PCC2 has multiple mechanisms to configure it according to your needs. Most of these mechanisms are available on the regular user interface.
Where are the configuration files?
In Windows, PCC2 creates a directory PCC2 in your profile directory (C:\Documents and Settings\User\Application Data or C:\Users\User\AppData\Roaming).
In Unix, PCC2 creates a directory .pcc2 in your home directory.
All configuration files will be created in this directory.
What configuration files are there?
- pcc2.ini: the main configuration file. This file has some special properties described on its help page.
- expr.ini: user-defined search/label expressions.
- lru.ini: last search/label expressions. This file is automatically updated by PCC2 and has the same format as expr.ini.
- plugins/: this folder contains plugins.
Legacy configuration
- cc-res.cfg: this file is located in the resource directory of your PCC2 directory and can be used to configure resources (images). This is used by the installer. Normally, you should install an artwork plugin instead.
- PCC2 comes with a standard ship list which is stored in C:\Programs\PCC2\specs or /usr/share/planets. In addition to standard files like hullspec.dat, this directory also contains a few PCC-specific files ending in .cc. These can be overridden on a per-game basis by placing an identically-named file in your game directory, in the same way non-standard ship lists can be used. It is not recommended to ever modify the files in PCC2's ship list directory.
In addition, you can create a file ending with .usr in your game directory. That file will behave as if it were appended to the respective .cc file.
