Guides Preset Definitions

everlaster said:

Hi Jay, I think the Plugins and Plugin parameters rows are incorrect for General Preset column. Currently it says

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This implies that Plugins always save with a general preset regardless of which of Pose, Physical and Appearance are checked, and that no plugin parameters are saved unless Appearance is checked.

In my testing, Plugins only save if App is checked. In other words, this is when the preset file contains a JSON object with the id PluginManager and an object containing the plugin file references. This is what controls which plugins are loaded on the atom, but not what their parameters are. So it should say "App" on the Plugins row.

As for plugin parameters, it seems that plugin parameters store in a general preset regardless of which of Pose, Physics and Appearance are checked. If Appearance is not checked, the plugins themselves (i,.e. references to the loaded plugin file paths) are not stored, but their parameters are still stored. Thus, it should have the checkmark on the Plugin Parameters row rather than the Plugins row.

Which parameters get saved with which checkboxes also seem to follow the storeType rules, like with legacy preset types. For example if a parameter's storeType is Full, and you haven't selected all three checkboxes, that parameter will not save.

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JayJayWon said:

I agree that the current description is not right and your definition seems more accurate. However, I'm seeing some differences between saving and loading behaviour when I test again. It seems that it only loads plugins from General Preset when Appearance & Physical are checked?

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Updated General Preset entries for Plugins & Plugin parameters to more accurately reflect observed behaviour. Thanks to @everlaster for pointing out the necessary amendments

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everlaster said:

I can confirm that, plugins are loaded only if Appearance and Physical are both checked. However, I just tested it and plugins are saved if only Appearance is checked - Physical is not required to save, but it is required to load (which makes no sense)!

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