Panda3D Manual: 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
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)