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 ===== Internal Engine Settings ===== ===== Internal Engine Settings =====
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 +You can access the Internal Engine Settings by clicking the "Settings" button from the [[gamemanual:gui_main_menu|Main Menu]].
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 ===== In-Game Settings ===== ===== In-Game Settings =====
  
 +Some settings are available after loading a save game. These settings do not require a restart and generally affect how save games and data are stored. 
  
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 +You can access these settings by clicking the file cabinets in the [[gamemanual:gui_office|Office]], hitting the escape key while in the Office, or clicking the gear icon next to the "Help" button in the [[gamemanual:gui_top_bottom_menus|top menu]].
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 +  - **Autosave Frequency** => You can have the game automatically save every certain number of turns. To select the frequency, select a value from the drop-down. Please note, because of the amount of data in the game, save files can get into the hundreds of megabytes range. If you notice a considerable slow down during turn processing, you may want to disable Auto Saves, especially if you are using a spinning disk hard drive.
 +  - **Music Volume** => This slider adjusts the volume of the in-game music.
 +  - **Sound Effects Volume** => This slider adjusts the volume of the in-game sound effects and the tutorial voice-over.
 +  - **Purge Data** => GearCity save games can get rather large. If you want to reduce the file size of the save game, you can remove much of the historical data by clicking the Purge Data button. Please note, you will lose AI sales figures and many other historical variables in the game.
 +  - **Delete Reports Older Than 5 Years** => Every report in the game is an HTML file stored locally on your machine. To avoid having thousands of little files everywhere, the game automatically deletes reports that are older than 5 years. You can disable this feature with this checkbox.
 +  - **Lock Office Artwork to Spring** => Some users may find the seasonal changes to the office annoying. For those users, you can disable this feature with this checkbox.
 +  - **Save Game on Exit** => This checkbox enables automatic save on exit. Anytime you exit the program or return to the main menu, the game will automatically save over the last loaded save name or “save as” name.
 +  - **Disable Hotkeys** => This toggle disables in-game hotkeys. This setting is particularly useful if you have the happen of using the “end” key to jump a cursor to the end of a text box.
 +  - **Auto Save GUI Positions** => This setting will automatically save your changes to the GUI when you exit a room. The game will store your resized windows and your window positions. This setting also overrides the automatic centering of windows in the game. The game will delete saved positions if you decrease the game's resolution, or if the game updates.
 +  - **Apply** => This button saves any changes you made to the settings. You must click this button to save your settings changes!
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 ===== External Engine Settings Editor ===== ===== External Engine Settings Editor =====
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 +You can access all game settings via an external program we call the Settings Editor. The Settings Editor also includes some settings that are not in the game, and it contains additional features such as mod selection, cache clearing, etc.
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 +=== Steam ===
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 +To open the External Settings Editor via Steam, click the "Play" button. 
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 +A pop-up window will appear. Click the Video Settings Editor radio button from this window, and then click "Play."
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 +  - Click on "Installed" games
 +  - Right click on GearCity
 +  - Hover over "Additional Executables" in the context menu
 +  - Click Video Settings
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 ==== Tabs ==== ==== Tabs ====
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   - **Modifications** => Use this tab to load a game modification.   - **Modifications** => Use this tab to load a game modification.
  
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   - **Font Size** => This is a legacy setting that allows you to increase the size of the font in the game. We replaced it with the Scale GUI system. In newer versions of the game, this setting has no effect. Please use the Scale GUI system instead. The Font Size Setter remains in the external settings editor for older version compatibility reasons.   - **Font Size** => This is a legacy setting that allows you to increase the size of the font in the game. We replaced it with the Scale GUI system. In newer versions of the game, this setting has no effect. Please use the Scale GUI system instead. The Font Size Setter remains in the external settings editor for older version compatibility reasons.
  
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  These are the measurement units in the game. The only measurement not customizable is the engine Bore and Stroke values. The data in the game uses a mixture of SAE and Metric. Some rounding minor errors may occur.  These are the measurement units in the game. The only measurement not customizable is the engine Bore and Stroke values. The data in the game uses a mixture of SAE and Metric. Some rounding minor errors may occur.
  
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   - **Description** => These text boxes describe the mod using the mod's description. The next box below lists the maps the mod supports, and the final box lists the game files the mod changes. And which maps those files are for.   - **Description** => These text boxes describe the mod using the mod's description. The next box below lists the maps the mod supports, and the final box lists the game files the mod changes. And which maps those files are for.
  
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-  - Ordered List Item +  - **Save** => This button saves your changes to the settings file. You must click this button to save any changes.  
-  - A +  - **Reset To Default** => Use this button to reset the settings to the default settings when you installed the game. This is a good option if you broke something. 
-  - B +  - **Clear Cache/Save Games** => When uninstalling the game on Steam, Steam will not delete user-generated files. This button allows you to delete those files before uninstalling the game. It also works well to clear out caches if you have a crash issue related to hardware changes on your machine. You may want to copy save games before clicking this button, however. 
-  - C+  - **Exit** => Closes the program.
  
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