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=RS=Funkie

=RS=Funkie

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I was getting tired of making edits to the startup.cfg file whenever I wanted to make changes to the graphics either for more fps or for screen capture.
So I wanted to make this program to do the changes for me. 

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Basically, load the startup.cfg file. And it should load in the settings you currently have. Make your changes, then hit Save Changes.

NOTES:

  • It will make a backup of your existing startup.cfg file as startup.cfg.bak so if something stuffs up. Just delete the cfg file and rename the bak file.
  • The screen resolution will change the settings for both fullscreen and windowed resolutions. but the dropdown list isn't exhaustive. It's only got a selection of common resolutions. 
  • The Grass quality setting in the graphics options seem to actually be a combination of Grass Resolution, and Grass Distance. So although the settings seem to have the correct effect in-game. It doesn't report correctly in the in-game settings.
  • Also, Horizon Draw Distance is a scale of 0.0 - 1.0, whereas in the in-game settings it's 40km > 150km.  So consider 0.0 to equal 40km and 1.0 to equal 150 km.
  • I was going to add some more settings like IP address and Port for Multiplayer stuff.  But I think it's handy the way it is for now.


Feel free to report any issues, or suggestions.
Also, I could probably just share the source code (VB .net) if anyone wants to take it further.


 

 

 

 

ConfigEditor.rar

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Updated version (include bloom checkbox)
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Ala13_UnopaUno_VR

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Please need PRESET: LOW, EQUAL,HIGHT, ULTRA please

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THERION

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On 11/9/2020 at 2:38 PM, =RS=Funkie said:

I was getting tired of making edits to the startup.cfg file whenever I wanted to make changes to the graphics either for more fps or for screen capture.
So I wanted to make this program to do the changes for me. 
ConfigEditor.rar
image.thumb.png.a401d7d17a57c70d39a38b2efe68f8cd.png

Basically, load the startup.cfg file. And it should load in the settings you currently have. Make your changes, then hit Save Changes.

NOTES:

  • It will make a backup of your existing startup.cfg file as startup.cfg.bak so if something stuffs up. Just delete the cfg file and rename the bak file.
  • The screen resolution will change the settings for both fullscreen and windowed resolutions. but the dropdown list isn't exhaustive. It's only got a selection of common resolutions. 
  • The Grass quality setting in the graphics options seem to actually be a combination of Grass Resolution, and Grass Distance. So although the settings seem to have the correct effect in-game. It doesn't report correctly in the in-game settings.
  • Also, Horizon Draw Distance is a scale of 0.0 - 1.0, whereas in the in-game settings it's 40km > 150km.  So consider 0.0 to equal 40km and 1.0 to equal 150 km.
  • I was going to add some more settings like IP address and Port for Multiplayer stuff.  But I think it's handy the way it is for now.


Feel free to report any issues, or suggestions.
Also, I could probably just share the source code (VB .net) if anyone wants to take it further.


 

 

 

Very nice tool, mate, and I appreciate it so far. Maybe there is just one little thing that comes up to my mind and you might consider implementing this too:

 

- HDR option: As we all know, when HDR is activated, the bloom effect is also automatically set to 1 in the startup.cfg. This is annoying because a lot of

                        users complain about this effect - they want HDR, but without this blooming effect.

 

So my suggestion would be to give the possibility to select HDR and Bloom effect as an separate option too.

 

Cheers

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=RS=Funkie

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On 12/10/2020 at 9:30 PM, THERION said:

 

Very nice tool, mate, and I appreciate it so far. Maybe there is just one little thing that comes up to my mind and you might consider implementing this too:

 

- HDR option: As we all know, when HDR is activated, the bloom effect is also automatically set to 1 in the startup.cfg. This is annoying because a lot of

                        users complain about this effect - they want HDR, but without this blooming effect.

 

So my suggestion would be to give the possibility to select HDR and Bloom effect as an separate option too.

 

Cheers


I've added the bloom checkbox, hopefully this works the way you want. (download the rar file in the OP.)

Cheers,

Funkie

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THERION

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10 hours ago, =RS=Funkie said:


I've added the bloom checkbox, hopefully this works the way you want. (download the rar file in the OP.)

Cheers,

Funkie

 

Thank you very much for your work - alas, I doesn't work as it should. There is a small glitch:

 

- when you select the Bloom box and save the changes, then the flag Bloom in the startup.cfg file is set to "1" (this is correct and means it is activated)

- when you deselect the Bloom box and save the changes, the flag is not set to "0" - it remains to "1" and so it is still active.

 

Sorry, I don't want to spoil your day.

 

Cheerio

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=RS=Funkie

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2 hours ago, THERION said:

 

Thank you very much for your work - alas, I doesn't work as it should. There is a small glitch:

 

- when you select the Bloom box and save the changes, then the flag Bloom in the startup.cfg file is set to "1" (this is correct and means it is activated)

- when you deselect the Bloom box and save the changes, the flag is not set to "0" - it remains to "1" and so it is still active.

 

Sorry, I don't want to spoil your day.

 

Cheerio

Sorry about that! I'll check it out when i next get some time. 

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=RS=Funkie

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11 hours ago, THERION said:

 

Thank you very much for your work - alas, I doesn't work as it should. There is a small glitch:

 

- when you select the Bloom box and save the changes, then the flag Bloom in the startup.cfg file is set to "1" (this is correct and means it is activated)

- when you deselect the Bloom box and save the changes, the flag is not set to "0" - it remains to "1" and so it is still active.

 

Sorry, I don't want to spoil your day.

 

Cheerio

Updated! I have checked that it changes the bloom now.

 

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Think some settings can be much lower then what according to Ingame can be. Gamma as an sample, in game the minimum setting is 0,8, but can be set to 0,7 in the Startup file and maybe even lower, think that could be another advantage for using this software. 

 

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AboveTheClouds83

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This is great! Thanks for your work.

 

Maybe you could add the possibility to display left eye, right eye or both eyes on the screen for VR users who want to record their games or play while someone is watching the screen.

 

It would be a nice addition for some.

 

Thanks again

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=RS=Funkie

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Good idea, I'll update the application when I get some time.

56RAF_Roblex

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On 12/30/2020 at 9:34 AM, Dutch2 said:

Think some settings can be much lower then what according to Ingame can be. Gamma as an sample, in game the minimum setting is 0,8, but can be set to 0,7 in the Startup file and maybe even lower, think that could be another advantage for using this software. 

 

 

I think that if you set gamma to 0.7 or whatever,  then next time you make a change to any graphic setting it will reset gamma to 0.8.  If this utility is updated to change gamma to lower setting, will the way it works bypass that unwanted behaviour?  I would guess that reset is done by the game itself so your utility working directly on the file would stop it happening but it might be worth checking when you work on it.

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RossMarBow

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Wouldn't it be better to be able to save two complete setups i.e. playing, recording
then you can just one click change them?
kinda like cutting and pasting two different cfg files would do

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FurphyForum

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@=RS=Funkie Update pls, are you still working on this or are you finished.

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CIA_Matabo

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I need to find the startup.cfg file location. If I add \startup.cfg behind data I can open it and do an edit and save it. But I need to right click on the startup.cfg file so I can tic read only but it is not in the list. Anyone one know how to make it show up?

 

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I keep running into this issue:

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See the end of this message for details on invoking 
just-in-time (JIT) debugging instead of this dialog box.

************** Exception Text **************
System.UnauthorizedAccessException: Access to the path 'D:\IL2 Mods\startup.cfg.bak' is denied.
   at System.IO.__Error.WinIOError(Int32 errorCode, String maybeFullPath)
   at System.IO.File.InternalCopy(String sourceFileName, String destFileName, Boolean overwrite, Boolean checkHost)
   at System.IO.FileInfo.CopyTo(String destFileName, Boolean overwrite)
   at ConfigEditor.frmMain.btnLoadConfig_Click(Object sender, EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnClick(EventArgs e)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.OnMouseUp(MouseEventArgs mevent)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WmMouseUp(Message& m, MouseButtons button, Int32 clicks)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.ButtonBase.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Button.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.OnMessage(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.Control.ControlNativeWindow.WndProc(Message& m)
   at System.Windows.Forms.NativeWindow.Callback(IntPtr hWnd, Int32 msg, IntPtr wparam, IntPtr lparam)


************** Loaded Assemblies **************
mscorlib
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9290.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.NET/Framework/v4.0.30319/mscorlib.dll
----------------------------------------
ConfigEditor
    Assembly Version: 1.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 1.0.0.0
    CodeBase: file:///D:/IL2%20Mods/Config%20Editor/ConfigEditor.exe
----------------------------------------
Microsoft.VisualBasic
    Assembly Version: 10.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 14.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Microsoft.VisualBasic/v4.0_10.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Microsoft.VisualBasic.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Windows.Forms
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9251.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Windows.Forms/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Windows.Forms.dll
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System
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9282.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Drawing
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Drawing/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Drawing.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Configuration
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Configuration/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/System.Configuration.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Core
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9297.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_C
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Core/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Core.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Xml
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Xml/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Xml.dll
----------------------------------------
Accessibility
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9032.0 built by: NET481REL1
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/Accessibility/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b03f5f7f11d50a3a/Accessibility.dll
----------------------------------------
System.Runtime.Remoting
    Assembly Version: 4.0.0.0
    Win32 Version: 4.8.9214.0 built by: NET481REL1LAST_B
    CodeBase: file:///C:/Windows/Microsoft.Net/assembly/GAC_MSIL/System.Runtime.Remoting/v4.0_4.0.0.0__b77a5c561934e089/System.Runtime.Remoting.dll
----------------------------------------

************** JIT Debugging **************
To enable just-in-time (JIT) debugging, the .config file for this
application or computer (machine.config) must have the
jitDebugging value set in the system.windows.forms section.
The application must also be compiled with debugging
enabled.

For example:

<configuration>
    <system.windows.forms jitDebugging="true" />
</configuration>

When JIT debugging is enabled, any unhandled exception
will be sent to the JIT debugger registered on the computer
rather than be handled by this dialog box.


 

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I fixed the issue by moving the application into the same drive as the config file. That was the solution for some reason.

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