Options

The Options menu gives you the ability to customize parts of your Spiral Knights experience. The options menu is divided into several categories. Click the Main Menu icon, select "Options", or click ESC to open the Options screen. At the bottom of the screen you will have the option to quit, logoff, or Return to Haven (this will only appear if you are not currently in Haven). Clicking the OK or pushing ESC will close the Options menu.

General

The "General" tab

• Set the language for your game client. We currently support English, French, German, and Spanish.
  • Choose "Party with Any" to join parties speaking any language when joining a party. When unchecked, you will be grouped with players using the same language as you.
• Set the preferred host location your client connects to. There's hosting in the USA and Europe.
  • The Detect IP will connect to the closest host automatically. When joining a random party you will always connect with users on the same host. Joining a friend on a different host will automatically connect you to the host they are using.
• Set the volume for the Music, Effects, and UI.
• Report a bug. Bug reports aren't replied to, but they include logs that help the devs investigate.

Video

The "Video" tab

• You can change the size of your game screen.
• You can adjust your graphics quality. If you experience performance issues, you will want to set the quality to medium or low.
• Click the Edit Advanced button for additional video options to help optimize your game experience.
• UI Scaling adjusts the size of the game's interface. You can choose between 100%, 150%, or use the slider for a custom size. The "Max!" button sets the largest size that fits your screen.

Advanced Video Options

Advanced Video Options

• Enable vertical sync; if you experience screen tearing while playing enable this to smooth things out.
• Compatibility mode reduces the graphics effects and can make the game run more smoothly on older or lower-end hardware. Monsters such as Jellies and Lichen will appear to be dark blobs instead of transparent with visible nuclei with this option checked. It will also remove patches of misplaced textures and fix some graphics errors with some graphics cards.
• Render effects enables more advanced graphical effects for those using more powerful hardware. Cannot be enabled with Compatibility mode on.
• Cull Transients "prevents certain effects from firing off screen".
• Antialiasing Level smooths jagged edges and is more noticeable at higher resolutions. The high value settings should be used on more powerful graphics hardware. Leaving the value at 1x is the same as having it disabled. Note that only NVidia graphics cards can utilize the 16x setting.
• Limit Frame Rate caps the game's frame rate using a slider. Enabling this is recommended, especially on high refresh rate monitors. Running uncapped increases memory usage over time and can lead to crashes during longer sessions.

Game

The "Game" tab

• Check "Allow Full Inspect" to see detailed information when inspecting other players' equipment.
• Check "Show Attack Damage" to display damage numbers for your attacks.
• Check "Display Monster Health" to have individual health bars appear above monsters.
• Check "Display NPC Names" to make the names and titles of NPCs appear over their heads.
• Check "Show Weapon Selection Wheel" to have the weapon wheel appear when switching weapons.
• Check "Show Weapon Charge Meter" to display a charge indicator for applicable weapons.
• Check "Show damage effects on HUD" to show visual damage feedback on your screen.
• Check "Show 'Lockdown' HUD Arrows" to have persistent direction arrows on the edge of the game window while playing Lockdown.
• Check "Auto Target by Default" to automatically lock on to targets when near.

Chat

The "Chat" tab

• Set the Chat Area to adjust how much of your screen the chat window occupies. Options are Default, Large, and Extra Large.
• Set the Chat Font to adjust the size of text in the chat window. Options are Small, Medium, and Large.
• You have the option to drop, comicify or not filter offensive chat.
  • Drop chat messages with curse words. This removes the entire message if a curse word is found anywhere in the message.
• Comic-ify the !%#@ing curse words. This will replace curse words with a random combination of !%@#$%& as replacements.
  • None will not filter the words at all.
• Set how you want the game to display names for other knights. You can select Always, Speaking Distance, or Hover (mouseover).
• See the list of knights you ignored. You can choose to unignore another knight from this list.
• Toggle the appearance of a knight's rank information appearing over their name.

Controls

The "Controls" tab

Main article: Controls

• This screen allows you to choose between three different default control styles or choose to define custom controls.

Prompts

The "Prompts" tab

• The game will prompt you for confirmation for the following actions when these boxes are marked:
  • Learn a recipe
  • Use an upgrade
  • Create a party when none found
  • Offer end-of-session survey
  • Unbinding item with heat
  • Replace item variants
  • Removing a loadout
  • Unlocking a lockbox
  • Change personal color
  • Change eyes
  • Change height
  • Use Style Kit
  • Show Mission Introduction
  • Deposit to Guild Treasury
  • Installing a room
  • Installing a door
  • Installing a Guild Hall Theme
  • Installing a Guild Hall Environment
  • Show design mode hint
  • Install Battle Sprite Harness
  • Open Battle Sprite Pod
  • Abandon Party

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