Change settings via FOnline.cfg and FOnline2238.cfg

[Strike]

This little guide will help with some basic settings you can apply to client via FOnline.cfg and FOnline2238.cfg
There is few values you can change, or to add inside those config files.

FOnline.cfg

Note: Note: You can easily edit this file with text editor, or use provided tool FOConfig.exe instead.

These are all settings that are included in FOnline.cfg, you can change values to these settings.

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[Game Options]
Language=engl

# Connection details
RemoteHost=94.23.237.127
RemotePort=2238

# ProxyType:
# 0 - None.
# 1 - Socks4
# 2 - Socks5
# 3 - HTTP
ProxyType=0
ProxyHost=127.0.0.1
ProxyPort=1080
ProxyUser=
ProxyPass=

# Combat mode by default.
# Used to determine the mode of battle, when the choice is limited.
# 0 - Both realtime and turn-based;
# 1 - Only realtime;
# 2 - Only turn-based.
DefaultCombatMode=1

# The sound volume of music and sound effects.
# From 0 (off) to 100 (max)
MusicVolume=100
SoundVolume=50

# Will play sounds when the game window is not active.
GlobalSound=1

# Window.
ScreenWidth=1024
ScreenHeight=768

# Fullscreen mode.
FullScreen=0

# On top of all windows.
# 0 - off (default)
# 1 - enabled
AlwaysOnTop=0

# The overall level of illumination.
Light=20

# Smooth scrolling.
# From 1 to 32.
ScrollDelay=4

# Additional reduction of speed scrolling.
# 4, 8, 16, 32.
ScrollStep=32

# The speed of the mouse in fullscreen mode.
MouseSpeed=1

# Base time, during which the text is displayed. Milliseconds.
# Calculation: TextDelay + 1 symbol * 100 ms.
TextDelay=3000

# Time of presenting information about damage. Milliseconds.
# 0 - off. Recommended value when on - 2000.
DamageHitDelay=0

# Reduce the load on the processor.
# The higher the value, the less CPU and FPS.
Sleep=10

# Switching layouts in the chat.
# 0 - Ctrl + Shift
# 1 - Alt + Shift
# 2 - Right Ctrl
LangChange=0

# Indication cartridges and wear and tear.
# 0 - Stripes
# 1 - Figures
# 2 - Stripes and figures
IndicatorType=0

# Inverting the message box.
# 0 - messages go from the bottom up (new bottom, as in the original)
# 1 - the message goes from top to bottom (newest on top)
InvertMessBox=0

# If the game window is inactive and you receive an message, the taskbar icon will flash.
# This does not apply to reports on the results of the attack and some other messages.
# 0 - off
# 1 - enabled (default)
WinNotify=1

# If the game window is inactive and you receive an message, you will hear a beep.
# This does not apply to reports on the results of the attack and some other messages.
# 0 - off (default)
# 1 - enabled
SoundNotify=0

# Timeout for the second game running, in milliseconds.
# If zero configuration settings are taken from the OS.
DoubleClickTime=200

# Type of combat messages.
# 0 - full / verbose
# 1 - short / brief
CombatMessagesType=0

# Path to resources FOnline.
FonlineDataPath=.\data

# DAT localization (Original, LK, Fargus, 1C ...) is not important.
# If they are in the same folder as FOnline.exe, then do not change,
# Otherwise, enter the full path to the DATas.
MasterDatPath=Master.dat
CritterDatPath=Critter.dat

# FOnline DAT file.
PatchDatPath=faction.zip

# Cache sprites.
FlushValue=200

# The size of the texture that will store the sprites. Must be a power of two 256, 512, 1024 ...
BaseTexture=1024

# Vertical sync.
VSync=1

# Additional cleaning the screen.
BackGroundClear=1

# Smoothing 3D (Anti-Aliasing).
# -1 - Autodetection
# 0 - off
# 1 .. 16 - the value of smoothing
MultiSampling=-1

# Skinning.
# 0 - try hardware
# 1 - only software
SoftwareSkinning=0

# Simulation time-lapse graphic 3d models.
# Number of frames per second.
# If 0 - off, the animation will be played as smooth as possible
# When you turn on the optimal value - 10.
Animation3dFPS=0

# Smooth transitions in 3d graphics, the time in milliseconds.
# Applies only if Animation3dFPS = 0.
Animation3dSmoothTime =250

# Options concerning log.
Logging=1
LoggingDebugOutput=0
LoggingTime=0
LoggingThread=0

FOnline2238.cfg

This config file includes some more settings, you can add some more settings to this file and change values of those settings.

Note: Remember, FOnline2238.cfg is NOT a replacement of "FOnline.cfg"

Note: You can easily edit this file with text editor, or use provided tool FO2238Config.exe instead.

Basic FOnline2238.cfg looks like this.

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[2238]
MouseScroll=1
DisplayTCZones=0
Awareness=1
Autosave=0
DisplayNames=1
DisplayTC=1

[Bindings]
AimGroin=Ctrl Alt Del
AimRightArm=Ctrl Alt Del
AimTorso=Ctrl Alt Del
AimEyes=Ctrl Alt Del
AimUncalled=Ctrl Alt Del
AimLeftArm=Ctrl Alt Del
AimHead=Ctrl Alt Del
AimRightLeg=Ctrl Alt Del
Reload=Ctrl Alt Del
AimLeftLeg=Ctrl Alt Del

[Timeouts]
Font=5
WorldmapY=-110
NameColor=0 255 0
Direction=1
Worldmap=0
WorldmapX=-145
SpacingY=10
PositionY=-110
Transparency=25
SpacingX=72
Enabled=1
ValueColor=0 255 0
PositionX=-145

Note: When you change values to most of settings remember this -> 0=off and 1=on

There is some more settings you can add to FOnline2238.cfg to change your gameplay.

[2238]

Fog
Notes: Turns on/off fog of war displaying.
Type: boolean
Default: off

FogColor
Notes: Changes fog of war color.
Type: color (with alpha)
Default: 0 0 0 160

IgnoreLangChange
Notes: Pressing left alt and left shift or left control and left shift won't change input language.
Type: boolean
Default: off

LogfileName
Notes: Allows to change name of logfile (created after pressing F2 key). If name leads to subdirectories, they will be created automatically.

LogfileName example (create "logs" folder and inside it log files appears)
LogfileName=logs\%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%_%HOUR%-%MINUTE%-%SECOND%.txt

Type: string
Default: none

ScreenshotName
Notes: Allows to change name of screenshot file (created after pressing F3 key). If name leads to subdirectories, they will be created automatically. File extension should end with ".jpg", ".tga", ".png" to create file in one of these formats. Every other extensions sets format to BMP.

ScreenshotName example (create "screenshots" folder and inside it screenshots appears)
ScreenshotName=screenshots\%YEAR%-%MONTH%-%DAY%_%HOUR%-%MINUTE%-%SECOND%.png

Type: string
Default: none

[Messages]

ActionVisible
Notes: Allows to turn on/off messages displayed when character uses specific items/skills on self or other critters.
Type: visibility
Default: head

ActionColor
Notes: Color of message displayed when character uses specific items/skills on self or other critters. Final value is picked randomly from range specified.
Type: color
Default: 58 137 133

DamageColor
Notes: Color of message with damage done to character.
Type: color
Default: 200 0 0

FollowerExperience
Notes: Displays follower's experience/level changes (above head only). This message is visible only to follower's master.
Type: boolean
Default: false

[Nefastus]

Thanks for this post!

Was looking around to figure out how to hot key aimed shots, and now I know.

[Strike]

Added better "ScreenshotName" tutorial to my new players guide.