Profiles and backups
Save named layouts, switch between them and recover older versions.
Profiles
A profile is a saved layout with a name, such as Triple screens or Street view. Open the Profiles page: each profile is a row with a small drawing of its views, its name and a summary such as 3 views · HUD center third.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Save the current layout | Click + Save current layout, type a name and press Enter (or click Save). Esc cancels. |
| Load a profile | Click Load on its row, or double-click the row. It is applied immediately. |
| Update a profile with the current layout | ... on its row, then Update with current layout. Sightline asks in the row before replacing it. |
| Rename a profile | ... on its row, then Rename. Type the new name and press Enter; Esc keeps the old one. |
| Delete a profile | ... on its row, then Delete. Sightline asks in the row first; the file goes to the Recycle Bin. |
| Find a profile's file | ... on its row, then Show in folder. Open folder, next to the list title, opens the whole folder. |
Names can use letters, digits, spaces, - and _, up to 40 characters, and two profiles cannot share a name.
Which profile is running
The profile the game is running has a cyan bar on the left and the label ACTIVE. Sightline finds it by comparing layouts, so it is marked even after you restart the game. When you change something after loading a profile, the label turns to ACTIVE · CHANGED: Reload brings the profile back, and Update with current layout keeps your changes in it.
Share a profile
Every profile is a normal multimon_config.sii file in:
Documents\<game>\.sightline\profiles\<name>.sii
Send that file to a friend. They copy it into the same folder on their computer, and it appears in the list within a few seconds.
Backups
Sightline keeps copies of your file automatically:
- Original: the first time you open Sightline, it keeps a copy of your
multimon_config.siifrom before you used it. It is marked KEPT and is never deleted. - Before every Save: the file as it was before you saved. The 7 newest are kept; change that with Copies to keep at the top of the page.
- Before every restore: the current file, so a restore can be undone too.
Open the Backups page. Each copy is a row with a drawing of its views, when it was made (Today, 00:35, Yesterday, 21:10, 7 Nov, 11:57) and a summary.
| Action | How |
|---|---|
| Go back to a copy | Click Restore on its row, or double-click the row. Sightline asks in the row first. |
| Keep a copy as a profile | ... on its row, then Save as profile. Type a name and press Enter. |
| Find a copy's file | ... on its row, then Show in folder. Open folder, next to the list title, opens the whole folder. |
| Delete a copy | ... on its row, then Delete. It goes to the Recycle Bin. The original has no Delete. |
Backups are in Documents\<game>\.sightline\backups\.