How to keep your add-on settings in v1.2

Dominoid

Settings used to be saved under your @username in SavedVariables. They appear to be saved under "" now.
So . . . open all your savedvariable files, find "@Name" near the beginning and replace it with "" and you should be all set.

Before: https://www.dropbox.com/s/thkq3w83tmsszfx/LUABefore.png

After: https://www.dropbox.com/s/2lukxmdrhxv0tm1/LUAAfter.png

The_Drexill

What are you using to edit them with?

Dominoid

The_Drexill wrote: »

What are you using to edit them with?

I used Notepad++. It's free. You should be able to open in regular Notepad, it's just a text file.

uktitanb16_ESO

nice thanks, i hate having to redo all my add-ons after i get them all the way i like, its a PITA!

The_Drexill

Thanks alot

tervalas

This is incorrect. The "" account name came from times where your character wasn't in the regular instance. Not sure why it crept in to what you use, but the addon I made had no change to the saved variables file nor uses the "" account name.

Faustes

This seemed to work, thanks.

Also, it's not necessarily at the beginning of the .lua file. I just did CTRL + F to find it when it's not.

Dominoid

tervalas wrote: »

This is incorrect. The "" account name came from times where your character wasn't in the regular instance. Not sure why it crept in to what you use, but the addon I made had no change to the saved variables file nor uses the "" account name.

I respect what your saying, and I'm not sure if everyone lost their settings, but my fix is working for everyone who lost their settings.

This was "discovered" by all my add-ons had brand new settings at the bottom of the file under the "" username.

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/290huo/psa_how_to_keep_your_addon_settings/

Arkath

As someone mentioned, I'd suggest using Notepad++. You can open all savedvariable files at once, and find/replace all instances of "@name" at the same time. Particularly useful for someone with craploads of addons like myself.

Chatoyancy

Fabulous, thank you! I see exactly what you mean, and I'll have to go on an edit-a-thon tomorrow to fix my data files.

... Why do I need to have 37 add-ons again?

SkOODaT

ppl think this is a bug on ZO's end i would backup everything before editing you may be reediting later if not and if you have alot of settings.....

Gillysan

Maybe it saves settings but add-ons are still broken. Some partially work. I guess it will be a tough slog for next couple of weeks. Hopefully the add-on authors haven't left the game.

Phinix1

I have updated my UI (see sig link) to work with the latest patch, minus a couple addons that need updates.

The real problem with the saved variable format and the patch turns out to be the way variable values are referenced. To keep your current settings and see them in-game, what I find works is this:

*Delete your @AccountName (but leave the "") from the top (and sometimes elsewhere) in each file in \Documents\Elder Scrolls Online\live\SavedVariables.

Hope that helps!

EDIT: Revised instructions. You ONLY need to edit out your account name. Do not do anything with the and because ESO will fix those on its own, and as long as you blank out the account name as shown in the video it will still use the old addon values.

SkOODaT

lol no @AlienDiplomat

look....
http://www.esoui.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1843
its suppost to be ["@username"] but for some reason its [""] it could be a bug, last few patches tho the server was overloaded and when you got put on the overflow server your saved vars didnt get and account name because you didnt have one on the overflow server or if guild and mail services are down sometimes the client wont return the account name to the vars, right now its [""] because the client isnt returning the account name OR they made a major change and removed account name saving alltogeather

either way this patch is a mess and uesally i am ok with patches they made so many changes to the api :S 3 addons i know of use GetMapPlayerPosition('reticleover') to get target X, Y and as far as i can tell they have removed that ability for really no reason lol

Phinix1

Yeah, but by leaving it [""] as I indicate, all the settings work. Plus when the server defragments its brain, the @AccountName gets inserted correctly automatically.

Phinix1

Here is a video that shows you how to update your settings files so all your addon settings carry over to patch 1.2.3:

How to update addon settings to work with patch 1.2.3

Some addons will need to be updated by the authors so if you get any addon-specific errors you still want to disable those until they are updated. However, this will at least let you keep your settings for the ones that work.

EDIT: Updated video with revised instructions. You ONLY need to edit out your account name. Do not do anything with the and because ESO will fix those on its own, and as long as you blank out the account name as shown in the video it will still use the old addon values.

zgrssd

Actually this reset might be a permanent change. And might actually be a good thing.

I conjectre that it might be permanent from the fact that ZO_Ingame.lua saved var pre patch already used the "" style.
Chances are high this change was planned all allong. Doing it during a major update seems like a good a time as any.

Why is resetting your settings a good thing?
The API changed. Counts like the number of Chat categories has changed. My pre 1.2.3 Data for UTC might no longer be valid for 1.2.3
I actually prefer them resetting my saved data, rather then risk problems from no longer fitting data. Chances are high I will force a reset of the stored data (and maybe settings) just to be sure to avoid any trouble from the changed API.
I work on the players chat. I better be damn sure not to break anything.

Ojustaboo

I made the mistake of logging in without backing up my savedvaribles (something I'm normally good at remembering)

My Librarian.lua is now 425 kb, before I patched game and logged in it was nearly 2 MB , stupidly my last backup is a month ago so have lost a lot of books grrrr.

My harvestmap no longer works and has shrunk in size from my last backup also a month ago (although is still 6MB)

My MhFramework has all reset

I've since tried following the guide http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SeNp2fEfIT8

But I suspect it's too late and I needed to do all this before originally logging in

Not bothered about most, can simply remove lua and reset up

A pain that harvestmap and librarian looses stuff though

Edit: Found a newer backup 6 June, and as I've spent most of the last week grinding vet stuff, I haven't lost that much

SkOODaT

Why does the PTR still use ["@accountname"]... I think it's a bug in live the PTR it seems all the API changes that went to live are there but the saved var files still use account name I was on the PTR while they we're patching fixing my addons lol

zgrssd

Note that saved vars are usually not written back to disk before you logout, use /reloadui or otherwise force them to unload.
So if you are still logged in and have not use /reloadui you can still save them.

Dominoid

Automatic Saved Variable backup with versioning history:

http://www.reddit.com/r/elderscrollsonline/comments/291vvz/how_to_automatically_backup_saved_variables_with/

IrishGirlGamer

Thanks for this. I wish I'd read it before staring the game ...

Exarch

That was very helpful, thank you.

zgrssd

IrishGirlGamer wrote: »

Thanks for this. I wish I'd read it before staring the game ...

I knew it in advance and almost did not do it anyway.
Only that the update took so long and it would have been annoying to loose quest track and book data got me to do it. But I am kinda wierd in that regard i guess.

coplannb16_ESO

Windows 8 (and 7 at least I think) automatically backup your personal files. In the file Explorer within the "Start"-Ribbon menu there is a history-button (using german operating system so its called "Verlauf" for me). You can use that to get (usually) at least a copy of all the settings files from yesterday. Worked for me...

zgrssd

coplannb16_ESO wrote: »

Windows 8 (and 7 at least I think) automatically backup your personal files. In the file Explorer within the "Start"-Ribbon menu there is a history-button (using german operating system so its called "Verlauf" for me). You can use that to get (usually) at least a copy of all the settings files from yesterday. Worked for me...

Yes and no.
There is a function in Windows 8 to keep earlier versions of files. However it has to be enabeled explicitly as far as I know.
It is the replacement for not having a proper "System Image" function in Win 8 basic.

madmacb16_ESO

""""""Settings used to be saved under your @username in SavedVariables. They appear to be saved under "" now."""""""

this will revert back to @LoginID soon, so you will have to reverse it

this all happened before :¬(

zgrssd

madmacb16_ESO wrote: »

""""""Settings used to be saved under your @username in SavedVariables. They appear to be saved under "" now."""""""

this will revert back to @LoginID soon, so you will have to reverse it

this all happened before :¬(

As they say in SWTOR:
Sith happens. A lot.

About the first thing we developers develop is humility about our own fallibility. That no mater our experience we still make mistakes.

This also leads to compassion about other programmers mistakes. It's only saved vars being reset in a computer game during a major patch.
It needs to be something like the Heartbleed bug before we developers would start even raising an eyebrow about another developers mistake.

egosumacunnus

Wish i had found this before re configuring my addons in game.

zgrssd

As it turns out, this change was unintentional:

ZOS_JessicaFolsom wrote: »

[*] Addon Settings: The add-on settings currently are not working as intended.

• STATUS: Currently investigating.

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Gillysan

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