Game settings



The game settings allow the player to customize many aspects of the game. The settings are divided into three main categories. Hotkeys, gameplay options and graphics/sound options. The hotkeys settings are further categorized down into gameplay and spectator.

Options
The option settings is the second tab in the settings menu. It consists of game, minimap, camera, profile, network, chat and some misc settings. These settings affect the hud, general unit behavior, privacy of the player's profile and some general preferences.

Video settings
The video settings are in the 3rd tab in the settings menu. It consists of game performance affecting settings like rendering, resolution, lightings and VSync, and some miscellaneous like ambient creatures or animated portraits.

Clicking the reset to defaults button automatically sets all rendering settings based on the computer specs the game detects. The resolution and the aspect ratio are adapted to the player's screen as well.

Resolution
Here, the player can set aspect ratio, resolution, the display mode and the brightness. Except for brightness, the settings are only saved when the "Apply" button is pressed.

Rendering
Here, the player can set other video options, mainly about lighting, quality and miscellaneous settings. Some settings are applied instantly upon changing them, some are applied upon closing the settings window. The player can either manually set everything by clicking on the advanced settings, or use pre-set settings by clicking on basic settings and using the slider.

Audio settings
The audio settings are in the 4th tab in the settings menu. It has settings for various volumes, like game sounds, responses and music, various sound device and speaker config settings, voice communication settings and other sound related miscellaneous settings.

Clicking the audio defaults button automatically sets all volume sliders to 100%, unit speech to "all", turns High Quality Audio and Autodetect Audio Latency on and all others in that section off, sets open mic threshold to 6% and turns Streamlined Push to Talk off. The audio device and speaker configuration are adapted to the player's sound hardwares as well.

Volume
Here, the player can find various sound sliders, which all range from 0% to 100%, and unit speech settings.

Audio
Here, the player can select audio devices and speaker configs, as well as set some miscellaneous sound options.

Voice
Here, the player has some settings for voice communication. Recording device settings are based on the player's steam voice settings.