One of my game options/settings doesn't save properly

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I like playing without victory points being given in the game, since it helps me focus on only having fun (which often doesn't give very many VPs, which is depressing when points are tracked). Unfortunately, the game never saves the change, so I'm forced to always remember to change it, or have to restart the game once I notice that VPs are recorded.


Something else related to the option, which may be a bug (I'm not sure), is that government collapses do give -100 points even though VPs are turned off; after suffering one, my 0 VPs became -100 VPs.

 

[AndrewT]

I don't see this, if I set the option to Off, save and restart no VPs are being accumulated and there are none for any nation in the Surrender screen.

 

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No no no...

What I meant that, is that the option is switched back to "on" and I have to switch it back manually when I'm starting new games. It does work as it should with ongoing games (no problems there), but it always defaults back to "on" in the campaign selection menu.

Example:
I start a game as Muscovy, with VPs off, but suddenly remember that I really prefer to play as Novgorod and it was a mistake to choose Muscovy. So, I surrender the current game and return to the campaign menu to start a new game. Now I, to my annoyance, notice that VPs have been turned back on. While they wouldn't affect any save games of the Muscovy campaign, any new games started would have the option "on" unless I remember to change it to "off" before I begin them (which I unfortunately don't do all the time - I often have to start a new game to change the option).

In other words, the option doesn't save in the EU2 config files; it does save splendidly when saving a game.

 

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Btw, is getting -100 points for government collapses (despite playing with base VPs off) a bug?

 

[AndrewT]

Originally posted by Onslaught
In other words, the option doesn't save in the EU2 config files; it does save splendidly when saving a game.

So, in the same way your preferred game speed is saved from game to game, you want Base VPs = off to be saved. I can't see where that is kept so I suspect it is config.eu, which is in code not text. It's more of an enhancement than a bug fix, but I'll see what the other betas think.

 

[AndrewT]

Originally posted by Onslaught
Btw, is getting -100 points for government collapses (despite playing with base VPs off) a bug?

I think not, as base vps off doesn't mean no vps at all. But I'll check that too.

 

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My apoligies for posting this here if it isn't a bug, but it sure looked like it... it's the only option that doesn't save.