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====== Global settings.conf ====== | ====== Global settings.conf ====== | ||
- | The global settings.conf file defines your overall system operates. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified for your global settings.conf. | + | The global settings.conf file, located in your RetroFE directory, defines how your overall system operates. See below for a list of configuration parameters that can be specified for your global settings.conf. |
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- | ^ Variable ^ Allowed values ^ Description ^ | + | |
- | ^ fullscreen | yes, true, no, false | Toggle the front-end to run in fullscreen or not | | + | |
- | ^ horizontal | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel width (i.e. 1920) | | + | |
- | ^ vertical | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel height (i.e. 1080) | | + | |
- | ^ layout ||| | + | |
- | ^ hideMouse ||| | + | |
+ | ^ Variable ^ Allowed values ^ Description ^ | ||
+ | ^ numScreens | 1+ | Defines the number of monitors used. Defaults to 1. | | ||
+ | ^ fullscreen | yes, true, no, false | Run the front-end in fullscreen | | ||
+ | ^ horizontal | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel width (i.e. 1920) | | ||
+ | ^ vertical | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel height (i.e. 1080) | | ||
+ | ^ fullscreenx | yes, true, no, false | Run the front-end in fullscreen on monitor x, e.g. fullscreen0 = no. Monitor numbers start at 0! | | ||
+ | ^ horizontalx | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel width (i.e. 1920) for monitor x, e.g. horizontal0 = 1920. Monitor numbers start at 0! | | ||
+ | ^ verticalx | stretch, #pixels | Screen pixel height (i.e. 1080) for monitor x, e.g. vertical0 = 1080. Monitor numbers start at 0! | | ||
+ | ^ layout | a folder name in /layouts | The layout/theme to use for RetroFE (i.e. Aeon Nox) | | ||
+ | ^ fps | frames per second (positive) | Requested FPS while not in the idle state. Defaults to 60.| | ||
+ | ^ fpsIdle | frames per second (positive) | Requested FPS while in the idle state. Defaults to 60.| | ||
+ | ^ hideMouse | yes, true, no, false | Hide the mouse cursor on the screen when the FE is active | | ||
+ | ^ showParenthesis | yes, true, no, false | Hide item/ROM information between () | | ||
+ | ^ showSquareBrackets | yes, true, no, false | Hide item/ROM information between [] | | ||
+ | ^ firstCollection | a folder name in /collections | Specify the name of the first collection to load on start (i.e. Main) | | ||
+ | ^ videoEnable | yes, true, no, false | Enable video display | | ||
+ | ^ videoLoop | #loops | Number of times to loop video playback (enter 0 to continuously loop) | | ||
+ | ^ exitOnFirstPageBack | yes, true, no, false | Exit the frontend when the back button is pressed on the first page | | ||
+ | ^ attractCyclePlaylist | yes, true, no, false | Select between cycling through the full set of playlists or the ones defined in the cyclePlaylist | | ||
+ | ^ attractModeTime | time (in seconds) | Enter 0 to disable attract mode, otherwise enter the number of seconds to wait before the menu scrolls to another random point | | ||
+ | ^ attractModeNextTime | time (in seconds) | Enter the number of seconds before the menu scrolls to another random point while already in attract mode | | ||
+ | ^ attractModePlaylistTime | time (in seconds) | Enter the number of seconds before the menu switches to the next playlist. Enter 0 to disable (default). | | ||
+ | ^ attractModeSkipPlaylist | playlist name | Skip this playlist while switching playlist in attract mode. | | ||
+ | ^ attractModeCollectionTime | time (in seconds) | Enter the number of seconds before the menu switches to the next collection. Enter 0 to disable (default). | | ||
+ | ^ attractModeSkipCollection | playlist name | Skip this collection while switching collections in attract mode. | | ||
+ | ^ rememberMenu | yes, true, no, false | Remember the last highlighted menu item if re-entering a menu | | ||
+ | ^ firstPlaylist | playlist name | Automatically switch to this playlist if it is available, often set to favorites. Replaces the autoFavorites parameter. | | ||
+ | ^ lastplayedSize | size (natural) | Size of the automatically generated lastplayed playlist. A size of 0 disabled this feature. | | ||
+ | ^ lastPlayedSkipCollection | collection name | Name of the collection not included in the lastplayed playlist. Generally used to exclude items from a settings collection. | | ||
+ | ^ cyclePlaylist | playlist set | Comma separated set of playlists that the playlist cycle keys cycle through. | | ||
+ | ^ minimize_on_focus_loss | yes, true, no, false | Overwrite system SDL default for SDL_VIDEO_MINIMIZE_ON_FOCUS_LOSS to force RetroFE to (not) minimize when the focus on the full-screen window is lost. | | ||
+ | ^ collectionInputClear | yes, true, no, false | Clear the input queue when entering/exiting a collection | | ||
+ | ^ enterOnCollection | yes, true, no, false | Enter the collection when using collectionUp/Down controls| | ||
+ | ^ startCollectionEnter | yes, true, no, false | Enter the first collection RetroFE boot| | ||
+ | ^ baseMediaPath | i.e.(d:/media) | Override if you choose to have your media stored outside of RetroFE. Can be used by your Collection Settings.conf. | | ||
+ | ^ baseItemPath | i.e.(d:/roms) | Override if you choose to have your roms stored outside of RetroFE. Can be used by your Collection Settings.conf. | | ||
+ | ^ unloadSDL | yes, true, no, false | Close SDL when starting a game. This is needed for some systems like RetroPie to prevent the emulator from being launched behind the front-end. | | ||
+ | ^ overwriteXML | yes, true, no, false | Allow information files (collections/<collection name>/info/<item name>.conf) to overwrite information from meta.db | | ||
+ | ^ subsSplit | yes, true, no, false | Split merged collections based on .sub files per .sub file (yes/true) or sort them as one list (no/false) | | ||
+ | ^ cfwLetterSub | yes, true, no, false | If subs exist in a collection, jump those subs by sub in stead of by letter (CoinOPS feature) | | ||
+ | ^ prevLetterSubToCurrent | yes, true, no, false | When using previous letter control, it will jump to the start of the current letter in stead of the start of the previous one | | ||
+ | ^ lastPlayedSkipCollection | collection name | Do not include items from this collection in the lastplayed playlist | | ||
+ | In order to make scripted reconfiguration easier, RetroFE supports the filenames settings1.conf, settings2.conf, ..., settings9.conf as well. |