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Codechange: split settings.ini over several files #9421

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@TrueBrain TrueBrain commented Jul 8, 2021

Fixes #9386.

Motivation / Problem

MacOS build currently fails because our setting tables are too big. But we have been willing to split the settings table up for a while now. So a good enough reason to make that happen.

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This reduced the load on compilers, as currently for example MacOS
doesn't like the huge settings-tables.

Additionally, nobody can find settings, as the list is massive and
unordered. By splitting it, it becomes a little bit more sensible.

I split the settings based on the group they are in the settings. There is a lot more to do here, but I wanted to keep an easy-to-review PR. If you use a coloured-diff, you will see that things are only moved:

git fetch https://github.com/TrueBrain/OpenTTD settings-split-table
git show FETCH_HEAD --color-moved=zebra

settings.ini is removed completely, meaning patches will have a nice conflict on it, making it more clear for patches they should be moving their settings.

Future-PRs can address stuff like:

  • Make flags default per settings-file and reduce the amount of things being repeated
  • Force settings-files to read/write into a given struct (instead of repeating that every time)
  • Move some settings around; there are some strange choices currently, for example I am not sure pf.reverse_at_signal should be a pathfinding setting. And there are more similar weird ones.
  • Many more small things.

But, this PR is just to get that car moving. I will not be addressing these things above any time soon, so if you want to, feel free to go for it :)

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Checklist for review

Some things are not automated, and forgotten often. This list is a reminder for the reviewers.

  • The bug fix is important enough to be backported? (label: 'backport requested')
  • This PR affects the save game format? (label 'savegame upgrade')
  • This PR affects the GS/AI API? (label 'needs review: Script API')
    • ai_changelog.hpp, gs_changelog.hpp need updating.
    • The compatibility wrappers (compat_*.nut) need updating.
  • This PR affects the NewGRF API? (label 'needs review: NewGRF')

@TrueBrain TrueBrain force-pushed the settings-split-table branch 3 times, most recently from 106121b to 9e2bf93 Compare July 8, 2021 17:31
Xaroth
Xaroth previously approved these changes Jul 9, 2021
This reduced the load on compilers, as currently for example MacOS
doesn't like the huge settings-tables.

Additionally, nobody can find settings, as the list is massive and
unordered. By splitting it, it becomes a little bit more sensible.
@TrueBrain TrueBrain merged commit 8f5d0ec into OpenTTD:master Jul 9, 2021
@TrueBrain TrueBrain deleted the settings-split-table branch July 9, 2021 19:16
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Building on MacOS fails with "bus error: 10"
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