Documentation/Engine/Configuration variables

This variables configure different aspects of the game. They are loaded either from "config.sii" that should be in game home directory or profile configuration file ("profiles/<profile_id>/config.sii").

Moreover all this variables can also be changed during game play.

Name	Type	Default value	Config	Purpose
r_texture_detail	integer	0	global	Texture detail.
r_anisotropy_factor	float	0.25	global	Anistropy factor.
r_vsync	integer	1	global	Is vertical synchronization enabled?
sys_info	string	No default value	global	Store informations about your operating system
vid_name	string	No default value	global	Store informations about using graphics card.
vid_mem	string	0	global	Store informations about using graphics card memory.
vid_ver	string	0	global	Store information about using graphics card driver version.
t_averaging_window_length	integer	20	global	Number of the past frames used to calculate the current frame duration.
g_clock_24	integer	1	profile	Use 24 hour clock or 12 hour clock (value 1 = 24 hour, value 0 = 12 hour)
g_police	integer	1	profile	Is police simulation enabled? If set to 0 you will not get any penalties.
g_fatigue	integer	1	profile	State of the fatigue simulation
g_tutorial	integer	1	profile	Is tutorial enabled?
g_desktop_tutorial	integer	1	profile	Is display tutorial enabled?
g_adviser	integer	1	profile	Is adviser enabled?
g_adviser_keep_hidden	integer	0	profile	Keep adviser hiddden state.
g_adviser_auto_parking	integer	1	profile	Disable auto parking.
g_save_idx	integer	1	profile	Current profile save index.
g_desktop_fadeout	float	60	global	Delay specified in seconds used to fadeout ui in desktop.
g_bad_weather_factor	float	0.07	profile	Bad weather factor
g_currency	integer	0	profile	Currency used in game.
g_income_factor	float	1.0	profile	Income factor (minimum is 0.0 maximum is 1.0)
g_job_distance_limit	float	-1.0	profile	Limit generating of the jobs that are in specified range from current player position. -1.0 value means show all generated jobs.
g_parking_difficulty	integer	0	profile	Parking difficulty
g_input_configured	integer	0	profile	Is input configured?
g_start_in_truck	integer	0	profile	If profile has assigned truck should we skip desktop and start in it?
g_autoload_ignore_autosave	integer	0	profile	Should auto-loading ignore all autosaves and use only manual saves?
g_force_load_selector	integer	0	profile	Forces the appearance of the load slot selector.
g_global_force_load_selector	integer	0	global	Forces the appearance of the load slot selector for all profiles. (Correct value are: 0, 1)
g_force_economy_reset	integer	0	profile	Force economy reset.
g_remove_missing_accessories	integer	0	profile	Remove all acccessories that are no longer available in game and replace them with fallback accessories if possible.
g_tooltip_delay	float	0.4	global	Delay specified in seconds indicating when to show tooltip since hovering the item with tooltip.
g_cargo_sort	integer	0	global	Current cargo sort method. TODO: Write down all possibilities
g_line_sort	integer	0	global	Current line sort criteria for jobs.
g_debug_interior_cam	integer	0	global	Enables drawing of the truck geometry even in the interior camera mode.
g_force_online_lscrs	integer	0	global	Force online loading screens. If no loading screen is specified in specified category (ferry, eurotunnel, normal) built-in one is showed.
g_mm_help_shown	integer	0	global	Used for indication if its first time when player enters mod manager to show him welcome screen.
g_fps	integer	0	global	Display FPS in mini console.
g_texture_usage_stats	integer	0	global	Print texture usage statistics into the console?
r_device	string	dx9	global	Render device. (correct values: dx9, gl)
r_path	string	No default value	global	Render path.
r_mode	string	No default value	global	Current resolution in format: {screen_width}x{screen_height}x{color_depth}x{refresh_rate}
r_fullscreen	integer	1	global	Is fullscreen enabled?
r_msaa	integer	0	global	Is MSAA enabled?
r_no_frame_tracking	integer	0	global	Disable frame tracking feature.
r_minimal_unfinished_frames	integer	0	global	Simulate bigger queue in tracking completion frames.
r_nv_stereo_mode	integer	2	global	How to handle NV 3D vision stereo mode. TODO: move to cvar specific page 0 - disabled 1 - enabled 2 - fully enabled
r_manual_stereo_in_menu	integer	1	global	Is use of manual stereo enabled even in menu?
r_manual_stereo_ui_dist	float	0.8	global	UI draw plane distance when using stereo.
r_manual_stereo_ui_dist_game	float	0.5	global	UI draw plane distance when using stereo.
r_manual_stereo_ui_fov	float	80	global	Manual stereo UI field of view when using stereo.
r_manual_stereo_ui_fov_game	float	100	global	Manual stereo UI field of view when using stereo.
r_manual_stereo_buffer_scale	float	1.0	global	Scale factor used when creating stereo buffers.
r_setup_done	integer	0	global	Are default graphics settings setup?
r_startup_progress	integer	0	global	Indicates progress of game startup.
r_nowmi	integer	0	global	Disable usage of WMI while detecting graphics card memory informations.
r_deferred	integer	1	global	Is deferred rendering enabled? If set to 0 game uses forward rendering pipeline which disables shadows, lights and all post process effects.
r_deferred_mirrors	integer	1	global	Use deferred rendering pipeline while rendering mirrors?
r_mirror_view_distance	float	80.0	global	View distance of the mirrors.
r_sun_shadow_quality	integer	4	global	Quality of the sun shadows.
r_sun_shadow_texture_size	integer	4096	global	Size of the sun shadow texture. Bigger number = better visuals, smaller fps
r_fake_shadows	integer	2	global	Fake shadows state. TODO: Move to cvar specific page 0 - No fake shadows 1 - Simple fake shadows 2 - Extended fake shadows
r_hdr	integer	1	global	Is HDR enabled?
r_mlaa	integer	1	global	Is MLAA enabled?
r_mlaa_threshold	float	1.0	global	Edge threshold used for MLAA anti-aliasing
r_dof	integer	1	global	Is Depth Of Field effect enabled?
r_dof_start	float	200.0	global	Starting range of the Depth Of Field
r_dof_transition	float	400.0	global	Length of range between minimal and maximal Depth Of Field blur.
r_dof_filter_size	float	0.5	global	Size of the Depth Of Field filter.
r_cloud_shadows	integer	1	global	Are cloud shadows enabled?
r_color_correction	integer	1	global	Color correction state. TODO: Move to cvar specific page 0 - disabled 1 - enabled using game data 2 - enabled using cvar values r_color_*
r_color_cyan_red	float	0.0	global	Cyan-red factor of the color correction in -1 to 1 range.
r_color_magenta_green	float	0.0	global	Magenta-green factor of the color correction in -1 to 1 range.
r_color_yellow_blue	float	0.0	global	Yellow-blue factor of the color correction in -1 to 1 range.
r_color_saturation	float	1.0	global	Color saturation factor 1.0 is neutral.
r_sunshafts	integer	1	global	Are sunshafts enabled?
r_normal_maps	integer	1	global	Is normal mapping enabled?
r_scale_x	float	1.0	global	X-axis rendering scaling factor.
r_scale_y	float	1.0	global	Y-axis rendering scaling factor.
r_mirror_scale_x	float	1.0	global	X-axis mirror rendering scaling factor.
r_mirror_scale_y	float	1.0	global	Y-axis mirror rendering scaling factor.
r_deferred_debug	integer	0	global	If value is greater than 0 runs deferred renderer debug.
r_show_light_pixel_coverage	integer	0	global	Show lights debugging helpers?
r_use_depth_bounds	integer	1	global	Should game use depth bounds to speedup rendering of the lights? (Works only on supported hardware)
r_gamma	float	1.0	global	Gama correction factor (works only in fullscreen mode)
r_multimon_mode	integer	0	global	Controls the multi-monitor mode.
r_multimon_fov_horizontal	float	50	global	Horizontal field of view used with multi monitor configuration.
r_multimon_fov_vertical	float	0	global	Vertical field of view used with multi monitor configuration.
r_multimon_border_fov_left	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_border_fov_right	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_vert_offset_left	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_vert_offset_right	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_rotation_center	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_rotation_left	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_rotation_right	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_rotation_aux	float	0	global	TODO
r_multimon_interior_in_main	integer	1	global	Should we render interior inside the main views.
r_multimon_exterior_in_aux	integer	0	global	Should we render exterior in the auxiliary view.
r_segment_buffer_size	integer	128	global	Segment buffer size in MB
g_interior_camera_zero_pitch	integer	0	global	TODO
r_wireframe	integer	0	global	Enables wireframe rendering.
g_hmd_no_artifical_movement	integer	0	profile	Disables artifical angle based movement of the interior.
g_hmd_reduced_cabin_movement	integer	1	profile	Reduces the cabin movement by disabling its separate movement on the visual level.
g_hmd_no_special_menu	integer	0	profile	Disables use of special variants of menu ui when HMD is enabled.
g_hmd_no_3d_background	integer	0	profile	Disables use of 3d background for the menu.
g_lang	string	en_gb	profile	Language currently used by game.
g_lang_set	integer	1	profile	Is language set manually (1)?
g_news	integer	-1	global	Are online news enabled? TODO: Move to cvar specific page. -1 - to be decided by user 0 - disabled 1 - enabled
g_online_loading_screens	integer	-1	global	Are online loading screens enabled? TODO: Move to cvar specific page. -1 - to be decided by user 0 - disabled 1 - enabled
g_flyspeed	float	100.0	global	Debug camera fly speed
g_developer	integer	0	global	Is developer mode enabled?
g_city_name_move	integer	0	global	Enable ability to move city names on map.
g_debug_map_limits	integer	0	global	Enable/Disable the debugging of the map speed limits.
g_screenshot_on_bug	integer	0	global	Enable/Disable automatic generation of screenshots when bug is reported even if the normal combination is used.
g_kdop_preview	integer	0	global	Enable/Disable the preview of generated k-DOPs.
g_traffic	float	1.0	global	Traffic intensity. 0.0 - traffic disabled, 10.0 - maximum traffic intensitz
g_lod_factor_traffic	float	1.0	global	LOD distances for traffic vehicles are multiplied by this factor.
g_lod_factor_parked	float	1.0	global	LOD distances for parked vehicles are multiplied by this factor.
g_auto_traffic_headlights	integer	1	global	Enable/Disable headlights from automatic traffic.
g_vehicle_flare_lights	integer	1	global	Enable/Disable lights associated with vehicle flares.
g_light_distance_factor	float	1.0	global	Light source fade start distance is multiplied by this value.
g_light_span_factor	float	1.0	global	Light source fade span is multiplied by this value.
g_pedestrian	integer	1	global	Enable/Disable pedestrian generation.
g_lod_factor_pedestrian	float	1.0	global	LOD distances for pedestrians are multiplied by this factor.
g_trackir	integer	1	global	Enable/Disable the TrackIR support.
g_veg_detail	integer	2	global	Vegetation detail setting. 0 - low, 1 - medium, 2 - high
g_grass_density	integer	2	global	Grass density setting. TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - off 1 - low 2 - medium 3 - high
g_reflection	integer	3	global	Reflection detail TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - no reflection, 1 - water reflection only 2 - vehicle reflection only 3 - both water reflection and vehicle reflection
g_rain_reflection	integer	3	global	Rain reflection quality TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - no reflection 1 - cube reflection 2 - planar with fadeout 3 - planar with cube crossfade
g_rain_reflect_cache	integer	1	global	Should we reflect geometry cache in the rain?
g_rain_reflect_traffic	integer	1	global	Should we reflect traffic in the rain?
g_rain_reflect_actor	integer	1	global	Should we reflect game actor in the rain?
g_rain_reflect_hookups	integer	1	global	Should we reflect hookups associated with segment items (e.g. lamp flares)?
g_additional_water_fov	float	20.0f	global	By how much increase the horizontal fov used to render the water effect.
g_menu_aa_limit	integer	8	global	Number of tiles below which we enable SSAA in the menu scene.
g_hq_3d_screenshot	integer	0	global	TODO
g_hq_3d_scale	float	0.0	global	TODO
g_hq_screenshot_width	integer	0	global	TODO
g_hq_screenshot_height	integer	0	global	TODO
g_hq_map_screenshot	integer	0	global	TODO
g_truck_light_specular	integer	1	global	Enables/disables use of specular during head light calculation.
g_gfx_quality	integer	-1	global	Quality presets of graphics. Linked directly to quality_level_t enum, with "-1" as "custom" state.
g_gfx_advanced	integer	0	global	Graphics settings last used (0 = simple, 1 = advanced).
g_gfx_all_scales	integer	0	global	Enables selection of all rendering scales in ui even on machines with small virtual memory.
g_truck_light_quality	integer	1	global	Quality of result of the head light. TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - single source with two masks 1 - two separate light sources
g_ignore_low_fps	integer	0	global	Enable/Disable the low frame rate warnings.
g_cutscenes	integer	1	profile	Enable/disable cutscenes.
g_radio_mode	integer	1	global	Radio player mode.
g_trans	integer	0	profile	Type of transmission. TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - arcade (automatic + auto reverse) 1 - sequential 2 - H-shifter 3 - automatic
g_hshifter_layout	integer	0	profile	Type of hshifter layout: TODO: Move to cvar specific page. 0 - range 1 - splitter 2 - range-splitter
g_hshifter_layout_shifting	integer	1	profile	Layout analyzed and used for more realistic shifting sounds.
g_hshifter_synchronized	integer	1	profile	Behaves/sounds like synchonized transmission.
g_steer_autocenter	integer	1	profile	Is steering wheel autocenter enabled?
g_brake_intensity	float	1.0	profile	Brake intensity modifier.
g_trailer_stability	float	0.5	profile	Trailer stability factor.
g_retarder_auto	integer	0	profile	Is automatic usage of retarder enabled?
g_motor_brake_auto	integer	0	profile	Is automatic usage of engine brake enabled?
g_engine_start_auto	integer	1	profile	Is engine automatic start enabled?
g_axle_drop_auto	integer	1	profile	Is automatic axle drop enabled?
g_hud_speed_limit	integer	1	profile	Speed limit state on the adviser. TODO: Move to cvar specified page 0 - hide 1 - show truck speed limits 2 - show car/general speed limit
g_use_speed_limiter	integer	1	profile	Is speed limiter enabled?
g_brake_light_all	integer	1	profile	Show brake light for all brakes (value: 1) or only servuce, retarder and trailer brake (value: 0)?
g_mph	integer	0	profile	Use miles (1) or kilometers (0).
g_pounds	string	kg	profile	Set weight unit
g_fahrenheit	integer	0	profile	Should game display temperature in fahrenheits (value: 1) or degrees of celsius (value: 0)?
g_gallon	integer	0	profile	Should game display volume as gallon (value: 1) or liters (value: 0)?
g_reg_setting	string	No default value	profile	Name of the regional settings unit. By default for ETS2 it's reg_setting.europe for ATS it's reg_setting.usa.
g_hardcore_simulation	integer	0	profile	Is air brake simulation enabled?
g_fuel_simulation	integer	0	profile	Is realistic fuel consumption enabled?
g_pedal_clutch_range	float	1.0	profile	Cluch range.
g_throttle_auto_shift	integer	0	profile	Automatic gearbox uses throttle as input for shifting policy.
g_cruise_control_grid	float	5.0	profile	Digital cruise control grid step.
g_cruise_control_smart	float	0.0	profile	Smart cruise control window, if you want to disable it set to negative value.
g_cam_steering	integer	0	profile	Is interior camera movement based on steering angle enabled?
g_cam_steering_value	float	1.0	profile	Multiplier for interior camera movement based on steering angle.
g_cam_steering_reverse	integer	1.0	profile	Interior camera movement based on steering angle, behavior on reverse. TODO: Move values to separated page 0 - disabled 1 - normal 2 - inverted
g_cam_physics	integer	1	profile	Is interior camera movement based on physics movement of driver enabled?
g_cam_physics_value	float	1.0	profile	Value of interior camera movement based on physics movement of driver.
g_cam_blinker	integer	0	profile	Is interior camera movement based on blinker activation enabled.
g_toy_physics	integer	1	profile	Is simulation of toy physics movement enabled?
g_save_format	integer	0	global	Format used to store the game saves. TODO: Move values to separated page 0 - default mode, whatever the game considers the default might change on build or state of testing 1 - force binary only 2 - force text only 3 - simultaneous creation of binary and textual saves for debugging purposes
s_reverse_enabled	integer	1	profile	Is reverse sound enabled?
s_rumble_enabled	integer	1	profile	Is rumble sound enabled?
s_music_enabled	integer	1	profile	Is music enabled?
s_sfx_enabled	integer	1	profile	Is sfx enabled?
s_air_noise	float	1.0	profile	Sound of air at high speed.
s_wheel_noise	float	1.0	profile	Sound of wheels at high speed.
s_interior_volume	float	1.0	profile	Interior sound volume multiplier.
s_master_volume	float	1.0	profile	Master volume.
s_music_volume	float	0.8	profile	Music volume.
s_radio_volume	float	1.0	profile	Radio volume.
s_sfx_volume	float	1.0	profile	SFX volume.
s_reverse_stereo	int	0	profile	Is stereo reversed?
i_virtual_cursor_speed	float	500.0	global	Speed of movement of the cursor when using a gamepad-like input in pixels per second. Set to zero or negative value to disable use of gamepads and joysticks for cursor movement.
g_artist_id	integer	0	global	Artist specific id. (0-15 range)
g_steam_screenshots	integer	2	global	Way in which we should handle the screenshots in steam version. 0 - no special handling. 1 - screenshots taken by game are also added to steam 2 - game entirely handles capturing of Steams screenshots
g_steam_browser	integer	1	global	Should game use steam build-in browser or user default browser to open external links?
g_steam_rich_presence	integer	1	global	Is steam rich presence enabled?
g_show_game_elements	integer	1	global	Are activation points enabled?
g_disable_hud_activation	integer	0	global	Are specific hud activations disabled?
i_hmd_min_prediction	float	0.0	profile	TODO
i_hmd_max_prediction	float	0.1	profile	TODO
i_oculus_eye_height	float	0.15	profile	TODO
i_oculus_eye_protrusion	float	0.09	profile	TODO
p_profile_draws	integer	0	global	Profile draw calls
g_minicon	integer	0	global	Is mini console enabled?
g_console	integer	0	global	Is console enabled?