Check integrity files should not reset any settings

The Galaxy Lives On! Distant Worlds, the critically acclaimed 4X space strategy game is back with a brand new 64-bit engine, 3D graphics and a polished interface to begin an epic new Distant Worlds series with Distant Worlds 2. Distant Worlds 2 is a vast, pausable real-time 4X space strategy game. Experience the full depth and detail of turn-based strategy, but with the simplicity and ease of real-time, and on the scale of a massively-multiplayer online game.

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fruitgnome
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Check integrity files should not reset any settings

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Annoying that I have to set all settings new after check integrity files. 101 files were new ordered this time.
fruitgnome
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Interesting I only changed now start new game setup and integrity check orders 2 corrupted files. They are not corrupted they are changed!
Jorgen_CAB
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Re: Check integrity files should not reset any settings

Post by Jorgen_CAB »

The game have been like this from day one... these are game settings files that are in the game folder as opposed to in the user profile game folder where they probably should be.

Whenever you check for integrity these game settings files are also checked as they are part of the game installation files.

In my opinion it should not be done like this... pretty much no other game does it like this and keep the game settings file as a simple XML that can be dynamically updated as the game are updated and never overrite old settings until you do so.
Buio
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The worst thing is that the key bindings are saved there.

I used to change some bindings to my liking when the game was released. But after a few resets where all keybindings disappeared I stopped adjusting key bindings.
fruitgnome
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Most annoying for me is to setup at galaxy generation all the empires.
Ax
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Re: Check integrity files should not reset any settings

Post by Ax »

After the files check you can delete these two files, they are zero size and named something like resetsettings. The actual configuration is not changed until you restart the game and it finds these two files.
fruitgnome
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Nice to know, thx. Will test next time.
fruitgnome
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Re: Check integrity files should not reset any settings

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There were no such files. My settings are away again thx to new beta update, it's so annoying.
fruitgnome
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Re: Check integrity files should not reset any settings

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Here are these files:
Steam\steamapps\common\Distant Worlds 2\data
And they named:
deleteGameSettings
deleteGameStartSettings
fruitgnome
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Re: Check integrity files should not reset any settings

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Please inform us at every beta update, if we can delete these two files, or not.
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