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title: "INI file format"
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    <div class="title_main">INI file format</div>

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    <div class="fileHeader">Applies to:</div>
    <div class="indent1">PST, IWD, IWD:HoW, IWD:TotL, IWD2, BGEE</div>
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    <div class="fileHeader">General Description</div>
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      This file format is the standard INI format with minor deviations. It is text based, split into sections (marked with square brackets [ and ]) with attributes and values listed under each section, separated by an equals sign. Some game configuration settings are stored in INI files, though their use in-game is limited to creature spawning, creature animations, quest/variable management and the PST bestiary. The file format supports single-line comments which are preceded by two consecutive slashes (<span class="code">//</span>) and end with the first occurence of a line break.<br />
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    <div class="fileHeader">In-game Usage</div>
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      <a href="ini_spawn.htm">Creature spawning</a> (PST, IWD, IWD:HoW, IWD:TotL, IWD2, BGEE)</span><br />
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      <a href="ini_anim.htm">Creature animations</a> (PST, BGEE)</span><br />
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      Bestiary (PST)</span><br />
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      Quests (PST)</span><br />
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