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One of the config files used to set certain game variables. Reportedly, if the player is experiencing a direct draw error, this file needs to be deleted from the Creatures 3 directory.[1]


Configuration Variables
Variable Function Example Value
DiskSpaceCheck The amount of free space (in bytes) expected to be available for each game directory, excluding auxiliary directories. 33554432
DiskSpaceCheckSystem The amount of free space (in bytes) expected to be available on the system drive. 78643200
FlightRecorderMask Indicates which categories will get logged to the creatures_engine_logfile.txt file. 33
FullScreen Start in fullscreen mode. Or not. 0
Default Background The default background image. DS_splash
DisableSound Indicate whether the sound system is enabled or disabled. When disabled, you can't unmute from within the game. 1
LanguageCLibrary Normally found in 'language.cfg', this fallback setting indicates what language to use for the locale. English
Language Normally found in 'language.cfg', this fallback setting indicates what language to use for catalogue files. en
Default Munge The default music file to play. DS_music.mng
WindowBottom Used to calculate the height of the window by subtracting WindowTop. 625
WindowLeft Indicates the horizontal starting position of the window. 0
WindowRight Used to calculate the width of the window by subtracting WindowLeft. 806
WindowTop Indicates the vertical position of the window. 0
Icon The name of the icon file to use for the window. "Docking Station.ico"
Port The TCP/IP port to listen on for inter-process communication. NOTE: Not available under Windows. 20001
PortSecurity When enabled, only TCP/IP connections from localhost are allowed. When disabled, connections from any host are allowed. 1

FlightRecorderMask

To get the value for this variable, you just add up the numbers next to the categories that you want to see. The categories are:

Internal 0
Runtime 1
Shutdown 16
Netbabel 32
Startup 64

So you can see the default value (33) means you're getting logging for netbabel and runtime errors.

Note: If you have a file called 'logtastic' in the same directory as the engine, you will always get startup and shutdown logging regardless of what FlightRecorderMask is set to in user.cfg.