Trip'n Slip ~ Preferences Dialog

The preferences dialog is where you can config various options that effect the behaviour of certain aspects of Trip'n Slip. The preferences dialog is split into 4 distinct tabs ~ General, Display Options, Emulator Settings, and IPS.

1. The General tab:

The General tab contains most of the important configuration settings, that do not really fall under any of the 3 succeeding tabs.

Data File: Data file allows you to change the data file that Trip'n Slip is currently using. If you have a ROM opened in Trip'n Slip, it will not allow you to change the data file.
Palette: Select a palette from the palettes that are located in the 'palettes' directory.
Backup Files When Saving: If you turn this option on, Trip'n Slip creates a backup folder in the Trip'n Slip directory. A copy of the file that is going to be saved, is put into a ZIP file which is stamped with the date and time. This is then placed in the backups folder. Be warned though, Trip'n Slip does not manage this folder at all, so that is up to you. If you save lots you could potentially have a lot of backup ROMs.
When Mapper and PRG counts don't match: When you attempt to load a ROM that does not meet the mapper specification for Rush'n Attack, this option sets how Trip'n Slip will behave. There are three possible choices: 'Don't Load ROM', where Trip'n Slip prompts you that the ROM's mapper specifications are incorrect, and will not load the ROM. 'Prompt', tells the user that the ROM is incorrect, and gives you a choice whether or not to load it. Finally, 'Ignore', just totally ignores any mapper irregularities.
Attempt to select correct data file for ROM: Turning this on will make Trip'n Slip automatically attempt to figure out what kind of ROM you are using.
Set Object Mode When Adding New Enemy: When you are adding a new enemy, and you are not in the object editing mode, Trip'n Slip will switch you to object editing mode. Turn this off, and it won't.

2. The Display Options tab:

The Display Options tab allows you to change various display options, such as the colour of gridlines, whether they are displayed by default.

Show Left & Middle Text: This enables/disables the text that appears on the tile selector to tell you which tile currently is stored in the Left & Middle mouse buttons.
Left Text Colour: This changes the colour of the Left text/tile border in the tile selector. Select by clicking the button on the right, and selecting a colour.
Middle Text Colour: This changes the colour of the Middle text/tile border in the tile selector. Select by clicking the button on the right, and selecting a colour.
Show Gridlines By Default: Determines whether or not to display the gridlines when you first open a ROM.
Gridline Colour: Sets the colour of the gridlines. Select by clicking the button on the right, and selecting a colour.
Draw Transparent Icons: Defines whether or not to draw the object icons, transparently or not. I'm not sure of the performance hit, or even if there is one. Just a personal preference ^_^
Icon Transparency: Defines the transparency of the icons. The less the value is, the more transparent it becomes.

3. The Emulator Settings tab:

The Emulator Settings tab allows you to change options related to the launching of an emulator from Trip'n Slip.

Emulator Path: This should contain the filename of the emulator. This is required if you want emulator launching to work.
Emulator Filename Settings: There are three possible settings for this option. 'Normal' passes the filename of the ROM without any special processing or additions. I don't believe that this will ever be the proper settings for any emulator, but there is always a possibility. 'Use 8.3 DOS Filename' passes the ROM filename as the short name format. If the associated emulator runs under DOS, then you should select this option. Finally, 'Surround with Quotes', surrounds the filename with " as this is the recommended character for encasing the filename in, when under Windows. This setting should be used most on Windows based emulators.
Display Emulator Save Warning: When you are launching the emulator, Trip'n Slip will need to save the ROM. As you may not want Trip'n Slip to do this, Trip'n Slip by default, warns you that it is going to save, and gives you option not to proceed. If this gets annoying, (I forsee that it will), uncheck this box to turn off the warnings.

4. The IPS tab:

The IPS tab allows you to configure the IPS patch generation. IPS patch creation is provided via the Lunar Compress DLL which was created by FuSoYa.

Original ROM Filename: Enter the filename of the original, unmodified ROM that you wish to base your IPS patch on.
Save IPS As: Enter the filename of the IPS patch that is going to be generated from the patching operation. If you leave this blank, Trip'n Slip will save the IPS patch to the same directory as the ROM, with a filename that matches the ROM e.g Rush'n Attack.nes -> Rush'n Attack.ips.

At the bottom of the dialog, there is one button:

Restore Default Settings: Restores the options back to their original settings. Warning: Do not click this unless you really want to restore your settings. It wipes all changes. (Except for the datafile setting).