1. "Pause emulation when window is not active"
2. "On loading a ROM go to full screen"
3. "Remember selected cheats"
4. "Hide Advanced Settings"

"Pause emulation when window is not active"

• default setting: enabled
• generally recommended setting: user preference!

If enabled, the emulator will pause when it detects that it no longer has focus in Windows. This is useful if you are multitasking and want the emulator to pause whenever you go to another application.

If disabled, the emulator will carry on running regardless of whether or not it has focus. Use this if you want Project64 to carry on running in the background while you do something else (you can still keep it always on top with the Always on Top option!). Note that if this option is unchecked the peformance of Project64 will probably be lower while focus is lost because of the way Windows handles resources. This is normal and not a fault of Project64.

"On loading a ROM go to full screen"

• default setting: disabled
• generally recommended setting: disabled

If enabled, Project64 will automatically instruct the video plugin to switch to fullscreen once after loading each ROM. This is good (saves you a key press) if you know a game works and doesn't need any configuration changes. You can still return to windowed mode in the usual ways (Escape, ALT+ENTER).

If disabled, games will start windowed. You can switch to fullscreen mode yourself in the usuall ways (Escape, ALT+ENTER, Options menu). This is a little more work (one key press) but recommended, because you can make sure your configuration (particularly graphics plugin tabs) is correct before getting into your game.

Notes:

• The emulator actually goes fullscreen before starting emulation. This is so that plugins/hardware that only work in fullscreen can be supported. If you have such a plugin or hardware then you must enable this option!
• Don't enable this option with "Start emulation after ROMs are opened" (Advanced) disabled! It will go fullscreen but you your games won't start, which could be confusing...
• The RDB can override this option and prevent automatic fullscreen on a defined status (by default, games with status "Unsupported"). Hopefully it's obvious why this is done; if you don't like it you can either edit the RDB to remove the line from the status definition, or you could change the status of the game(s).

"Remember selected cheats"

• default setting: disabled
• generally recommended setting: disabled

If enabled, Project64 will save your cheat code selection between sessions. This is for your convenience, and it means that if you close the emulator and go away, then play some hours/weeks/anytime later, the same cheat codes will be applied as before... this is important to keep in mind if your games are acting strangely!

If disabled, the cheat code selection is lost as soon as you load a new ROM, or quit the application, whichever happens first. This is recommended because cheat codes tend to cause problems...

"Hide Advanced Settings"

• default setting: enabled
• generally recommended setting: beginners should keep this enabled, advanced users should disable it.

This is a very important control and new in v1.5. When enabled, most of Project64's other controls are hidden from the user. This is because casual fiddling by inexperienced users tends to result in people getting themselves into a mess. It is therefore highly recommended that new users, people with low technical/emulator expertise, and young children, to give a few examples, use the application with this option enabled - the emulator runs just as well will this on or off!