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USrankdandudikov
3 years ago
(edited 3 years ago)
New member ,

Love the game (installed for nephew) who i am going have to teach.
But i am playing it :), before he learns basics on starcraft1 maybe 2.
I played TA C&C etc...

But having trouble segregating accounts. ( for different setting/configs/shortcuts etc.. )

Installed as a standalone app , not from steam. As he is too young to play online.
Plus am trying to keep standalone apps separated from purchased steam stuff.
Too many launchers and dependencies. i would rather be without them if i could.

And was hoping it would keep user profiles under C:\users\username
but it seems to keep it in the app install folder , so switching
windows users does not help in keeping separate profiles.

Would registering for online account help?

Or is the only way is to keep multiple game install instances ?

thanx , for help, and great game.
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AUrankAdminAquanim
3 years ago
(edited 3 years ago)
In the lobby, under Settings/Lobby there is a "Login automatically" checkbox. If you untick this then you should be able to choose which account you log in to in future.

Does this solve your issue?

(Not sure if this keeps separate settings/configs/etc. though.)
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USrankdandudikov
3 years ago
(edited 3 years ago)
would that segregate all the game settings-options for each user?
and keep the user/profile files localy or online ?

thanx
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AUrankAdminAquanim
3 years ago
quote:
would that segregate all the game settings-options for each user?

I don't know for sure but I doubt it.

There may be a way to do what you want without having two fully distinct installations of the game (maybe there is an option to redirect where the game looks for config files?) but it's beyond my technical knowledge. I will ping a few people on Discord who know more than I do.
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unknownrankShaman
3 years ago
It does not. Locale settings are held in luaui. Youd need two standalone installs for that, as far as I am aware.
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AUrankAdminGoogleFrog
3 years ago
Separating settings/widgets/etc by logged in profile seems possible in principal. I expect it would be a mid-sized project requiring only lua knowledge. Nobody has done it though.

I think your best bet for now is separate portable installs. Perhaps put hardlinks between the maps folder to save on downloads.
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USrankdandudikov
3 years ago
Which folder inside the install hold all the configurable settings ?
( what i would need to back up and restore to the game folder to get the same config)

So i can manually move them for each user ,
or a script to move each users configs around.

thanx

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AUrankAdminGoogleFrog
3 years ago
(edited 3 years ago)
LuaMenu and LuaUI hold almost all the settings. Some manual modifications to springsettings.cfg and cmdcolors.txt are not handled by these directories. Also, if one profile likes to launch the menu in windowed mode while another likes to launch it fullscreen, you'll have to save and copy springsettings.cfg as well. This is where the engine gets its settings from, but in most situations LuaMenu or LuaUI override it so that they are the 'true' configs.
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USrankdandudikov
3 years ago
Thank you.


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USrankdandudikov
3 years ago
(edited 3 years ago)
Found a simple solution .

Linking in those directories and config files using %username% variable
in zero-k install
to the folder target with location C:\users\%username%\zero-k\lua-config-folder1 etc....

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