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Hidden features and options 

This is an overview of hidden features and options.

 The options.cfg 
These are additional options that are not accessible from within the main menu. The options.cfg file is usually located in the Settings subfolder.

 [interface] 
folder = FolderName
FolderName: The name of the folder inside Data\In-game which contains an interface.cfg file. This is the configuration file for the in-game user interface. Inside Data\In-game, the interface.cfg.txt file provides an overview of how to create such an interface.cfg file.

 [objectoptimization] 
basicthreshold = FaceCount
FaceCount: Only objects with fewer faces than specified receive basic or full object optimization. If you have problems with loading times, lowering this value might reduce loading times at the expense of performance and memory consumption. In this case, start with a value of 10000 (ten thousand), and reduce further if necessary.

fullthreshold = FaceCount
FaceCount: Only objects with fewer faces than specified receive full object optimization. If you have problems with loading times, lowering this value might reduce loading times at the expense of performance. In this case, start with a value of 1000 (thousand), and reduce further if necessary.

 [sound] 
usesound = true or false
Whether to enable the sound subsystem. Disabling sound is an overall setting that prevents loading certain external libraries. It should not be confused with muting, which simply prevents sounds from playing.

 Command line arguments 
These are the command line arguments that are supported.

 /route=FileName 
FileName: The route file (CSV or RW) to start immediately. If the associated train is not found, and if /train is not also used, this opens to the main menu with just the route selected.

 /train=FolderName 
FolderName: The train folder which contains a train.dat. If /route is not also used, this opens to the main menu with just the train selected.

 /fhs 
Uses the file system hierarchy standard for Unix users. See Organization on Unix file systems (Linux/Mac) for more information.