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 tinydisplay
| pandagl
| Specifies which graphics GSG to use for rendering (OpenGL, Direct3D 8/9 or TinyPanda software rendering)
|
aux-display
| pandagl pandadx9 pandadx8 tinydisplay
| 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
| #t #f
| #f
| Enables full-screen mode (true or false)
|
undecorated
| #t #f
| #f
| Removes border from window (true or false)
|
cursor-hidden
| #t #f
| #f
| Hides mouse cursor (true or false)
|
sync-video
| #t #f
| #t
| Limits the frame rate to monitor's capabilities
|
show-frame-rate-meter
| #t #f
| #f
| 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
| #t #f
| #t line commented out
| Enables directtools, a suite of interactive object/camera manipulation tools
|
want-tk
| #t #f
| #t line commented out
| Enables support for using Tkinter/PMW (Python’s wrappers around Tk)
|