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This is the configurator. It is how you set the options for how RoR looks and how it plays. It is also how you access multiplayer servers.

Contents 1 Simple Settings 2 Graphics 2.1 Screen Configuration 2.2 Special Effects 2.2.1 Particle Systems 2.2.2 Cockpit options 2.2.3 Visual Effects 3 Sound 4 CPU 4.1 Advanced Wheel Model 5 Controls 6 Network 7 Advanced

Simple Settings

• CPU Settings - Slide the slider left or right based on how well your CPU performs. RoR generally uses a lot more CPU than other games so you may want to use a lower setting than you may use otherwise.
• Graphics Settings - Slide the slider left or right based on how well your graphics card performs. If you have embedded graphics (like many laptops) you will want higher performance.

Graphics

Screen Configuration

• Rendering Device (Windows)/RTT Mode (Linux)/??? (Mac)
• Video Mode - The resolution you want to play RoR at. Custom resolutions can be specified in ogre.cfg, but note that the truck HUD will not scale properly.
• Anti-aliasing - The amount of smoothing you want.
• Texture Filtering
• Full Screen
• VSync - Turns on vertical synchronization.

Special Effects

• Sky - Type of horizon/sky to use. Sandstorm is essentially no sky while Caelum has a sky and sun with artificial time.
• Shadow Type
• Water type
  • Enable Waves
  • Water spray - Show spray from hitting water
• Vegetation
• High quality reflective effects - Enable high quality reflections such as glossy paint and chrome.

Particle Systems

• Dust - Show dust from the ground
• Heat Haze - Show heat effects from turbojets

Cockpit options

• Mirrors - Enable mirrors. To get the right mirror working, rotate the view far to the right when inside the truck.

Visual Effects

• Sunburn
• Bloom
• Motion blur

Sound

• No sound - Disable all sounds
• Software - Use software sound device
• Hardware - Use hardware sound device

CPU

• 1 (Standard CPU) - Use only one thread. For single-core processors (Pentium 4, etc)
• 2 (Hyper-Threading or Dual core CPU) - Spawn multiple threads, provides better calculation.

Advanced Wheel Model

• Checking this enables the new wheel model with adjustable air pressure

Controls

Change control mappings for all aspects of RoR.

Network

See also: Beginner's Guide to Multiplayer

• Enable network mode - Force RoR to attempt a connection when started
• Nickname - The name that appears to other users on the same server. Note that duplicate nicknames are not allowed.
• Server list - Public list of servers from the server list. Only servers supported by the latest release are listed.
• Server host name - Hostname or IP address of the server you are connecting to.
• Server port number - The TCP port of the server
• Server password - Only needed if the specified server is protected
• User Token - The string found here. Not yet implemented, though!

Advanced

• Screenshot Form
• Lights - How detailed lights should be. Range from none to plus (where ALL lights will reflect off objects)
• Clear Cache - Deletes the vehicle cache. Cache will be reloaded next time RoR begins.
• Visibility range - How far in meters the map should be rendered from.
• Fog - Toggle the blending of the horizon into fog
• Engine smoke - Show engine smoke as exhaust
• Custom particles - Enable particle system (only on specific vehicles)
• Dashboard - Show the 3D speedometer/tachometer dashboard
• Replay Mode - Enable replay mode
• Debug Truck Mass - Output mass of every node of a truck in RoR.log
• Debug Collision Meshes
• Hydrax Water System - Experimental high quality water effects. Windows only!
• Disable Overview Map
• Disable Camera Pitching
• Enable XFire extension
• Enable visual beam debug - Display node numbers and more info along nodes and beams