Skulltag offers many different options to allow you to configure the appearance and behavior of Skulltag to work just like you like it. The menu system gives you access to setting many of these options.

New Game

Loads up a new game in single player mode. You get to pick from three scenarios, including:

• Hell on Earth - The original Doom II levels
• The Mortal Conflict - Featuring the new Skulltag deathmatch levels
• The Impending Nightmare - Featuring Skulltags new game mode Invasion
  • If you are in a network game, the network game will end at this point.

Multiplayer

The multiplayer menu contains many new options for geared towards multiple player play. With the new in-game browser, you can dynamically join an leave multiplayer games. With the skirmish menu, you can set up your own multiplayer-like games.

• Skirmish - The skirmish menu will allow you to run a single player game in a way that emulates a multiplayer game. You can choose your gameplay mode, level, bots that will play with you, along with a slew of other options.
  • Level - Sets the level that the skirmish game will begin on.
  • Game mode - Sets the gameplay mode that the skirmish game will be in.
  • Modifier - Modifies the game mode from either Buckshot or Instagib.
  • Timelimit - Sets the timelimit (in minutes) for deathmatch and team games (CTF, ST, etc.)
  • Fraglimit - Sets the fraglimit for deathmatch games.
  • Pointlimit - Sets the pointlimit for team games.
  • Skill - Setting for the skill level of the game.
  • Botskill - Setting for the bots' skill level.
  • Bot Setup - Brings up a menu that allows you to add bots to your skirmish game.
  • Gameplay Options - Brings up the dmflags menu.
  • Start Game! - Begins the skirmish game with the above settings.

• Browse Servers - The in-game browser allows you to browse for active Skulltag servers on the Internet, and on your LAN. With this, you can dynamically join and leave these games at your leisure!

• Player Setup - This menu allows you to configure how your player appears to players in the game. You can configure your name, skin, as well as many other options.

• Spectate - This command will send you to spectator mode if you're in a game. You can also use the "spectate" command in the console.

• Call Vote - This command allow you to call a vote to change the map, fraglimit, pointlimit and more. Must have 2 or more players to call a vote.

• Join Game - This command will make you attempt to join a game if you're spectating. If a duel is in progress, this will place you in line to duel next. You can also hit your "use" button in the game to do this.

• Allow Skins - Option to allow yourself, and other players to use skins. You can chose to turn only cheat skins off, or all skins off with this option.

• Allow Taunts - Option to allow yourself and other players to taunt.

• Identify Target - Option to display the name of the player your crosshair passes over.

• Start as Spectator - Option to start as a spectator when you join a server.

• Don't Restore Frags - Allows you to toggle the option of restoring your frags if you leave a deathmatch game and re-enter.

• Server Password - Sets the password that you will use when you join a passworded server. If the server has a password set, this password must match that server's password!

• Join Password - Sets the password that you will use when you attempt to join a game from the spectators. If the server enforces a join password, and you do not have the correct join password set, you can watch a game from the spectators, but you cannot join it.

Options

The options menu allows you to configure your keys, controllers, sound, as well as a whole bunch of other options.

• Configure Controls - Allows you to configure your key bindings.

• Mouse Options - Allows you to set a bunch of options related to the mouse, including sensitivity.

• Joystick Options - Allows you to configre your joystick.

• Gameplay Options - Allows you to configure the dmflags of your game. You can also configure the team damage here.

• Compatibility Options - Allows you to configure game options related to maintaing the logic of older versions of the Doom engine.

• Sound Options - This menu allows you to set various sound related options, including volume, MIDI device, etc.

• Display Options - This menu allows you to set various display options, including brightness, blood brightness, etc.

• Set Video Mode - Allows you to set the video display mode.

• Reset To Defaults - Reset all options to original defaults.

• Reset To Last Saved - Reset all options to the last options saved on exit.

• Go To Console - This one is self explanatory

Load Game

Loads a previously saved game.

Save Game

Saves your game. You can then load it back at a later time.

Quit Game

Ends your current game, along with the program.

See Also

How to use IDESE