Copying Configurations From Previous Versions

[CountMorillonite]

I want to copy my customization settings from ver 2.12 to ver 2.13.

What file holds these setting values?

I know there is a DarkmodKeybinds.cfg but it doesn't seem to be where the setting values are stored. For example, I want my "next/previous Inv item to be wheeldown & wheelup, not the default [ and ]. The .ini files don't seem to have what I'm looking for either.

I know I can manually adjust these things, but it's a whole lot simpler to find where these values are stored and copy them to the newer version.

[Frost_Salamander]

8 hours ago, CountMorillonite said:

I want to copy my customization settings from ver 2.12 to ver 2.13.

What file holds these setting values?

I know there is a DarkmodKeybinds.cfg but it doesn't seem to be where the setting values are stored. For example, I want my "next/previous Inv item to be wheeldown & wheelup, not the default [ and ]. The .ini files don't seem to have what I'm looking for either.

I know I can manually adjust these things, but it's a whole lot simpler to find where these values are stored and copy them to the newer version.

I'm pretty sure DarkmodKeybinds.cfg is what you're looking for, if we're talking about 'next/previous weapon' for example.  I just tested it by setting 'next weapon' to down arrow or mouse wheel down:

bind "DOWNARROW" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELDOWN" "_impulse14"
bind "MWHEELUP" "_impulse15"

Darkmod.cfg contains all the other settings like graphics, etc.

[CountMorillonite]

Thanks for your response...in fact it's your latest mission that I want to play, but I need to upgrade to ver 2.13 in order to play it. 

 

Maybe it's the "impulse xx" that confuses me. It has no meaning to me. I want to customize the settings found in Dark Mod's pulldown menu's...

Main Menu / Settings / Controls / etc....

I know I can do this manually, but I thought there would be a quicker way. So I'm trying to find where the default settings are stored and just copy/paste to the newer version. 

I don't see anything in DarkmodKeybinds.cfg that points directly to default settings (there is a lot of "binding" which I also do, but that's not what I'm talking about)

Another example....once ver 2.13 is installed, the default for "speed" is "walk". I want it to be "run". Is there a file somewhere that lists all these defaults so that I can copy/paste from ver 2.12 or do I have to go through each default one at a time and change it

 

[Frost_Salamander]

14 minutes ago, CountMorillonite said:

Thanks for your response...in fact it's your latest mission that I want to play, but I need to upgrade to ver 2.13 in order to play it. 

 

Maybe it's the "impulse xx" that confuses me. It has no meaning to me. I want to customize the settings found in Dark Mod's pulldown menu's...

Main Menu / Settings / Controls / etc....

I know I can do this manually, but I thought there would be a quicker way. So I'm trying to find where the default settings are stored and just copy/paste to the newer version. 

I don't see anything in DarkmodKeybinds.cfg that points directly to default settings (there is a lot of "binding" which I also do, but that's not what I'm talking about)

Another example....once ver 2.13 is installed, the default for "speed" is "walk". I want it to be "run". Is there a file somewhere that lists all these defaults so that I can copy/paste from ver 2.12 or do I have to go through each default one at a time and change it

 

I just copy the files from old install to new install.  However, I shouldn't recommend this in case there are new variables in 2.13 that will get missed? But you'd think they would get written to the files anyways.  Not sure what to really recommend here, but that's what I do and I haven't had any issues.

[CountMorillonite]

I just ended up knitting a mosaic of the settings from 2.12, making it my wallpaper, initiating ver 2.13, then flipping back and forth, copying where I deviated from the defaults. Accomplishes what I want without having to write everything down or trying to memorize the differences. I did notice there were some differences (new variables) in ver 2.13, so copy/paste was not an option anyway.

Now I can play A Reciprocal Gambit, knowing that it's going to be awesome.    

[Skaruts]

If you want your settings to persist without worries, you can store your non-default settings in a separate cfg file, including your key binds. You can make an autoexec.cfg or autocommands.cfg (one or the other, not both), which will be automatically executed when the game starts. If you put your preferred settings in there, they'll always be left intact when you update the game, even if the update changes Darkmod.cfg or DarkmodKeybinds.cfg.

You can also execute other cfg files from inside you autoexec.cfg with the "exec other_file.cfg" command.

This is what my autoexec.cfg looks like (abbreviated):

echo "--- LOADING AUTOEXEC CFG ---"

seta sensitivity 5.5
seta pm_bobroll 0
seta tdm_music_volume -22.4
// seta com_maxFPS "70"
seta com_maxFPS 120
seta con_fontSize 8
seta logFile 1
seta tdm_download_list_sort_by 1
seta tdm_download_list_sort_direction 1
seta tdm_mission_list_sort_direction 0
seta tdm_mission_list_title_style 0

bind HOME "exec gameplay"
bind END "exec mapping"

com_smp 1
tdm_player_wait_until_ready 0

// run other custom cfgs
exec windowed_mode
exec gfx
exec mapping

Some keybindings are a bit annoying to figure out, especially the "impulses". You have to change them in the game and then see what changed in the keybindings file, or something like that, so you learn which bind command corresponds to which ingame keybinding.

Edited July 7 by Skaruts

[CountMorillonite]

Thanks for your input. Those "impulse" lines have no meaning to me, but I figured they represented settings values. I wasn't about to labour through them one at a time to see what was what. 

Constructing an autoexec.cfg file is a non starter for me. That's way out of my elemental abilities of understanding programming. At this point, it is far better to just memorize where I drifted from many default values. That I can handle

And so far, so good. I'm playing "A Reciprocal Gambit" with ver 2.13 and will keep my digital (picture) representation of ALL the settings in a Separate Folder as reference for next version upgrade.

 

[Skaruts]

Alright, fair enough.