdoutToFile", None)
+    if stdoutToFile is None:
+        stdoutToFile = True if isFrozen() else False
     if stdoutToFile is True:
         if not os.path.exists(savePath):
             os.mkdir(savePath)

pyfa.py

@@ -33,7 +33,7 @@ if not hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
     except ImportError:
         print("Cannot find wxPython\nYou can download wxPython (2.8+) from http://www.wxpython.org/")
         sys.exit(1)
-    
+
     # if user wants to force 2.8, try that and go directly to ensureMinimal path if fails
     try:
         if getattr(config.configforced, "force28", False):
@@ -51,7 +51,7 @@ if not hasattr(sys, 'frozen'):
             print "Installed wxPython version doesn't meet requirements.\nYou can download wxPython (2.8+) from http://www.wxpython.org/"
             sys.exit(1)
         else:
-            print "wxPython 2.8 not found; attempting to use newer version, expect errors"        
+            print "wxPython 2.8 not found; attempting to use newer version, expect errors"
 
     try:
         import sqlalchemy
@@ -87,6 +87,10 @@ if __name__ == "__main__":
         config.saveInRoot = True
     config.defPaths()
 
+    # Basic logging initialization
+    import logging
+    logging.basicConfig()
+
     # Import everything
     import wx
     import os