Doomsday on Kubuntu won't save settings

Annorax

I am running Kubuntu 12.04 and installed doomsday with all required packages. I use "doomsday -game jdoom -file /usr/share/games/doom/doom1.wad" to run it and it runs well.

However, none of my settings are saved if I exit and restart. Things like resolution, keys, and mouse sensitivty are reset. How can I save this between sessions?

Edit: I have set the default resolution to what I want and *that* persists but it doesn't actually get used. For example, I set default resolution to 1024x768 but when starting it always goes to 640x480.

DaniJ

I know nothing about Kubuntu so I can't really assist with your issue. However I can say that you are running Doomsday incorrectly - I would guess what you actually mean to use is:

doomsday -game doom1-share -iwad /usr/share/games/doom/doom1.wad

skyjake

Your settings are saved under ~/.doomsday/runtime/configs/<game>.

We should first verify that the console variable values etc. are written there as expected. Please find the .cfg file of the game you're running and check that the time stamp is up to date after quitting doomsday -- the config files are rewritten when you quit.

Annorax

Changing from file to iwad doesn't seem to make a difference. The game works both ways (doomsday -game jdoom -iwad /usr/share/games/doom/doom1.wad).

I don't see that folder, I see ~/.deng/jdoom.cfg. Could this be part of the problem in that the files you mention don't exist?

But in the file I mention above, it does get the timestamp updates when Doomsday runs, but none of the settings are saved - specifically the resolution. The only resolution type properties I see are these (which I set and are saved) but aren't used when the program launches.

# Default resolution (X).
vid-res-x 1280

# Default resolution (Y).
vid-res-y 800

BTW - I am running Doomsday 1.9.0 beta 6.9, which is the latest version in the Kubuntu repositories.

DaniJ

Annorax wrote:

I am running Doomsday 1.9.0 beta 6.9, which is the latest version in the Kubuntu repositories.

That'll be why those files don't exist and why changing the command line arguments as I suggested made no difference. Ignore pretty much everything we've said thus far in this thread as it doesn't apply to a version as old as 1.9.0-beta6.9 is.