> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://docs.refined.frotty27.com/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# The options page

> Where to find the Refined - Graphics settings, what the presets do, and how the compare key and the live preview work.

Open the game's **Options**, from the main menu or the pause menu, and choose the **Refined - Graphics** tab. It takes the place of the game's Video tab and holds every Video option too, each beside the effects that build on it.

The tab has ten sub-tabs: General, Display, Draw Distance, Shadows, Lighting, Weather, Post-Processing, Textures, Effects and Colorblind. Each one opens with **Show Advanced Settings**, which shows or hides the tuning rows of this mod. The [settings reference](/graphics/settings) lists every row.

## Presets

The **Refined Graphics Preset** on the General tab sets every Refined Graphics option at once. The game's own options keep the Quality Preset above it.

| Preset | What it does |
| - | - |
| Off | The game as it is. |
| Fixes | Corrections that keep the game's look. |
| Recommended | The fixes and the looks we recommend. |
| Everything | Every effect on. |
| Custom | Set for you as soon as you change any option. |

An effect that another installed visual mod also changes stays off in every preset. See [Other visual mods](/graphics/other-visual-mods).

## Apply, Back and Defaults

* **Apply** applies the game's options as the Video page does, then ours, and saves them.
* **Back** drops what you changed.
* **Defaults** resets the tab. On General it means the Fixes preset with Comfort Settings off.

## What the marks mean

* An orange mark sits on a game option that an effect you turned on enhances.
* A row greys out, before you press Apply, where the game option it builds on stops it.
* A cyan caption and a sign beside a row show a setting changed from its default. Click the sign to reset it.
* Another sign shows a setting that applies when a world loads, or after a restart.

## What it costs

The General tab shows the **Total Performance Impact** of everything you have on, the effects with the **Most Impact**, the **Graphics API** the game runs on and the **Changed Settings**. Each effect's row shows its own cost in frames. The total names any effect that isn't measured yet.

## Compare key

In a world, hold the compare key to see the game's own look instead of ours, and let go to bring ours back. The default key is the backslash, `\`.

**Compare Key Mode** has three settings:

* **Hold:** the game's look while you hold the key.
* **Toggle:** one press shows the game's look, the next brings ours back.
* **Blind Test:** the two looks as A and B in random order. Tap the key to switch, hold it to choose, and your choice is saved.

**Effect to Compare** picks one effect, or all of them at once.

## Live preview

In a world, **Live Preview** shows a live view of the game beside the options, sharp and not dimmed, so a change shows as you make it. **Center Full Size** shows the middle of the screen pixel for pixel. Click the view to switch.

## Comfort Settings

**Comfort Settings** turns down camera motion and screen flashes in every Refined Graphics effect that has them, on top of the preset. The options it changes stay adjustable on their own tabs.


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