This page documents all the settings in the Principia settings menu.
Enable shadows
Enables shadows. Recommended to restart the game afterwards to prevent graphical glitches from happening.
Shadow quality
Smooth (prettier) or sharp (faster) shadows.
Shadow resolution
The resolution the shadows are rendered at. (native) means the game's current window size (?).
Enable AO
Enables Ambient Occlusion which gives objects shading.
AO map resolution
The resolution at which Ambient Occlusion maps are rendered.
Enable bloom
Smear vaseline on your screen without the need for vaseline.
Vertical sync
Synchronises the game's framerate to your monitor's refresh rate. Disabling will unlock the frame limiter and cause unnecessary strain on your hardware, and cause speed issues due to the unlocked framerate generally being pretty high. (Principia is not a demanding game)
Gamma correction
HDR-like lighting improvements.
Volume
Control the volume level for Principia.
Mute all sounds
Mute the game, overriding the volume slider.
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UI scale
Controls the game's UI scale. Requires a restart to take effect.
Autosave screen size
Automatically save the current resized window size.
Display object ID
Display the unique ID and object ID of the selected object in the sandbox.
Display grapher value
Display the current exact value of Grapher objects.
Display wireless frequency
Display the frequency of Receiver and Mini transmitter when zoomed in in the sandbox.
Hide tips
Hide the tips that show up when starting up the sandbox.
Do not confirm quitting sandbox adventure
Do not show a confirmation dialog when attempting to quit a sandbox adventure level.
Automatically submit highscores
Always submit highscores for levels that have it enabled.
Ask before submitting highscore
Always ask before submitting highscores in levels.
