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Settings information can now be found in the OpenMW source documentation at:
http://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/master/reference/modding/settings/index.html
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This page documents OpenMW configuration settings in the settings.cfg file.  Caution should be exercised when editing the settings.cfg file directly, since invalid values may cause poor performance, unexpected behavior, or even crashes.   
This page documents OpenMW configuration settings in the settings.cfg file.  Caution should be exercised when editing the settings.cfg file directly, since invalid values may cause poor performance, unexpected behavior, or even crashes.   


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==Location==
==Location==


The effective settings are supposed to be loaded from a sequence of files providing successive overrides of the values.  In practice the current OpenMW launcher appears to migrate most settings into the user's personal configuration when it's run.
The effective settings are supposed to be loaded from a sequence of files providing successive overrides of the values.


The OpenMW launcher looks for default settings in an operating system dependent path:
The OpenMW launcher looks for default settings in an operating system dependent path:
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* Mac: ?
* Mac: ?


Then the settings-default.cfg is the current directory is loaded if one exists.
Then the settings-default.cfg in the current directory is loaded if one exists.


Then the user's personal settings.cfg file is loaded from an operating system dependent path:
Then the user's personal settings.cfg file is loaded from an operating system dependent path:
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* [[Video Settings Section]] - Resolution, screens, frame rates, etc.
* [[Video Settings Section]] - Resolution, screens, frame rates, etc.
* [[Water Settings Section]] - Water shader configuration.
* [[Water Settings Section]] - Water shader configuration.
* [[Objects Settings Section]] - Object shader configuration.
* [[Terrain Settings Section]] - Terrain shader configuration.
* [[Shadows Settings Section]] - Shadow shader configuration.
* [[Windows Settings Section]] - Size and location of GUI windows.
* [[Windows Settings Section]] - Size and location of GUI windows.


== ToDo ==
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New settings in 0.38 not documented yet
 
* 'field of view' moved from 'General' section to 'Camera' section
* [Camera] first person field of view = 55.0
* [Sound] hrtf enable
* [Sound] hrtf
 
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Latest revision as of 05:05, 17 February 2017

Settings information can now be found in the OpenMW source documentation at:

http://openmw.readthedocs.io/en/master/reference/modding/settings/index.html