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streu in Re: EchoView discrepancy:

starting next turn, the pconfig.src files produced by the host will contain the MaxColTempSlope = 1000 setting.

Is there any particular advantage to the abbreviated pconfig.src? Other than a handful of extra bytes, is there any disadvantage of sending the full pconfig.src?

This was intended to increase user-friendliness. When reviewing the config file, you have to ask yourself "does this concern me?" only 200 times, not 400 times. This is why PHost 4 started recommending to start with a "simple.src" config file, which is what I did in PlanetsCentral.

There are a large number of options nobody ever touches, and/or that have only historical significance (GravityWellRange? AllowAlchemyShips? AllowInterceptAttack?).

I would consider MaxColTempSlope such an option that nobody ever touches. Its default value has always been 1000. It is a bug in EchoView to use a different default. However, older PHost versions did not list the defaults in the documentation, so this is probably why EV got it wrong.

--Stefan