SpringSettings 0.2.0

[koshi]

yup, already in the making.

it never crossed my mind that it will be dropped to the same dir as unitsync, so i'll just add the current dir as first option to look for it

[el_matarife]

I suggest turning high settings to 4x anti-aliasing instead of 8x, and also making the anti-aliasing slider only have options your videocard actually supports. Right now, you could slide it to 5x or something else no card actually does.

[ZellSF]

Maybe disallow helper AIs shouldn't be shown, or at least noted in the tooltip that it seriously screws up LuaUI.

[Tobi]

Major bug: it sets GroundDecals to insanely high values which Spring can't handle on today's computers.

Original settings.exe only had the slider from 0-5, but I'd not recommend setting it above 1 anyway. (It is a multiplier for the lifetime of ground decals.)

Maybe just make it a checkbox, and set it to 1 in medium/high and 0 in low detail mode.

[koshi]

i've done a hotfix that limits the respective slider range from 0 to 1

everybody who uses the windows installer (where my app is named settings.exe) should just get this one http://graasmilk.net/spring/0.1.2a/settings.exe and overwrite the existing one with it

proper release to follow

[koshi]

I've updated the first post (including new download instructions), here' the changelog:

Changes from 0.1.1:

• added: InvertMouse and ScrollWheelSpeed
• fixed: bug that sets GroundScars to ridiculously high values
• added: 1152x864 as a resolution
• fixed: bug (windows-only) that displayed an empty resolution in simple mode when changed in expert mode
• fixed: tab-order (ie switching from one textfield/checkbox/etc. to the next) in logical order on all tabs
• improved: unitsync path guessing on windows

[NOiZE]

Ok so when i spectate a game i use the following settings:
Windowed 1024x768

But if i play i use:
FullScreen 1280x1024


And its a bit of an hassle to change it all the time, any nice ideas how this could be done easier?

[koshi]

As i said earlier i plan to implement loading/saving of profiles. This won't happen in the immediate future though.

Quick and dirty solutions i can think of:

If you're on linux: instead of calling spring directly call a bash script with parameter that switches your .springrc accordingly

If you're on windows:
Dunno where the regkey is stored atm, but if it's user specific, login/logout could do it.

[NOiZE]

If you're on windows:
Dunno where the regkey is stored atm, but if it's user specific, login/logout could do it.

uhmmm ?????

Best would be if spring somehow detects that i am spectating and then uses the spectating settings, and if i play it would detect that and use the play settings :)

[koshi]

maybe i was a little unclear: if the regkey is user specific, you can use another user for spectating, but i guess that is not really a very good option

the thing is that you can't really switch regkeys from shell in win afaik.

btw: when i have implemented the profiles, springlobby will be able to switch these profiles according to what kind of battle you are participating (pretty much what you proposed only lobby-side)

[koshi]

Edited first post again for new version 0.1.2b:

Changes from 0.1.2a:

• fixed: cam mode cycling, thought is was fixed already after argh's comment, but it wasn't
• fixed: scroll speed value ranges, was 0-10 should have been 0-100 (and now is)
• fixed: parts of gui unreachable with large fonts. tabs will now show scrollbars if necessary

Thanks to [teh]Beherith for reporting bugs and testing the fixes.

Note to all windows installer users:
the first post always contains a link to an updated settings.exe you can replace your current with (currently http://graasmilk.net/spring/0.1.2b/settings.exe)

[ZellSF]

Not going to make SpringSettings note that disabling helper AIs screws up LuaUI as well?

[koshi]

nah, just forgot about it. extended tooltip will be in next release.

[LordMatt]

Ok so when i spectate a game i use the following settings:
Windowed 1024x768

But if i play i use:
FullScreen 1280x1024


And its a bit of an hassle to change it all the time, any nice ideas how this could be done easier?

use moar linux.

release

Updated on buildbot.

[NOiZE]

settings.exe doesn't have an icon.

[AF]

You can use one of the red and white settings icons I made

[Tobi]

A bug has been reported against springsettings:
http://spring.clan-sy.com/mantis/view.php?id=805

(in case you don't check mantis)

[koshi]

you're right, i don't check mantis.
it was reported to our bugtracker as well, but i thought this shouldn't be implemented as you said no one really knew why that proposed method sometimes help people.

[Tobi]

Ya that's true too

I guess someone really needs to figure out why changing FontLastChar changes font size.

[LordMatt]

By the way, Koshi would like us to rename his program springsettings.exe, as it was called originally. I named it settings.exe because it was added at the last minute and I didn't want to break compatability with the lobbies.