IniFiles Quirks

IniFiles

Implementation

CLEO4

Function	API Used	Parsing Method
INT	GetPrivateProfileInt()	Windows API handles parsing
FLOAT	GetPrivateProfileString() + atof()	String read, then C stdlib conversion

CLEO5

Function	API Used	Parsing Method
INT	GetPrivateProfileString() + strtol()	Manual parsing with hex support
FLOAT	GetPrivateProfileString() + strtof()/strtol()	Manual parsing with hex support

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Success Cases

Case	Input	CLEO4 INT	CLEO4 FLOAT	CLEO5 INT	CLEO5 INT (COMPAT)	CLEO5 FLOAT	CLEO5 FLOAT (COMPAT)
Positive integer	42	✅42	✅42.0	✅42	✅42	✅42.0	✅42.0
Negative integer	-42	✅-42	✅-42.0	✅-42	✅-42	✅-42.0	✅-42.0
Float value	50.0	✅50³	✅50.0	✅50	✅50	✅50.0	✅50.0
Negative float	-50.0	✅-50³	✅-50.0	✅-50	✅-50	✅-50.0	✅-50.0

³ Truncates decimal part (strtol stops at decimal point)

Failure Cases

Case	Input	CLEO4 INT	CLEO4 FLOAT	CLEO5 INT	CLEO5 INT (COMPAT)	CLEO5 FLOAT	CLEO5 FLOAT (COMPAT)
File not found	N/A	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip
Invalid file (binary)	N/A	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip
Key not found	N/A	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip	❌ 0x80000000	❌ skip	❌ skip
Pure string	value_one	✅0	✅ 0.0	❌ skip	✅0	❌ skip	✅ 0.0
Hex integer	0x42	✅ 66¹	✅ 66.0	✅ 66	✅ 66	✅ 66.0	✅ 66.0
Mixed string	12.3four	✅ 12	✅ 12.3	✅ 12	✅ 12	✅ 12.3	✅ 12.3

¹ GetPrivateProfileInt() and atof() support 0x prefix natively (since C++11)

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Notable Bugs/Quirks

Issue	CLEO4	CLEO5
Reads invalid string as success	⚠️ Returns 0, condition = true	✅ Skips param, condition = false
Value 0x80000000 ambiguity (INT)	⚠️ Condition = false	✅ Condition = true
Preserved original on failure (INT)	❌ No - overwrites with sentinel	✅ Yes - skips param (default mode)

Mods with Known Issues

SAxVCxLC — CJ starts with maximum stats.
Cause: Missing UnlockedSA parameter in SAxVCxLC.ini and no safeguard check in the mod code.
Fix: Add the following line to the INI file to disable the stat boost:

UnlockedSA = 0

This restores normal stat progression.