Spiral Knights - saving our options

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Fri, 05/02/2014 - 23:16

Leeroyj

hi all, recently i had to do a system recovery for my pc. hence, needed to reinstall SK / Java. in the past, when i log out of SK, and log back in, i find that my user name is there, i just need to enter my password, and all the previous customization will be retained (eg not wanting to see the wheeling through of weapons, customization of keys, my arsenel options are not collapsed into their respective headings).

since my system recovery, everytime i log into sk, if i did not do anything, i would need to see the morai wars intro. if i skip that, i get taken to the page where i need to enter my knight name & password. subsequently, when i log in, i need to re-customize my keys, need to go to the options page to untick the wheeling through of weapons, etc. is there any keys i can press to save my previous customize keys ?

thanks for advicing.

Sat, 05/03/2014 - 05:13

Bopp

just a guess

Here's my experience. Your account information is obviously stored on Three Rings' servers: your username, knight names, energy, crowns, items, recipes learned, etc. On the other hand, your application preferences are stored on your local machine: your keyboard configuration, your sound levels, your graphics quality, etc. Whenever I play Spiral Knights on a new machine, I have to reconfigure all of these preferences. I think that these preferences also include whether your arsenal categories are collapsed. They could easily also include a hidden flag for "this game was just downloaded, so display the Morai wars intro".

So my guess is that your local computer is not storing your local Spiral Knights application preferences for some reason. I don't know why. Have you accidentally denied it write-access to the directory/files where it needs to store its data? Good luck.

Sat, 05/03/2014 - 06:26

Leeroyj

Hi Bopp, lifesaver as usual.

Hi Bopp, lifesaver as usual. you help me understand that my account information and application preferences are actually stored independently. so after my system reboot, my account information remains, but I need to reset my application preferences. usually then, it should save after I have reconfigure it one time. as you pointed out, my local computer is not storing the application preference for some reason - hence its groundhog day, every log-in. at least now I better understand whats going on. maybe someone else has encounter a similar problem, and may have the answer.

thanks :)

Sat, 05/03/2014 - 08:56

Bopp

what a nice young man

Yeah, I don't know why your local prefs aren't getting written and read, but maybe someone else, who has had this problem, will chime in.

Sun, 05/04/2014 - 09:51

Kremurgh

needless to say: windaube only

Stuff by an app, probably in the register. SK run using Java, let's search java folders!
Java folders are called JavaSoft, sure why not ...
You then search for SK, nothing. spiral? no luck there. OOO maybe? nope, nothing, it's threerings and you have lost ten minutes of your life.

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\com\threerings

you notice that clyde is not inside this folder, maybe SK isn't too? Bother, it isn't.
But, since you know probably too much fluff about the game, you know that during the beta phase it was, and the folder still is, called ...

HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\projectx

So yeah, your setting are saved here, all of them, you can even sneak pick stuff if dev add buttons.
For the one that remember it once append when the sprites update was added bits by bits to make the real update smaller. (BTW, good idea)

(\rsrc\config\presents contains a list of server IPs you connected too BTW)

Mon, 05/05/2014 - 06:37

Leeroyj

oh. i got mail !

is that Rorschach ? you sound like him. thanks for helping me. im still confused. can i tick something, somewhere, so that my application preferences can be saved ? thank you for helping. you are my hero ! i wanna be a watchmen, just like u, when i grow up ! ^_^

Mon, 05/05/2014 - 09:17

Kremurgh

Rorschach? No, sorry I'm just Kremurgh ...
Anyways, only work on windows, unsure if it work fine with steam (it should, I guess), might screw things up if not done properly.
"Without warranties or conditions of any kind, either expressed or implied" as some say.

Open Registry Editor. (Google it if you need to.)
On the File menu, click Export….
In File name, enter a name for the registry file.
In Save as type, select the file type registration file.
In Export Range, use the radio buttons to select selected branch and type HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\JavaSoft\Prefs\projectx in the field.
Click Save.

And you can move the file around (or just store it), double click it and your setting for SK should be there. Well at least it does for me.

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 08:41

Leeroyj

Thanks so much !

Hi Kremurgh, thank you so much for the very detailed instructions. Obviously, i am one of those guys who has never access SK / Java folders, and is a little worried i may "screw things up if not done properly". can i just check, whats the worse that can happen if i did something wrong ? cos technically, SK has all my knight's data, right ? so no matter what happens, its not like i could delete my knight ? if so, then ill probably just try out your very detailed instructions.

alternatively, i may repeat my question in the technical section, and hope that someone from the technical support can clarify why my application preference cannot be saved. thanks so much for your help !!

Wed, 05/07/2014 - 10:39

Kremurgh

Assuming you do not like to put metals in microwave ovens.

Yup, all your SK data is stored on ThreeRings' servers (and maybe a part on steam or else), so don't worry about this.

The worst thing that could append would be you screwing your registry files if you don't use the right path and erasing stuff from other apps. Those data could result in the loss of ton of (mildly) useful data but.
You can always save everything and prevent potential loss, just do the same as I said only in export range check All (or Everything), this should make a back up of your registry. If when you try to put back your setting nothing append just use your back up to restore everything.
Also registry back ups are "dependent" to your computer, don't move this one around.

But everything should be fine.. hopefully.

Thu, 05/08/2014 - 06:57

Leeroyj

thanks !

thanks again for the reassurance. i did not manage to try it yet, cos "registry editor" is something quite new to me. however, im sure its one way to resolve this problem im having. ill raise it in the technical section. i been playing SK for years, & this was never a problem, until recently, when i did a system recovery with my pc. hopefully they have another solution. thank you so much for helping though. i really appreciate it much.

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