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Game Preferences

The Game Preferences page can be accessed from the Main page, or by going to Game Menu | OOTP Preferences.... This page contains a number of options that affect the way OOTP behaves. Game preferences are global, meaning that these changes affect all OOTP games saved on your computer. These settings can be changed at any time without any impact on your saved games.

Note: Changes to any Game Preferences with a (*) after the name will not take effect until OOTP is closed and restarted.

OptionDescription
Current SkinSets the 'skin' for the game. A skin defines the visual appearance of the game: the colors and fonts, the background, and so forth. OOTP comes with four skins: ootp black, ootp blue, ootp classic, and ootp modern. You can change skins at any time without affecting your game. Warning! Changing skins can take up to several minutes. Be patient! Note: You can create your own custom skins and load skins that others have created. See Customizing Skins for more information.
Display ModeDetermines whether the game will run in windowed mode or full screen mode. In full screen mode, all other applications or programs are hidden from view. In windowed mode, you can easily switch between other applications. For example, Windows users will still be able to see the Windows taskbar at the bottom of the page. OOTP will perform better in full screen mode. Note: Even in Windowed mode, you cannot resize the game window.
Window SizeChanges the window size while in Windowed mode. OOTP supports many different window resolutions, up to 2560 x 1600. Note: Changes to this preference will not take effect until you quit OOTP and restart.
Height UnitSets the default unit for displaying player height. You can choose inches, feet, centimeters, or meters.
Weight UnitSets the default unit for displaying player weight. You can choose kilograms, stone, or pounds.
In-Game SoundDefines whether or not in-game sound will be used. You can choose "Enabled" or "Disabled."
Rating BarsDefines whether you want to use colored rating bars to view a player's ratings, or just the numeric values. You can choose "Display Bars" or "Numbers Only."
Auto-play DisplayDetermines whether the standings and leaderboard will be shown during auto-play, or whether a simpler dialog box will be displayed. You can choose from a Simple Dialog, which speeds up auto-play, or the Standings/Leaderboards page, which will slow down auto-play but provide more information.
MenusSets the behavior of in-game menus. You can choose from the following options.
  • Auto-Open - Game menus open automatically when you mouse over them.
  • Click to Open - Game menus open only when you click on them.
  • Use Style Set - Style Sets are part of the custom skinning feature of OOTP. See Customizing OOTP for more information about customization.
ListsSets the behavior of large lists in the game. By default, the game uses scroll bars. However, some people prefer to use 'page selectors,' in which the data is divided into multiple pages of data:

Even if you choose the page selector option, the game will use page selectors only on large lists.
Starting PageSets the default page in your game. This page will be the first one displayed each time you open a game. For example, if you want the game to display your league's standings first, you can choose it here. However, the list of options is built from pages you have already visited in the game. Therefore, until you have navigated a bit through the game, there won't be many options available here.
Export Field DelimiterSets the delimiter used when exporting game data to text files. Exporting is described in more detail in Import/Export Functions. You can choose from comma-delimited and semicolon-delimited.
HelpDefines whether in-game help files are opened using the game's internal web browser, or in your machine's default web browser.
Online featuresThis defines whether or not the game will use an active Internet connection to download content. Most notably, this affects the help content of the game. There are three settings:

  • Use online features & content (always download) - the game will always download online content if it is available
  • Use online features & content (update old files) - the game will download content if local files are more than 1 week out of date
  • Do not use online features & content - the game will never download online content
FaceGenEnables or disables FaceGen, the engine used to create fictional player faces. By default this is enabled, but it can be disabled if you aren't using fictional faces, or if video problems prevent you from playing with FaceGen enabled.

Note: Changes to this preference will not take effect until you quit OOTP and restart.
FaceGen modeDefines the FaceGen mode. Default is Standard. You should never have to select either of the troubleshooting modes unless instructed to do so by OOTP Developments.
FaceGen angleDefines the angle from which pictures of fictional players are displayed. You can choose between random, from the left, from the right, or straight ahead.
FaceGen zoomDefines the level of zoom on the fictional player pictures. You can choose between normal, random, in (which shows a larger face), or out (which shows more jersey).
Custom User Data Path

Sets a custom user path for the storage of saved games and other application files. This should only be used if you have some specific data storage need that could not be addressed during the installation process. To change this value, do the following:

  1. Use the Select button to browse to the path where you want to store OOTP user data and click the Select button.
  2. Close OOTP.
  3. Using your operating system, manually move all files from the original user data path to the new user data path.
  4. Restart OOTP.
Note: We realize this process is a little cumbersome. However, moving this many files from within the game engine would have been incredibly slow.
Online team filesAffects what the game does with team export files in online leagues, after the commissioner imports them. There are three options:
  • Do not delete or rename files after import
  • Delete team export files after import
  • Rename team export files after import (the file will be renamed as team_#.ootp.imported_date_time; for example, team_1.ootp.imported_20070206_083110)

In addition to these preferences, there are also several buttons at the bottom of this screen:

Option

Description

ResetResets all preferences to the default values
Open Config FolderOOTP also has several configuration files that can be customized to change the behavior of the game. This button opens up the folder on your computer that holds these configuration files.
Restore GameAllows you to restore a game from a backup.
Unlicense GameAvailable on this screen for Mac and Linux users only, this allows the user to unlicense their copy of the game. See Uninstalling Your License for more information.

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