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Now what i am doing is storing configuration options in my own ini files, which the user can edit using a GUI program and mix and match as needed, even between systems. A user can figure out their favorite graphics settings for their system, and if they use multiple player folders always use those settings across all the folders while storing their configuration in a single central location. Each setting is ONLY applied if a checkbox is checked, AND there is always a bak file created of your system configuration prior to any changes. A player can keep multiple versions of each of these settings, and even share them with each other easily. ( They are just files going into folders )
Note that the file formats i am using are actually just ini files, and i am merging them into the game ini files after i validate them. I use the exact same groups and line values you see in the game files for storing my data. Which ini settings and options that go in which files are entirely at my discretion.
The main screen looks as follows. ( this works the same on both mac and windows )
Now the Camera section is the main reason i am doing this, and it looks as follows.
One nice thing is i figured the setting to control the default mode you start the game with and whatever is chosen in the top menu will be what you start with. True false settings get check boxes, and i am creating popup menu selectors where there are limited options such as for camera mode - ( it shows a string like "chase camera" but stores a 1, 2, 3 or 4 ).
These store the desired player folder, and some basic game rules like difficulty, which gui items are open and the like. By changing this configuration setting, the player will be able to select a new folder to play in, thus they can dedicate a folder for playing content using kaedrins hak packs, or for playing on a given PW. My aim is to integrate more features into this so it can actually install for example kaedrins content just by said user checking a box here.
This stores the graphics settings, and i am thinking menu items for high, medium, low, or perhaps ones named after different graphics cards. This is probably the least developed section of the interface. I am thinking i can expand each option to really describe what it does much better. Also some of these settings are just vestiges from NWN1.
This is still very basic, still trying to figure what all these mean. Bascially each line in the ini file i have to reverse engineer, figure out what it does, and only after i get a full grasp of it, will I be able to explain it fully in the interface. Right now this is very experimental.
I am basing this on the many threads on the camera to begin with, the tweak guide, the nwn2wiki camera page, and similar sources found on google. I often see posts about people who describe settings based on World of Warcraft, NWN1, and other games. I am basically building a tool, and my hope is that just by using it will make a user able to just select the type of camera they want, and start playing. But i am not going to have time to perfect multiple configurations with everything else I am working on.
I am requesting that those who have "perfect" camera setups, who are very particular about such things, that they send me their current settings from the nwn2.ini and nwn2player.ini files, which demonstrate the effort they've already invested into making things just right. Perhaps you just figured out one single ini setting that helps a lot. I am hoping we can generate some collaboration and that i can add to this program provided menu items named "WoW", "NWN1" or "Bobs action camera" representing the many varied types of game play in the community. Full credit of course for your efforts in my readme and on the vault when i finally release this. The camera is pretty much the main complaint with NWN2, and my feeling is that it's less about how the camera works since it's so versatile, but rather it's default settings are just plain awful.
At some point i'd like to get this working for NWN1 as well, but to do that i'd need someone to provide all the legwork for that game. Ideally i'd be able to take the options in the NWN2 configuration, and just take one modes settings and have players who do things in NWN2 be able to use settings that work the same in NWN1 or even for other games, but that is far down the road.
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