Configuring Panda3D

In the etc subdirectory, you will find a configuration file Config.prc. This controls several of Panda’s configuration options - does it use OpenGL or DirectX, how much debugging output does it print, and so forth. The following table lists several of the most commonly-used variables.

For a full documentation about Panda3D’s configuration system, click here to view the original documentation file.

To know about accessing config variables from within your code, please see Accessing Config Vars in a Program.

To get a more complete list of variables, see the list of all config variables.

Variable	Values	Default	Details
load-display	pandagl pandadx9 pandadx8 p3tinydisplay	pandagl	Specifies which graphics GSG to use for rendering (OpenGL, Direct3D 8/9 or TinyPanda software rendering)
aux-display	pandagl pandadx9 pandadx8 p3tinydisplay	pandagl	Specifies which graphics GSG to use if the GSG specified in load-display fails; May be specified multiple times to create multiple fallbacks.
win-size	Number of pixels	640 480	Specifies the size of the Panda3D window
win-origin	Pixel offsets	50 50	Specifies the offset of the Panda3D window
window-title	Window title	Panda	Specifies the title of the Panda3D window
fullscreen	true false	false	Enables full-screen mode (true or false)
undecorated	true false	false	Removes border from window (true or false)
cursor-hidden	true false	false	Hides mouse cursor (true or false)
sync-video	true false	true	Limits the frame rate to monitor’s capabilities
show-frame-rate-meter	true false	false	Shows the frame rate (in frames per second) at the upper right corner of the screen (true or false)
notify-level-[package]	fatal error warning info debug spam	info	Sets notification levels for various Panda3D packages to control the amount of information printed during execution (fatal being least, spam being most)
model-path	Path string	see config file	Adds specified path to the list of paths searched when loading a model
audio-library-name	p3openal_audio p3fmod_audio p3miles_audio null	p3openal_audio	Loads the appropriate audio library
want-directtools	true false	true line commented out	Enables directtools, a suite of interactive object/camera manipulation tools
want-tk	true false	true line commented out	Enables support for using Tkinter/PMW (Python’s wrappers around Tk)