GUI Settings

scaling factor

Type	Range	Default	Location
float32	0.5 to 8.0	1.0	Launcher > Settings > Interface

This setting scales GUI windows. A value of 1.0 results in normal scale. Larger values increase GUI scale for high resolution displays.

font size

Type	Range	Default	Location
int	12 to 18	16	Launcher > Settings > Interface

Specifies glyph size for in-game fonts. Default bitmap fonts work best at 16px; others may be blurry. trueType fonts do not have this issue.

menu transparency

Type	Range	Default	Location
float32	0.0 (transparent) to 1.0 (opaque)	0.84	user settings.cfg

Controls transparency of GUI windows. Adjustable in game via Menu Transparency slider in the Prefs panel of Options.

tooltip delay

Type	Range	Default	Location
float32	≥ 0.0	0.0	user settings.cfg

Seconds delay before tooltip appears when hovering over an item in GUI mode. Tooltips show context-sensitive info (weight, value, damage, etc.). Adjustable in game with Menu Help Delay slider in Prefs panel.

keyboard navigation

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	true	user settings.cfg

Enable or disable keyboard navigation (arrow keys, tab focus, spacebar, Use key).

stretch menu background

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	false	Launcher > Settings > Interface

Stretch or shrink main menu, splash screens, intro movies, and cut scenes to fill the video resolution, possibly distorting aspect ratio. Bethesda assets are 4:3 ratio; others may differ. If false, assets are centered with black bars filling remainder.

subtitles

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	false	user settings.cfg

Enable or disable subtitles for NPC dialog and some sound effects. Subtitles appear in a tooltip box at screen lower center. Toggleable in game with Subtitles button in Prefs panel.

hit fader

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	true	user settings.cfg

Enables or disables the red flash overlay when the character takes damage. Disabling causes the player to “bleed” like NPCs.

werewolf overlay

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	true	user settings.cfg

Enable or disable the werewolf visual effect in first-person mode.

color background owned

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

Background color of tooltip and crosshair when hovering over an NPC-owned item. Four floating point values: red, green, blue, alpha (alpha ignored). No effect if “show owned” in Game Settings is false.

color crosshair owned

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

Crosshair color when hovering over an NPC-owned item. Four floating point values: red, green, blue, alpha (alpha ignored). No effect if crosshair setting in HUD is false or “show owned” in Game Settings is false.

color topic enable

Type	Range	Default	Location
boolean	true, false	false	Launcher > Settings > Interface

Controls whether dialogue topics in the list are colored by their state. See related “color topic specific” and “color topic exhausted”.

color topic specific

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

Overrides color of dialogue topics with unique actor responses. Four floating point values: red, green, blue, alpha (alpha ignored). Unique if Actor filter matches speaking actor and not read yet.

color topic specific over

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

“Over” color for dialogue topics meeting “color topic specific” criteria. Four floating point values; alpha ignored. Active GUI element via keyboard or mouse events.

color topic specific pressed

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

“Pressed” color for dialogue topics meeting “color topic specific”. Four floating point values; alpha ignored. Active GUI element receiving sustained input.

color topic exhausted

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

Overrides color of dialogue topics exhausted by the player. Four floating point values; alpha ignored. Exhausted if response has been seen.

color topic exhausted over

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

“Over” color for dialogue topics meeting “color topic exhausted”. Four floating point values; alpha ignored. Active GUI element via keyboard or mouse.

color topic exhausted pressed

Type	Range	Default	Location
color	[0, 1]		user settings.cfg

“Pressed” color for dialogue topics meeting “color topic exhausted”. Four floating point values; alpha ignored. Active GUI element receiving sustained input.