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In-game options menu discussion

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m!m:
Thanks to the work of mjn.mixael and libRocket (see the High Resolution UI system thread for more information) it is now possible to build new user interfaces relatively easy. Since FSO lacks a fully featured in-game options menu, mjn.mixael and I decided that we would like to build a user interface for that next. This will require changes to the engine since most of these settings have been managed by the launcher until now.

The reason I am creating this thread is that I would like to collect some input on what this new system should be able to do.

Here is my current plan:

The system will have a list of options that are separated into various categories (e.g. Graphics, HUD, ...). This system will be dynamic so Lua scripts could add their own options if necessary. I also plan on adding an "Expert level" to each option which would allow to show or hide certain options depending on what the user specified.
There have been some discussions on how to allow mods to override the values of certain options. At the moment I'm thinking that there will be a number of game_settings options which would specify the override value. This would automatically increase the expert level of this option to the highest level so that the option is hidden in almost all circumstances.

Please let me know what you think about this and how it could be improved. I'm still in the design stage for these changes so nothing about this is set in stone yet.

mjn.mixael:
We're not currently talking about lighting settings, right? I know we'd like to include that in the future, but I think that's a separate project.

The list of commandline options I have listed to move into the in-game options are as follows.


--- Code: ---Graphics:
Resolution: Choice
Window Mode: Choice (Fullscreen/Borderless/Windowed)
FOV: Range
Motion debris: On/Off
3D Shockwaves: On/Off
Soft Particles: On/Off
Post Processing: On/Off
AA: Choice (None/FXAA/...)
Framebuffer Effects: Choice
Shadow Quality: Choice
Anisotropic Filtering: Choice
VSync: On/Off
3D warp: On/Off

HUD:
Ballistic Gauge: On/Off
Dual Scanlines: On/Off
3D radar: On/Off
Rearm Timer: On/Off
Target Info: On/Off

Interface:
3D Ship choice: On/Off
2D Ship choice: On/Off

--- End code ---

m!m:
That list is only based on the command line options. Other options (such as the selected joystick) will also appear in the options menu.

Nightmare:
Could something like this - https://www.hard-light.net/forums/index.php?topic=95100.0 - be implemented along with that?

m!m:
Bloom intensity will probably be part of the settings but otherwise that has nothing to do with the in-game settings menu.

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