Display options

Menus: Main menu → Options menu

The display options menu in Heretic.

The display options menu allows to tailor how the game is displayed. Its MENUDEF name is VideoOptions and it can be summoned with the menu_display console command.

• OpenGL options (OpenGL only: not supported by ZDoom)

Opens the OpenGL options menu.

• Scoreboard options

menu_scoreboard

Opens the Scoreboard options menu.

• Screensize (3—12)

screenblocks

This is the same as using the + and - keys from the original game. The maximal size (screenblocks 12) corresponds to full-screen without the HUD, then below that are full screen with HUD (11) and normal statusbar (10). Values lesser than that display the statusbar and shrinks the size of the view window, bordering it with a flat; the minimal size is screenblocks 3, at this size the actual view window is less than one-tenth of the entire game screen area.

• Brightness/Gamma correction (0.75—3.0, by 0.05 increments)

gamma

The degree of gamma correction. In GZDoom, this option is called "Gamma correction" rather than brightness; brightness is a separate setting.

• Brightness (-0.8—0.8, by 0.05 increments) (OpenGL only: not supported by ZDoom)

vid_brightness

The brightness level. This is not to be confused with gamma correction, which is called brightness in ZDoom.

• Contrast (0.1—3.0, by 0.1 increments) (OpenGL only: not supported by ZDoom)

vid_contrast

The contrast level.

• Vertical sync (On/Off)

vid_vsync

Turns vertical synchronization on or off.

• Rendering Interpolation (On/Off)

cl_capfps

Turns framerate capping on or off.

• Blood Flash Intensity (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

blood_fade_scalar

Controls the intensity of the screen flash effect upon taking damage. Higher values increases the intensity while lower values decreases it. Setting this to 0, disables the effect.

• Pickup Flash Intensity (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

pickup_fade_scalar

Controls the intensity of the screen flash effect upon picking up items. Higher values increases the intensity while lower values decreases it. Setting this to 0, disables the effect.

• Column render mode (Original/Optimized)

r_columnmethod

Chooses whether using the method from the original games or an optimized method.

• Screen wipe style (None/Melt/Burn/Crossfade)

wipetype

Chooses how the screen transitions between different images, such as between the game and an intermission. The original games used Melt for Doom, Crossfade for Strife, and None for Heretic and Hexen.

• Show ENDOOM screen (Off/On/Only modified) (Win32 only)

showendoom

Whether to show the ENDOOM text screen after leaving the game. In the original game, they were displayed above the command line and had no other effect; however in a windowed environment they require closing the window even after having left the game and can be considered annoying for this reason.

• Stretch short skies (On/Off)

r_stretchsky

Whether short skies (less than 240 pixel tall) should be stretched or not. If they are not stretched, they are tiled vertically, which will look bad for any sky texture with a horizon.

• Use fuzz effect (Translucent/Fuzz/Shadow)

r_drawfuzz

If this option is set to its default value of Fuzz, actors with the "Fuzzy" RenderStyle uses the fuzz effect from Doom's spectres. If set to Translucent, they are instead treated as being translucent.

If set to Shadow, the "shadow" render style is used. This emulates the rendering of fuzz in GZDoom when not using one of the pixel shaders.

• Classic Transparency (ZDoom (Forced)/Vanilla (Forced)/Auto (ZDoom Preferred)/Auto (Vanilla Preferred))

r_vanillatrans

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• Lost Soul translucency (0.25—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

transsouls

This commands the alpha value of actors drawn with the SoulTrans RenderStyle, such as the LostSoul.

• Use fake contrast (Off/On/Smooth)

r_fakecontrast

Determines the default setting for fake contrast: on (as in vanilla Doom), off (also called "flat lighting" or "even lighting"), or smooth.

• Rocket trails (Off/Particles/Sprites/Sprites & Particles)

cl_rockettrails

If on, actors with the ROCKETTRAIL or GRENADETRAIL flag will leave a trail, and the nature of the trail (particles, sprites, or both). If off, they do not.

• Blood type (Sprites/Sprites & Particles/Particles)

cl_bloodtype

Chooses whether actors "bleed" sprites, particles, or both when they are hurt.

• Bullet puff type (Sprites/Particles/Sprites & Particles)

cl_pufftype

Chooses whether bullet impacts result in drawing sprite, particle or both.

• Number of particles (100—10000, by 100 increments)

r_maxparticles

Selects the maximum number of particles displayed at once on the screen.

• Number of decals (0—10000, by 100 increments)

cl_maxdecals

Selects the maximum number of decals present at once on the current map.

• Show player sprites (On/Off)

r_drawplayersprites

Turns the drawing of player HUD sprites (such as those from the weapons) on or off.

• Death camera (On/Off)

r_deathcamera

If on, the camera changes to third-person view when the player avatar dies, letting the player see the death animation.

• Teleporter zoom (On/Off)

telezoom

This option allows to enable or disable the subtle zooming effect that happens in the fraction of second after a teleport.

• Earthquake shake intensity (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

r_quakeintensity

Factor which scales the camera-shaking effects of Hexen-style earthquakes. Value can be between 0 (no shaking) and 1 (normal shaking).

• Interpolate monster movement (No/Yes)

nomonsterinterpolation

Chooses whether monster movement is interpolated when playing with uncapped framerate.

• Menu dim (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

dimamount

Controls how much the game screen is "dimmed" to the dim color when in menu mode.

• Dim color

dimcolor

The color to which the screen is dimmed when in menu mode.

• View bob amount while moving (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

movebob

Controls how much the view bobs up and down while moving.

• View bob amount while not moving (0.0—1.0, by 0.05 increments)

stillbob

Controls how much the view bobs up and down while standing still.

• Weapon bob speed (0.0—2.0, by 0.1 increments)

wbobspeed

A multiplier for weapon bob speed. Lower values slow it down, while higher values speed it up.