Options menu

Learn about the options menu in Dungeon Keeper, including saving, visual settings, sound, computer assistance, and quitting.

The options menu in Dungeon Keeper can be accessed by pressing the 'Q' key in the top left corner or by hitting the 'Esc' key. From left to right, the options available are Load game, Save game, Set visual options, Set sound options, Set computer assistance, and Quit game.

Load and Save game

These options allow you to manage your game progress. You can pick any save file (out of 8 available) to save your current game data, enabling you to resume playing from that point later.

Set visual options

This section lets you tweak the game's performance by adjusting several visual settings. The game should run smoothly on machines built after 1997. The five visual options are:

• Shadows: Set how many shadows can be cast on a single object, with options ranging from 0 to 4.
• View distance: Adjust how much of the dungeon map (minimap (the small circular map in the bottom-left corner of your screen)) is visible.
• Field of view: Allows you to rotate the view in 90-degree steps or smoothly.
• Wall height: Raise or lower walls to make creatures stand out better.
• Gamma correction: Change the brightness of the dungeon view from dark to light.

Set sound options

Here you can independently adjust the volume for the BGM music and the Special effects, sounds and voice-over (SFX).

Set computer assistance

Computer assistance offers four different types of AI control, from left to right:

• Red - Aggressive: Builds rooms, uses spells & traps, and tries to attack.
• Yellow - Defensive: Builds rooms, uses spells & traps, but never tries to attack.
• Green - Construction: Can only build rooms.
• Blue - Movement: Can only slap and move creatures.

To activate computer assistance, click on the 'c' icon near the map radar (minimap).

Quit game

Select the trashcan icon to quit the current game and return to the main options screen.