command lines - what did you actually "fix"

RC1.20 "fixes"
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The settings system has been significantly revamped. llcontroldef.cpp has been replaced with an XML file controlling all settings values: app_settings/settings.xml

The command line parser has also been revamped. All but a few special arguments are now associated with control settings and controlled by the file app_settings/cmd_line.xml
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What changed and where can i actually read what settings work now?

Here a summary of issues;

- - - - - -" -login name lastname password "- - - - - -
Wont work , it will just show you the login screen wich is unbarably slow i must add, why does it take so long to load that image everytime?, anyway.

Login was a easy way to login without seeing that thing & type password, "save password" you say? see next.

Fail login twice and it clears the field ("account is being logged out", and we all know SL does this happen every time you try to relog after SL suddenly just decided to log you out (sim going down) or you crash.

Just type in password?, mines impossible long to remember, so i did prefer the -login as its about ------------------------------ that long and no i have to paste it in if want to log in now, as it always will remove itself from login when it fails logging in.

Wich brings me to this next issue.

- - - - - -" -settings name.xml "- - - - - -

Before you set a filename.xml it would create a new xml in ;

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\SecondLife\user_settings

Then you could set your preference how you wanted it, if someone else used your pc to log in, you could set a diffrent xml to their login icon, so they could set how they wanted SL to behave ~ <<sound,cachelocation,voice on off, where to save their im's to folder, ectect>>, change one account login preference now?, everyone use the same preference -bad-.

If SL suddenly decided to start instant crashing for me on loging, most of the times it was xml file fault so just set a new one , it would create a blank one for and i could log back in, now i cannot do that.

Why shove it all into 1 file, youre begging for trouble here, well "2" but one is default and isnt touched after you started client once.

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RC1.20 2 xml files

This is for ALL accounts using RC, you can and will change it if you change any preference, modify/change/delete it, but you cannot have one for each login as you changed it now.

C:\Documents and Settings\Administrator\Application Data\SecondLife\user_settings\settings_releasecandidate.xml

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This is what SL default setting is, and isnt touched after you start RC once.

C:\Program Files \SecondLifeReleaseCandidate\app_settings\settings.xml

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So yes i miss -login & -settings alot, thanks ALOT for removing that, how about fixing something instead next time like editing hud arrows where only head is avaible to use in edit?.

"your account is being logged out" , -login was a easy way to get in without waiting for that ugly loging screen to load and then paste my password for the 100th time, to hope i dont get "wait x min relog thing" cause that clears password line again.

Wonderfull.

Shit. They'd better not remove this; I have two little scripts that launch Second Life for me and log-in automatically as each of my two accounts. Having to type in usernames/passwords all the time is a waste and frustrating when all I want to do is test products, or deal with a support request or something.

I have large randomly made passwords and an ALT.

If it's not fixed before it's made mandatory... I'll be moving on elsewhere.
Probably to http://www.getafirstlife.com/

Something to be said of their optimization when they go from this exsample from old xml;

<--!Time before automatically setting AFK (away from keyboard) mode (seconds)!--> <AFKTimeout value="30" />
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to this new one, wich does excactly the same ,and uses alot more tags
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<key>AFKTimeout</key>
- <map>
<key>Comment</key>
<string>Time before automatically setting AFK (away from keyboard) mode (seconds)</string>
<key>Type</key>
<string>F32</string>
<key>Value</key>
<real>30</real>
</map>
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XML went from about 20k, to 330k+ in size, so they better be faster or theyre just making bloat now, along with IM path,chat logging/show old chat when starting a im, fails to save in the new xml to, debug has 2 references to same logging of im's, so either must be wrong.