Global Settings Menu

System Summary

Global Settings Menu is where application-wide settings are changed, currently the only settings contained in the menu are Master Volume, SFX Volume, and Music Volume.

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Connected Systems

Connecting Systems:

• Audio Manager

Subsystems:

• No Subsystems

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Related Controls

Key(s): (Esc)

• Closes the menu

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Bugs

List of known bugs. Be descriptive but keep it brief!

• None

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Feature List / Breakdown of Features

List of features and descriptions within system.

Feature Name:

• Volume Control
  • Master, SFX, and Music sliders for controlling different sound volume
  • Plays a short demo of the sound / music to provide feedback when adjusting volume
  • Saves current settings into a Config File in the user's root directory
  • Reads saved settings in a Config File on application loading

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Important Variables

• musicPreviewing: bool = True when music is being previewed via the music volume slider.

Important Functions

Name of the most important functions, their parameters, and what they do.

• func _on_dragging_SFX() -> void: Play a demo of SFX while dragging the SFX/Master volume slider.

• func _on_dragging_start_music() -> void: When starting to drag the music slider, start playing the level music as a demo.

• func _on_dragging_end_music() -> void: When releasing, tell the Audio Manager to stop after at least 1.5 seconds has passed.

• func load_settings() -> void: Load the existing config file if the path exists and copy the values stored in it to the slider values.

• func save_settings() -> void: Create a new config file for the volume slider values and save it.

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Future Work / Risks

List and description of upcoming work/risks.

Future Work:

1. Auto Saving
2. Language
3. Colourblind mode toggle
4. Resolution
5. Themes / Light and Dark Mode
6. Unit of Measurement

Risks:

• None currently, config file should be able to add more values easily.

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Miscellaneous Notes

• When adding a new setting, add the appropriate slider (if needed)
  • Future settings might need to use property menu dropdown/toggle.
• Add the new setting to save/load as well.