Fix camera view modes resetting every session - #5292
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GTA only stores the view modes the change camera key cycles through in its save files, which MTA never uses, so they reset every session. Restore them from the client settings on startup and store them back whenever they change.
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Summary
GTA only persists the camera view modes (the ones the change camera key cycles through) in its save files, which MTA never loads, so every session starts back on the defaults. The client now keeps both modes in coreconfig.xml: they are restored once the game world is up, and saved with an immediate config flush the moment they change, so an unclean exit cannot lose them.
The stored values are validated strictly since the settings file is hand editable; garbage, out of range or missing entries fall back to the defaults and heal themselves.
Motivation
Requested by @SpeedyFolf in #669.
Test plan
Change the view mode with V (on foot and in a vehicle), quit MTA, reopen and rejoin; both modes are back.
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