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If you attempt to set these settings by directly editing the file where they are stored, there is a danger of either making a typo or of choosing an illegal value for a particular attribute. | If you attempt to set these settings by directly editing the file where they are stored, there is a danger of either making a typo or of choosing an illegal value for a particular attribute. | ||
For older MX releases, some '''read only''' settings can not be found in any of the setting screens, for these MX cannot set the values, it can only read them. As MX cannot set the values, you need to edit the [[Cumulus.ini(MX_3.0.0_to_3 | For older MX releases, some '''read only''' settings can not be found in any of the setting screens, for these MX cannot set the values, it can only read them. As MX cannot set the values, you need to edit the [[Cumulus.ini (MX_3.0.0_to_3.7.0)]] directly, and the referenced Wiki page identifies read-only settings that can only be adjusted by adding parameters directly in the file. The configuration article lists the read-write settings as well, and tells you what values are accepted for those attributes, and also explains some of the differences in the settings available between Cumulus 1 and MX. | ||
'''Note that if you change settings''', that '''some''' settings do not take effect while MX is running, while other settings do take effect instantly (The developer has not provided a list anywhere of which settings do, and which do not, take effect immediently, although sometimes a release notice mentions this for a new setting) - anyway, you ''may'' need to restart Cumulus MX to get the new setting picked up. When you exit MX, it saves the read-write settings in [[Cumulus.ini]], and when you restart it it uses the read-only, and read-write, settings it reads from that file. | '''Note that if you change settings''', that '''some''' settings do not take effect while MX is running, while other settings do take effect instantly (The developer has not provided a list anywhere of which settings do, and which do not, take effect immediently, although sometimes a release notice mentions this for a new setting) - anyway, you ''may'' need to restart Cumulus MX to get the new setting picked up. When you exit MX, it saves the read-write settings in [[Cumulus.ini]], and when you restart it it uses the read-only, and read-write, settings it reads from that file. | ||
