Reset Game Setup Settings in Ubuntu

[pgn674]

I have Armagetron Advanced v0.2.8.2.1 in Ubuntu 9.10. I had some fun with the AI and extreme settings and in Game Setup for a while, and now I'd like to make the game playable again. However, I can see no way to set all those settings back to default, nor can I find a configuration file anywhere. Does anyone have the default settings, or some way to reset the settings back to default on Ubuntu?

[subby]

uninstall and reinstall should work

next time do some backups

[dlh]

Reinstalling actually won't reset your configuration files. You can remove “~/.armagetronad/var/user.cfg” to get back to the defaults.

If you don't want to reset everything, you can edit that file and remove the settings you want to reset back to default.

[subby]

then is that not a bug ?

surely if you uninstall something everthing should be removed?

[Phytotron]

Nope. All those custom-type files are now left to be carried over from one version to the next, so you don't have to reset everything every time you upgrade.

[subby]

Nope. All those custom-type files are now left to be carried over from one version to the next, so you don't have to reset everything every time you upgrade.

doesn't do that when:
sudo make install

have to edit settings.cfg for
camera_custom_pitch
camera_custom_rise
camera_custom_back

If I was a system admin and uninstalled something I would hope everything would be gone especially if stuff is in /etc
In fact i would be quite angry about it! (maybe this can count for my rant for the day )

If I want to keep something I'll back it up, I wouldnt want to uninstall and then go hunting for s*** that's left over

That is I mean by uninstall not upgrade. in wich cas I would want to keep my settings!

[compguygene]

This has become common practice in videogames. That's why on my Windows installations, I use revo uninstaller. When you choose for it to completely remove something, it not only gets rid of any extra data files, but also prunes unneeded registry entries, which on a Windows computer is a source of many slow downs and crashes.

[epsy]

On linux packages shouldn't *ever* touch /home/. That includes removing persistent data.

[Z-Man]

On linux packages shouldn't *ever* touch /home/. That includes removing persistent data.

That. System-wide configuration is /etc is removed on uninstall, of course, apart from the files the sysadmin created there herself.

[pgn674]

Reinstalling actually won't reset your configuration files. You can remove “~/.armagetronad/var/user.cfg” to get back to the defaults. If you don't want to reset everything, you can edit that file and remove the settings you want to reset back to default.

Ahh, thank you. I didn't see the .armagetronad folder before, not sure if I missed it. It must have been created though, as I had even quit and restarted the game.