unstable sci 7516/2145,game dont read data from options.ini[i set my own amount money on start] ....

ramzesLOL

Hello,

I have a rather weird bug.
Game does not read STARTING_CASH_NOVICE, STARTING_CASH_EXPERIENCED, STARTING_CASH_EXPERT STARTING_CASH_INSANE from Ja2_Options, it takes all other options (tested with arrival time and A.I.M availability) but not starting cash :/.

Im running r.7476 with wildfire 6.07 maps.
To check that my game does not read Ja2_Options from other folders than the folder that ive instaled r.7476 i have changed starting cash in EVERY SINGLE Ja2_Options file that i colud find on my hard drive and it still uses defalut values(in game).

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For test porpuses Ive set STARTING_CASH_NOVICE to an unacceptable value, this is the result:
http://imgur.com/6wi5RTf

It sais that game will use 2000 but guess what it STILL uses defalut value of 45000 that i cannot change :/.

Other than that game runs great.

First off, this is a bug with an unstable relase, not the '14 stable, so this post and all following posts should be moved to the right place. This issue does NOT happen in the '14 stable release.

Now, to the issue at hand. You, dear sir, are right to be confused. Very recently, a separate method to define game difficulty was added. Some values that were in JA2_Options.ini were moved to TableData/Data-1.13/DifficultySettings.xml. Here you can set those values, and add more difficulty levels (although doing so will crash your game, because apparently we don't test what we commit, so just don't). The starting cash bits in the ini are just relics - the game will read them, complain if you give bad ones, but never use them anyway.

Should you feel very confused by this right now, don't worry, you have every right to. This change was not publicly announced, so you have no chance of knowing unless you read our SVN logs daily :whythis: . Just edit the DifficultySettings.xml and wonder :dontknow2: