User Preferences

User Preferences / Performance Tab “Quick Quality Settings” are presets you can use to quickly boost your FPS or improve the visual quality of the VaM experience. There are a variety of choices from “Ultra Low” to “Max” quality. When you change any of the settings away from the presets it is then set to “Custom”. ”Ultra Low” “Render Scale” Set to 1.0 “Mirrored Surfaces Enable” - Off “Realtime Reflection Probes” - Off “Shader Quality” - Low “Soft Body Physics” - Off “MSAA Level” - Off “Pixel Light Count” - 0 “Smooth Passes” - 1 “Glow Effects” - Off ”Low” “Render Scale” Set to 1.0 “Mirrored Surfaces Enable” - Off “Realtime Reflection Probes” - Off “Shader Quality” - Low “Soft Body Physics” - Off “MSAA Level” - 2X “Pixel Light...

User Preferences / Performance 2 Tab “Memory Optimizer” New to update 1.21 this panel was added as a convenient way to quickly see how much memory is currently being used and then to trigger a memory optimization if needed. ”Optimize Memory Usage On Scene Load” If enabled, skins, clothing, hair, and morphs that aren’t in use will be unloaded when a new scene is loaded. This can prevent VaM from crashing if your system runs low on memory. Recommended to turn on if your physical memory is 16GB or lower. The downside is these items will take longer to load if they are used again later in the same session. ”Optimize Memory Usage On Preset Load” If enabled, skins, clothing, hair, and morphs that aren’t in use will be unloaded when a...

User Preferences / Navigation Tab This Tab is for VR navigation and has no effect when playing on Desktop. “Disable All Navigation” Locks the VR player in place. Disabling Teleporting, Grabbing and Free movement. “Disable Grab Navigation” Turns off the ability to Grab move with the VR controls. “Disable Teleport” Turns off VR teleportation. “Disable Teleport During Possess” Disables VR teleportation while you are possessing a Person Atom. This is “on” by Default. “Teleport Allow Rotation” Allows you to set the direction you will be facing when teleporting. “Grab Navigation Position Multiplier” Increases or Decreases how far you move yourself through the world when Grabbing in VR. “Grab Navigation Rotation Multiplier”...

User Preferences / VR1 Tab “Mirror to Desktop” Toggles the view from your VR headset to display on your Desktop. “Head Collider” Toggles the collision of your VR headset On/Off. “UI Side: Left/Right” Allows you to swap the side that the “Main UI” is displayed. VR Only. Main UI ”World UI Distance” Changes the distance that the “Startup Up Screen”, “Scene Browser” and “Template Browser” are displayed from the player inside the VR playspace. Start Up Screen , Scene And Template Browser ”Always Show Pointers on Touch” When toggled on your VR controller pointer will display when touched. If toggled off, Your pointer will only show when the Base UI is visible. “World UI Height” Default is .80. You can raise or lower the...

User Preferences / VR2 Tab “Leap Motion” specific options As of the 1.21.0.4 update the Leap Motion dll was updated to the Gemini compatible version which brings better tracking. If you are using Leap Motion, please update to Gemini. "Enabled" New with 1.22. A user preference to enable Leap Motion system. Note this preference is off by default to try to fix issue when VaM is firewalled which makes the plugin consume a lot of system resources. This option also allows those with Leap to disable it in a manner that is remembered on reload. “Pinch Grab” Toggles the ability to pinch grab atom nodes and clothing. This does not work as a selection tool. When grabbing the atom is temporarily Parent Linked to the leap motion hands...

User Preferences / Miscellaneous Tab “Confirm Load” Toggling this on will give you a pop up warning when loading a new scene. “Hide Exit Button” Hides the exit button on the Base UI. “Auto Freeze Motion/Sound On Switch To Edit Mode” Toggling this on will automatically toggle the “Freeze Motion/Sound” On when you switch to the Edit Mode in the Base UI. “On Startup Skip Top Menu and Load Default Scene” Toggling this on will skip the Startup Screen Top Menu and instead load your default scene. ”Use Legacy World Scale Method From 1.20 and Prior Versions” In 1.21 the world scale option in the Base UI was changed so that when changing world scale, the player's eye center position will now always remain constant, so the...

User Preferences / Security Tab The security tab is where you can choose what content is allowed to run within VaM. By default all of these options are Off. This information is initially presented to you on the “First TIme User Startup Page” and you must opt in before running any third party scripts, addons or accessing online content from within VaM. “Each of the settings on this page have implications for application security and privacy. Before enabling any setting below, you must hover over the “?” icon next to the setting and read the implications and risks of the setting. By enabling any setting here, you are accepting all risk and liability for using that setting.” ”Enable Plugins (Mods)” This option allows running of...