Environment Options
The Environment Options dialog provides comprehensive control over how SwissSys behaves during tournament operation. Settings are organized into five tabs.
Menu path: Options → Environment…
Quick Navigation
Visual settings, name formats, fees labels, key codes, and screen styles
🎨DisplayPlayer registration rules, auto-sorting, warnings, editing behavior, and post-event ratings
📝Registration & EditingFile operations, autosave, settings linking, database paths, and backup settings
💾Files & DatabasesRating federation, rating sources, and online search preferences
📊RatingsChessRoster Auto-Sync and synchronization interval
🔄InternetSettings Overview
| Tab | Primary Functions |
|---|---|
| Display | Section panels, name formatting, fees labels, key codes, screen styles |
| Registration & Editing | Auto-sort, randomization, ID limits, warnings, power user mode, network mode, post-event ratings |
| Files & Databases | Confirm overwrites, autosave, settings linking, database file paths, club lists, team names |
| Ratings | Rating federation (USCF/FIDE/N/A), rating type, supplement date, missing rating handling |
| Internet | ChessRoster Auto-Sync, synchronization interval |
Settings Persistence
Most settings apply globally across all tournaments. To embed pairing and display settings inside a specific tournament file, use the Settings to link with the section option on the Files & Databases tab.
- Global settings apply to all tournaments and persist across SwissSys sessions.
- Tournament-specific settings can be stored in tournament files using the Integrated, Full, or Basic linking modes.
- See Files & Databases → Settings to link with the section and Link Settings with Section for full details.
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