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title: Game Options Guide
category: FAQ
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# Game Options Guide

This guide explains the in-game settings and what each option does.

## Original Options

- **Particle Effect**: Enables or disables particles. Disabling can improve FPS when many characters are on screen.
- **View**: Sets maximum view distance.
- **Shadows**: `Enabled` turns all shadows on. `Smart Mode` toggles shadows dynamically based on where you are and what you are doing.
- **Info Output**: Shows or hides character names overhead.
- **Status Output**: Shows or hides HP and Chi bars.
- **Skill Effect**: Shows or hides skill effects.
- **War Mode**: Replaces character models with single draw-call characters.
- **Brightness**: Adjusts game brightness.

## Advanced Options

- **FPS Cap**: Sets game FPS cap, including character, skill, and world-object animation rate. `60` is recommended. Very high values can cause stutter on low-end hardware.
- **Glow Power**: Controls glow effect strength.
- **Filter Type**: Color filters for content creation.
- **3D Text**: Temporarily disabled.
- **3D Text Size**: Temporarily disabled.
- **Show Game Tag**: Shows what game (TS1/TS2) a character belongs to.
- **Show Damage**: Shows damage numbers.
- **Damage Size**: Sets damage number size.
- **Item Animation**: Enables or disables dropped-item model animations.
- **Main Thread Load**: Forces main thread to load resources instantly. Can cause stutters on low-end hardware.
- **Windows Notifications**: Enables hourly event notifications in Windows (Windows 10+).

### Windows Notification Supported Events

1. Valley of Tears
2. Yanggok Stone Battle
3. Heolgo
4. Chugun

### Graphics and Environment Controls

- **Map Shadows**: Enables/disables map mesh and object shadows.
- **Character Shadows**: Enables/disables avatar shadows.
- **NPC Shadows**: Enables/disables NPC shadows.
- **Monster Shadows**: Enables/disables monster shadows.
- **Enchant Illumination**: Enables/disables enchant-effect lighting.
- **HDR**: Enables/disables HDR color effects.
- **Day/Night**: Enables/disables day and night cycle.
- **Weather System**: Enables/disables weather in supported zones.
- **Cursor Size**: Adjusts mouse cursor size.