Do you use default settings on VNs?

[rorudesu]

Do you usually leave default settings alone, or is there something you always tweak?

As a player with earphones in my 99% time, I almost always turn the BGM/SE down first in every game.
Usually I only have to lower by 1-2, sometimes 3. But here's the most extreme case I ever had, and it literally just went from 100% to above mute. still a bit too loud

What's your preference or is there any options you wish every game included?

 

[crisalt]

I too turn down bgm, because I prefer listening to voices and music can be too loud or distracting. I also make text appear the fastest possible, cause I have no patience to...read...it...like...this

 

[satory]

+1 to changing text to appear instantly. I also always turn on "skip after choices", because if someone tries to skip why should they stop after a choice? It will stop on unread text anyway, why does it even exist. And turn down BGS, but in recent games developers finally grasped sound balance, so often it's already turned down by default

 

[Marrychan]

The only thing I change is the speed of the text; normally, I have a habit of reading super fast, and it's easier for me, especially if it's a game that doesn't have character voices.

 

[yueop]

I usually turn down the background music slightly.
And I change the text speed to the fastest setting.
Because I am quite impatient, I can't read slowly lol.
So I always change these settings before starting any game.

 

[skipstar]

I also agree the bgm tends to be too loud for me I turn it down so I can hear the voices more clearly. And I like to mute SE. If there is option to increase voices I will do that too.

 

[rorudesu]

Oh yeah! Instant text, definitely! I used it for a while, but ended up slowing it down because auto mode would fly through the MC's lines and narration.

Like this
[───────────────gorgeous voiceline───────────────]+[1.5s pause]
[instanttext]+[1.5s pause]

Maybe I'm the odd one out for using auto & manual together still looking for the sweet spot of that settings.

 

[Yue9832]

Maybe I'm the odd one out for using auto & manual together still looking for the sweet spot of that settings.

Wait this is so real... Σ(＞Д＜) I'm the type of person who always changes the settings because I can't for the life of me find a middle ground lol. Auto mode is either too slow or too fast, and manual mode tires my fingers cause I read too quickly. Now I just use them both interchangeably. Insta text is so helpful to me that I enable it if it is ever an option.

I usually keep the other settings at default, but some games I needed to lower the BGM and make the voices louder. If it strain my ears to listen to one line, I change it on the spot haha,,

 

[fr4pp3cinn]

Usually the BGM and text speed. Default text speed is wayyy too slow for me lol
Games will have the BGM quite loud, so it gets hard to hear the voiced lines properly. Sound effects are also pretty loud most of the time ;b

Besides that, I always turn on keep skipping after choices! I get that it gets turned off for new lines, but after the 1~3 new lines of text I need to keep turning it on lol as long you don't enable skip unread, you won't really lose any new interactions... I really don't get why the option is the default one

 

[nemaiaish]

if i wana skip becuase my uncharged switxh turned off then just all
otherways i dont change settings

 

[Altorese]

+1 to making BGM a bit lower! sometimes it's too loud and distracting. i also always change the text speed to maximum, it's waay more comfortable for me to see the full sentence right away and i'm not patient enough to wait for the text appear at a slower speed xd

 

[fasdfsda5235]

In my case I change the text speed to medium because I'm learning JP and I play VN raw. It stresses me if it goes fast because I can't keep up.

 

[AkaTe]

So, if the option is there, I change the text speed. It's usually too slow for me. I often turn it all the way up.

 

[arson194835798]

Absolutely not, I like to change a bit of everything except for the individual character voice sliders–I have yet to find a seiyuu that doesn't do a good job for their character.

I like to turn down the BGM to around 30~40%, and the SFX to around 70~80%. The balance of the BGM and SFX is sooo off. I wish it could be like Discord (haha), where you can adjust volume to over 200% so that on base, BGM is a lot quieter.

I like to change the text speed as well. I usually try to time it to the speed at which characters talk. It just feels more natural that way (and also so that I can read with the character's speech, rather than read too quickly ahead). Auto speed is also really important, I usually just set it to almost the fastest setting.

 

[burrascoso]

I always turn down the bgm volume and turn up the volume for the se (especially ui se, they sound so crunchy and yummy to me)!!

 

[marzipan]

Absolutely! It depends from game to game; sometimes voices are too low, sometimes BGM is, sometimes the SFX are crazy loud, etc! I like it when there's sliders for every character's voice, actually, I find that sometimes the balancing for some is a little... off? So I adjust accordingly!

 

[aoisora( ◕ H ◕)]

Same here, I always lower the BGM volume.
It's way too loud when wearing headphones.
Also, turning up the text speed. It's painfully slow sometimes lol.

 

[ninnikuryona]

usually the first thing i do when starting a new vn is set bgm to ~40%, sfx to ~60% and voices to 100%! if the bgm is still too loud, i can set it lower, along with sfx. i dont wanna get jumpscared by a sudden loud noise xd bonus points for vns that have the "lower bgm during voicelines" option! it really adds to the atmosphere!!
also, some vns have great discrepancy between characters voices, even if they are set to the same volume. in that case, tweaking some of them is a must too.. but then you need to find the perfect balance between loud voices, quiet voices, and bgm... which turns into you spending more time messing around with settings than actually reading..... especially if you are pretty sensitive to noises in general T_T........ (dramatic)

and also i set the text speed pretty high, like to 85-90%. im not a fast reader, if anything id consider myself to be on the slower side, but when text appears slowly and drags on, its so distracting!!ww so id prefer the text to appear semi-instantly. not instantly though, because this somehow is even more distracting.. or something......

 

[totallyamanda]

I don't think I've ever been able to play a game with its default settings. (・_・;)
More often it goes:
BGM music down,
effects down,
system sounds down,
character voices max (depends on heroine voice if turned off or not),
if there is an option to quiet or silence music when characters are speaking I will normally enable it,
text speed instant.

then i'm usually ready to go. sometimes changing where quicksave and quickload binds but that's not too often anymore. (i usually use bumpers on control for those if they let me) (و ˃̵ᴗ˂̵)و

 

[rorudesu]

I wasn't expecting so many of us also tweaks the volume! Glad it's not just me xDD
Meanwhile I rarely make use of character-specific volume controls, unless there's particularly loud characters who might gets secretly turned down a notch. maybe those with some menhera screams hehe

Also love to see more often with button remapping! Switching between games with different control layouts were a bit confusing than I'd think.
TAKUYO's games have some dedicated ones and I miss those!
Okay now you say which button for menu...uh wait logs?...uhh...no that's closing text window boom

 

[voIuvreles]

I only change the text speed hahahah
I don't want the text speed to be too slow, but at the same time I don't want to see the text suddenly appear either

 

[h4kusa]

I often change the text speed faster and BGM music sound down!

 

[e_11]

Same here!
I usually play with earphones, so one of the first things I do is lower the BGM and SE volume. The default volume is often louder than I like.

I really want to focus on the voice acting, so I prefer keeping the voices easy to hear.

I also change the text speed to match my reading pace.

 

[801_9ma]

My setting adjustments are pretty similar to what a lot of people mentioned here! :D

Typically I'll change the text speed to instant, and I'll lower the BGM and SFX while having the voices at maximum volume.

 

[usagii]

i usually leave the settings how they are cus im pretty lazy to mess with them. i usually play them on my tv (bigger screen to read hehe) so the bgm volumes dont really bother me (especially since i speed by the dialouge so fast i dont usually let the whole voice part play out). ive tried mess with the speed for the text but ive gotten so used to just button mashing that i dont anymore. i just switch hands with the controller when my finger starts screaming at me to cool it with the button spamming