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===backups=== | ===backups=== | ||
Adding backups=XX to the [misc] section where XX is a number (eg backups=50) will create sub-directorys called backup1,backup2 etc until backupXX ''when the game is generated'' - this only applies to the host player or when playing alone vs AI. | Adding backups=XX to the [misc] section where XX is a number (eg backups=50) will create sub-directorys called backup1,backup2 etc until backupXX ''when the game is generated'' - this only applies to the host player or when playing alone vs AI. | ||
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| + | Adding DefaultPassword=XXXXXXXX to the [misc] section where XXXXXXXX is your chosen password will allow opening game files using this password to be opened without Stars! asking for the password. From [http://starsautohost.org/sahforum/index.php?t=msg&th=1309&rid=78&S=9da9a99e238c7c4b5cb0e162a646bb7d&pl_view=&start=0#msg_10117 Tip: Two "default" passwords] at [[HWF]] | ||
===fonts=== | ===fonts=== | ||
Revision as of 21:00, 3 October 2008
The stars.ini is located in the c:\windows directory or wherever else you installed windows to (c:\win95 etc) and contains the non game-specific settings for Stars!, and a hashed record of your game's serial number and machine configuration. If stars.ini is missing or the serial number/machine config do not match you will see the enter serial code dialog when you run stars.exe. For Stars! to remember these settings the user needs to have write access to the c:\windows directory(admin rights or access specifically granted by an admin), however stars will run quite happily without the stars.ini file ever existing - it will just ask you for your serial code every time and won't remember any of your settings.
The following settings are stored in stars.ini:
- window layout
- all zip orders(custom transport tasks)
- all stored queues, including the default queue
- all map settings and filters
Contents
Manually modifying
There are a few modifcations you can make to the stars.ini file.
newreports
Adding newreports=1 to the [misc] section will give increased information in your text dumps and change the name of the dump files from gamename.pla to gamename.p## (## being the player number)
- generally recommended and required by some utilities
backups
Adding backups=XX to the [misc] section where XX is a number (eg backups=50) will create sub-directorys called backup1,backup2 etc until backupXX when the game is generated - this only applies to the host player or when playing alone vs AI.
default password
Adding DefaultPassword=XXXXXXXX to the [misc] section where XXXXXXXX is your chosen password will allow opening game files using this password to be opened without Stars! asking for the password. From Tip: Two "default" passwords at HWF
fonts
Adding (or editing) a [fonts] section can cure some font problems. Here are the default settings for the various languages, though others can be substituted.
English:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial
- ArialBold=Arial Bold
- ArialItalic=Arial Italic
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial Bold Italic
German:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial
- ArialBold=Arial Fett
- ArialItalic=Arial Kursiv
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial Fett Kursiv
Danish:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial
- ArialBold=Arial fed
- ArialItalic=Arial kursiv
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial fed kursiv
Finnish:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial
- ArialBold=Arial Lihavoitu
- ArialItalic=Arial Kursivoitu
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial Lihavoitu Kursivoitu
Swedish:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial
- ArialBold=Arial Fet
- ArialItalic=Arial Kursiv
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial Fet Kursiv
Russian:
- [fonts]
- Arial=Arial Cyr
- ArialBold=Arial Cyr
- ArialItalic=Arial Cyr
- ArialBoldItalic=Arial Cyr
Default Location
3.11/95/98/ME/2000/XP: C:\Windows
Vista: [drive]:\users\[user]\AppData\Local\VirtualStore\Windows
