From 9bea7e583716c410833cafa1c897ffc350dfd2f4 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SealsRock12 <sign@sealsrock.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 22:22:33 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 1/4] serialize settings

---
 client/Monolith.cs |  4 +++-
 client/Settings.cs | 16 ++++++++++++++++
 2 files changed, 19 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/Monolith.cs b/client/Monolith.cs
index a76f1d9..6338a0f 100644
--- a/client/Monolith.cs
+++ b/client/Monolith.cs
@@ -46,7 +46,8 @@ public Monolith()
         Version = Program.SpecifyVersion;
         Meta = new MonolithMeta
         {
-            ElapsedTime = Program.Time.ElapsedMilliseconds
+            ElapsedTime = Program.Time.ElapsedMilliseconds,
+            Settings = Settings.Serialize()
         };
         BasicInfo = new MonolithBasicInfo();
         System = new MonolithSystem();
@@ -281,6 +282,7 @@ public struct MonolithMeta
     {
         public long ElapsedTime;
         public DateTime GenerationDate;
+        public Dictionary<string,bool> Settings;
     }
 
     [Serializable]
diff --git a/client/Settings.cs b/client/Settings.cs
index 5e38bbd..65aa6dd 100644
--- a/client/Settings.cs
+++ b/client/Settings.cs
@@ -1,4 +1,6 @@
 namespace specify_client;
+using System.Reflection;
+using System.Collections.Generic;
 
 public static class Settings
 {
@@ -10,4 +12,18 @@ public static class Settings
     public static bool Headless { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool LocalCulture { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool EnableDebug = false; // Deliberately not a property.
+
+    /** We cannot directly serialize a static class */
+    public static Dictionary<string, bool> Serialize()
+    {
+        var res = new Dictionary<string, bool>();
+        BindingFlags flags = BindingFlags.Public | BindingFlags.Static;
+
+        foreach (var property in typeof(Settings).GetProperties(flags))
+            res[property.Name] = (bool)property.GetValue(null);
+        foreach (var field in typeof(Settings).GetProperties(flags))
+            res[field.Name] = (bool)field.GetValue(null);
+
+        return res;
+    }
 }
\ No newline at end of file

From 69055618b1b38d6bd4e2efed9eef2f6ad8a9b8c5 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SealsRock12 <sign@sealsrock.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:08:02 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 2/4] a field is not a property

---
 client/Settings.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/Settings.cs b/client/Settings.cs
index 65aa6dd..85af8f8 100644
--- a/client/Settings.cs
+++ b/client/Settings.cs
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ public static Dictionary<string, bool> Serialize()
 
         foreach (var property in typeof(Settings).GetProperties(flags))
             res[property.Name] = (bool)property.GetValue(null);
-        foreach (var field in typeof(Settings).GetProperties(flags))
+        foreach (var field in typeof(Settings).GetFields(flags))
             res[field.Name] = (bool)field.GetValue(null);
 
         return res;

From 624429849178331b902b91c05d43eaea91bde9ac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SealsRock12 <sign@sealsrock.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:17:07 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 3/4] remove unused LocalCulture setting
 https://discord.com/channels/749314018837135390/1071069637887918183/1175884736300859502

---
 client/Settings.cs | 1 -
 1 file changed, 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/Settings.cs b/client/Settings.cs
index 85af8f8..d8eb8da 100644
--- a/client/Settings.cs
+++ b/client/Settings.cs
@@ -10,7 +10,6 @@ public static class Settings
     public static bool RedactNetworking { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool DontUpload { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool Headless { get; set; } = false;
-    public static bool LocalCulture { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool EnableDebug = false; // Deliberately not a property.
 
     /** We cannot directly serialize a static class */

From 1bfdfb5cbca0c6eb5def7d6f23c4c940cbb128ea Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: SealsRock12 <sign@sealsrock.net>
Date: Sun, 18 Oct 2026 23:28:54 -0700
Subject: [PATCH 4/4] better comments

---
 client/Settings.cs | 2 +-
 1 file changed, 1 insertion(+), 1 deletion(-)

diff --git a/client/Settings.cs b/client/Settings.cs
index d8eb8da..9dfaffa 100644
--- a/client/Settings.cs
+++ b/client/Settings.cs
@@ -12,7 +12,7 @@ public static class Settings
     public static bool Headless { get; set; } = false;
     public static bool EnableDebug = false; // Deliberately not a property.
 
-    /** We cannot directly serialize a static class */
+    /** We cannot directly serialize a static class for the JSON, so we make it a dictionary */
     public static Dictionary<string, bool> Serialize()
     {
         var res = new Dictionary<string, bool>();