Making changes to game settings/registry

[RySwooperTrooper]

So, I'm aware of where the settings are and that they can be accessed by the startup window by going to the tools tab. I've messed with the options before in previous versions and even set custom values for some of them [25m shared kill radius when the smallest is normally 100m]. However, whenever I go and make changes to the values in the registry at Computer\HKEY_CURRENT_USER\SOFTWARE\The Fun Pimps\7 Days To Die, they never show up in game. Is there a certain way to save or implement the changes to the registry I'm not familiar with? Thanks.

[CatPerson]

Yeah I think most registry tweaks like that stopped working in A20 or A21, I forget. The registry simply resets itself soon as you start the game. The only thing in registry of that nature I remember still working was setting max LandClaims you could plonk down (and it still doesn't show up in the game menu itself as an option, last I knew, unless you do the below steps).

At any rate, you can/should still change it with an .xml edit. I've done it for bedroll/landclaim radius, loot respawn delay, other things, off and on.

steamapps\common\7 Days To Die\Data\Config\XUi_Menu\windows.xml

<gameoption name="PartySharedKillRange" title="goPartySharedKillRange" value_wrap="false" value_type="int" values="0, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000" display_names="goDisabled" value_localization_prefix="goPartySharedKillRangeValue" />

Change the values as you see fit. They will replace/show in the game settings menu.
Note, far as I've ever noticed, you cannot add *more* values, only alter/replace the existing ones - that is, if there are six value numbers to choose from, a seventh one will not register/show up in menu.

[RySwooperTrooper]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Yeah I think most registry tweaks like that stopped working in A20 or A21, I forget. The registry simply resets itself soon as you start the game. The only thing in registry of that nature I remember still working was setting max LandClaims you could plonk down (and it still doesn't show up in the game menu itself as an option, last I knew, unless you do the below steps).

At any rate, you can/should still change it with an .xml edit. I've done it for bedroll/landclaim radius, loot respawn delay, other things, off and on.

steamapps\common\7 Days to Die Beta 1-b309\7 Days To Die\Data\Config\XUi_Menu

<gameoption name="PartySharedKillRange" title="goPartySharedKillRange" value_wrap="false" value_type="int" values="0, 100, 500, 1000, 5000, 10000" display_names="goDisabled" value_localization_prefix="goPartySharedKillRangeValue" />

Change the values as you see fit. They will replace/show in the game settings menu.
Note, far as I've ever noticed, you cannot add *more* values, only alter/replace the existing ones - that is, if there are six value numbers to choose from, a seventh one will not register/show up in menu.

Oh, awesome! In that folder, I notice there are 4 .xml files: controls, styles, windows, and xui. Which of those has the game settings?

[CatPerson]

Oh, my bad, forgot to add to the address, heh.

It's the windows.xml.

edit: lol, I gave the wrong file address too - well it's technically correct, it's for my 7days 1.0 backup folder. Anyway, corrected original post with both.

[RySwooperTrooper]

Originally posted by CatPerson:

Oh, my bad, forgot to add to the address, heh.

It's the windows.xml.

edit: lol, I gave the wrong file address too - well it's technically correct, it's for my 7days 1.0 backup folder. Anyway, corrected original post with both.

Found them! Also note that the settings appear in two separate locations in that windows.xml...the first iteration is in regards to the menu for setting up the game, whereas the second time is specifically for the menu used in searching for an online game to join. Took me a while to figure out why there were two instances of "PartySharedKillRange".

Thank you so much for the help!