Client Menus

File Menu
View Menu
Options Menu
Display Menu
Help Menu

File Menu

• Exit: exits the game
• Change Nickname:
  
  This menu allows you to change your nickname. just type in a new name, hit OK, and relog.
  
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View Menu

• Gateways List: brings up a list of the available gateways. This is mostly from older versions of the game so can be ignored it’s also used by staff for world debugging
• Character: not programmed yet.
• Buildings: not programmed yet.

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Options Menu


Options Menu. This is the menu you’ll probably be doing most menu working in.
It has the following selections:

• General Options:
  
  * Overall Graphics Level - set the overall graphics
• Chat Groups - doesn’t seem to work yet
• Block Obscenity - replaces curse words.
• Chat Window Background - makes it easier to see the chat
• Shift+Control moves up Menus - check this to allow you to hit shift+control to scroll up menus
• Start Small - start the client in small mode
• Semi-Trans Vehicle Interiors - make the vehicle interiors see threw if the vehicle your in has one
• Show Pilot Guide In Space - enables/disables the simply space guide in space
• Clientside Max Wildlife Limit - setting to set how many wildlife you see on a world.
• Should Buildings go Semi-Transparent… - makes the buildings see threw when your behind them.
• Invert Mouse - flips the mouse movement when mouselock is turned on
• Mouse Sensetivity - how senstive the mouse is when in first person mode
• use W,A,S,D controls - set the movement keys to W,A,S, and D. hit T to chat.
• Graphic Options:
  
  * Building Shadows / Player Shadows - sets how you see shadows
• Resolution - shadow resolution
• Buffer Size - shadow buffer
• Water Reflections / Water Effects Off - turns on/off water effects
• Texture Filtering / No Texture Filtering - turns on/off texture filtering
• Semi-Transparent Water - makes the water see-threw
• Show Players in Crowmode - sets if you see a players vehicle on the ground when in crow mode
• Anisotropic Filtering - turns it on or off
• Allow Z Buffer Reads - turns it on or off (no clue really)
• Disable Point Render - enables/disables point rendure (no clue really)
• Multitexture when available - not programmed yet
• Add Nebulas in space - adds a nebulas in space
• Fullscreen anti-aliasiasing - turns it on or off
• Opaque Window Backgrounds - makes the window backgrounds see threw
• Load Animation frames one at a time - slows down animations…i guess
• Model Detail Level - not programmed yet
• Draw Dist - set your viewing distance. you can also type .drawdist 50–900
• Mipmap Bias - no clue
• Filtering Modes - no clue
• Cache Textures to DDS - turn this on to have the client generate .dds copies of the textures on the world for faster viewing and loading.
• Video Card Options:
  
  This menu allows you to setup the main video settings of the game. Basic is perfectly fine for most computers, but for some older computers or ones with old/small video cards, advanced might be needed with alot of the stuff unchecked.
• Audio Options:
  
  * Sound On - turns on/off sounds
• Engine Noise - turns on/off engine sounds
• Music/Radio Volume - volume for music and the radio
• Sound Effects + slider - turns on/off sound effects plus sets there volume
• Message Alerts + slider - turns on/off Message Alert sounds plus sets there volume
• Fullscreen: Sets whether or not to run the game in fullscreen.
• Keyboard Setup: Not programmed yet.
• Invert Mouselock: Inverts the mouselock.
• Joystick Setup:
  
  This menu allows you to setup your joystick or other game controller for use with the game.

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Display Menu

• Always on top: sets the client to always be ontop of stuff
• Very Small: does nothing yet
• Show Gametime: does nothing yet, can’t be unchecked.
• Set Font:

Lets you choose the font that you see in small mode. The font goes back to default after the client closes and reopens.

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Help Menu

• Check for version update: checks for an update via the auto updater
• Website: opens your internet browser to http://www.theuniversal.net

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