Show "runtime-per-map" mod settings in map generator dialogue.

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Show "runtime-per-map" mod settings in map generator dialogue.

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What?
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I'd like to show some settings to the player that affect the generation of the map (not resources sliders, but drop-down lists and checkboxes).

As we already have per-map settings, and the map generator dialogue now has tabs, it seems like the easiest way to get this would be to show a copy of the "settings -> mod settings -> map" tab directly in the dialogue.
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Are you saying this is already in the latest version? I'm still on 0.17.36 because of slow internet.
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Edit: Don't see it in the changelog at least...
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Wed May 15, 2019 5:39 pm
Are you saying this is already in the latest version? I'm still on 0.17.36 because of slow internet.
No.

It has been in the game since at least 0.16.
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Oh, i guess you mean the [Mod Settings] button at the bottom?
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Wed May 15, 2019 5:47 pm
Oh, i guess you mean the [Mod Settings] button at the bottom?
Yes, it's where the arrow points to. It shows exactly the options that you are looking for.
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This is how it looks on my screen.

I'd like to add a setting similar to an autoplace control directly in the menu, except i don't need 3 sliders, i need a checkbox and a drop-down list. Which mod settings can already do. (Can auto-place controls be sufficently manipulated as to show i.e. a 2-stage or 5-stage slider with custom tooltips for each setting?)

I thought the way to the mod settings menu was "too far" and it'd be nice to have only the map settings as an extra tab. And i actually *didn't notice* the mod settings button down there.

I hope that better explains what i meant. Even if you don't agree.
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It does explain it, moved back to requests.
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Thank you. \o/
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"Runtime per mod" mod settings have no inherit relation to that GUI and would only serve as an additional point of confusion and complication for that GUI.
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