Image Tournament Options and Settings

Options and Settings

What happens to the loser

The Loser dropdown sets what happens to the image you didn't pick:

Choice	What it does	Undo?
Move to Losers folder (default)	Moves the file to a Losers folder	Yes, the file is moved back
Send to Recycle Bin	Sends the file to the Windows Recycle Bin	No (but you can restore it from the Recycle Bin yourself)
Delete permanently	Deletes the file for good, without the Recycle Bin. The app asks you to confirm when you choose this option.	No
Leave in place	Doesn't touch the file. Use it if you only want to find a favorite.	Yes

Choosing the Losers folder

Type or Browse… to a folder in the box next to the dropdown. The box is only used, and can only be changed, with Move to Losers folder.

• Empty (default): a folder named Losers is created next to each image.
• A full path such as D:\Rejects: every loser goes to that one folder.
• A relative name such as Rejects: that folder is created next to each image.

Environment variables such as %USERPROFILE%\Rejects work, and quotes around the path are ignored.

A file is never overwritten. If a file with the same name is already in the Losers folder, the loser is saved as name (2).jpg.

Other options

Option	What it does
Subfolders	When adding a folder, also include the images in its subfolders. The Losers folder is skipped.
Shuffle	Randomize the order of newly added images instead of using file-name order.
Keep zoom	Keep the zoom and position from one match to the next.
Light mode	Switch between the dark look and a light look with a white background. It switches immediately and is remembered.

Where settings are stored

Settings and your tournament progress are saved in %APPDATA%\RulZ Image Tournament:

• settings.ini holds your options (including the Loser choice, the Losers folder and Side by Side or Split), the window position and the look.
• tournament.txt holds the tournament in progress, so it can be resumed.

To remove them, run uninstall.bat and answer y when it asks, or just delete that folder.

Keep the data somewhere else

Set the RULZ_TOURNAMENT_DATA environment variable to a folder before starting the app. It then uses <that folder>\RulZ Image Tournament and leaves the normal settings alone. That's handy for a portable copy on a USB drive:

set RULZ_TOURNAMENT_DATA=D:\Portable\TournamentData
"RulZ Image Tournament.exe"