SO:Pause Menu

Pause Menu, after clicking L key

The Pause Menu comes up in The Lays of Althas: Sundered Order when the game is paused. This occurs when the L key is clicked. This pauses the game.

Currently you can change the Graphic Options and Gameplay Options. Controls can be somehwat altered. There are no Sound Options at this time.

Saving and Loading are planned future features.

NOTE: Any Pause Menu settings set are saved even after quitting the game.

Resume

Clicking the Resume Option exits the Pause Menu and unpauses the game.

Save Game

Currently not implemented.

Load Game

Currently not implemented.

Pause Menu after Options, and then Graphics, is clicked.

Options

There are several sets of options.

Graphics

• Screen Resolution Dropdown: The following options are available:
  • 320x200, 320x240, 400x300, 512x384, 640x400, 640x480, 800x600, 1024x768, 1152x864
  • 1280x600, 1280x720, 1280x768, 1280x800, 1280x960, 1280x1024
  • 1360x768, 1366x768, 1400x1050, 1440x900, 1600x900, 1680x1050
  • 1920x1080 (default)
  • Don't know whether the Resolution is changed or not.
• Window Mode Dropdown: Fullscreen, Windowed (default)
  • Clicking the Fullscreen button removes the text from the two buttons, and doesn't stop higlighting Windowed.
• AA Mode Dropdown: None, FXAA, Temporal AA (default)
• AA Quality Dropdown: Low, Medium, High, Very High (default)
• Texture Quality Dropdown: Low, Medium, High, Very High (default)
• Post Processing Quality Dropdown: Low, Medium, High, Very High (default)
• Shadow Quality Dropdown: Low, Medium, High, Very High (default)
• Effects Quality Dropdown: Low, Medium, High, Very High (default)
• Reset to Defaults Button: Doesn't seem to do anything.
• Apply & Save Button
  • Applying and Saving Effects Quality can take a long while.
• View Distance Slider: From 5% to 200%
  • 103% is default

Pause Menu after Options, and then Gameplay is clicked.

Sound

No options.

Gameplay

• Field of View Slider: From 60 (default) to 140
  • Defaults Button: Clicking it sets Field of View to 120
• Show Attack Directions Checkbox: ☑ is default
• Show Subtitles Checkbox: ☐ is default
• Alternate Activation Delay Slider: From 0.1 (default) to 1
  • Defaults Button: Clicking it sets Alternate Activation Delay to 0.35
  • Is kinda glitchy to use
• Apply & Save Button

Pause Menu after Options, and then Controls is clicked.

Trying to change a Key in the Controls submenu in the Pause Menu's Options.

Controls

Primary

Really scrunched up. Requires moving the White Scroller up/down to go through with your mouse, or moving the Mouse Scroll Wheel up/down.

You're supposed to be able to click a button selected on the right to then change it's Key Binding. This functionality currently does not work:

• When you click a "button" on the right side of the menu, that "button" will go grey and you'll receive the text Press a Key

These are defaults currently set. Again, you currently can't change these options:

Action	Associated Button
Jump	Space
Sprint	Left Shift
Lean Left	Q
Lean Right	E
ToggleWalk/Run	CapsLock
Crouch	Left Control
Sprint	Gamepad_RightY
LookUp	Gamepad_LeftThumbstick
Jump	Gamepad_Face Button Bottom
Lean Left	Gamepad_LeftShoulder
Lean Right	Gamepad_RightShoulder
Crouch	Gamepad_RightThumbstick
ReadyWeapon	Gamepad_FaceButton_Left
Attack1	LeftMouseButton
Attack1	Gamepad_RightTrigger
Kick	Left Alt
FreeLook	P
ToggleMainMenu	Escape
ToggleMainMenu	L
ToggleInventoryMenu	I
ToggleWaitMenu	R
Attack2	RightMouseButton
Activate	F
AltActivate	C
QucikSlot1	One
QucikSlot2	Two
QucikSlot3	Three
DialogueUp	Up
DialogueDown	Down
DialogueSelect	Enter
RotateTheSelectedItemInTheInventory	R
MoveForward	W
MoveForward	S
MoveRight	A
MoveRight	D
Turn	MouseX
LookUp	MouseY
MoveForward	Gamepad_LeftY
MoveRight	Gamepad_LeftX
Turn	Gamepad_RightX
LookUp	Gamepad_RightY

Secondary?

• Mouse Sensitivity: Sheathed Weapons Slider: From 0.200 (default) to 1.800
  • Shows 1 as default, but is really 0.200
  • Defaults Button: Clicking it sets Mouse Sensitivity: Sheathed Weapons to 1.000
• Mouse Sensitivity: Unsheathed Weapon From 0.200 (default) to 1.800
  • Shows 1 as default, but is really 0.200
  • Defaults Button: Clicking it sets Mouse Sensitivity: Unsheathed Weapon to 1.000
• Apply & Save Button
  • Changing any of the Sliders settings, whether applied or not, I can't click L to exit the Pause Menu (I have to click the Resume Button in the Menu).
• Reset to Defaults Button: Does nothing

Quit to Main Menu

Clicking the Quit to Main Menu Option does nothing.

Exit to Desktop

Clicking the Exit to Desktop Option exits the game.