Windlight setting exchange?

The installer is set to a default of:

C:\Program Files\SecondLife\app_settings\windlight

That can be changed to any location during the install.

Is it possible to override the default so that your chosen preset is active when you load up SL?

I ask because my fiance's computer is having some kind of issue with the atmospheric shaders that prevents him from changing the presets once on-line.

Basically, if he loads up another preset, or makes any changes with the advanced sky editor or advanced water, his framerate drops down to about 1.5. And it stays there even after he closes down the advanced editor and takes off the basic shaders.

He was able to do it some versions back, but the last few releases have all been like this (including the current RC). Is it, btw, possible to get a hold of older versions somewhere?

Yes. You pick a preset you want to automatically load and rename it to Default.xml. Don't forget to rename the original default to somthing like Default.xml.org so that it doesn't get overwritten. From there, delete all but one of the day cycle keys and replace the time with the Default.xml file. Save that. That will override everything related to atmospheric settings for all subsequent logins.

I can't tell you if this will improve the frame rate, but it definitely overrides the default settings upon login.

To reset everything back to the way it was, simply add the daytime keys back in with thier respective times (the time labeled xml files), and restore the default setting.

Cool, thanks. Had another workaround suggested too, that involved just setting up windlight presets for the various times of day.

This pretty much sorts out the issue. Frame rate still sucks while windlight is actually active (the system is borderline for running it), but once turned off it goes back to normal (which isn't the case if any actual editing of skies is done).

I thought LL was supposed to make it that you could trade settings in game eventually.

Not yet, that I know of. I have a few settings from various residents here:

http://www.secondskinlabs.com/Downloads/downloads3.html

got this in a hairpack notecard for midday light and everything the same as default (or close to it) BUT you don`t get those freaking avi shadows and have perfect lighting no matter what angle

downside is no day&night
creator: Caliah Lyon

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