Set CS6 Live Trace Settings to CS4 Settings

Hi everyone.
I am having a frustrating problem. When I Live Trace a hand drawn map I've made in CS4, it comes out perfectly, converting the lines I've drawn to vector perfectly, when using the default settings. However, in CS6 the default settings don't capture half of the lines and changes the way they look. I tried matching the CS4 and CS6 tracing option menus up, but there are different setting categories between the two. Can anyone help me figure out what the CS6 settings should be to match the CS4 default settings?
Your help is appreciated!
Thanks!

It totally depends on the nature of the image and on your expectations. Even with a simple image there are dozwns of possible settings combinations.
What I always do in these situations: turn on preview, adjust the settings and try to figure it out. There are no generally correct settings for this.
You have to decide: do you want it exact, but with more anchors and maybe a little sketchy lines? Or do you rather want smooth curves and sacrifice a little "exactness"? You have to decide this for every image you trace again and again.

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