Accessibility

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This page was last verified for Vintage Story version 1.19.0-pre1.

Settings

Accessibility

"For the full experience we recommend leaving these settings unchanged, unless they cause discomfort to you." Options:

• Toggle Sprint
• View Bobbing
• Camera shake strength
• Wireframe thickness
• Glitch strength waviness

Sound

• Bees are an important resource that can be difficult to find. The most-recommended technique is to turn up the Ambient Sound slider and turn down the Weather Sound and Music sliders while hunting for beehives.
• Wolves are a dangerous enemy that can often be avoided due to their periodic howling announcing their location.
• Bears growl but usually the player is within attack range when that happens.
• Low Temporal Stability triggers ominous music. The player should take action to reduce the stability drain and restore stability soon.

Motion

Some mods give greater control over visual effects such as the screen warping during Temporal Storms or drunkenness.

• Accessibility Tweaks
  • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/665
  • "Lots of customisable tweaks for sounds effects, visual effects, text, weather, colours, and gamma."

Visibility

Some mods give greater control over the lighting levels.

• Accessibility Tweaks
  • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/665
  • "Lots of customisable tweaks for sounds effects, visual effects, text, weather, colours, and gamma."

Dexterity

Some mods modify the movement mechanics to reduce repetitive motions.

• Auto Walk / Auto Run
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/6541
    • "Adds a key for auto walk, including auto running"
• StepUp
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/85
    • "Doubles step height of players (0.6 to 1.2 blocks) to allow stepping up whole blocks by just walking forward."
• Auto Map Markers
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/797
    • "Automatically adds map markers to your map when you interact with certain objects."
• Autoloot
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/6966
    • "Automatically loots corpses" when harvested.
• Auto Close
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/4020
    • "Auto closes doors, gates, trapdoors etc. that were opened a few moments ago."

Some mods modify the minigame mechanics to reduce repetitive motions.

• Knapster
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/4046
    • "Easier knapping, clayforming, and smithing, for those with low manual dexterity."
• Knapster
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/4046
    • "Easier knapping, clayforming, and smithing, for those with low manual dexterity."
• Simple Pottery Wheel
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/4980
    • "Adds a pottery wheel to make clay forming slightly easier."
• Auto Panning
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/6968
    • "Set your character up to pan for you."
• Auto-Sifter
  • • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/3831
    • "Automatic Panning Machine" for the iron age.

Auditory

Some mods give greater control over the volume levels of sounds that may be disturbing.

• Accessibility Tweaks
  • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/665
  • "Lots of customisable tweaks for sounds effects, visual effects, text, weather, colours, and gamma."

Some mods give visual alternatives to auditory cues.

• Buzzwords
  • https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/3303 https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/3303 https://mods.vintagestory.at/show/mod/3303
  • "If you're 12 or so blocks away from a wild beehive of some sort, you'll get a 'BzZzZzZ...' text alert to notify you that bees are nearby."

Other accessibility issues

One of the dev team members created tutorial videos that might be of help to people with dyslexia, low literacy, or dislike of reading. Vintage Story Bit-By-Bit - How to Handbook

History

• A few Accessibility features were added in version 1.19.0-pre.1: "Added Accessibility tab. Moved View Bobbing and Toggle Sprint settings there. Added 2 new accessibility settings: Camera shake strength and Wireframe thickness.
  • Tweak: Added ability to adjust temporal instability waviness in the new Accessibility tab
  • Tweak: Added experimental minbrightness client config, potential use for YouTubers/streamers to prevent pitch-black areas." Official Devlog

Gallery

Accessibility tab of Settings menu

See also

Controls