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redplus.ini

redplus.ini is the RED+ settings file. It is in the RED+ folder, next to RedPlus.exe and RedPlusEditor.dll. Every setting in it is optional: delete a line to go back to its default.

How the file works

Sections are in square brackets, with one key=value per line. A line that starts with a semicolon is a comment. The shipped file explains each setting in comments.
RF_DIR and PLAY_LAUNCHER are at the top of the file, before the first section. Start each of those lines with the key itself, with no space in front, and do not put quotes around paths.
Most settings are read once, when RED+ starts. Edit the file with RED+ closed, then start it.
The editor writes the settings you change in its dialogs into this same file.
Near the start of logs\RedPlusEditor.log, a line containing [RF+] settings file: names the file RED+ reads.

The shipped settings

Top of the file

Key	Values	Default	What it does
`RF_DIR`	a folder	not set	Your Red Faction folder, the one with `RED.exe`. When it is set, RED+ uses it before looking anywhere else. If the folder does not exist, or has no `RED.exe`, RED+ says so and does not start. The editor also uses it to find the game for Play, the light cookie folder and Check Mesh Shadows. See Install and start RED+.
`PLAY_LAUNCHER`	the full path to a game launcher	not set	The launcher the Play buttons start. RED+ writes it the first time Play finds Alpine Faction or you show it where `AlpineFactionLauncher.exe` is. See Testing levels with Play.

[lighting]

Key	Values	Default	What it does
`lightmap_detail`	`standard`, `4x` or `high`; `2x` and `8x` also work	`4x`	The largest lightmap one surface may have per axis, and the page it is packed into: 64 on a 128 page (`standard`), 128 on a 256 page (`4x`) or 255 on a 256 page (`high`). `2x` and `8x` leave half of every page empty, and the log warns about them. Any other value counts as `standard`. It takes effect the next time RED+ starts, and an existing level changes size only after Level, Calculate Maps and Light. Lightmap detail: in Level Properties writes this key when you click OK. See Lightmap detail and file size.

[editor]

Key	Values	Default	What it does
`force_render_everything`	`1` or `0`	`1`	When you open a level that has geometry but fewer than four portal faces, RED+ switches the view to Render Everything once and notes it in the log. `0` leaves the view as RED sets it. Render Everything if a level has no portals in Preferences writes it. Takes effect the next time RED+ starts.
`classic_file_dialogs`	`0` or `1`	`0`	`0`: RED's browse boxes (File > Open, Save As and the rest) are the Windows file dialog. `1`: the older box RED shipped with. Classic file browse boxes in Preferences writes it. Takes effect the next time RED+ starts.
`mod`	the name of a folder in the game's `mods` folder	empty	The mod `RedPlus.exe` starts the editor with. File, Mod (RF+) writes it. It is left out when that folder is gone, when the name has a space, or when the command line names a mod with `-mod`. See Mods.

Settings the editor writes

You can edit these by hand too, but the editor writes them when you use the controls listed here. Preferences means the RED+ category of Tools, Preferences.... See Preferences.

[editor]

Key	Written by	Values
`visual_styles`	Modern window styling (takes effect on restart) in Preferences	`1` on, `0` off. When the key is not set, RED+ copies `RED.exe.manifest` if your game folder has one. Takes effect the next time RED+ starts.
`d3d11`	Direct3D 11 renderer (takes effect on restart) in Preferences	`1`, the default. Leave it at `1`.
`rfl_version`	Save levels as RFL version: in Preferences	`305` (the default, Alpine Faction 1.4) or `304` (Alpine Faction 1.3). Takes effect at once.
`selected_color`	Change Color, next to Selected brush color: in Preferences	the highlight colour of selected brushes and objects, as a number. The default is red. Takes effect at once.
`msaa`	Antialiasing (MSAA): in Preferences	`1` (Off, the default), `2`, `4` or `8`. Takes effect the next time RED+ starts.
`anisotropy`	Texture filtering: in Preferences	`1` (Off), `2`, `4`, `8` or `16` (the default). Takes effect the next time RED+ starts.
`hole_lines_default`	Rebuild with hole lines on by default in Preferences	`1` on, `0` off (the default). At every start, `1` turns on Level, Rebuild with hole lines.
`texbrowser_extras`	Texture Browser additions: RED+ box, tooltips, tile tags, checkerboard in Preferences	`1` (the default) or `0`. Read each time the Texture Browser opens.
`gas_preview`	Show gas regions in Free Look, as in the game in Preferences	`1` (the default) or `0`.
`draw_sky`	View, Draw Sky (Like in-game)	`1` (the default) or `0`: whether Draw Sky is on when RED+ starts.
`texbrowser_type`, `texbrowser_show`, `texbrowser_all_folders`	Type:, Show: and Search all folders in the Texture Browser	the choices you made last.

[lighting]

Key	Written by	Values
`lightmap_detail`	Lightmap detail: in Level Properties	as above. Maximum - sharpest, largest files writes `high`.

Other sections

Section	Keys	Written by
`[shortcuts]`	keys that start with `cmd_` or `remap_`	Tools, Keyboard Shortcuts (RF+), and Keybindings in Tools > Preferences. A value is a key combination such as `Ctrl+Shift+L`. An empty value means the default key. See Keyboard shortcuts.
`[mesh_browser]`	`width`, `height`, `split`, `sort`	the Browse Meshes window, when it closes: its size, the position of the divider, and the sort order (`0` Name, `1` Most recent, `2` Size).
`[colors]`	`custom0` to `custom15`	the colour dialog: its 16 custom colours.
`[color_profiles]`	`names`	Save and Del next to Color profile: in the colour dialog: the profile names, separated by commas.
`[color_profile_NAME]`, where NAME is a profile name	`custom0` to `custom15`	Save in the colour dialog: the 16 colours of that profile.
`[bake_times]`	`bake0` to `bake23`	every finished bake: the times of your last 24 bakes, which Estimated bake time in Level Properties uses. The oldest record makes way for the newest.

The colour dialog is the one that every colour button in the editor opens.