config

The "config" file stored in the user folder defines a number of user-specific game settings.

File format

The file is a text file that uses the same formatting as Windows .ini files.

An example is shown below:

[General]
voicevol=68
fxvol=37
cdvol=0
music_enabled=true
width=1152

There is just one section in the file, called "[General]".

The various settings are then listed as key=value pairs, where "key" is the name of a setting and "value" is the value for that setting.

Properties

There are many properties that can be used in the file (see: original wz docs). They have been grouped in to rough categories below for ease of navigation.

Audio Playback

Related modding guides: Audio (Sound)

Setting	Menu / Screen	Default	Notes
cdvol	Audio Options Menu	50	Sets the music volume, ranging from: 0 – No music (Mute), to 100 – Loudest
fxvol	Audio Options Menu	100	Sets the FX volume, ranging from: 0 – No sound (Mute), to 100 – Loudest
music_enabled		true	Is music enabled? false – Disabled true – Enabled
playaudiocds		1	Automatically play audio CD if present? 0 – No 1 – Yes, play audio CD if present
sound		1	Should sound be played? 0 – No (Mute) 1 -- Yes, play sounds
voicevtol	Audio Options Menu	100	Sets voice volume, between: 0 – No sound (Mute) 100 – Loudest Not sure if this setting applies in recent versions.

Campaign

Setting

Menu / Screen

Default

Notes

Game ver

colour

Game Options Menu

0

Sets player colour for the single-player Campaign mode:

0 – Green
4 – Red
5 – Blue
6 – Pink
7 – Cyan

difficulty

Game Options Menu

1

Sets the difficulty level for single-player Campaign mode:

0 – Easy
1 – Medium
2 – Hard

This value is not changed by difficulty-cheats.

Engine (3D Graphics)

Setting	Menu / Screen	Default	Notes
fog		1	Chooses fog type: 0 – Distance fog 1 – Fog of war Does not appear to work (tested on Warzone 3.1 Beta 10)
framerate		60	Sets the frame rate limit.
shadows	Graphic Options Menu	1	Should shadows be displayed? 0 – No 1 – Yes, show shadows Older graphics cards may be unable to render the game at an acceptable speed while using shadows. This value can be changed by config parameters "--shadows" (1) and "--noshadows" (0).
shake	Graphic Options Menu	0	Should the camera shake when buildings are destroyed? 0 – Off 1 – On This option is not affected by the shakey-cheat (whatever that is?)
showFPS		0	Should FPS (Frames Per Second) be displayed? 0 – No 1 – Yes, show FPS
textureSize	Video Options Menu	128	Sets the texture size of terrain tiles in pixels: 128 – Small 256 512 – Medium 1024 2048 – Large Lower values can increase the game's performance.
visfog		0	What should unexplored tiles look like? 0 – Dimmed tiles 1 – Black tiles Does not appear to have any effect (tested on Warzone 3.1 Beta 10)

Fonts

These settings determine which font is used for menus, etc.

Related forums discussion: Changing font.

Setting	Default	Notes
fontname		Defines the name of the font that will be used for menus and other in-game text.
fontfacebold		Should the font be bold? bold – yes, make the font bold ???
fontface		???
type	12?	What size should the font be?

Graphics Card

Setting	Menu / Screen	Default	Notes
bpp		32	Sets the colour depth in bpp = bits per pixel.
FSAA	Video Options Menu		See also: Spatial anti-aliasing (wikipedia)
gamma		20	Sets the gamma value Warzone 2100 will use. This will have an effect on the whole screen, so do not be surprised to see your whole screen getting brighter/darker when playing in windowed mode. Minimum value is 10 and stands for 0.5 times the normal screen intensity, maximum value is 200 and stands for 10 times the normal screen intensity. Does not appear to work (tested in Warzone 3.1 Beta 10 on a Mac - could see no noticeable difference between 10 and 200)
vsync	Video Options Menu		Vertical sync

Mouse

Setting	Menu / Screen	Default	Notes
ColouredCursor		0 on Windows/Linux, 1 on Mac OS X	Use coloured mouse cursor? 0 - Use (faster) hardware accelerated monochrome cursors 1 – Use (slower) coloured cursors
MiddleClickRotate	Mouse Options Menu	0
mouseflip	Mouse Options Menu	1	Sets behaviour of camera movement when holding down right mouse button and moving mouse up/down: 0 – Tilt in same direction as mouse movement 1 – Tilt in opposite direction of mouse movement
nomousewarp		0
RightClickOrders	Mouse Options Menu	0	Which mouse button to use for ordering units to attack, move, etc? 0 – Left click 1 – Right click Right click is how most other RTS games work, such as StarCraft and WarCraft.
reopenBuild		1	Should build menu re-open? 0 – No 1 – Yes, re-open it No idea what this means!
scroll	Game Options Menu	1000	Defines the maximum scroll speed and scroll speed acceleration, between: 1 – unbearably slow, to 4000 – rather fast Sane values range from 200 (slow) to 4000 (rather fast). If you specify 0, the game will default to 100. The setting on the Game Options Menu ranges from 100 to 1600.
trapCursor	Mouse Options Menu	0	Should the mouse cursor be trapped in the game window? 0 – No 1 – Yes, trap the cursor Only applies when in windowed mode. It prevents accidentally clicking off the game window.

New Game (Skirmish & Multiplayer)

These options are set when you start a Skirmish or Multiplayer game, and are then saved to the config file.

Setting	Menu / Screen	Default	Notes	Game ver
alliance	Skirmish Setup Screen	0	Stores alliance mode for Skirmish and Multiplayer games: 0 – No alliances (NO_ALLIANCES) 1 – Dynamic alliances (ALLIANCES) 2 – Fixed teams (ALLIANCES_TEAMS) See also: alliancesType and allianceExistsBetween().
base	Skirmish Setup Screen	1	Stores the base type for Skirmish and Multiplayer games: 0 – No bases (CAMP_CLEAN) 1 – Bases (CAMP_BASE) 2 – Advanced bases (CAMP_WALLS) See also: baseType. The base type effects are applied via rules.js.
colourMP			What faction colour is preferred for Skirmish and Multiplayer games? <need to add list of values> Note that this colour cannot be guaranteed in multiplayer games as someone else might have already taken it.	3.1
gameName	Host Game Setup Screen	My Game	Sets the game name for Multiplayer games. Limited to 79 bytes, so beware when using multi-byte characters such as German umlaute or Japanese kanji.
mapName