[SOLVED] version 4 editor

[Gavin]

Where have all the elements gone? In the list I only see the players, alphabet letters and the custom elements.

[Holger]

Very strange! Which version (platform) are you using? I've just tested the Linux version with and without my personal R'n'D directory (~/.rocksndiamonds), and everything looks like it expected.

Could you please check if the problem persists if you temporarily rename your personal R'n'D directory?

(BTW: But I've noticed that the CE graphics are all black (because the corresponding file "RocksCE.png" is all black), which looks like a bug in the packaging/build system. Version 4.0.0.1 is coming soon, I suspect... :-/ )

Update: Did the same test with the Windows version (tested on Windows 7), with the same result as above.

[Gavin]

Windows version. I'm using Win 7 Pro

Still happens with personal level directory renamed

I took a video of what happens:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qyrfx9DpEFE

[Holger]

OK, that video was helpful to understand the issue.

This (what can be seen in the element list of the editor) is the result of the following setup entry in the file "setup.conf":

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editor.el_headlines:                    off

This value cannot be set anymore in recent R'n'D versions, and is set to "on" by default for all new R'n'D installations. So this problem should only occur if it was set to "off" with the last R'n'D version that allowed to modify it in the setup menu, or by manually modifying it in the setup config file.

Therefore, removing the personal R'n'D folder should force this value to be set to "on".

Could you please check the following?:

- remove/rename your personal R'n'D folder
- start R'n'D, go to the setup menu, leave it via "save & exit", and quit R'n'D
- go to your (newly created) personal R'n'D folder, and check the following two things:
* file "setup.conf": which value is stored for the token "editor.el_headlines"?
* file "stderr.txt": check that it contains the following warning:

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rocksndiamonds: warning: cannot open configuration file '<your-personal-rnd-folder>/setup.conf'
rocksndiamonds: warning: using default setup values

(This warning won't appear in subsequent invocations of R'n'D, as the file "setup.conf" was created in the last run.)

If there is no such warning, or "editor.el_headlines" is saved as "off", something is terribly going wrong here, and we have to further investigate.

[Gavin]

editor.el_headlines: on (for newly created directory)

rocksndiamonds: warning: cannot open configuration file '<your-personal-rnd-folder>/setup.conf'
rocksndiamonds: warning: using default setup values

both appear.

I renamed my personal directory, and copied the setup.conf from the newly created personal directory into it. This fixed the issue.

[Holger]

Where have all the elements gone? In the list I only see the players, alphabet letters and the custom elements.

I was finally able to reproduce this strange behaviour (that I've never had noticed before) on the Mac!

All editor element options in the setup file that cannot be configured from the setup screen (anymore) were set to "off", with the exact same result you described!

I've now removed loading these settings from the config file, and set them statically to "on", which fixes the problem.

Thanks again for your bug report!