Originally by: Fifinella

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Server side settings saving would be nice indeed, but I'd settle even for local saving.

You can always grab the local settings and stick them on an USB flash memory stick. Everyone has one in their pocket nowadays, don't they? :)

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Originally by: Zanpt

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The periodic loss of client settings is one of the most abominable things about Eve. On the one hand it reveals that the devs are clueless and incompetent, but given that that is as it is, a local save/restore would be a simple workaround, even if it has to be done separately for each char on each account.

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Originally by: Puupuu

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dude... your face

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Originally by: evilPHish

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\signed

I did back all my settings up and tried to restore them today after a pc crash that stripped my main of all his settings.
Didn't work, game ignores the backuped ones and starts with defaults.

It took me about 30 minutes to set everything back up again..... hella annoying!

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@echo off

rem EDIT THE FIRST 6 OF THESE -SET- FOR YOUR SYSTEM

set eveinternalbackupdrive=D:
set eveinternalbackuppath=%eveinternalbackupdrive%\My Documents\EVE\BACKUP\
set evescriptdrive=D:
set evesettingsdrive=C:
set evescriptpath=%evescriptdrive%\My Documents\EVE\BACKUP\
set evesettingspath=%evessettingsdrive%\Documents and Settings\ME\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_steam_steamapps_common_eve_online_tranquility\
set eveclientstate=
set eveinternal=

%evesettingsdrive%
cd %evesettingspath%

if exist INTERNAL.TXT set eveinternal=1
if exist INTERNAL.TXT set eveclientstate=1
if exist EXTERNAL.TXT set eveclientstate=0

if defined eveinternal (goto test) ELSE (goto resume)

:resume
rem echo resume.. %eveclientstate%
if defined eveclientstate (goto %eveclientstate%%errorlevel%) ELSE (set eveclientstate=255)
goto end

:00
rem echo 00
del EXTERNAL.TXT

call "%evescriptpath%SWITCH.CMD" EXTERNAL

echo EVE IS USING THE SETTINGS FOR YOUR INTERNAL DISPLAY.. > INTERNAL.TXT
echo EVE HAS BEEN SET TO USE THE INTERNAL DISPLAY..
"%evescriptpath%XXMKLINK.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\EVE Profile" "%evesettingspath%INTERNAL.TXT" "" "" "EVE Profile (INTERNAL)" "" "%evescriptpath%Mac-Book-Pro-On.ico" /q
goto end

:01
echo 01 -- undefined, should not see this
goto end

:10
rem echo 10
echo EVE APPEARS TO ALREADY BE SET FOR THE INTERNAL DISPLAY
echo ..NOTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED.
goto end

:11
echo 11 -- undefinedm should not see this
goto end

:stuck
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- BOTH FLAGS EXIST
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- YOU NEED TO SORT THIS OUT MANUALLY > INTERNAL.TXT
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- YOU NEED TO SORT THIS OUT MANUALLY > EXTERNAL.TXT
"%evescriptpath%XXMKLINK.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\EVE Profile" "%evesettingspath%INTERNAL.TXT" "" "" "EVE Profile (ERROR)" "" "%evescriptpath%ErrorCircle.ico" /q
goto end

:test
rem echo test.. %eveclientstate%
if %eveclientstate%==0 (goto stuck) ELSE (goto resume)
goto end

:end
if %eveclientstate%==255 echo Let the script know which display settings are currently in use by creating a text file named either INTERNAL.TXT or EXTERNAL.TXT in : %evesettingsdrive%%evesettingspath%
rem echo eveclientstate = %eveclientstate%
rem echo errorlevel = %errorlevel%

%evescriptdrive%
cd %evescriptpath%

REM -- CLEAR ENVIRONMENT VARS

if defined eveinternalbackupdrive (set eveinternalbackupdrive=)
if defined eveinternalbackuppath (set eveinternalbackuppath=)
if defined eveinternal (set eveinternal=)
if defined evescriptdrive (set evescriptdrive=)
if defined evesettingsdrive (set evesettingsdrive=)
if defined eveclientstate (set eveclientstate=)
if defined evesettingspath (set evesettingspath=)
if defined evescriptpath (set evescriptpath=)

pause

@echo off

REM -- EDIT THE FIRST 6 OF THESE -SET- FOR YOUR SYSTEM

set eveexternalbackupdrive=D:
set eveexternalbackuppath=%eveexternalbackupdrive%\My Documents\EVE\BACKUP\
set evescriptdrive=D:
set evesettingsdrive=C:
set evescriptpath=%evescriptdrive%\My Documents\EVE\BACKUP\
set evesettingspath=%evessettingsdrive%\Documents and Settings\ME\Local Settings\Application Data\CCP\EVE\c_program_files_steam_steamapps_common_eve_online_tranquility\
set eveclientstate=
set eveexternal=

%evesettingsdrive%
cd %evesettingspath%

if exist EXTERNAL.TXT set eveexternal=1
if exist EXTERNAL.TXT set eveclientstate=1
if exist INTERNAL.TXT set eveclientstate=0

if defined eveexternal (goto test) ELSE (goto resume)

:resume
echo =====================================================================
rem echo resume.. %eveclientstate%
if defined eveclientstate (goto %eveclientstate%%errorlevel%) ELSE (set eveclientstate=255)
goto end

:00
rem echo 00
del INTERNAL.TXT

call "%evescriptpath%SWITCH.CMD" INTERNAL

echo EVE IS USING THE SETTINGS FOR YOUR EXTERNAL DISPLAY.. > EXTERNAL.TXT
echo EVE HAS BEEN SET TO USE THE EXTERNAL DISPLAY..
"%evescriptpath%XXMKLINK.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\EVE Profile" "%evesettingspath%EXTERNAL.TXT" "" "" "EVE Profile (EXTERNAL)" "" "%evescriptpath%Mac-Book-Pro-Off.ico" /q
goto end

:01
echo 01 -- undefined, should not see this
goto end

:10
rem echo 10
echo EVE APPEARS TO ALREADY BE SET FOR THE EXTERNAL DISPLAY
echo ..NOTHING HAS BEEN CHANGED.
goto end

:11
echo 11 -- undefined, should not see this
goto end

:stuck
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- BOTH FLAGS EXIST
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- YOU NEED TO SORT THIS OUT MANUALLY > INTERNAL.TXT
echo NOT SURE WHICH SETTINGS ARE PRESENTLY BEING USED -- YOU NEED TO SORT THIS OUT MANUALLY > EXTERNAL.TXT
"%evescriptpath%XXMKLINK.EXE" "%USERPROFILE%\Desktop\EVE Profile" "%evesettingspath%EXTERNAL.TXT" "" "" "EVE Profile (ERROR)" "" "%evescriptpath%ErrorCircle.ico" /q
goto end

:test
rem echo test.. %eveclientstate%
if %eveclientstate%==0 (goto stuck) ELSE (goto resume)
goto end

:end
if %eveclientstate%==255 echo Let the script know which display settings are currently in use by creating a text file named either INTERNAL.TXT or EXTERNAL.TXT in : %evesettingsdrive%%evesettingspath%
rem echo eveclientstate = %eveclientstate%
rem echo errorlevel = %errorlevel%

%evescriptdrive%
cd %evescriptpath%

REM -- CLEAR ENVIRONMENT VARS

if defined eveexternalbackupdrive (set eveexternalbackupdrive=)
if defined eveexternalbackuppath (set eveexternalbackuppath=)
if defined eveexternal (set eveexternal=)
if defined evescriptdrive (set evescriptdrive=)
if defined evesettingsdrive (set evesettingsdrive=)
if defined eveclientstate (set eveclientstate=)
if defined evesettingspath (set evesettingspath=)
if defined evescriptpath (set evescriptpath=)

pause

@echo off

REM -- EDIT -SET- 3,4 & 5 FOR YOUR SYSTEM

set evebackupset=%1
set evebackuppath=%evescriptpath%
set eveinternalbackupfile=SETTINGS-E1505-1280x800-TEST
set eveexternalbackupfile=SETTINGS-E1505-1920x1200-TEST
set archiver=c:\Program Files\WinRAR\rar.exe

echo Backing up %evebackupset% display settings to
echo %evebackuppath%
echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------
goto %evebackupset%

:INTERNAL
echo BACKUP FILE : %eveinternalbackupfile%
rem echo CMD : %archiver% m %evebackuppath%%eveinternalbackupfile% settings
"%archiver%" m -idq -rr10%% -t "%evebackuppath%%eveinternalbackupfile%" settings

echo RESTORE FILE : %eveexternalbackupfile%
"%archiver%" x -idq "%evebackuppath%%eveexternalbackupfile%"

goto end

:EXTERNAL
echo BACKUP FILE : %eveexternalbackupfile%
rem echo CMD : %archiver% m %evebackuppath%%eveexternalbackupfile% settings
"%archiver%" m -idq -rr10%% -t "%evebackuppath%%eveexternalbackupfile%" settings

echo RESTORE FILE : %eveinternalbackupfile%
"%archiver%" x -idq "%evebackuppath%%eveinternalbackupfile%"

goto end

:END
echo ---------------------------------------------------------------------
if defined archiver (set archiver=)
if defined evebackupset (set evebackupset=)
if defined evebackuppath (set evebackuppath=)
if defined eveinternalbackupfile (set eveinternalbackupfile=)
if defined eveexternalbackupfile (set eveexternalbackupfile=)