Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

MultipleWindows

No longer used.

N/A

N/A

UnixSoundPlayer

This is the path to the executable used by unix clients to play sounds.

path to executable

None

SendSound

Path to sound file played when you send a message.

Path to file

None

RecvSound

Path to sound file played when you receive a message.

Path to file

None

WhisperSound

Path to sound file played when you receive a whisper.

Path to file

None

AddSound

Path to sound file played when a new user joins the room.

Path to file

None

DelSound

Path to sound file played when a user exits the room.

Path to file

None

MetaServerBaseURL

This is the URL that contains the server list.

URL

http://www.openrpg.com/openrpg_servers.php

GameLogPrefix

This text is the files name minus the extention of your log file. You can use %d, %m, %y for the log to insert the day, month or year respectively.

Any text usable in a filename

None

dieroll

Replace the ? in die rolls with the value when it is sent to chat

1=yes, 0=no

1

Heartbeat

This sends a message to the server to keep alive your connection when idle. This is usefull if your ISP automaticaly disconnects you when you are idle or if an OpenRPG server's ISP drops the connection when you are idle.

0=off, 1=on

0

Disableupdate

Setting this to 1 will render the /update command unavailable.

0=no; 1=yes

0

PackagesBaseURL

This is a URL pointing where to get updates from.

URL

http://www.openrpg.com/orpg_packages.xml

EnableSplittersAutoExpand

Setting this will invert the size of the splitter with its neighbors.

0=no; 1=yes

0

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

player

This is your name as it appears in chat.

Any text

"No Name"

bgcolor

This is the background color of the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#ffffff

textcolor

This is the default color used when text is printed into the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#000000"

mytextcolor

This is the color of your text in the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#000080"

syscolor

This is the color of system messages printed in the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#ff0000

infocolor

This is the color of informational messages printed in the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#ff8000

emotecolor

This is the color of your emotes in the chat window.

color in hex RRGGBB

#008000

striphtml

Set this to 1 to have HTML tags stripped from the chat window.

0=no; 1=yes

0

tabbedwhispers

Set this to 1 to receive whispered messages in separate chat tabs.

0=no; 1=yes

0

defaultfont

Set this to a preferred font to use at startup.

A font name

None

defaultfontsize

Set this to a preferred fontsize to use at startup.

A font size

None

buffersize

This is the amount of backscroll allowed. If this number is too large your computer will lag after a while. It is not the same as the history buffer which is infinite unless you set the purge options.

Any number

100

TimeStampGameLog

Set this to 1 to have time stamps added to the log.

0=no; 1=yes

1

dcmsg

This is the message that gets sent when you disconnect from a server. It can be regular text or an emote action (started with /me).

max 80 chars of text

Disconnecting from server...

PurgeAtBuffersizeTimesLines

This option tells the program when to purge old history. When the buffer exceeds this number times the buffersize all history is removed and you are just left with a history as large as the number you set your buffersize to.

Any number

2

ColorizeRoles

Setting this to 1 colorizes roles in the player list. Setting this to 0 disables the colors in the player list.

on,off

on

AutoPurgeAfterSave

When saving your log, this option will either automaticaly purge the buffer (see PurgeAtBuffersizeTimesLines), ask you if you want to purge the buffer, or not purge at all.

ask,yes,no

ask

ShowIDInChat

Set this to 1 to have the Player Id show up next to the player name in chat.

0=no; 1=yes

1

SuppressChatAutoComplete

Setting this to 1 will turn off auto complete in chat.

0=no; 1=yes

0

TypingStatusAlias

This is the text displayed in the Player list under status while you are typing.

Any text

Typing

IdleStatusAlias

This is the text displayed in the Player list under status while you are not typing.

Any text

Idle

dieroller

This sets the dieroller to use.

std, wod, d20, hero

std

NameSameEmoteColor

Setting this will display your name in the same color as your emote.

yes, no

no

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

AlwaysShowMapScale

Setting this to 1 will keep the map scale displayed in the upper left corner of the map.

0=no; 1=yes

0

ImageCacheSize

This sets the number of images to cache. A higher number will load a map faster if the map contains images pointing to the same URL. It will also take up more memory.

Any number

32

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

gametree

This is the path on your computer pointing to the xml file for your tree (normaly tree.xml in the myfiles directory).

filename

myfiles/tree.xml

SaveGameTreeOnExit

Set this to 1 if you want your game tree to automaticaly be saved when you log out.

0=no; 1=yes

1

LoadGameTreeFeatures

Setting this to 1 will load the gametree features next time you run OpenRPG.

0=no; 1=yes

1

treedclick

This sets the action performed on a node when you double click it in the game tree.

use, design, print, chat

use

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

F1

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F1 macro key

F2

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F2 macro key

F3

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F3 macro key

F4

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F4 macro key

F5

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F5 macro key

F6

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F6 macro key

F7

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F7 macro key

F8

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F8 macro key

F9

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F9 macro key

F10

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F10 macro key

F11

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F11 macro key

F12

What you enter here will be sent to chat when this function key is pressed.

Any text

/me found the F12 macro key

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

RoomColor_Lobby

Sets the color used to display the 'Lobby' in the Room List in the Gameserver window

color in hex RRGGBB

#000080

RoomColor_Empty

Sets the color used to display empty rooms (persistant only) in the Room List in the Gameserver window

color in hex RRGGBB

#bebebe

RoomColor_Locked

Sets the color used to display password protected rooms in the Room List in the Gameserver window

color in hex RRGGBB

#b70000

RoomColor_Active

Sets the color used to display non-passworded non-empty rooms in the Room List in the Gameserver window

color in hex RRGGBB

#000000

Option name

Description

Options

Default Value

Toolbar_On

Turns the toolbar on or off

1=yes, 0=no

1

AliasTool_On

Show the Alias Tool in the toolbar?

1=yes, 0=no

1

FormattingButtons_On

Show the Formatting Buttons (Bold, italic, underline, color) in the toolbar?

1=yes, 0=no

1

DiceButtons_On

Show the dice buttons in the toolbar?

1=yes, 0=no

1

ToGMsButton_On

Show the 'To GM(s)' button in the toolbar?

1=yes, 0=no

1

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