Documentation about the possible menu entries in the OpenAge Settings.

settings_menu_entries.md

Settings Menu Entries for OpenAge

Bold: Options from HD, UserPatch and Voobly

Italic: Options that will likely be in OpenAge

Normal: Nice-to-have features

General Game Settings

Player

• Create Profile
• Change Profile
• Delete Profile
• Language Selection
• Change Player name for multiplayer
• Subtitle language
• Use native voice-over in campaigns

Graphics/Display

• Display Mode (Windowed, Full Screen, Full Desktop)
• Change Resolution
• Vertical sync
• Render 3D Water
• Antialias object shadows
• Friend/Foe colors
• Show Framerate
• Aspect Ratio
• Default zoom level
• Pause on window focus loss
• Font Size
• Highlight units behind structures
• Show Debugging Overlay
• Turn on/off specific notifications
• Change color of specific notifications
• Frame limit (when in focus)
• Frame limit (when out of focus, 0 to stop rendering when inactive)
• Preferred Monitor (for fullscreen in multi monitor setup)

Sound

• Master Volume
• Music Volume
• Allow Audio Taunts
• FX Volume
• Play Sound on Desktop
• Taunt Volume
• Allow Main Menu Music
• Allow Ingame Music
• Disable Audio Ducking

Mouse

• Scroll Speed
• Scroll Inertia
• Clamp mouse to window
• Right mouse button scrolling
• Two-Button Mouse
• Drag-Select prefers military
• Middle mouse button scrolling

Keyboard

• Alt Key Garrisoning
• View Hotkey Groups
• Reset all keys
• Change hotkey
• Reset [single] hotkey
• One-Click Garrisoning

General

• Record Campaign Games
• Default difficulty level
• Default unit attack stance
• Autosave intervall
• Default formation type
• Auto Combine unit types in selection (Instead of showing an icon per unit, show only one icon with a number)

Mods

• Activate/Deactivate Mod
• Show Description
• Show Version
• Check Conflicts (with other mods)

Accessibility

• Game Speed
• Alternative Input Methods (Controller, Speech, Touch, Gesture, Eye Tracking, Radial Menu, HeadMouse, etc.)
• Mouse Sensitivity
• Post Acceptance Delay
• Color Blind Settings
• Set Text Color
• Set Text Background Color (e.g. put a black bar under chat messages)
• Pause Game for Story in Campaign
• Hide non-interactive elements
• Voice-over for Help, Menu and Installer texts
• Text-to-speech chat

Multiplayer Game Settings

Players

• Close/Open Slot
• Select AI for slot
• Civilization
• Player Number
• Team
• Ready?
• View Tech Tree
• Change Player Color
• Select Starting Position
• Change Difficulty per AI
• Handicaps

Map

• Game Mode
• Map Style
• Location
• Size

Game Rules

• Data Set
• Difficulty (for all AI Players)
• Resources
• Population limit
• Game Speed
• Reveal Map
• Starting Age
• Ending Age
• Victory Condition
• All Techs
• Lock Speed
• Allow Cheats
• Record Game
• Reset to default values
• Time Limit
• Pause Limit
• Save current settings as default
• Team shares population
• Team shares resources
• Team shares buildings
• Allow Observer Chat
• Rush Rules (peace until minute X)
• Select Custom Mods/Scripts

Team Rules

• Team Together
• Lock Teams
• Require Random Teams
• Require Random Civilizations
• Hide Players' Civilizations
• Transfer resources after defeat

Connection

• Change Lobby Name
• Single Queue
• Multi Queue
• Connect to IP
• Invite Player
• Change Visibility