Game Options

A Game Options structure contains specific details about settings for a game being hosted. The structure has a constant length, although has changed over versions of the game.

Base game options

Name	Type	Description
Length	packed int	The length of the following structure, not including this.
Version	byte	The version of the game options, changes have been made over the last versions as detailed below.
Max players	uint8	The maximum number of players allowed in this game. The server rejects any host game requests if this value is below 0 or over 10.
Language	uint32	The language of the game, as described in the language enum.
Map ID	byte	The map to play, as described in the map enum.
Player speed	float	The speed of the players, can be negative.
Crewmate vision	float	The vision factor for the crewmates.
Imposter vision	float	The vision factor for the imposters.
Kill cooldown	float	The cooldown required to wait between each kill for each imposter.
Common tasks	uint8	The number of common tasks required to complete for each crewmate.
Long tasks	uint8	The number of long tasks required to complete for each crewmate.
Short tasks	uint8	The number of short tasks required to complete for each crewmate.
Emergencies	int32	The number of emergencies that each crewmate can call.
Imposter count	uint8	The number of players to be made imposter each game.
Kill distance	byte	The max distance for killing a crewmate as an imposter, as described in the distance enum.
Discussion time	int32	The number of seconds that crewmates have to discuss before voting.
Voting time	int32	The number of seconds that crewmates have to vote to kick the imposters out.
Is Default?	bool	Whether or not the settings listed are the default recommended settings

Specific versions

Version 1+ game options

Name	Type	Description
Emergency cooldown	uint8	The cooldown required to wait between each emergency meeting.

Version 2+ game options

Name	Type	Description
Confirm ejects	bool	Whether or not ejections from the ship are confirmed as crewmate or imposter.
Visual tasks	bool	Whether or not tasks that have them should show visual effects to other players.

Version 3+ game options.

Name	Type	Description
Anonymous voting	bool	Whether or not ejections from the ship are confirmed as crewmate or imposter.
Task bar updates	uint8	When the task bar should update, as described in the Task bar updates enum.

Example parsing code

const options = {};
options.length = reader.packed();
options.version = reader.byte();
options.maxPlayers = reader.uint8();
options.language = reader.uint32LE();
options.mapID = reader.byte();
options.playerSpeed = reader.floatLE();
options.crewVision = reader.floatLE();
options.imposterVision = reader.floatLE();
options.killCooldown = reader.floatLE();
options.commonTasks = reader.uint8();
options.longTasks = reader.uint8();
options.shortTasks = reader.uint8();
options.emergencies = reader.int32LE();
options.imposterCount = reader.uint8();
options.killDistance = reader.byte();
options.discussionTime = reader.int32LE();
options.votingTime = reader.int32LE();
options.isDefault = reader.bool();

if (options.version === 1 || options.version === 2 || options.version === 3) {
    options.emergencyCooldown = reader.uint8();
}

if (options.version === 2 || options.version === 3) {
    options.confirmEjects = reader.bool();
    options.visualTasks = reader.bool();
}

if (options.version === 3) {
    options.anonymousVoting = reader.bool();
    options.taskBarUpdates = reader.uint8();
}