Use XML to save/load options.

[kianzarrin]

I think it would be more organised to save/load data not by index but rather by dictionary keys (eg use XML). We should also have a class for backward compatibility to load from old saves.

Also It would be nice if we add a button to 'use current values for new games' like the real time mode (#363):

[kianzarrin]

The fact that there is a lot of repeated code around is not helping the cause. Encapsulation can reduce a lot of such redundancies.

[originalfoo]

It would be nice if we add a button to 'use current values for new games' like the real time mode

Yes, I would love this, and it's something users have asked for many times over the years.

The fact that there is a lot of repeated code around is not helping the cause. Encapsulation can reduce a lot of such redundancies.

If we adopt something similar to what Real Time does, it has a central method that deals with config version compatibility so it's really clear what changes from version to version.

I guess the big chore will be making it backwards compatible (ie. load old versions of TM:PE settings that would be completely different format, and there are several old versions of settings).

@kvakvs recently split the mod options in to separate files for the various tabs as part of multiple massive code clean-ups, so he probably knows most about the current system if you need infos on that.

[kianzarrin]

@aubergine10

@kvakvs recently split the mod options in to separate files for the various tabs as part of multiple massive code clean-ups, so he probably knows most about the current system if you need infos on that.

is there any issue regarding this. I didn't manage to find any. I'd like to @kvakvs code.

EDIT: Wait are you taking about the code that is already in master/origin ?

[originalfoo]

Yes, the code that is already in master branch is the latest which includes the huge cleanup that kvakvs did some months ago.

I was meaning that if you have any questions on any of the config stuff, kvakvs is probably best person to ask as he had to pick through a lot of that stuff during the code cleanup.