Conf files

Conf is a configuration file format in Dagon. Any application using Dagon tries to read two configuration files from working directory: settings.conf and input.conf.

Syntax

Conf file consists of key-value pairs separated by semicolon:

optionName: optionValue;

optionValue can be a number, a vector, or a double-quoted string:

numberOption: 10;
vectorOption: [0.5, 1.0, 1.0];
stringOption: "Some text";

settings.conf

settings.conf contains engine settings. It is fully preserved for Dagon, and you are not recommended to use it for storing game-specific settings. Supported options are the following:

• windowWidth, windowHeight - size of a game window. They override default values specified in an application
• fullscreen - 0 or 1, run in fullscreen or windowed mode
• windowTitle - window title text
• hideConsole - 0 or 1, hide or leave the system console window. For example, it is convenient to leave it when debugging the game and hide it for end users.

The engine doesn't modify settings.conf, and you can imlement a visual configurator in your game that modifies this file.

If the file doesn't exist, the engine will print a warning and run with default settings.

input.conf

input.conf contains input manager bindings. See input manager tutorial for details.