Options

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Introduction

The Options of the Main Menu of Natural Selection 2.

Main article: NS2Plus.

Configuring Natural Selection 2 further is possible with [NS2Plus that is run on most NS2 Servers.

General

Options	Parameters	Description	Image
`Nickname`	Steam Nickname	Nickname shown by other players
`Use Steam Persona`	Yes / No	Automatically uses the Steam Nickname
`Language`	English / ...	Selects the game language
`Mouse Sensitivity`		Set the ingame mouse sensitivity
`Reverse Mouse`	Yes / No
`Mouse acceleration`	0n < Off
`Acceleration Amount`	0 < 1
`Raw Input`	On / Off
`Show Hints`	On / Off	Shows hints	File:Options Hints Structures.png File:Options Hints keyboardstuff.png
`Show Enemy Health`	Yes / No
`Draw Damage`	Yes / No		File:Options Draw Damage.png
`FOV Adjustment`	0 0 < 20		File:Options FOV 0.png File:Options FOV 20.png
`Camera Animation`	On / Off
`HUD Detail`	High / ??? / Low
`PhysX GPU Acceleration`	On / Off
`Physics Multithreading`	On / Off	Note: According to the developers disabling it helps against crashes.
`Resource Loading`
`Menu Background`	Default / ...
`Menu Music`

Bindings

Options	Parameters	Description	Image
`Forward`	W	Move forward.

Commander

Options	Parameters	Description	Image
`Forward`	W	Move forward.

Graphics

Options	Parameters	Description
`Device`	D3D9 / D3D11	Defines if DirectX9 or DirectX11 is being used
`Display`	Display 1 / Display 2 / ..	Defines on what screen you play Natural Selection 2
`Resolution`	1280x1024 / ../ ..
`Window Mode`	Fullscreen /
`Wait for Vertical Sync`	Disabled / Enabled
`Texture Quality`	/ /
`Texture Handling`	/
`Particle Quality`	Shadows
`Shadows`
`Light Quality`
`Anti-Aliasing`
`Bloom`
`Atmospherics`
`Atmospherics Density`
`Anisotropic Filtering`
`Reflections`
`Decal Lifetime`
`Infestation`
`Gamma Correction (Brightness)`

Sound

Options	Parameters	Description