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 A single-player example pack is provided as an example in ``bin/combos.txt``. This can be customized by the user, although internal limitations require the combination string to be in alphabetical order.
 
 ## Multi-player
-To set up multi-player mode, create a directory ``../elem-data`` with a copy of ``bin/inv_base.txt``.  Also, create separate directories for each user that plays.
+To set up multi-player mode, create a directory ``../elem_data`` with a copy of ``bin/inv_base.txt``.  Also, create separate directories for each user that plays.
 
 The game can now be played with the following syntax, inside your user directory:
 ```sh