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DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.11 00:21:00 -
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Edited by: DarkLegacy on 11/09/2004 00:22:50 Complete Guide to Prefs.ini__________________________ Version v1.0 Written by DarkLegacy
Disclaimer_______________________________________ Note to users: Messing with prefs.ini will ultimately screw up your EVE Online configurations, but some options will improve performance or tweak the game like it normally cannot: like extremely high RES that your monitor doesn't support. Please note that any changes made to prefs.ini are done by your own risk and if EVE Online doesn't work after that, it is not my fault.
"Safe" Tweaks____________________________________ Safe Tweaks are changes that will/should not cause errors.
eulaagreed eveampgain evevoicegain mastervolume messageperiod music newbie username password savepasswords texelalign uiampgain digit decimal
"Hazard" Tweaks___________________________________ Hazard Tweaks will most likely cause EVE Online to be unable to run or connect to the EVE Online servers, but with the proper configurations can be very useful.
desktopHeight desktopPrimary desktopSetup desktopWidth debug buffersize advancedDevice host inputhost network networkAdvanced port
Useful Tweaks____________________________________ The useful tweaks enable options that are normally hidden to prevent new players from messing with their settings. These are:
advancedDevice buffersize networkAdvanced
Tweak Library____________________________________ The tweak library contains the explanations for every single line in prefs.ini.
advancedDevice Default Setting: Erased Recommended Setting: 1
advancedDevice is a trigger which enables advanced video card options in the graphics tab such as multi-sampling, anti-alias, Z-buffer, and other options.
buffersize Default Setting: 80 Recommended Setting: Varies
buffersize is the trigger that tells EVE Online how much buffer to store into your RAM. Put the setting to half of your physical RAM.
Note: Increases performance
debug Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
debug, as the name suggests enables debugging of the code in-game. This can be accessed anyway with the following hotkey: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M.
decimal Default Setting: . Recommended Setting: .
decimal is a trigger that tells the game what symbol to use in a decimal. Example: setting=., makes 10.00; setting=a makes 10a00.
desktopHeight Default Setting: 600 Recommended Setting: Varies
desktopHeight overrides the ingame height settings, and uses the one in the .ini
Note: May cause errors if a non-standard number/higher resolution than native monitor support is written.
desktopPrimary Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
desktopPrimary tells the game if you are using your primary monitor, or secondary monitor.
Note: May cause errors if the computer only has 1 monitor, and trigger is enabled.
desktopSetup Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 1
desktopSetup tells EVE Online to use to the settings in prefs.ini, or to use the settings directly from the monitor cache.
desktopWidth Default Setting: 800 Recommended Setting: Varies
Identical to desktopHeight, except changes width.
digit Default Setting: , Recommended Setting: ,
Identical to decimal except changes in three number sockets. Example: setting=, makes 10,000; setting=a makes 10a000
eulaagreed Default Setting: Varies Recommended Setting: 1221311590
eulaagreed tells the game how many times you've pushed agree to the EULA when starting EVE Online. Setting the trigger to "1221311590" should automatically enable you to push agree without having to scroll all the way down.
eveampGain Default Setting: 1.0 Recommended Setting: 1.0
eveampGain does just what the name says. Controls the volume for AMP Gain.
evevoiceGain Default Setting: 0.55 Recommended Setting: 0.55
Identical to eveampGain except changes voice gain volume.
host Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
Tells EVE Online if you are connecting as a client or the server host.
Note: Messing with this can get you banned.
inputhost Default Setting: localhost Recommended Setting: localhost
This was meant for server hosting also, as this trigger specifies the server(host) IP. Localhost is normally 127.0.0.1 and do not change it.
masterVolume Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
If you don't know what this trigger does, then I'm sorry but you need more help than I can give.
messagePeriod Default Setting: 200 Recommended Setting: 200
messagePeriod tells EVE Online how long active messages should be displayed on the screen before dissapearing.. Stuff like "autopilot warping to stargate".
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DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.11 00:21:00 -
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Edited by: DarkLegacy on 11/09/2004 00:22:50 Complete Guide to Prefs.ini__________________________ Version v1.0 Written by DarkLegacy
Disclaimer_______________________________________ Note to users: Messing with prefs.ini will ultimately screw up your EVE Online configurations, but some options will improve performance or tweak the game like it normally cannot: like extremely high RES that your monitor doesn't support. Please note that any changes made to prefs.ini are done by your own risk and if EVE Online doesn't work after that, it is not my fault.
"Safe" Tweaks____________________________________ Safe Tweaks are changes that will/should not cause errors.
eulaagreed eveampgain evevoicegain mastervolume messageperiod music newbie username password savepasswords texelalign uiampgain digit decimal
"Hazard" Tweaks___________________________________ Hazard Tweaks will most likely cause EVE Online to be unable to run or connect to the EVE Online servers, but with the proper configurations can be very useful.
desktopHeight desktopPrimary desktopSetup desktopWidth debug buffersize advancedDevice host inputhost network networkAdvanced port
Useful Tweaks____________________________________ The useful tweaks enable options that are normally hidden to prevent new players from messing with their settings. These are:
advancedDevice buffersize networkAdvanced
Tweak Library____________________________________ The tweak library contains the explanations for every single line in prefs.ini.
advancedDevice Default Setting: Erased Recommended Setting: 1
advancedDevice is a trigger which enables advanced video card options in the graphics tab such as multi-sampling, anti-alias, Z-buffer, and other options.
buffersize Default Setting: 80 Recommended Setting: Varies
buffersize is the trigger that tells EVE Online how much buffer to store into your RAM. Put the setting to half of your physical RAM.
Note: Increases performance
debug Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
debug, as the name suggests enables debugging of the code in-game. This can be accessed anyway with the following hotkey: Ctrl + Alt + Shift + M.
decimal Default Setting: . Recommended Setting: .
decimal is a trigger that tells the game what symbol to use in a decimal. Example: setting=., makes 10.00; setting=a makes 10a00.
desktopHeight Default Setting: 600 Recommended Setting: Varies
desktopHeight overrides the ingame height settings, and uses the one in the .ini
Note: May cause errors if a non-standard number/higher resolution than native monitor support is written.
desktopPrimary Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
desktopPrimary tells the game if you are using your primary monitor, or secondary monitor.
Note: May cause errors if the computer only has 1 monitor, and trigger is enabled.
desktopSetup Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 1
desktopSetup tells EVE Online to use to the settings in prefs.ini, or to use the settings directly from the monitor cache.
desktopWidth Default Setting: 800 Recommended Setting: Varies
Identical to desktopHeight, except changes width.
digit Default Setting: , Recommended Setting: ,
Identical to decimal except changes in three number sockets. Example: setting=, makes 10,000; setting=a makes 10a000
eulaagreed Default Setting: Varies Recommended Setting: 1221311590
eulaagreed tells the game how many times you've pushed agree to the EULA when starting EVE Online. Setting the trigger to "1221311590" should automatically enable you to push agree without having to scroll all the way down.
eveampGain Default Setting: 1.0 Recommended Setting: 1.0
eveampGain does just what the name says. Controls the volume for AMP Gain.
evevoiceGain Default Setting: 0.55 Recommended Setting: 0.55
Identical to eveampGain except changes voice gain volume.
host Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
Tells EVE Online if you are connecting as a client or the server host.
Note: Messing with this can get you banned.
inputhost Default Setting: localhost Recommended Setting: localhost
This was meant for server hosting also, as this trigger specifies the server(host) IP. Localhost is normally 127.0.0.1 and do not change it.
masterVolume Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
If you don't know what this trigger does, then I'm sorry but you need more help than I can give.
messagePeriod Default Setting: 200 Recommended Setting: 200
messagePeriod tells EVE Online how long active messages should be displayed on the screen before dissapearing.. Stuff like "autopilot warping to stargate".
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DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.11 00:21:00 -
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music Default Setting: play Recommended Setting: play
Take a guess.
network Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
network tells EVE Online if you are connecting to the internet or connection to your LAN (Local Area Network).
networkAdvanced Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 1
networkAdvanced enables the advanced network options which were disabled by default, such as incoming packets and other options.
If somebody finds the optimal settings for networkAdvanced in-game please send me an e-mail.
newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
password Default Setting: :: Recommended Setting: Varies
password sets the default password in the input field. Useful if you want to save your password, instead of having to type it in each time
port Default Setting: 26000 Recommended Setting: 26000
port sets the port for EVE Online to connect through the internet. Useful if you are behind a firewall.
savepasswords Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 1
In conjunction with the password trigger, this saves the password.
texelalign Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
texelaligns tells EVE Online the absolute center of your monitor so it can align the texels of the menu (which is Direct3d btw *cough)
uiampGain Default Setting: 0.4 Recommended Setting: 0.4
Identical to eveampGain except changes UI Amp Gain volume.
username Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
Sets the default username in the username box. Works in conjunction with savepasswords.
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DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.11 00:21:00 -
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music Default Setting: play Recommended Setting: play
Take a guess.
network Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 0
network tells EVE Online if you are connecting to the internet or connection to your LAN (Local Area Network).
networkAdvanced Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 1
networkAdvanced enables the advanced network options which were disabled by default, such as incoming packets and other options.
If somebody finds the optimal settings for networkAdvanced in-game please send me an e-mail.
newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
password Default Setting: :: Recommended Setting: Varies
password sets the default password in the input field. Useful if you want to save your password, instead of having to type it in each time
port Default Setting: 26000 Recommended Setting: 26000
port sets the port for EVE Online to connect through the internet. Useful if you are behind a firewall.
savepasswords Default Setting: 0 Recommended Setting: 1
In conjunction with the password trigger, this saves the password.
texelalign Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
texelaligns tells EVE Online the absolute center of your monitor so it can align the texels of the menu (which is Direct3d btw *cough)
uiampGain Default Setting: 0.4 Recommended Setting: 0.4
Identical to eveampGain except changes UI Amp Gain volume.
username Default Setting: varies Recommended Setting: varies
Sets the default username in the username box. Works in conjunction with savepasswords.
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Sherkaner
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Posted - 2004.09.14 09:26:00 -
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Looks useful
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Sherkaner
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Posted - 2004.09.14 09:26:00 -
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Looks useful
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Teen
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Posted - 2004.09.14 11:33:00 -
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Edited by: Teen on 14/09/2004 11:38:49 a couple of thoughts on host and port. port specifies the port which to connect to, so it's not very useful to change this even if you ARE behind a firewall unless either your firewall then translates it back to 26000, making it pretty useless you have another computer somewhere forward your connection, which means you'd have to change the host aswell (and set up port forwarding on that box) also, messing with host is very unlikely to get you banned because ccp won't be able to detect it (and why would they care anyway?).
Miss August 2003 - http://eve.unnerf.com/ |
Teen
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Posted - 2004.09.14 11:33:00 -
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Edited by: Teen on 14/09/2004 11:38:49 a couple of thoughts on host and port. port specifies the port which to connect to, so it's not very useful to change this even if you ARE behind a firewall unless either your firewall then translates it back to 26000, making it pretty useless you have another computer somewhere forward your connection, which means you'd have to change the host aswell (and set up port forwarding on that box) also, messing with host is very unlikely to get you banned because ccp won't be able to detect it (and why would they care anyway?).
Miss August 2003 - http://eve.unnerf.com/ |
DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.14 22:10:00 -
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Yay my first sticky!
I can't believe I actually got a sticky! and I wasn't flamed by all the members of EVE!
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DarkLegacy
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Posted - 2004.09.14 22:10:00 -
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Yay my first sticky!
I can't believe I actually got a sticky! and I wasn't flamed by all the members of EVE!
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Golgrath
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Posted - 2004.09.17 03:58:00 -
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host = 1?
Do i get this right? The EVE client is able to act as a server?
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Golgrath
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Posted - 2004.09.17 03:58:00 -
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host = 1?
Do i get this right? The EVE client is able to act as a server?
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Romsla
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Posted - 2004.09.17 13:43:00 -
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Edited by: Romsla on 17/09/2004 14:02:09
IF i get it right, to host a server you also need to change
role=client
to something else in boot.ini
Ok lets hope i wont get banned :-)
Results (from logs) : {The system cannot find the file specified.} in blue.ResFile: Open failed on "D:\eve-server\script\common\net\GPS.py"
Do you think devs are stupid enough to supply us with their scrips? :)
Wee :) |
Romsla
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Posted - 2004.09.17 13:43:00 -
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Edited by: Romsla on 17/09/2004 14:02:09
IF i get it right, to host a server you also need to change
role=client
to something else in boot.ini
Ok lets hope i wont get banned :-)
Results (from logs) : {The system cannot find the file specified.} in blue.ResFile: Open failed on "D:\eve-server\script\common\net\GPS.py"
Do you think devs are stupid enough to supply us with their scrips? :)
Wee :) |
Romsla
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Posted - 2004.09.17 13:43:00 -
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Originally by: Golgrath host = 1?
Do i get this right? The EVE client is able to act as a server?
LOL Wee :) |
Romsla
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Posted - 2004.09.17 13:43:00 -
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Originally by: Golgrath host = 1?
Do i get this right? The EVE client is able to act as a server?
LOL Wee :) |
Tsingtau
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Posted - 2004.09.18 19:09:00 -
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Thank you for this guide DarkLegacy.
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Tsingtau
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Posted - 2004.09.18 19:09:00 -
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Thank you for this guide DarkLegacy.
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Reiisha
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Posted - 2004.10.04 21:30:00 -
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Originally by: DarkLegacy newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
Isn't this potentially exploitable? It's essentially an instant transport, as you describe it.... That is if you can logout/change value/login fast enough.
Gamersland.nl, DE site voor PC gaming! |
Reiisha
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Posted - 2004.10.04 21:30:00 -
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Originally by: DarkLegacy newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
Isn't this potentially exploitable? It's essentially an instant transport, as you describe it.... That is if you can logout/change value/login fast enough.
Gamersland.nl, DE site voor PC gaming! |
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Amos Sommers
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:33:00 -
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Originally by: Reiisha
Originally by: DarkLegacy newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
Isn't this potentially exploitable? It's essentially an instant transport, as you describe it.... That is if you can logout/change value/login fast enough.
Doesnt that simply enables/disables tutorials ?
Member of The Predators Corporation |
Amos Sommers
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Posted - 2004.10.13 15:33:00 -
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Originally by: Reiisha
Originally by: DarkLegacy newbie Default Setting: 1 Recommended Setting: 0
newbie is a trigger which when active, causes the character currently chosen to start in the tutorial area. If you hate the tutorial, and want to skip it change the value to "1".
Isn't this potentially exploitable? It's essentially an instant transport, as you describe it.... That is if you can logout/change value/login fast enough.
Doesnt that simply enables/disables tutorials ?
Member of The Predators Corporation |
Leegion
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Posted - 2004.11.24 23:08:00 -
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dynamicTextures=1 (default 0)
Looks like this is new to Exodus in the prefs.ini
Anyone know what this does? I know the name makes the answer obvious but I haven't seen any difference in graphics.
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Leegion
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Posted - 2004.11.24 23:08:00 -
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dynamicTextures=1 (default 0)
Looks like this is new to Exodus in the prefs.ini
Anyone know what this does? I know the name makes the answer obvious but I haven't seen any difference in graphics.
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Kaspersky
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Posted - 2004.11.30 15:11:00 -
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The dynamic textures setting seems to increase disk activity somewhat. So it appears that what is happening is that as textures are no longer needed they are unloaded from memory (is my guess). I suppose this will help to keep the client memory footprint small.
This is only a guess based on what I have noticed with the setting enabled.
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Kaspersky
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Posted - 2004.11.30 15:11:00 -
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The dynamic textures setting seems to increase disk activity somewhat. So it appears that what is happening is that as textures are no longer needed they are unloaded from memory (is my guess). I suppose this will help to keep the client memory footprint small.
This is only a guess based on what I have noticed with the setting enabled.
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Reptar
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Posted - 2004.12.12 17:40:00 -
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Problem, typing your actual password in the password to means its not encrypted therefore a security liability, therefore, if you select
Network Advanced = 1
Then it encrypts it in the prefs.ini file the next time you enter it so long as u choose the Save Password Box which appears.
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Reptar
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Posted - 2004.12.12 17:40:00 -
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Problem, typing your actual password in the password to means its not encrypted therefore a security liability, therefore, if you select
Network Advanced = 1
Then it encrypts it in the prefs.ini file the next time you enter it so long as u choose the Save Password Box which appears.
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DHU InMe
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Posted - 2004.12.15 18:26:00 -
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pc.dat
doe containe all annoying messages as: -are you sure you want to quit -jettison into space -partial load (from a cargo to your gun) -low sec status (0.5) -dangerous sec status (0.0)
-refusing an agent mission
etc.. Nice links (updated 20 Dec 04): BP, bugs about them. (\_/) (O.o) (> <) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way. |
DHU InMe
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Posted - 2004.12.15 18:26:00 -
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pc.dat
doe containe all annoying messages as: -are you sure you want to quit -jettison into space -partial load (from a cargo to your gun) -low sec status (0.5) -dangerous sec status (0.0)
-refusing an agent mission
etc.. Nice links (updated 20 Dec 04): BP, bugs about them. (\_/) (O.o) (> <) This is Bunny. Copy Bunny into your signature to help him on his way. |
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