2 clients with different settings on one compute about DAoC

Found this in the 1.88b patch notes here

This is handy if you run main char with a big resolution and a second char on the same computer using a lower resolution, like I do.

If you run two instances of the game using the same client, but you have different settings for each one (such as having all the bells and whistles turned off on the second client), you'll need to do a little creative editing to give your destination folders unique names.

Open the root directory for the first copy of the game. Create a text file (using Notepad or some such thing) called paths.dat. In that file, type

[paths]

on the first line. On the second line, type

settings=name1

("Name" can be whatever you want.) Log into your first copy of the game and get to the character selection screen. Log out.

Now go to the SECOND copy of the game, and repeat the process. This time, type

settings=name2

Log into the second copy all the way to character selection.

You have now created custom folders for your characters. Follow the directions under "Step by Step" for moving your .dat, .ini, and .ign files into the new destination folders.Then go into this folder (use the run function):

%appdata% .. find the Electronic Arts folder, go into "Dark Age of Camelot"

I used:

[paths] <- goes into the top of paths.dat file

settings=main <- folder 1 (as in d:\games\daoc-main\paths.dat)

settings=buff <- folder 2 (as in d:\games\daoc-buff\paths.dat)

There you should have a few folders. I had mai, buf, LotM and DR. What you want is probably in the Lotm folder. note: the new folders for custom settings show up after you have started up the game once from each folder. For some reason it only used the first three chars in my custom names. "mai" and "buf". Anyway, I copied all the content from my "%appdata%\Electronic arts\Dark age of camelot\lotm" folder into "%appdata%\Electronic arts\Dark age of camelot\mai" and "%appdata%\Electronic arts\Dark age of camelot\buf". I then got all the quick login stuff and so on when starting up the clients again.

Sort the settings as you want them .. create separate shortcuts on your desktop and all should be well. Settings saved in one of them will no longer affect the other.