QUICK PREFERENCES

QUICK PREFERENCES based on the 4.4.0 release.

The Quick Preferences Panel provides fast access to commonly used settings and is accessed via the button on a toolbar with the Phoenix logo.

Quick Pref 1
Starting with the Panel Layout

NOTE: Not all skins have all the options shown by default and the order may also be different.

Draw Distance: Change your draw distance.
(Also set in Preferences ? Graphics -> General.)

Max Particles: Amount of particles to render.
(Also set in Preferences ? Graphics -> General.)

Avatar Physics LOD: Set to 1 to enable full support of avatar physics; 0 to disable entirely.
(Also set in Preferences ? Graphics -> General.)

LOD Factor: Controls level of detail of primitives (multiplier for current screen area when calculated level of detail). Ideal setting is between 2.5 and 4.
(Also set in Preferences ? Graphics -> General.)

Max Avatars: How many Avatars to fully render on screen. Lowering this greatly improves FPS in crowded situations. Requires Avatar Imposters to be on. The default is 3 for low graphics and 12 for Mid/High/Ultra.
(Also set in Preferences ? Graphics -> General.)

Tags Offset: Allows you to adjust the height of your name tag above your avatar. Handy for non human avatars, from tinies to large dragons, so the name isn't embedded in the avatar, or floating way above.

Name Tags: quick toggle to enable/disable displaying tags over people's heads.

LookAt Target: Enables showing crosshair to indicate where people have their camera focused.
(Also set in Preferences ? Privacy -> LookAt.

Color Under Cursor: If enabled, shows the current color and alpha values under the cursor; these are displayed in white etxt, on the lower right of your screen.

Max Bandwidth: Set your network bandwidth in Kbps (see here for best setting).
(Also set in Preferences ? Network & Cache.)

Windlight Sky: Windlight sky settings. Use the < and > arrows to quickly scroll.

Windlight Water: Windlight water settings. Use the < and > arrows to quickly scroll.

Day Cycle: Allows for a quick selection of a day cycle to use.

Time of Day: Drag the slider to change the time of day. The X to the right will reset the time of day to region default.

X button: Resets WL Sky, WL Water, and day cycle to default.

It is possible to add or remove settings from the QuickPrefs window by clicking the wrench icon in the lower right corner. The window will change.

Quick Pref 2

This edit panel overlays the lower portion of the QuickPrefs window.

To add a new setting, click the + button. A new “blank” control is added to the QuickPrefs window. Now it needs to be associated with a setting.

Click on Choose and a long drop down list will appear; these are all the viewer debug settings; the list of Firestorm debug settings is given here for reference.
http://wiki.phoenixviewer.com/debug_settings

But before we go any further, you must first learn a little bit about Debug Settings. Every preference option you see in preferences has a corresponding identifier that the viewer code reads.

These are called debug settings and since they are designed primarily for the viewer code it isn’t always human readable.

Perhaps the biggest challenge you will face with custom quick prefs is finding the correct debug setting associated with the preference option you want to add.

Jessica Lyon has done up a video that shows you a great way of finding the right debug setting.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mMzJnH-pUAE

Select the setting you wish to add.

In the space to the left of the drop down, give the setting a name that you find meaningful, for what the setting does.

The Type field is automatically filled in based on the type of setting.

If the setting accepts only whole numbers, then click the Integer checkbox.

For some settings, you can alter the minimum, maximum and increment values; do not do this unless you know exactly what they represent.

To add more settings, click the + button again, and repeat.

Want to edit existing settings?

Simply highlight the setting by clicking on the name in the upper portion of the QuickPrefs window. You can then change the name of it to something you prefer, if you wish.

Or you can replace it with a totally different setting, which may be faster than deleting the setting and then adding a new one.

Want to remove settings?

To the left of each of the existing settings in the window, a trashcan icon now is shown; clicking this will remove the associated setting from the window.

When you have completed making changes, click the 'x' button in the lower edit panel. It is then best to relog to ensure that changes “stick'.

The Reset button will reset the quick prefs to the defaults, handy in case you mess things up.