Everything you can change is in Longshot’s in-game menu: graphics, sound, gameplay and controls. Pick a starting point below, then look up any single setting in the list at the bottom.
| Open or close the menu | Move around it | |
|---|---|---|
| Keyboard | F1, Insert or Esc | Q and E (or Tab and Shift+Tab) switch tabs, the arrow keys choose and change, Esc goes back |
| Controller | Home, or Select and Start together (or click the touchpad on a DualShock 4 or DualSense) | LB and RB switch tabs, the D-pad chooses and changes, A opens a page, B goes back |
| Mouse | Click a tab or a row, click the left or right half of a value to lower or raise it, right-click to go back |
F1 always works. Controls → Menu shortcut can take Esc or Insert off the list, for example to leave Insert to another overlay.
Your choices are saved as you go, in longshot_options.ini in the game folder. A setting marked After a restart
applies the next time the game starts: when you close the menu it asks whether to restart. Later keeps the change
for next time; Restart now starts the game again, and you lose any progress since your last save.
A first start uses the Auto (this PC) quality preset. It picks settings from your graphics card, its video memory and your screen, then adjusts the render resolution during the first minute of play. If you change nothing, that is what you get.
| Your PC | Quality preset | Upscaler and render resolution | Frame rate cap | Frame generation |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steam Deck, handheld, integrated GPU or a 4 to 6 GB card | Auto (this PC) picks Minimum (4GB); Low (6GB) on a 6 GB card | Game’s own, as the preset sets it, or AMD FSR 3.1 at Performance | 60 | Off |
| Most PCs (8 GB card) | Auto (this PC) | What Auto chooses: NVIDIA DLSS on an RTX card, AMD FSR 4 on an RX 9000 where the build has it, otherwise the game’s own | 60 | Off |
| A fast PC with a high-refresh monitor | High (12GB) or Ultra (16GB+) | DLSS or FSR 4 at Quality, or Native (DLAA or FSR 4 Native AA) for the sharpest picture | 60 | 2x or Auto, up to your monitor’s refresh rate |
The menu’s own descriptions, with the choices and defaults from the menu reference. Labels on a setting say when it applies: After a restart, only on some GPUs or builds, only while HDR is on, or set for you by a quality preset.
58 settings.
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GRAPHICS TAB
Sets the scaling rows and memory limits for a GPU with that much memory. The Upscaler and Frame generation stay yours.
Choices Custom, Minimum (4GB), Low (6GB), Balanced (8GB), High (12GB), Ultra (16GB+), Auto (this PC)
Default Auto (this PC) on a first start; Custom in an options file from before it
GRAPHICS TAB
The picture's shape: your monitor's own (the default: wider on an ultrawide, narrower on 4:3 or 16:10), the game's 16:9, or another your screen has. The Output resolution lists that shape's sizes.
The shapes your screen’s resolutions have, narrowest first (5:4, 4:3, 16:10, 16:9, 21:9, 32:9, …), your monitor’s own marked “(monitor’s)” (after a restart)
Default Your monitor’s
The game's whole frame, HUD included, before it is scaled to the window. Docked only.
The Aspect ratio’s sizes: your screen’s resolutions and the common ones (1440p, 4K, 5K at 16:9; 1920x1200, 2560x1600 at 16:10; 3440x1440 at 21:9; …), and 2048x1152 (the game’s own) at 16:9; your screen’s own size is marked “(native)” (after a restart)
Default 2048x1152; Auto (this PC) sets your screen’s size where the card has the memory for it
Runs the game as the console docked or handheld.
Choices Docked, Handheld (after a restart)
Default Docked; a quality preset sets it
What scales the 3D up to the Output resolution.
Game’s own, NVIDIA DLSS (only in builds with NVIDIA’s DLSS SDK, below, on NVIDIA RTX GPUs), AMD FSR 3.1 (every build, on GPUs it runs on, below), AMD FSR 4 (only in builds with FSR 4, below, on GPUs AMD’s files cover), Off (no upscaling). NVIDIA DLAA and AMD FSR 4 Native AA are DLSS’s and FSR 4’s Native, chosen on the Render resolution row
Default Game’s own; Auto (this PC) chooses DLSS or FSR 4 where they run
Which of NVIDIA's DLSS networks draws the picture.
Choices Transformer (K), Transformer 2 (M), Transformer 2 (L), NVIDIA default (shown where DLSS runs; used by DLSS and DLAA)
Default Transformer (K)
The share of the output the 3D is drawn at; the Upscaler fills in the rest.
Auto (the game’s own dynamic resolution), 100%, 75%, 67%, 50% (each with its size). With DLSS or FSR 4: Auto, Native (DLAA or FSR 4 Native AA: the 3D at full size), 92%, 83%, 75%, Quality (67%), Balanced (58%), Performance (50%), Ultra Performance (33%). With FSR 3.1: Auto, 100% (its native AA), then the same as DLSS from 92%. With Off: Auto, 100%, 75%, 67%, 50%, 33%
Default Auto; a quality preset sets it
Sharpens the picture as it goes to the window, with any filter. Too much shows halos around edges.
Choices 0 to 100%, in steps of 10
Default 0%; a quality preset sets it
GRAPHICS TAB
Makes frames between the game's own, for smoother motion, at a little input delay. Fast motion or camera cuts can show artifacts.
Choices Off, Auto, 2x to 8x
Default Off
Who makes the frames at 2x and up. NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation needs a temporal Upscaler (DLSS, DLAA or FSR) for the scene's depth and motion. Changes at once.
Auto (NVIDIA DLSS Frame Generation where it runs: RTX 40 and newer, with a temporal Upscaler; else the built-in one; with frame generation on, the row shows who makes the frames, as Auto: DLSS FG, and why not DLSS FG when another does), Built-in FG. Changes at once
Default Auto
When each frame is shown.
Choices Off, On
Default Off; a quality preset turns it on
Limits frames rendered by the game. Generated frames are additional. Changes at once. Past 60 is experimental: the game keeps real time, but some cutscenes and bosses can misbehave (Gohma, the intro's narration). 60 is the safe choice. Uncapped: as fast as the PC can, still at real time; with V-Sync on, the display's refresh rate is the limit.
Choices 60 (the console’s), 90, 120, 144, 165, 240, Uncapped (changes at once)
Default 60
NVIDIA GPUs: each frame starts as late as it can, for less input delay. With frame generation too: it paces the game's frames.
Choices Off, On, On + Boost (shown only on NVIDIA GPUs with VK_NV_low_latency2)
Default Off
AMD GPUs: each frame starts as late as it can, for less input delay. With frame generation too: it paces the game's frames.
Choices Off, On (shown only on AMD GPUs with VK_AMD_anti_lag)
Default Off
GRAPHICS TAB
Fills the whole screen with the game, without the window's border. The same as F11.
Choices Off, On (the same as F11)
Default Off
Whether a frame waits for the display's refresh before it is shown. Changes at once.
Choices Auto, On, Off
Default Auto
How the finished picture is scaled to the window, when its size differs from the Output resolution.
Choices Off, Catmull-Rom, Lanczos (shows “Not needed (window = output)” while the window is the Output resolution’s size)
Default Off; a quality preset sets it
With the Aspect ratio at the monitor's shape: the pause, item and map menus, and what shows beside them. Loading screens and pre-rendered movies, which draw no world either, get the same sides. Changes at once.
Choices Full width; Centred, blurred sides; Centred, black bars (with the Aspect ratio at the monitor’s shape)
Default Centred, blurred sides
GRAPHICS TAB
HDR10 out on an HDR display (Windows: Use HDR on in the display settings). Expanded: the game's SDR picture, its white at the paper white and its highlights up to the peak. Native: the game's own HDR, told the display's peak and paper white.
Choices Off, Expanded, Native (the game’s)
Default Off
How bright the picture's white is with HDR on. Around 200 for a normal room; higher in a bright one.
Choices 80 to 400 nits, in steps of 10 (while HDR is on)
Default 200 nits
The brightest highlights with HDR on: set it to your display's peak brightness.
Choices 400 to 4000 nits, in steps of 100 (while HDR is on)
Default 1000 nits
The HDR picture's contrast around mid grey, as the RenoDX HDR mods grade it: above 100% deeper shadows and brighter highlights, which ease into the peak brightness; below it flatter. With Native the game's own HDR picture is graded too, under the peak brightness the game is told.
Choices 50% to 200% around mid grey, in steps of 5 (while HDR is on)
Default 100%
With Native, how the game's scene meets the peak brightness. Vanilla: the game's own curve. PsychoV35: RenoDX's tone mapper, the same mid grey with highlights that roll off into the peak and keep their colour.
Vanilla (the game’s curve), PsychoV35 (RenoDX’s: DLSS, FSR and TAAU do not take its scene yet, so the game’s own upscale runs) (shown only with HDR set to Native)
Default Vanilla
GRAPHICS TAB
Keeps textures sharp on surfaces seen at a slant, such as the ground ahead: higher is sharper in the distance, for a little GPU time. Game's is the console's own (1x or 2x).
Choices Game’s, 2x, 4x, 8x, 16x
Default 16x
GRAPHICS TAB
Which graphics card the game runs on.
Choices Auto, or each graphics card by name (after a restart)
Default Auto
How much video memory the game's textures may use, and its copies of game memory with them. Lower it if the game stutters after a while of play; a preset sets it.
Choices Auto, 3.6, 4.8, 6, 7.5, 9, 11 GB (2.2 GB only from the Minimum (4GB) preset); a quality preset sets it
Default Auto
AUDIO TAB
How loud the game plays. The game's own sound settings and Windows' volume still apply.
Choices 0 to 100%, in steps of 5
Default 100%
Silences the game while another window has the focus. The sound comes back when you switch to the game.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
The speakers the game mixes its sound for.
Choices Auto, Stereo, 5.1 (after a restart)
Default Auto
GAMEPLAY TAB
Frames per second in the top right corner, and as much more as you choose.
Choices Off, FPS, Frame time, Graph, Breakdown, Dev
Default Off
The corner the FPS counter shows in. While this menu is open it shows at the top right.
Choices Top right, Top left, Bottom right, Bottom left
Default Top right
How large this menu, the FPS counter and the start-up screen are drawn.
Choices Small, Medium, Large
Default Medium
How the game keeps time when it runs below 60 fps.
Choices Per frame, Real time
Default Real time
How much of the world you see: 100% is the original view. Higher is wider, lower is closer. Changes apply at once during gameplay. Cutscenes keep their own view.
Choices 50% to 150%, in steps of 5; applies immediately during gameplay
Default 100% (original)
How fast the letters of dialogue and other messages appear.
Choices Normal, 2x, 4x, Instant
Default Normal
How large the text of dialogue, Navi and signs is drawn.
Choices Original, 110%, 125%, 150%, 175% (dialogue, Navi and signs)
Default Original
What the ocarina hears when the game's microphone option is on (playing an instrument, or humming).
Choices Off, Default, or each microphone by name
Default Default
The game's own language, its text.
Choices The game’s 16 languages, each by its own name (after a restart)
Default language.txt’s, else English (US)
The language of this menu.
Auto (the game’s language), or English, Português (Brasil), Español (Latinoamérica), Español (España), Français, Deutsch, Italiano, Nederlands, Polski, Русский, 日本語, 한국어, 简体中文, 繁體中文
Default Auto
Shows "Playing Longshot" and the time played in your Discord status, while Discord runs on this PC.
Choices Off, On (“Playing Longshot” and the time played in your Discord status, while Discord runs on this PC)
Default On
Skips the new-game opening (the story movie and Navi waking Link) and leaves later cutscenes, the Deku Tree meeting, and the title screen alone.
Choices Off, On (skips the new-game opening: the story movie and Navi waking Link; later cutscenes and the title screen stay)
Default Off
Saves what an issue needs in a new folder, bug-reports in the game folder: report.txt with the issue form's answers (this version, where you are, your graphics card and driver, CPU, RAM and system, the options and switches you changed), the logs of this run and the last one, and a picture of the game. Your user name and home folder are taken out of them. No saves or game files go in, and nothing is sent.
Choices Saves a report into a new folder in bug-reports (below)
Default —
CONTROLS TAB
Whether the controller plays the game while another window has the focus.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
How the captured mouse turns the camera.
Choices As the stick, Native
Default As the stick
Stops the camera gradually turning toward the direction you move, useful with native mouse look. Off keeps the game's standard behavior. Manual camera controls and recentering still work.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
How far the camera turns for a mouse movement, with either Mouse camera: at 1.00 native look turns 0.1 degree a count. The - and = keys change it in game too.
Choices 0.10 to 5.00, in steps of 0.10
Default 1.00
Swaps up and down for the mouse.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
Inverts horizontal look (left/right) on the right analog stick.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
Inverts vertical look (up/down) on the right analog stick.
Choices Off, On
Default Off
How fast the right stick turns the camera, in percent of the game's own speed; the camera keys too, and the mouse with Mouse camera As the stick. The game's own camera speed setting still applies.
Choices 50% to 400%, in steps of 25
Default 100%
How far a stick moves from center in any direction before the game sees it. Lower for a precise stick, higher for one that drifts. The game's own dead zone still follows.
Choices Default (24%), 5%, 10%, 15%, 20%, 30%
Default Default (24%)
How strongly the controller rumbles, in percent of the game's rumble. Off turns it off.
Choices Off, 25% to 150%, in steps of 25
Default 100%
Which face button is which. Binding one yourself on the Controls page makes it Custom.
Choices Nintendo (Def), Xbox / PC, Swap Face; Custom once you bind a button yourself (on the Controls page)
Default Nintendo (Def)
The button icons the game shows, in its texts and menus: those of this controller, for the buttons your controls put each action on.
Auto, Switch, Xbox, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Steam Deck, Keyboard (on the Controls page; changes at once where the game allows it, else after a restart)
Default Auto
Motion controls: aiming with the controller's gyroscope, its sensitivity and its inverts.
Opens the Motion page: Motion controls (Off, On; On), Motion sensitivity X (10% to 600%) and Y (10% to 300%, in steps of 10; 100%), Invert motion X and Y (Off, On; Off), Motion deadzone (Low, Standard, High; Standard)
Default —
The layout preset, the button prompts, and which gamepad button and which keys press each of the Switch's buttons.
Choices Opens the Controls page
Default —
Which keys open and close this menu. F1 always does; F1 only leaves Insert free for an overlay. With Esc, Esc opens it too, as a PC game's pause menu (open, Esc still goes back a page or closes it).
Choices Insert or F1; F1 only; Insert, F1 or Esc
Default Insert, F1 or Esc
Which key switches between the full menu and the compact bar (or opens directly to the compact bar when held with the menu shortcut).
Choices Right Shift, Right Ctrl
Default Right Shift
When something looks or runs wrong, change a single setting and compare the same place in the game. To report a performance problem, follow the performance steps; for bindings and controller layouts, see the controls reference.
