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Common game settings

Jack_McslayJack_Mcslay Posts: 100Member
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I think the dashboard should have a section to adjust settings that are common among games such as:

- Invert look
- Brightness/contrast
- Screen limits (overscan compensation)
- Analog layout for 3d shooters
- Sound/music balance

This would simplify configuration and allow players to start playing quicker, with greater guarantee that the game will play the way they want.

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  • Killa_MaakiKilla_Maaki Posts: 504Member
    +1 to the second and third, but all the rest are far too game-specific. For example, how does OUYA know what corresponds to sound and what corresponds to music?
    I think these should be stored in the game's settings page itself (which in any self-respecting game should be easily accessible from the main menu). Gamers won't complain, I promise.
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  • GodlyPerfectionGodlyPerfection Posts: 140Member
    Killa_Maaki said:

    +1 to the second and third, but all the rest are far too game-specific. For example, how does OUYA know what corresponds to sound and what corresponds to music?
    I think these should be stored in the game's settings page itself (which in any self-respecting game should be easily accessible from the main menu). Gamers won't complain, I promise.

    The ouya wouldn't. The game would ask for the setting and adjust accordingly. If it doesn't need it then it won't ask.
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  • DreamwriterDreamwriter Posts: 768Member
    I disagree with the "screen limits" one, people would expect every game to respect that, and I for one don't want to make my game look ugly by scaling the image down to whatever they set there, when I can get a better effect by just not putting menus/HUD at the edges of the screen.
  • Jack_McslayJack_Mcslay Posts: 100Member
    A game wouldn't be forced to follow. If the player feels a given settings is not optimal to the game, the developer can always have an options menu with a "system default" option on settings that are in the system menu.

    Also, forgot one that annoys me:

    - Measurement system (imperial or metric)

    A list of preffered language is a good idea too.
    Dreamwriter said:
    I disagree with the "screen limits" one, people would expect every game to respect that, and I for one don't want to make my game look ugly by scaling the image down to whatever they set there, when I can get a better effect by just not putting menus/HUD at the edges of the screen.
    The idea is not to have the system set these for the game, but to tell the game how they SHOULD set it up by default.
  • AyrikAyrik Posts: 429Member
    I agree with all except "Analog layout for 3d shooters" since that is game-specific. Invert look is too, but it can apply to more than just FPS, like an RTS camera control.

    As far as the screen limits, I think it would be great for them to do this, and all it gives your game is a Min and Max position that marks the safe zone.

    As long as these are just numbers and your game can interpret however you want, I think this is a good idea.
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